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- Question
The Damin-i-Koh was created by the British Government to settle which one of the following communities?
Options- A. Santals
- B. Mundas
- C. Oraons
- D. Saoras
- Correct Answer
- Santals
ExplanationDamini-i-Koh was the land allocated to the Santhals. The Santhals could live on the land and practise plough agriculture, thus helping them to carry out settled agriculture.
- 1. Consider the following statements about Harappan cities : 1.Roads were not always absolutely straight and did not always cross one another at right angles. 2.A striking feature is the uniformity in the average size of the bricks for houses and for city walls.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Options- A. 1 only
- B. 2 only
- C. Both 1 and 2
- D. Neither 1 nor 2 Discuss
- 2. The epic, Silappadikaram refers to the
Options- A. story of Rama
- B. Jaina elements in the storyline
- C. culture of Sri Lankan Buddhists
- D. cult of Shakti worship Discuss
- 3. The ?four great needs? of the people as identified by the Guomindang were
Options- A. clothing food, housing and transportation
- B. education food, housing and health care
- C. food, housing, education and employment
- D. employment housing, education and health care Discuss
- 4. Which of the following statements about the Deccan Riots of 1875 is/are true? 1.TheDeccan Riots resulted in protection for peasants through the Deccan Agriculturalists Relief Act of 1879. 2.The riots did not spread to the whole of Maharashtra because of prompt suppression by the British. 3.The British were unable to contain the riots and they spread throughout Maharashtra. 4.The cotton boom in the Deccan that had been caused by the artificial demand generated by the American Civil War caused the impoerishment of the peasants. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Options- A. 1 only
- B. 1 and 3
- C. 2 and 4 only
- D. 1,2,3 and 4 Discuss
- 5. The basic structure doctrine with regard to the Constitution of India relates to 1.the power of judicial review 2.the judgment in Kesavananda Bharati case (1973) 3.the constraints on Article 368 of the Constitution of India 4.the judgment in Golaknath case (1967) Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Options- A. 1, 2 and 3 only
- B. 1, 2, 3 and 4
- C. 1 and 3 only
- D. 2 and 4 only Discuss
- 6. The Limitation Law, which passed by the British in 1859, addressed which one of the following issues?
Options- A. Loan bonds would not have any legal validity
- B. Loan bonds signed between money lender and Ryots would have validity only for three years
- C. Loan bonds could not be executed by money lenders
- D. Loan bonds would have validity for ten years Discuss
- 7. Who designed the Bombay Secretariat in the 1870s?
Options- A. H.St. Clair Wilkins
- B. Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Readymoney
- C. Purushottamdas Thakurdas
- D. Nusserwanji Tata Discuss
- 8. Who was the founder of Mahakali Pathshala in Calcutta?
Options- A. Her Holiness Mataji Maharani Tapaswini
- B. Sister Nivedita
- C. Madamee Blavatsky
- D. Sarojini Naidu Discuss
- 9. What is the name of the court poet of King Harshavardhana?
Options- A. Tulsidas
- B. Banabhatta
- C. Surdas
- D. Raskhan Discuss
- 10. Simla was founded as a hill station to use as strategic place for billeting troops, guarding frontier and launching campaign during the course of
Options- A. Anglo-Maratha War
- B. Anglo-Burmese War
- C. Anglo-Gurkha War
- D. Anglo-Afghan War. Discuss
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Correct Answer: Both 1 and 2
Explanation:
Harappa cities followed the rectangular grid pattern where roads were straight and cut each other at right angle. But it may not be the case always.
Brick size was uniform in nearly every Harappan city from Sutkagendor in Baluchistan to Alamgirpurin Meerut, from Manda in Jammu Kashmir to Daimabad in Maharashtra.
Correct Answer: Jaina elements in the storyline
Explanation:
Silappadikaram is one of The Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature. Epic revolves around Kannagi, who having lost her husband to a miscarriage of justice at the court of the Pandyan Dynasty, wreaks her revenge on his kingdom.
Correct Answer: clothing food, housing and transportation
Explanation:
Founded in 1912, the Kuomintangis the oldest still active political party in the Chinese-speaking world.Its main leader was Sun Yat-Sen. He divided the livelihood into four parts: clothing, food, housing and transportation.
Correct Answer: 1,2,3 and 4
Explanation:
In 1861, civil war broke out in the USA. USA was the largest supplier of cotton to Britain. Once the civil war broke out, the demand for cotton from India became high and this led to a surge in cotton cultivation in India and there was a period of ?boom? then.In May and June 1875, peasants of Maharashtra in some parts of Pune, Satara and Ahmednagar districts revolted against increasing agrarian distress. The Deccan Riots of 1875 targeted conditions of debt peonage (kamiuti) to moneylenders.In 1879, the Agriculturists Relief Act was passed which ensured that the farmers could not be arrested and imprisoned if they were unable to pay their debts.
Correct Answer: 1, 2 and 3 only
Explanation:
The Golaknath Case of 1967 relates to the power of the Parliament to curtail the Fundamental Rights provided in the Constitution.In 1967, the Supreme Court reversed its earlier decisions in Golaknath v. State of Punjab. It held that Fundamental Rights included in Part III of the Constitution are given a "transcendental position" and arebeyond the reach of Parliament. It also declared any amendment that "takes away or abridges" a Fundamental Right conferred by Part III as unconstitutional. By 1973, the basic structure doctrine triumphed in Justice Hans Raj Khanna's judgment in the landmark decision of Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala.
Correct Answer: Loan bonds signed between money lender and Ryots would have validity only for three years
Explanation:
The ryots came to see the moneylender as devious and deceitful. They complained of moneylenders manipulating laws and forging accounts. In 1859 the British passed a Limitation Law that stated that the loan bonds signed between moneylenders and ryots would have validity for only three years. This law was meant to check the accumulation of interest over time. The moneylender, however, turned the law around, forcing the ryot to sign a new bond every three years.
Correct Answer: H.St. Clair Wilkins
Explanation:
The Bombay Secretariat was completed in 1874 and designed by Captain Henry St. Clair Wilkins in the Venetian Gothic style. With its arcaded verandahs and huge gable over the west facade, it was a monument to the civic pride of Bombay's British rulers.
Correct Answer: Her Holiness Mataji Maharani Tapaswini
Explanation:
Mataji Maharani Tapaswini was one of the strongest proponents of female education in India. Her greatest contribution came in the form of the Mahakali Pathshala which she set up in Kolkata in 1893.
The school was a completely indigenous affair which did not rely on either foreign aid or assistance. The education of girls was carried out on a strictly national basis in the hopes that they would be able to revive and regenerate Hindu society.
Correct Answer: Banabhatta
Correct Answer: Anglo-Gurkha War
Explanation:
History of Shimla goes back to the period of Anglo ?Gurkha war in the year 1808-09. The British connection with the area developed only after this battle between the Sikh rulers of these hills and the Gurkhas from Nepal.
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