Question

23. Read the sources given below and answer the questions that follow:

In the countryside, rich peasant communities - like the Patidars of Gujarat and Jats of Uttar Pradesh were active in the movement. Being producers of commercial crops they were very hard hit by the trade depression and falling prices. As their cash income disappeared, they found it impossible to pay the government's revenue demand. And the refusal of government to reduce the revenue demand led to widespread resentment. These rich peasants become enthusiastic supporters of the movement, organizing their communities, and at times forcing reluctant members, to participate in the boycott programs. For them, the fight for swaraj was a struggle against high revenues. But they were deeply disappointed when the movement was called off in 1931 without the revenue rates being revised. So when the movement was restarted in 1932, many of them refused to participate. The poor peasantry was not just interested in the lowering of the revenue demand. Many of them were small tenants cultivating land they had rented from landlords. As the depression continued and cash income dwindled, the small tenants found it difficult to pay their rent. They wanted the unpaid rent to the landlord to be remitted. They joined a variety of radical movements, often led by socialists and communists. Apprehensive of raising issues that might upset the rich peasants and landlords, congress was unwilling to support 'no rent' campaigns in most places. So the relation between the poor peasants and congress remained uncertain.

Answer the following MCQS by choosing the most appropriate options.

1. Due to . .. ... the cash income of... ... decreased.

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(1)

(A) Depression, small tenants

(B) Policies, rich peasants

(C) Laws, marginal landlords

(D) Colonial administration, rich and poor peasants.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Colonial administration, rich and poor peasants.

Answer 2

A

Explanation: depression, small tenants