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Topic Peasant movement
Asked 3 times across 2 UPSC exams, peaking in 2017.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 2 of 3 PYQs
- Most asked in 2017
- Recurs across 1 years (2017–2017)
Across exams
CSE · 2CAPF · 1How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (2 of 3) predate 2016, and it still returns.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CAPF2017
Which one of the following statements about the Indigo Revolt of 1859 is correct?
- A It broke out at Poona and Ahmadnagar
- B It was directed against moneylenders
- C It was supported by the intelligentsia of Bengal ✓
- D It was directed against the petty Zamindars and ex-employees of the planters
✓ Correct answer: (C)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CSE
The demand for the Tabhaga Peasant Movement in Bengal was for
- A The reduction of the share of the landlords from one-half of the crop to one-third ✓
- B The grant of ownership of land to peasants as they were actual cultivators of the land
- C The uprooting of Zamindari system and the end of serfdom
- D Writing off all peasant debts
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CSE
Which one of the following upheavals took place in Bengal immediately after the Revolt of 1857?
- A Sanyasi Rebellion
- B Santhal Rebellion
- C Indigo Disturbances ✓
- D Pabna Disturbances
✓ Correct answer: (C)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
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