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Assam Board Class 10 (SEBA) History — practice by topic

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Anti-British Rising and Peasant Revolts in Assam (17)Indian Freedom Movement and National Awakening in Assam (12)

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The chief organiser of the Revolt of 1857 in Assam wasRead the answer and worked solution →The Phulaguri Dhawa of 1861 took place inRead the answer and worked solution →The British officer killed by peasants during the Phulaguri Dhawa wasRead the answer and worked solution →The Peasant Revolt at Patharughat in 1894 occurred inRead the answer and worked solution →

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The chief organiser of the Revolt of 1857 in Assam was

  1. Maniram Dewan
  2. Piyoli Barua
  3. Gomdhar Konwar
  4. Gadadhar Singha
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Correct answer: A. Maniram Dewan

1. The 1857 revolt in Assam was planned from Calcutta by an Assamese leader. 2. Maniram Dewan was the chief organiser and worked to reinstall the Ahom monarchy. 3. He was hanged with Piyoli Barua after the revolt was crushed. 4. Gomdhar Konwar led an earlier revolt in 1828, not the 1857 one. _Source: SEBA Class X Social Science, History Part-I, Ch 3, §3.1_

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The Phulaguri Dhawa of 1861 took place in

  1. Darrang district
  2. Nowgaon district
  3. Sibsagar district
  4. Kamrup district
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Correct answer: B. Nowgaon district

1. Phulaguri lies near Nowgaon in the Brahmaputra Valley. 2. It was inhabited by the Tiwa community that depended on poppy cultivation. 3. When the British banned poppy cultivation in 1861, over 4,000 peasants gathered. 4. The revolt is thus placed in the Nowgaon district in every SEBA history text. _Source: SEBA Class X Social Science, History Part-I, Ch 3, §3.2.02_

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The British officer killed by peasants during the Phulaguri Dhawa was

  1. J. D. Anderson
  2. Herbert Sconce
  3. Lieutenant Singer
  4. J. R. Berington
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Correct answer: C. Lieutenant Singer

1. Lieutenant Singer was Assistant Commissioner sent to disperse the Phulaguri Raij Mel. 2. When his sepoys tried to snatch bamboo sticks, a peasant struck him fatally on the head. 3. His body was thrown into the Kollong river. 4. Sconce was Deputy Commissioner of Nowgaon at the time, and Anderson and Berington belong to the Patharughat episode. _Source: SEBA Class X Social Science, History Part-I, Ch 3, §3.2.02_

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