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.
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Consider the following statements regarding the British policy in Awadh immediately after its annexation in 1856
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Consider the following assertion: ‘The genesis of political alliances based on community lay in the very nature of the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919.’
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. -
Which of the following factors contributed to the formation of the Forward Bloc by Subhas Chandra Bose in 1939
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. -
Which of the following pairs of the king and his dynasty in early historical Tamilakam is/are NOT correctly matched
Which of the following pairs of the king and his dynasty in early historical Tamilakam is/are NOT correctly matched?
1. Senguttuvan : Chera
2. Udiyanjeral : Chola
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Which of the following pairs of ancient and modern names of rivers is/are correctly matched
Which of the following pairs of ancient and modern names of rivers is/are correctly matched?
1. Vitasta : Chenab
2. Asikni : Jhelum
3. Parushni : Ravi
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Which of the following statements on the Amaravati Stupa and its relief sculpture is/are correct
Which of the following statements on the Amaravati Stupa and its relief sculpture is/are correct?
1. It was located in the lower Krishna valley.
2. In India, it was next only to the Sanchi Stupa in size.
3. The Amaravati school of sculpture made a lasting impact on the later South Indian sculpture, and its products were carried to Sri Lanka and South-east Asia. -
What does an empty seat represent in early Buddhist iconography
What does an empty seat represent in early Buddhist iconography?
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Consider the following assertion
Consider the following assertion:
In the Pleistocene period either the Yamuna once flowed into the Indus, or the Sutlej flowed into the Yamuna and one major tributary of either had shifted from the Ganga to the Indus or vice versa.
Which of the following is/are the basis of the above assertion?
1. The Nadi-Sukta of the Rigveda
2. The explorations of the Sutlej and the Yamuna by Robert Bruce Foote
3. The presence of the same species of dolphins in both the Indus and the Ganga river systems -
Which one of the following statements about the Eka Movement and Bardoli Satyagraha is correct
Which one of the following statements about the Eka Movement and Bardoli Satyagraha is correct?
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Consider the following statements about the Rigvedic period
Consider the following statements about the Rigvedic period:
I. Irrigation from wells allowed agriculture to expand away from flood plains and strips on river margins into the present Punjab and Haryana plains having underground water levels reasonably close to the surface.
II. Draught-animal power was employed to draw up water out of the wells.Which of the following information support/supports the above statements ?
1.There is evidence in the Rigveda of the use of ashma chakra (stone pulley wheel) and ahava (strapped wooden pails) to draw up water.
2.Mention has been made in the Rigveda of the use of implements like parashu / kulisha (axe) and datra / sreni (sickle).
3.There is a history of the use of ox, even before the Rigveda, for ploughing the land and pulling the carts.Select the answer using the code given below: