Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Colonialism and the Countryside

Question:

Which of the following reason was responsible for the Santhal Revolt (1855-56)?

Options:

Heavy taxes on the land were levied by the state.

High rates of interest were charged by the moneylenders.

Assertion of control over the Damin area by zamindars.

All of the above.

Correct Answer:

All of the above.

Explanation:

The Santhals, however, soon found that the land they had brought under cultivation was slipping away from their hands. The state was levying heavy taxes on the land that the Santhals had cleared, moneylenders (dikus) were charging them high rates of interest and taking over the land when debts remained unpaid, and zamindars were asserting control over the Damin area.