History

Correct answer: C

I is correct: Charter Act ending the Company's remaining commercial functions → 1833. The Company thereafter functioned as an administrative body. II is incorrect: Annulment of Bengal's partition and announcement of capital transfer → 1911. The Delhi Durbar announced both decisions.

Correct answer: A

Its constitutional proposals did not secure Indian political agreement.

Correct answer: D

I is correct: Individual Satyagraha launch → 1940. Vinoba Bhave was chosen as the first individual satyagrahi. II is incorrect: Regulating Act → 1773. It introduced parliamentary oversight of the East India Company's government.

Correct answer: A

I is correct: Royal Indian Navy uprising → 1946. The uprising began among naval ratings in Bombay. II is correct: Cripps Mission → 1942. Its constitutional proposals did not secure Indian political agreement.

Correct answer: B

It created the Board of Control.

Correct answer: A

I is incorrect: Regulating Act → 1773. It introduced parliamentary oversight of the East India Company's government. II is correct: Partition of Bengal under Curzon → 1905. The partition generated major Swadeshi protests.

Correct answer: B

It introduced parliamentary oversight of the East India Company's government.

Correct answer: D

I is incorrect: Pitt's India Act → 1784. It created the Board of Control. II is incorrect: Vernacular Press Act → 1878. It targeted the Indian-language press under Lytton.

Correct answer: C

I is correct: Iqta under the Delhi Sultanate → An assigned revenue territory. An iqtadar collected revenue subject to obligations to the state. II is incorrect: Subsidiary Alliance → Acceptance of a British force at the ruler's expense. It curtailed a princely state's independent military and diplomatic action.

Correct answer: D

I is correct: Shreni in ancient urban economies → A guild. Artisans or merchants organised themselves into guilds. II is correct: Zat in the Mughal mansabdari system → Personal rank. Zat indicated status; sawar concerned cavalry obligations.

Correct answer: A

Such grants supported learned or religious beneficiaries.

Correct answer: C

I is correct: Gahapati in early historic texts → A substantial householder. The term often denotes a household head controlling resources. II is incorrect: Ryotwari settlement → Direct revenue settlement with cultivators. It differed from settlement through zamindars.

Correct answer: D

I is correct: Sawar in the Mughal mansabdari system → Cavalry rank. It specified the cavalry component of service. II is correct: Subsidiary Alliance → Acceptance of a British force at the ruler's expense. It curtailed a princely state's independent military and diplomatic action.

Correct answer: A

An iqtadar collected revenue subject to obligations to the state.

Correct answer: D

I is correct: Sabha in early Vedic society → An assembly. The Sabha was a deliberative institution rather than a tax. II is correct: Shreni in ancient urban economies → A guild. Artisans or merchants organised themselves into guilds.

Correct answer: A

I is incorrect: Mahalwari settlement → Revenue settlement with a village estate. The mahal was the unit of assessment. II is correct: Zat in the Mughal mansabdari system → Personal rank. Zat indicated status; sawar concerned cavalry obligations.

Correct answer: D

The term often denotes a household head controlling resources.

Correct answer: B

I is correct: Subsidiary Alliance → Acceptance of a British force at the ruler's expense. It curtailed a princely state's independent military and diplomatic action. II is incorrect: Ryotwari settlement → Direct revenue settlement with cultivators. It differed from settlement through zamindars.

Correct answer: B

I is incorrect: Agrahara land grant → Land assigned to Brahmanas. Such grants supported learned or religious beneficiaries. II is correct: Iqta under the Delhi Sultanate → An assigned revenue territory. An iqtadar collected revenue subject to obligations to the state.

Correct answer: A

Artisans or merchants organised themselves into guilds.

Correct answer: D

I is incorrect: Gahapati in early historic texts → A substantial householder. The term often denotes a household head controlling resources. II is incorrect: Zat in the Mughal mansabdari system → Personal rank. Zat indicated status; sawar concerned cavalry obligations.

Correct answer: C

I is correct: Shreni in ancient urban economies → A guild. Artisans or merchants organised themselves into guilds. II is incorrect: Iqta under the Delhi Sultanate → An assigned revenue territory. An iqtadar collected revenue subject to obligations to the state.

Correct answer: D

The Sabha was a deliberative institution rather than a tax.

Correct answer: C

I is incorrect: Subsidiary Alliance → Acceptance of a British force at the ruler's expense. It curtailed a princely state's independent military and diplomatic action. II is incorrect: Agrahara land grant → Land assigned to Brahmanas. Such grants supported learned or religious beneficiaries.

Correct answer: D

I is correct: Shreni in ancient urban economies → A guild. Artisans or merchants organised themselves into guilds. II is correct: Gahapati in early historic texts → A substantial householder. The term often denotes a household head controlling resources.