1: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists :
List I----------------------------------------------------------------------------------List II
I. Land allotted to big feudal landlords--------------------------------------------------(A) Jagirdari System
II. Land allotted to revenue farmers or rent collectors-----------------------------------(B) Ryotwari System
III. Land allotted to each peasant with the right to sublet, mortgage, transfer, gift or sell-(C) Mahalwari System
IV. Revenue settlements made at village level-------------------------------------------(D) Zamindari System
Codes:
(a) I-A, II-C, III-B, IV-D
(b) I-A, II-D, III-B, IV-C
(c) I-C, II-D, III-A, IV-B
(d) I-B, II-A, III-C, IV-D
Explanation:
The system in which Land alloted to a big landlord was called Jagirdari System, (jagirdar = landlord). The system in which land alloted to revenue farmers of rent collectors (Zamindars) was Zamindari System. The lanti allotted to each
peasant with the right to sublet, mortgage transfer, gift or sell was called as Ryotwari System, as individual farmer had
the owning rights. (Mahal = Village) If revenue settlement was made at village level, then it was called as Mahalwari
System.
2: Which one of the following is an important historical novel written during the latter half of the nineteenth century ?
(a) Rast Goftar
(b) Durgesh Nandini
(c) Maharatha
(d) Nibandhamala
Explanation:
Durgesh Nandini, Banga Darshan and Anand Math were the great Historical novels written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
3: Who among the following was a Brahmavadini who composed some hymns of the Vedas ?
(a) Lopamudra
(b) Gargi
(c) Leelavati
(d) Savitri
Explanation:
In vedic period, women called Brahmavadini composed many hymns of Rigveda. Lopamudra, Ghosa, Nivavari and Vishwaware were prominent among them.
4: What is the correct order of the following
A. Fisrt Battle of Panipat
B. Second Battle of Tarain
C. Establishment of East India Company
(a) B, A, C
(b) A, B, C
(c) C, A, B
(d) C, B, A
5: During the Indian freedom struggle, the Khudai Khidmatgars, also known as Red Shirts, called for
(a) the Union of Pashtun tribal areas in north-west with the Afghanistan
(b) the adoption of terrorist tactics and methods for terrorising and finally ousting the colonial rulers
(c) the adoption of communist revolutionary ideology for political and social reform
(d) the Pathan regional nationalist unity and a struggle against colonialism
Explanation:
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan or Frontier Gandhi led the Khudai Khidmatgars. It calls for the pathan regional nationalist unity and a struggle against colonialism.