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The Inter State Council was set up in 1990 on the recommendation of

A) Punchhi Commission B) Sarkaria Commission
C) Rajamannar Commission D) Mungerilal Commission
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sarkaria Commission

Explanation:

The Inter-State Council was set up in 1990 following the recommendations of the Sarkaria Commission.The constitutional roots of the council are to be found in Article 263, which recommends that the President of India set up such a council to deal with federal issues.

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The Summary Settlement of 1856 was based on which one of the following assumptions?

 

A) The Talukdars were the rightful owners of the land B) The Talukdars were interlopers with no permanent stakes in the land.
C) The Talukdars could evict the peasants from the lands D) The Talukdars would take a portion of the revenue which flowed to the State
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The Talukdars were interlopers with no permanent stakes in the land.

Explanation:

The British land revenue policy further undermined the position and authority of the taluqdars. After annexation, the first British revenue settlement, known as the Summary Settlement of 1856, was based on the assumption that the taluqdars were interlopers with no permanent stakes in land: they had established their hold over land through force and fraud.

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Who among the following was known during the days of the Revolt of 1857 as 'Danka Shah'?

A) Shah Mal B) Maulavi Ahmadullah Shah
C) Nana Sahib D) Tantia Tope
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Maulavi Ahmadullah Shah

Explanation:

Ahmadullah Shah Madrasi alias Danka Shah (1789-1858), a descendant of the Qutub Shahi family of the Deccan, was in Faizabad when the sepoys mutinied in Meerut. He threw himself into the movement then and there. This was why he also came to be known as Ahmadullah Shah Faizabadi.

 

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The Limitation Law, which passed by the British in 1859, addressed which one of the following issues?

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
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 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.

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The Damin-i-Koh was created by the British Government to settle which one of the following communities?

A) Santals B) Mundas
C) Oraons D) Saoras
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Santals

Explanation:

Damini-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.

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The Deccan Agriculturalists 'Relief Act of 1879 was enacted with which one of the following objectives?

A) Restore lands to the dispossessed peasants B) Ensure financial assistance to peasants during social and religious occasions
C) Restrict the sale of land for indebtedness to outsiders D) Give legal aid to insolvent peasants
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Give legal aid to insolvent peasants

Explanation:

The Deccan Riots Commission was set up which presented a report to the British Parliament in 1878.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.It was an Act for the relief of Indebted Agriculturists in certain parts of the Deccan.

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Henry T. Colebrooke was a Professor of Sanskrit in which one of the following institutions?

A) Fort William College B) Serampore Mission
C) Kashi Vidyapith D) Asiatic Society
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Fort William College

Explanation:

In 1782 Colebrooke was appointed through his father's influence to a writer-ship with the East a India Company in Calcutta.Lord Wellesley appointed him honorary professor of Hindu law and Sanskrit at the college of Fort William.

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Some Indian territory was transferred in 2015 to Bangladesh by following which procedure?

 

A) By an agreement between the Government of India and the Government of Bangladesh B) By a legislation passed by the Parliament amending Schedule 1 to the Constitution of India
C) By amending Schedule 1 to the constitution of India by exercising amending power of the Parliament  D) By amending Schedule 1 to the constitution of India by exercising amending power of the Parliament and ratification by sixteen State Legislatures
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) By amending Schedule 1 to the constitution of India by exercising amending power of the Parliament 

Explanation:

The 119th constitutional amendment bill 2013 sought to ratify the land boundary agreement between the two countries. This amendment needed special majority in the parliament to get passed. The bill proposed to amend the 1st schedule of the constitution to exchange the disputed territories occupied by both the nations in accordance with the 1974 bilateral LBA. Since, the law is not related to federal matters, only the approval of the Parliament is needed.

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