Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is All of the above.

Key Points

• The local chiefs at the time of unification in Rajasthan are as follows
  • Neemrana- Alwar
  • Lava- Jaipur
  • Kushalgarh- Bansabada

Additional Information

• At the time of unification in Rajasthan princely states was 19.

Note: https://rajassembly.nic.in/OverviewRajIntegration.aspx

The correct answer is A - 4, B - 3, C - 2, D - 1.

The correct answer is the Jaisinghpura massacre 

Key Points

• Jaisinghpura massacre-
  •  On 21 June 1934 AD, Thakur Ishwar Singh of Dundlod opened fire on people working on the fields in Jaisinghpura village, In which 20-25 people were injured.
  • Ishwar Singh was tried in the princely state of Jaipur and sentenced to 1.5 years.
  • This was the first farmer massacre of Rajasthan in which the killers were punished.
  • British officer W.T. Web was appointed to prevent violence in this region.

Additional Information

• The Kudan massacre took place in Sikar due to the robbery of Captain Webb and the operation firing on the farmers.
• Chandraval massacre took place in Marwar where 6 farmers were killed on 29 March 1942 AD.
• The Dabla massacre took place on 13 March 1947 in Nagaur, this was the last incident related to the peasant movement in Rajasthan.

The correct answer is Iqbal.

Key Points

• “Sare Jahan Se Acha Hindustan Hamara” is informally rated as the 'National Song' of India.
  • The song was written by the famous poet Muhammad Iqbal in 1905 and was first read in Government College, Lahore.
  • It is included in Iqbal's work 'Bang-e-Dara'.​

Additional Information

• Rabindranath Tagore-
  • He was a poet, novelist, playwright, painter, and philosopher.
  • Rabindranath Tagore was the first person from Asia to receive the Nobel Prize.
  • Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913, a year after the publication of 'Gitanjali'.
• ​Muhammad Ali Jinnah-
  • He was a prominent leader of British India and also president of the Muslim league.
  • Muhammad Ali Jinnah became known as 'Qaiday Azam' (great leader).
• Sarojini Naidu -
  • She was a well-known Bengali poetess.
  • Sarojini Naidu was called 'Bharat Nightingale'.
  • Sarojini Naidu was one of the best national leaders of India.
  • She was always ahead in the Indian freedom struggle and appeared with Gandhiji.

The correct answer is 1820 - 1827 A. D.

Key Points

• Major general Sir Thomas Munro was a Scottish soldier who was appointed the governor of Madras in 1820.
• He served till his death from cholera in 1827.
• He also served as an army officer in the East India Company.

Important Points

• He is behind the drafting of education policy for the Madras Presidency and the introduction of the Ryotwari system in Southern India. Ryotwari system was a system introduced by him to collect land revenue.
• According to this, peasants were the owner of the land and they had all the rights to sell or mortgage the land.
• The tax rate for dry land was 50% and wetland was 60% and if they failed to pay these taxes they were convicted by the government.
• The reason for introducing this system was to eliminate the role of middlemen as was in the zamindari system but it came up with the problem of moneylenders as they further burdened the peasants with their high-interest rates.