Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Consider the following clues concerning an uprising:

  • It developed amid the famine of 1770 and the Company’s harsh economic order.
  • Its participants attacked Company factories and treasuries.
  • Hindus and Muslims participated together.
  • A semi-historical novel by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was based on it.

Which uprising is described above?

  1. Paika Rebellion
  2. Sanyasi Revolt
  3. Wahabi Movement
  4. Kuka Movement
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