targets of attack by the peasants in these
(iii) After the failure of the police to suppress these riots, the army was called
in to put them down.
(iv) The British passed an Act in 1879 prohibiting the imprisonment of the
peasants of the Maharashtra Deccan for failure to repay debts to the
moneylenders.
Choose the answer from the codes given below:
(a) i, ii and iii
(b) i, ii and iv
(c) i, iii and iv
(d) All of them
The Punjab peasants
(i) Resented the growing alienation of their lands to the moneylenders.
(ii) Assaulted and murdered a good number of moneylenders during the last
decade of the 19th century.
(iii) Revolted against the zamindari oppression and exploitation in the first
decade of the 20th century.
(iv) Succeeded in getting an act passed by the British government in 1902,
prohibiting the transfer of lands from peasants to moneylenders.
Select the answer from the codes given below:
(a) i, ii and iii
(b) i, ii and iv
(c) i, iii and iv
(d) All of them
Which of the following statements about the Champaran satyagraha are true?
(i) The main cause of this movement was the oppression of the peasants of
Champaran by the European indigo planters.
(ii) Gandhi was invited by the peasants of Champaran to come and help them.
(iii) Gandhi finally succeeded in forcing the government to appoint an
enquiry committee with himself as one of its members.
(iv) The government accepted the recommendations of the committee and
redressed the grievances of the peasants of Champaran.
Choose the answer from the codes given below:
(a) ii, iii and iv
(b) i, iii and iv
(c) i, ii and iv