Modern India

1. Where had Baba Ramchandra organized the farmers?
Question Asked : UP UDA/LDA (Mains) 2010, UPPCS (Spl) (Pre) 2008

(A) Awadh
(B) Bihar
(C) Bengal
(D) Andhra

2. ‘Nai-Dhobi Band’ was form of Social boycott in 1919 which
Question Asked : 39th BPSC (Pre) 1994

(A) was started by the farmers of Pratapgarh district
(B) was a movement started by saints for the emancipation of the people lower classes
(C) was a step against contractors of lower castes by landlords
(D) was a movement against contractors by lower castes

3. Who among the following was not associated with the formation of U.P. Kisan Sabha in February, 1918?
Question Asked : IAS (Pre) 2005

(A) Indra Narain Dwivedi
(B) Gauri Shankar Misra
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Madan Mohan Malviya.

4. The first peasant movement of India was
Question Asked : RAS/RTS (Pre) 1992

(A) Champaran
(B) Bardoli
(C) Begu
(D) Bijolia

5. Who had opposed the Champaran Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi?
Question Asked : UPPCS (Mains) 2007

(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) N.G. Ranga
(C) Rajkumar Shukla
(D) Rajendra Prasad

6. Who was the National Leader of Champaran Indigo movement?
Question Asked : 48th to 52nd BPSC (Pre) 2008

(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Birsa Munda
(C) Baba Ramehandra
(D) Ram Singh

7. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Champaran Satyagraha?
Question Asked : UPPCS (Mains) 2011

(A) It was connected with the peasants
(B) It was launched against ‘Tinkathia’ system
(C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad and J.B. Kripalani co-operated with M.K. Gandhi in it.
(D) It was the first movement launched by M.K. Gandhi on All India level.

8. Who amongst the following invited Mahatma Gandhi to Champaran in connection with indigo cultivation?
Question Asked : UPPCS (Mains) 2016

(A) J.B. Kriplani
(B) Rajendra Prasad
(C) Raj Kumar Shukla
(D) Motilal Nehru

9. At which place in Bihar Gandhiji had his first Satyagraha?
Question Asked : 56th to 59th BPSC (Pre) 2015

(A) Champaran
(B) Chhapra
(C) Bettiah
(D) Patna

10. At which one of the following places did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?
Question Asked : Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2011, UPPCS (Mains) 2009, IAS (Pre) 2007, UPPCS (Spl) (Mains) 2004

(A) Ahmedabad
(B) Bardoli
(C) Champaran
(D) Kheda