Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Question:

In Kheda, Gujarat, Patidar peasants organised non-violent campaigns against which of the following demands of the British?

Options:

Low labour rates

Long working hours

High land revenue

Low price for crops

Correct Answer:

High land revenue

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3 - High land revenue

The Patidar peasants of Kheda, Gujarat, organized non-violent campaigns against the British demand of high land revenue in 1918.

The Kheda Satyagraha was a non-violent civil disobedience movement led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1918. It was a protest against the British government's decision to collect full land revenue from the peasants of Kheda district, Gujarat, despite a widespread crop failure.

The peasants of Kheda were unable to pay the full land revenue due to the crop failure. They appealed to the British government to reduce the land revenue, but their request was denied. The British government insisted that the peasants pay the full land revenue, even if it meant selling their land and belongings.

Mahatma Gandhi was moved by the plight of the Kheda peasants. He launched a non-violent civil disobedience movement against the British government. He urged the peasants to refuse to pay the full land revenue, even if it meant going to jail.

The Kheda Satyagraha was a success. The British government was forced to reduce the land revenue for the peasants of Kheda district. The Kheda Satyagraha was an important milestone in the Indian independence movement. It showed that non-violent civil disobedience could be an effective way to resist British rule.