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Multiple choice political science peasants and farmers colonialism and tribal societies peasants and adivasi revolts policy of agriculture, industry and foreign trade under british rule

Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct response from the potions given thereafter:

List-I List-II
a) The British government established monopoly in opium trade in Bengal. 1) 1780s
b) The British government exported 50000 chests of opium from Bengal annually. 2) 1820s
c) Opium production in British occupied territories declined rapidly. 3) 1870
d) Village headmen started paying peasants for producing opium in advance. 4) 1773

  1. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1

  2. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1

  3. a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4

  4. a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

  • The British East India Company established a monopoly on opium cultivation in the Indian province of Bengal, where they developed a method of growing opium poppies cheaply and abundantly so that they could sell it in china. It took place in 1773.
  • In the year 1870 British government exported 50,000 chests of opium from Bengal annually.
  • In 1820s opium production decreased rapidly in British occupied territories. Production increased in princely states and Rajasthan which are unoccupied territories because here, the local traders were offering much higher prices to peasants which made the peasants interested to grow opium.
  • In 1780s village headmen started paying peasants for producing opium in advance so as to attract poor farmers to grow opium.

Multiple choice political science peasants and farmers colonialism and tribal societies peasants and adivasi revolts policy of agriculture, industry and foreign trade under british rule
In many parts of England, the farmers began to grow turnip as:
(i) Turnip improved the soil and made it fertile
(ii) Turnip was a good fodder crop and relished by the cattle
(iii) This crop had the capacity to increase nitrogen content of the soil
(iv) Turnip became the staple food for the people

  1. (i), (ii), (iv) are correct, (iii) is incorrect

  2. (i), (iii), (iv) are correct, (ii) is incorrect

  3. (i), (ii), (iii) are correct, (iv) is incorrect

  4. All options are correct
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The European peasants had discovered that planting crops like clover and turnip improved the soil and made it more fertile. Turnip was a good fodder crop for cattle. These crops had the capacity to increase the nitrogen content of the soil. Nitrogen was important for crop growth. Cultivation of the same soil over a few years depleted the nitrogen in the soil and reduced its fertility. By restoring nitrogen, turnip and clover made the soil fertile once again

Multiple choice political science transgender / third gender transgender achieving equality moving towards equality

Choose the correct option to complete the statements given below:
The term suffrage means _________________.

  1. Right to vote

  2. Right to go anywhere in the country

  3. Right to livelihood

  4. None of the above
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The "Suffrage" means "Right to vote". This is a political right. 

When all adults irrespective of their race, caste, sex, creed, wealth, education, religion, etc. have the right to cast their vote in elections, it is called Universal Adult Franchise.

Multiple choice political science transgender / third gender transgender achieving equality moving towards equality

An important reason why Muslim girls do not attend a school or drop out of school after a few years is _______.

  1. poverty

  2. superstition

  3. lack of willingness to go to school

  4. none of the above
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A Correct answer
Explanation

A common stereotype about Muslim is that they are not interested in educating girls and therefore do not send girls to school but the actual reason is that poverty amongst Muslim is an important reason why Muslim girls do not attend a school or drop out from school after a few years.

Multiple choice political science transgender / third gender transgender achieving equality moving towards equality

The catch from the fishworkers was bought at a fair price by a ___________.

  1. Cooperative

  2. Uncooperative

  3. Uncoordinated

  4. Unsupportive
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The TMS set up a cooperative that bought the catch from the fishermen at a fair price. The cooperative then sold the catch in the market and got a good price. This helped in increasing the income of the fishermen substantially.

Multiple choice political science transgender / third gender transgender achieving equality moving towards equality

Displacement leads to the uprooting of villages and bastis.

  1. True

  2. False
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Displacement means changing of place or moving from one place to another. Displacement is caused due to several reasons such as the building of dams, settlement of civilization, annexation of territory or capturing of territory etc. Displacement compels people to leave their inhabited place and to settle at other places. This has led to the uprooting of villages and bastis as the development projects require lands and place which erase the trace of place which was once inhabited by people.

Multiple choice political science transgender / third gender transgender achieving equality moving towards equality

What has created a divide in the society?

  1. Caste distinction

  2. Caste harmony

  3. Caste uniformity

  4. Caste similarity
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Caste distinction or caste discrimination is a process that involves dividing people into social groups known as castes mostly by birth, profession, and personality. It divides the society into four major parts. Caste system resulted in lots of discrimination and exploitation of lower caste people. The caste distinction is an evil of our society.

Multiple choice political science transgender / third gender transgender achieving equality moving towards equality

Natural occurrences follow ___________.

  1. Rules of society

  2. Laws of nature

  3. Laws of the country

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Law of nature or natural law is the idea that there are forms of some natural laws that exist by themselves. It is determined by nature. For example, falling of leaves, flowing of a river, rising and setting of the sun, blooming of flowers etc.

Multiple choice political science transgender / third gender transgender achieving equality moving towards equality

Human laws need to be __________ with changing conditions.

  1. Changed

  2. Unchanged

  3. Stabilized

  4. Permanent
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Human law is the basic law to which all the human being should follow. But like any other law, human laws also need to be changed with changing conditions. It should be molded and drafted according to the situations. It shouldn't be rigid and permanent.

Multiple choice political science transgender / third gender transgender achieving equality moving towards equality

The Constitution of Independent India abolished the custom of ___________.

  1. Untouchability

  2. Accessibility

  3. Approachability

  4. Reachability
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Untouchability was a practice in which so-called lower caste people used to be kept at a distance, they were not given the status of social equality. Article 17 of the Indian Constitution abolished the practice of untouchability. Untouchability is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden.