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Assam Board Class 10 (SEBA) Anti-British Rising and Peasant Revolts in Assam — practice questions

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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 →The Deputy Commissioner who ordered firing at Patharughat in 1894 wasRead the answer and worked solution →The Chief Commissioner whose 100 per cent revenue enhancement triggered the Assam Riots of 1893-94 wasRead the answer and worked solution →The Raij Mels were essentiallyRead the answer and worked solution →The Rangia Peasant Revolt began on 24 December 1893 withRead the answer and worked solution →The Peasant Revolt at Lachima in January 1894 occurred inRead the answer and worked solution →The Jaintia Revolt of 1862 was led byRead the answer and worked solution →The North Cachar Revolt of 1881-82 was centred atRead the answer and worked solution →The King of Manipur whom the British hanged as leader of the 1891 revolt wasRead the answer and worked solution →After the 1891 revolt in Manipur, the British placed on the throneRead the answer and worked solution →One key reason the Revolt of 1857 failed in Assam wasRead the answer and worked solution →The Queen's Proclamation of 1858 followed which historical event?Read the answer and worked solution →The Grazing Tax and License Tax in Assam were newly introduced by the British inRead the answer and worked solution →In Assamese usage, the term Keyas referred toRead 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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