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August 09 , 2020 - Daily Quiz

1. Consider the following statements :
The gradual increase in rural indebtedness in India under the British rule was due to
1. fragmentation of land holdings
2. decline of cottage industries
3. lack of development of irrigational facilities
4. introduction of cash crops
Which of these are correct ?
(a) 1,2 and 3
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 1,3 and 4
(d) 1,2, 3 and 4
2. Consider the following statements :
Cornwallis' Permanent Settlement of Bengal deprived the zamindars of ownership of their land put the ryots under the mercy of the zamindars secured a stable income for the company made zamindars allies of the East India Company
Which of these are correct ?
(a) l and 4
(b) 2,3 and 4
(c) 1,2 and 3
(d) l and 2
 
3.  Consider the following events :
1. Formation of Home Rule League
2. Tilak sentenced to six years of deportation on charge sedition
3. Formation of Ghadar Party at San Francisco
4. Gandhi's Champaran Satyagraha
Their correct chronological sequence of these events is
(a) 2,1,4,3
(b) 2, 3,1, 4
(c) 3,2,1,4
(d) 2,1,3,4
 
4. Which one of the following is NOT correct regarding land reforms in post-independence India ?
(a) Ceiling on land holdings
(b) Conferment of cultivator's right over the land to the tiller
(c) Consolidation of land holdings
(d) Prohibition of Benami transfer
 
5. The Prajamandal or the All-India States People’s conference got fully fused with the National Movement at the time of the (a) resignation of the Congress Ministries in 1939
(b) culmination of Quit India Movement (c) start of Civil Disobedience Movement
(d) transfer of Power
Answers:
  1. a
  2. b
  3. b
  4. d
  5. b


POSTED ON 09-08-2020 BY ADMIN
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