Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

During the Revolt, peasants and petty zamindars destroyed moneylenders’ account books, debt records, revenue papers and attacked law courts, tehsils and police stations.

Which conclusion follows most directly?

  1. Civilian resistance targeted institutions associated with debt, dispossession and colonial administration.
  2. The rebels principally sought to preserve the commercial records of moneylenders.
  3. Civilian participation remained detached from agrarian grievances.
  4. The rebellion was confined entirely to military cantonments.
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