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Which of the following statements about the Deccan Riots of 1875 is/are true?

1.TheDeccan Riots resulted in protection for peasants through the Deccan Agriculturalists Relief Act of 1879.

2.The riots did not spread to the whole of Maharashtra because of prompt suppression by the British.

3.The British were unable to contain the riots and they spread throughout Maharashtra.

4.The cotton boom in the Deccan that had been caused by the artificial demand generated by the American Civil War caused the impoerishment of the peasants.

 

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

 

A) 1 only B) 1 and 3 
C) 2 and 4 only D) 1,2,3 and 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1,2,3 and 4

Explanation:

In 1861, civil war broke out in the USA. USA was the largest supplier of cotton to Britain. Once the civil war broke out, the demand for cotton from India became high and this led to a surge in cotton cultivation in India and there was a period of ‘boom’ then.In May and June 1875, peasants of Maharashtra in some parts of Pune, Satara and Ahmednagar districts revolted against increasing agrarian distress. The Deccan Riots of 1875 targeted conditions of debt peonage (kamiuti) to moneylenders.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.

 

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

On a holiday, Priya (prefers reading than going) for shopping.

A) prefers reading rather going B) prefers reading to going
C) preferred reading to go D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) prefers reading to going

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Which one of the following statements about India is not correct?

 

A) India has 12 major ports and about 200 non-major ports. B) 95 percent of India’s trade by volume and 68 percent by value are moved through maritime transport.
C) India has a coastline of about 7500 km. D) In the Maritime Agenda, 2010-2020, a target of 300 MT port capacity has been set for the year 2020.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) In the Maritime Agenda, 2010-2020, a target of 300 MT port capacity has been set for the year 2020.

Explanation:

Statement 1 and 3 are factual and are correct.The Maritime Agenda projects a total traffic of 2494.95 million tonnes for all major and non-major ports taken together and a capacity of 3280.04 million tonnes. Hence, statement 4 is incorrect.

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Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizers Corporation Limited (BVFCL) located?

 

A) Jharkhand B) Arunachal Pradesh
C) Odisha D) Assam
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Assam

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____ is not a type of heat transfer.

 

A) Diffusion B) Reflection
C) Convection D) Radiation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Reflection

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Improve the given sentence if necessary.

We can go out whenever we choose to, isn’t it?

A) can’t we B) are we not
C) don’t we D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) can’t we

Explanation:

The question tag ‘isn’t it’ needs to be replaced with ‘can’t we’. This is because the sentence and the question tag must be in the same tense and the same pronoun is to be used in the question tag. Thus, the correct formation would be, ‘we can go out whenever we choose to, can’t we?’

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In December 2017, which Ministry launched a pilot project ‘Blue Flag’?

 

A) Ministry of Home Affairs B) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
C) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate change D) Ministry of Tourism
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate change

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

We have made progress in our development journey, and people (came) out in large numbers to vote for development.

 

A) had come B) coming
C) will come D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) will come

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