Peasant and Tribal Movements: UPSC Previous Year Questions (Modern History)
1 previous year UPSC Prelims question on Peasant and Tribal Movements (Modern History). Choose an option to see the answer and explanation.
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UPSC 2013Modern History · Peasant and Tribal Movements
Q1. The demand for the Tebhaga Peasant Movement in Bengal was for:
Explanation
Tebhaga Peasant Movement (1946) in Bengal aimed to reduce landlords’ share of the harvest from one-half to one-third. The movement, led by the Bengal Provincial Kisan Sabha, called for the implementation of the Floud Commission recommendations, demanding two-thirds of the produce for sharecroppers (bargadars) instead of the previous one-half. The main slogan, "nij khamare dhan tolo," urged sharecroppers to keep their paddy in their own homes, not at the landlord’s. The movement was strongest in North Bengal, particularly among the Rajbanshis and Muslims.
Answer key for these questions
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UPSC year
Correct answer
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2013
(a) the reduction of the share of the landlords from one-half of the crop to one third.
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How many previous year UPSC questions are there on Peasant and Tribal Movements?
This page covers 1 previous year UPSC Prelims GS Paper-I questions on Peasant and Tribal Movements (Modern History), asked from 1997 to 2020. Each has the correct answer and an explanation.
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Questions on Peasant and Tribal Movements (Modern History) are available for 7 years, from 1997 to 2020. Use the Year filter to practise a single paper.
