Consider the following statements regarding the British policy in Awadh immediately after its annexation in 1856:
1. The taluqdars were dispossessed of their estates but allowed to retain their arms and forts.
2. A Summary Revenue Settlement was made in 1856 assuming that the taluqdars were outsiders.
3. The British believed in taking revenue directly from the peasants by removing the taluqdars.
Prelims
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Modern History › British Policies
Modern History › British Policies
Options
Answer
(a) 2 and 3 only
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Modern History › British PoliciesXEconomic
Modern History › British PoliciesXEconomic
The artificially fixed rupee-sterling exchange rate prescribed by the Hilton-Young Commission (1926) was adopted by the British Government for which one of the following reasons?
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Answer
(a) Aiding the flow of remittances from India and maintaining India's creditworthiness
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Modern History › Council Acts, Commissions
Modern History › Council Acts, Commissions
Consider the following assertion: ‘The genesis of political alliances based on community lay in the very nature of the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919.’
Which of the following statements support/supports the above assertion?
1. Reforms retained and extended the principle of separate electorates.
2. Separate electorates were supposed to counter Indian nationalism, which was growing stronger.
3. Deprived classes rallied around the favours inherent in separate electorates.Options
Answer
(d) 1, 2 and 3
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Modern History › Non-Congress Parties/Organizations
Modern History › Non-Congress Parties/Organizations
Which of the following factors contributed to the formation of the Forward Bloc by Subhas Chandra Bose in 1939?
1. Bose failed to win the confidence of Mahatma Gandhi.
2. The Congress Left was disunited and failed to support Bose.
3. The Communists did not support Bose in his endeavours.
4. The supporters of M.N. Roy and socialist leaders like Jayaprakash Narayan preferred Congress unity to supporting Bose.Options
Answer
(b) 1, 2 and 4
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Modern History › Satyagrah
Which one of the following statements about the Eka Movement and Bardoli Satyagraha is correct?
Options
Answer
(c) The Bardoli Satyagraha was a campaign against the enhancement of land revenue, while the Eka Movement was a protest against excessive extraction of rents.