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Subject: Modern History Chapter: Phase In Between (1922-1930)

2013 PYQ

Question 56

The demand for the Tebhaga Peasant Movement in Bengal was for

Choose one answer Athe reduction of the share of the landlords from one-half of the crop to one-third Bthe grant of ownership of land to peasants as they were the actual cultivators of the land Cthe uprooting of Zamindari system and the end of serfdom Dwriting off all peasant debts

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Correct answer: A

Correct Option: A Explanation: The Tebhaga movement in Bengal (1946–47) demanded that sharecroppers retain two-thirds of the harvest, leaving one-third to the landlord. Option-wise Analysis: A: Correct - Correct: landlord’s share would decline from one-half to one-third. B: Incorrect - Wrong: the central demand concerned the produce-sharing ratio, not immediate ownership transfer. C: Incorrect - Wrong: overthrow of all zamindari and ending serfdom was broader than the specific Tebhaga demand. D: Incorrect - Wrong: general debt cancellation was not the movement’s defining demand.

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