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State PCS PYQPrelims 2023

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · Question 135

In response to the mass agitation of the Champaran Movement, the British Government took which step?

  1. Appointed Mahatma Gandhi as Governor of Champaran
  2. Enforced strict curfew and imposed martial law
  3. Instituted the Champaran Agrarian Committee
  4. Declared Champaran an independent state
Show answer & explanation

Answer: (C) Instituted the Champaran Agrarian Committee

Explanation

The committee's report led to the Champaran Agrarian Act, 1918, abolishing the tinkathia system.

  • (A) Incorrect

    Wrong: never happened.

  • (B) Incorrect

    Wrong: not the response.

  • (C) Correct

    Correct: the government set up the Champaran Agrarian Enquiry Committee (1917) with Gandhi as member.

  • (D) Incorrect

    Wrong: never happened.