Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is 1773.

• Regulating Act, 1773, legislation passed by the British Parliament for the regulation of the British East India Company’s Indian territories, mainly in Bengal.

Key Points

• It was the first intervention by the British government in the company’s territorial affairs and marked the beginning of a takeover process that was completed in 1858.
• The main provisions of the act were the appointment of the Governor-General of Fort William in Bengal with supervisory powers over the presidencies of Madras(now Chennai) and Bombay (now Mumbai).
• The Governor-General had a council of four and was given a casting vote but no veto.
• A Supreme court of four English judges was set up in Calcutta (now Kolkata).
• This act was amended and the government of India was recast by Prime Minister William Pitt’s India Act of 1784.

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Arjunlal Sethi and Kapoorchand Patni

• In 1931 Jaipur Praja Mandal was established by Arjunlal Sethi and Kapoorchand Patni.
• It was restablished in 1938 by Jamnalal Bajaj and Hiralal Shashtri.
• Bharatpur Praja mandal was established by Kishan Lal Joshi and Master Adityendra in 1938.
• The Praja Mandal movement in Kishangarh Region was started by Kantilal Chothani and Jamalshah in 1939.

The Correct Answer is Option 2 i.e Rectangular grid.

• Harappan culture planned its towns with their chessboard system, streets, drainage pipes, and chess pits.
• Rectangular houses with brick-line bathrooms and wells together with their stairways are found in all Harappan sites.
• Harappans have well connected central drainage system.
• Harappa is known as the city of granaries.

The correct answer is Vasudeva.

• According to the Bijolia inscription, Vasudeva ruler of the Chauhan dynasty built Sambhar lake.

Key Points

• Sambhar lake
  • Sambhar lake is located in Jaipur.
  • Its importance is primarily because it is the largest inland saline lake in India.
  • Its ancient name was also Shakambhari.
  • Prithviraj Vijaya states that Vasudeva received the Sambhar Salt Lake as a gift from a vidyadhara (a supernatural being).
  • The Bijolia inscription of his descendant Someshvara states that the lake was built by Vasudeva.

Additional Information

• Lakes in Rajasthan
  • Saline (Salt) Water lakes
    • Deedwana,
    • Lunkaransar,
    • Sambhar,
    • Panchpadra etc.
  • Fresh (Sweet) Water lakes
    • Pichhola,
    • Jaisamand,
    • Rajsamand,
    • Ana Sagar etc.

• Indus Valley Civilization is the sole example of the Proto-Historical Phase in the Indian subcontinent.
• We consider this phase as proto-historical because modern historians have discovered scripts of that period but they have not deciphered it.

  S No	Phase	Script	Deciphered or not
  1	Pre Historical	No Script	Not Deciphered
  2	Proto Historical	Scripts exist	Not Deciphered
  3	Historical	Scripts exist	Deciphered