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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
2 points1. Which of the following personalities has a unique distinction to kill a Viceroy of British India?
Correct
Answer: C
Explanation:
● Sher Ali Afridi has a unique distinction as the only Indian to kill a Viceroy of British India. He killed “Lord Mayo” on 8th February 1872 in Andaman island while he was serving a life sentence and Viceroy was on official visit. Sher Ali was hanged on 11 March 1873 for this act.Incorrect
Answer: C
Explanation:
● Sher Ali Afridi has a unique distinction as the only Indian to kill a Viceroy of British India. He killed “Lord Mayo” on 8th February 1872 in Andaman island while he was serving a life sentence and Viceroy was on official visit. Sher Ali was hanged on 11 March 1873 for this act. -
Question 2 of 5
2. Question
2 points2. With reference to the contribution of women during the freedom struggle, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. Durgawati Devi helped Bhagat Singh and Rajguru to escape to Lahore post the assassination of Saunders.
2. Bishni Devi Shah from Uttarakhand was the first woman to be ever jailed for leading a women’s agitation during the Non- Cooperation Movement.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:Correct
Answer: D
Explanation:
● Durgawati Devi or Durga Bhabhi, also known as the ‘The Agni of India’, is remembered to this day as a threat to the British police. She had tremendous influence on revolutionaries such as Bhagat Singh, Ashafaqullah and Chandra Shekhar Azad. She also wielded a strong influence on the members of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA). Durgawati Devi was an active member of the Naujawan Bharat Sabha, and she assisted in the escape of Bhagat Singh from Lahore after the Saunders killing (1928). Herself and Bhagat Singh duped as a couple and escaped to Calcutta, with Rajguru as their servant. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.
● Bishni Devi Shah was born on 12 October 1902 at Bageshwar in present-day Uttarakhand. She is said to be the first woman freedom fighter from Uttarakhand jailed during the freedom struggle. She was arrested for leading a women’s agitation group during the Civil Disobedience Movement and hoisting the National Flag at Almora municipality on 25th Oct 1930. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.Incorrect
Answer: D
Explanation:
● Durgawati Devi or Durga Bhabhi, also known as the ‘The Agni of India’, is remembered to this day as a threat to the British police. She had tremendous influence on revolutionaries such as Bhagat Singh, Ashafaqullah and Chandra Shekhar Azad. She also wielded a strong influence on the members of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA). Durgawati Devi was an active member of the Naujawan Bharat Sabha, and she assisted in the escape of Bhagat Singh from Lahore after the Saunders killing (1928). Herself and Bhagat Singh duped as a couple and escaped to Calcutta, with Rajguru as their servant. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.
● Bishni Devi Shah was born on 12 October 1902 at Bageshwar in present-day Uttarakhand. She is said to be the first woman freedom fighter from Uttarakhand jailed during the freedom struggle. She was arrested for leading a women’s agitation group during the Civil Disobedience Movement and hoisting the National Flag at Almora municipality on 25th Oct 1930. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect. -
Question 3 of 5
3. Question
2 points3. With reference to the astronomy of ancient India, Panduranga swamy, Latadeva, and Nihsanka were pupils of which of the following astronomers?
Correct
Answer: A
Explanation:
● Aryabhata I of Kusumapura (Pataliputra or Patna) laid the foundations of scientific Indian astronomy in 499 CE. He taught astronomy to his pupils who included Panduranga swamy, Latadeva, and Nihsanka. Aryabhata I (476 CE) was the first astronomer who tackled the problems of new astronomy. He invented a system of expressing numbers with the help of consonants and vowels, based again on the decimal place value principle.Incorrect
Answer: A
Explanation:
● Aryabhata I of Kusumapura (Pataliputra or Patna) laid the foundations of scientific Indian astronomy in 499 CE. He taught astronomy to his pupils who included Panduranga swamy, Latadeva, and Nihsanka. Aryabhata I (476 CE) was the first astronomer who tackled the problems of new astronomy. He invented a system of expressing numbers with the help of consonants and vowels, based again on the decimal place value principle. -
Question 4 of 5
4. Question
2 points4. Consider the following statements in the context of the land revenue system of the Mughal Empire:
1. Akbar introduced the per bigha yield assessment system for polaj and parauti lands.
2. Under the Zabti system, Khet batai and Lang batai were the methods of crop-sharing.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?Correct
Answer: D
Explanation:
● Sher Shah had established a rai or per bigha yield for lands which were under continuous cultivation (polaj), or those land which very rarely allowed to lie fallow (parauti). The rai was based on three rates, representing good, middling and low yields and one third of the sum of these was appropriated as land revenue. Akbar adopted Sher Shah’s rai. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.
The Persian term for land revenue during the Mughal rule was mal and mal wajib. The process of land revenue collection has two stages: (a) assessment (tashkhis/jama), and (b) actual collection (hasil). Under the Mughals assessment stage, three methods were used- GhallaBakhshi; Kankut/Danabandi; Zabti.
Under the Ghalla Bakshi, there were three types of crop-sharing:
● Division of crop at the threshing floor after the grain was obtained. This was done in the presence of both the parties in accordance with agreement.
● Khet batai: The share was decided when the crop was still standing in the fields, and a division of the field was marked.
● Lang batai: The crop was cut and stacked in heaps without separating grain. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.Incorrect
Answer: D
Explanation:
● Sher Shah had established a rai or per bigha yield for lands which were under continuous cultivation (polaj), or those land which very rarely allowed to lie fallow (parauti). The rai was based on three rates, representing good, middling and low yields and one third of the sum of these was appropriated as land revenue. Akbar adopted Sher Shah’s rai. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.
The Persian term for land revenue during the Mughal rule was mal and mal wajib. The process of land revenue collection has two stages: (a) assessment (tashkhis/jama), and (b) actual collection (hasil). Under the Mughals assessment stage, three methods were used- GhallaBakhshi; Kankut/Danabandi; Zabti.
Under the Ghalla Bakshi, there were three types of crop-sharing:
● Division of crop at the threshing floor after the grain was obtained. This was done in the presence of both the parties in accordance with agreement.
● Khet batai: The share was decided when the crop was still standing in the fields, and a division of the field was marked.
● Lang batai: The crop was cut and stacked in heaps without separating grain. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect. -
Question 5 of 5
5. Question
2 points5. Consider the following statements in the context of the Sanskrit language:
1. The earliest surviving Sanskrit poetry is that of Kalidas Raghuvamsha.
2. The Girnar Inscription of Rudradaman is the earliest surviving example of courtly Sanskrit prose.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?Correct
Answer: B
Explanation:
● The earliest surviving Sanskrit poetry is that of the Buddhist writer Ashvaghosa, who is believed to have lived around the end of the 1st century CE, and who composed Buddhacarita in simple classical style. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.
● The Girnar Inscription of Rudradaman, dated CE 150, is the earliest surviving example of courtly Sanskrit prose. Hence, statement 2 is correct.Incorrect
Answer: B
Explanation:
● The earliest surviving Sanskrit poetry is that of the Buddhist writer Ashvaghosa, who is believed to have lived around the end of the 1st century CE, and who composed Buddhacarita in simple classical style. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.
● The Girnar Inscription of Rudradaman, dated CE 150, is the earliest surviving example of courtly Sanskrit prose. Hence, statement 2 is correct.
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