Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Consider the following pairs:

Colonial development Agrarian consequence
1. Transferability of land Greater insecurity and loss of traditional tenant rights
2. Sub-infeudation Multiplication of intermediaries and fragmentation of holdings
3. Moneylender acting as grain merchant Compelled sale of produce at low prices to clear debts
4. Absentee landlordism Greater landlord investment in agricultural technology and productivity

How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

  1. Only one
  2. Only three
  3. Only two
  4. All four
  1. A socio-religious organisation was founded in New York in 1875 and later shifted its headquarters to Adyar. It…
  2. After its inaugural session, which one of the following practices was followed by the Indian National…
  3. After the withdrawal of the Civil Disobedience Movement, Gandhi supported the Struggle-Truce-Struggle…
  4. Al-Biruni relied heavily on normative Sanskritic texts, compared the caste system with social divisions in…
  5. Although Bahadur Shah Zafar was the symbolic leader at Delhi, effective command was exercised by
  6. Although most Provincial Congress Committees opposed Jawaharlal Nehru’s nomination, Gandhi supported him for…