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L.G Havanur and T Venkataswamy were Commissions related to ___________

  1. Minorities

  2. Backward classes

  3. Languages

  4. None


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs appointed the first Backward Classes Commission under the Chairmanship of L.G. Havanur in 1975. The percentage of students of different castes who passed in the S.S.L.C. examination in 1975 was taken as the criterion for determining the backwardness of those castes. As per there commendations of the Havanur report, a Government Order was issued in 1977. The Karnataka government gave the assurance that all the deficiencies in the report would be rectified. Towards that end, the T. Venkataswamy Commission was appointed in 1983. However, due to political pressures, the Venkataswamy report was not accepted by the government.

L.G Havanur used performance of __________  for determining the backward classes.

  1. Students

  2. Peasants

  3. Government officials

  4. None


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs appointed the first Backward Classes Commission under the Chairmanship of L.G.Havanur in 1975. The percentage of students of different castes who passed in the S.S.L.C. examination in 1975 was taken as the criterion for determining the backwardness of those castes.

According to L.G Havanur commission, the percentage of students of different _______ who passed in the SSLC exam in the year 1975 was the criterion for inclusion into the Backward Classes.

  1. Castes

  2. Class

  3. Both

  4. None


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs appointed the first Backward Classes Commission under the Chairmanship of L.G.Havanur in 1975. The percentage of students of different castes who passed in the S.S.L.C. examination in 1975 was taken as the criterion for determining the backwardness of those castes.

The T. Venkataswamy report was not accepted by the government due to __________.

  1. Issues in the Report

  2. Political pressures

  3. Better report by a new commission

  4. None


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs appointed the first Backward Classes Commission under the Chairmanship of L.G. Havanur in 1975. The percentage of students of different castes who passed in the S.S.L.C. examination in 1975 was taken as the criterion for determining the backwardness of those castes. As per there commendations of the Havanur report, a Government Order was issued in 1977. The Karnataka government gave the assurance that all the deficiencies in the report would be rectified. Towards that end, the T. Venkataswamy Commission was appointed in 1983. However, due to political pressures, the Venkataswamy report was not accepted by the government.

As per L.G Havanur criteria, the percentage of students of different castes who passed the __________ exam in 1975 was taken as the criterion for determining the backwardness of those castes.

  1. CAPF

  2. SSLC

  3. PSC

  4. None


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs appointed the first Backward Classes Commission under the Chairmanship of L.G.Havanur in 1975. The percentage of students of different castes who passed in the S.S.L.C. examination in 1975 was taken as the criterion for determining the backwardness of those castes.

Restricting the hold of the _________ class on land was the objective behind the abolition of the Zamindari system.

  1. Feudal

  2. Peasant

  3. Ruler

  4. Working


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Restricting the hold of the feudal class on land was the objective behind the abolition of Zamindari system. This is one of the most important land reforms. In 1955, a committee was formed under the leadership of the ex-vice president of India, B.D.Jatti. This committee made certain recommendations towards bringing about land reforms. The committee recommended that every family should be given maximum 116 acres dry land and 27 acres irrigated land. These recommendations helped the wealthy. These recommendations were implemented in 1957 but did not change the existing system in a decisive manner. But the Land Reform Law of 1974 played a decisive role in changing the existing system.

1 acre is equal to __________ Guntas.

  1. 20

  2. 30

  3. 40

  4. 50


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Guntas are fraction of acres. The area of a land in Telangana is usually measures in Acres & Guntas.
1 Acre = 40 Guntas

As per the L.G Havanur commission, the _________ of students from different castes who passed the SSLC exam was criteria for inclusion in the backward classes.

  1. Number

  2. Percentage

  3. Grades

  4. None


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs of Karnataka appointed the first Backward Classes Commission under the Chairmanship of L.G.Havanur in 1975. The percentage of students of different castes who passed in the S.S.L.C. examination in 1975 was taken as the criterion for determining the backwardness of those castes.

In 1955, a committee was made under the leadership of the __________ of India for Land reforms.

  1. Vice President

  2. Ex- Vice President

  3. Prime Minister

  4. Ex- Prime Minister


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Restricting the hold of the feudal class on land was the objective behind the abolition of Zamindari system. This is one of the most important land reforms. In 1955, a committee was formed under the leadership of the ex-vice president of India, B.D.Jatti. This committee made certain recommendations towards bringing about land reforms. The committee recommended that every family should be given maximum 116 acres dry land and 27 acres irrigated land. These recommendations helped the wealthy. These recommendations were implemented in 1957 but did not change the existing system in a decisive manner. But the Land Reform Law of 1974 played a decisive role in changing the existing system.

As per the limit of land holdings decided by the Karnataka Government, a family could have ________ acres of fertile land which had no facility for water.

  1. 27

  2. 54

  3. 18

  4. 10


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The State government of Karnataka had fixed a limit on the land a family could possess. The maximum limit of owning land was fixed by the then government. A family could have 54 acres of fertile land that had no facility of water. If the land had irrigation facility and more than one crop was being grown there, the family could have 10 to 18 acres. If it was irrigated land with only one crop being grown, each family could have maximum 27 acres. In 1977, the Inam Cancellation Act came into being.