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Aug 13, 2020 - Daily Quiz

1. The revenue assessment known as batai, ghalla-bakshj or bhaoli was a method of crop-sharing on the basis of
(a) gross production
(b) rough estimate of crop
(c) past production trend
(d) mutual agreement (Qubuliyat)
2. Consider the following statements :
The impact of British imperialistic policies on Indian agriculture was
1. creation of a new market economy 2. polarization between landowners and tillers 3. increase in the number of landless labourers 4. unemployment among village artisans. Which of these statements are correct? . (a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2, 3 and 4 (c) 1 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
3. Which one of the following statements with regard to trade and commerce during the Mughal Rule is not correct ? -
(a) Shroffs transacted in hundies (Bills of Exchange) and earned lot of money : (b) Mir Jumla and Shaista Khan monopolized trade. in imported articles (c) Jagat Seth at Murshidabad carried out nade with several foreign countries and earned lot of money (d) Virji Vora dominated the Surat market and had his offices in Ahmedabad, Agra and other trade centres of India
4. The quick response of the peasant agriculture to market, changes in Mughal India was, in particular, indicated by the
(a) increase in food grains production.
(b) extension in the cultivation of cotton
(c) rapid increase in the tobacco cultivation during the 17th century
(d) large scale cultivation of POPPY
5. Which of the following Acts introduced the Principle of the ‘Constitutional autocracy’ ?
(a) The Indian Council Act of 1909
(b) Government of India Act of 1919
(c) The Act of 1935
(d) Indian Independence Act of 1947
Answers:
  1. a
  2. d
  3. c
  4. b
  5. c






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