HistoryModern India: Colonialism and the Countryside

Which of the following pairs about the colonial countryside is correc…

Which of the following pairs about the colonial countryside is correctly matched?

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → Peasant revolts in various parts of India - nineteenth century

Option (1) Countryside studied through a revolt - the Rajmahal hills — Incorrect. The countryside explored through a revolt is the Bombay Deccan; the Rajmahal hills were studied through the Paharias and Santhals.

Option (2) Paharias and Santhals - the Bombay Deccan — Incorrect. The Paharias and Santhals lived in the Rajmahal hills of the east.

Option (3) Peasants and zamindars - western India — Incorrect. The peasants and zamindars studied belonged to colonial Bengal in the east.

Option (4) Peasant revolts in various parts of India - nineteenth century — Correct. Through the nineteenth century, peasants in various parts of India rose in revolt. The Deccan revolt is one such rising.

NCERT (2026-27): “3. A Revolt in the Countryside
You have read about how the lives of peasants and zamindars of colonial Bengal and the Paharias and Santhals of the Rajmahal hills were changing. Now let us move across to western India, and to a later period, and explore what was happening in the countryside in the Bombay Deccan.”

“Through the nineteenth century, peasants in various parts of India rose in revolt against”