Social Science (087) — AI-generated practice question

Rich peasants like Patidars of Gujarat and Jats of UP joined the Civil Disobedience Movement because the trade depression caused falling prices, wiping out their cash income and making it impossible to pay government revenue. For them, swaraj meant reduction of high revenues. However, when the movement ended in 1931 without any revision of revenue rates, they felt betrayed and refused to participate when the movement was relaunched in 1932.

Poor peasants, mostly small tenants, joined because the Depression made paying rent to landlords impossible; they wanted unpaid rents remitted. They often joined radical movements led by Socialists and Communists. Since Congress refused to support 'no-rent' campaigns fearing it would alienate landlords, the relationship between poor peasants and Congress remained uncertain.

Source: Chapter 2, Section 3.2 – How Participants saw the Movement

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• The examiner expects you to clearly contrast the motivations (rich = revenue demand; poor = rent remission) and contrast the outcomes (rich peasants withdrew in 1932; poor peasants drifted toward socialist/communist movements and had an uncertain Congress relationship).
• Name specific communities (Patidars, Jats) for full marks — these are given in the passage.
• Don't mix up "revenue" (paid to government) with "rent" (paid to landlords) — this distinction is central to the answer.
• At 3 marks, one paragraph each for rich and poor peasants is sufficient.