Insights Static Quiz -344, 2019–History

Solution: c)

The word Araghatta has been used in the ancient texts to describe the Persian Wheel. The ‘ara-ghatta’ comes from the combination of the words ‘ara’ meaning spoke and ‘ghatta’ meaning pot. It is used to lift water from water sources typically open wells.

Solution: b)

As they were building huge forts and maintaining big armies, they needed more resources.

Instead of depending on occasional gifts brought by people, as in the case of the raja of the janapadas, they started collecting regular taxes.

Taxes on crops were the most important. This was because most people were farmers.

• There were taxes on crafts persons as well.
• Herders were also expected to pay taxes in the form of animals and animal produce.
• There were also taxes on goods that were bought and sold, through trade.
• And hunters and gatherers also had to provide forest produce to the raja.

Solution: b)

First Anglo-Mysore war – (1766–1769)

First Anglo Maratha war – (1775–1782)

First Anglo Burmese war – (1824–1826)

First Anglo Sikh war – (1845–46)

Solution: c)

Government of India Act of 1858 – known as the Act for the Good Government of India.

Charter Act of 1853:

It established a separate Governor-General’s legislative council which came to be known as the Indian (Central) Legislative Council.

It introduced an open competition system of selection and recruitment of civil servants. The covenanted civil service was thus thrown open to the Indians also.

It introduced, for the first time, local representation in the Indian (Central) Legislative Council.

Solution: a)

East India Association – was organised by Dadabhai Naoroji in 1866 in London.

Poona Sarvajanik Sabha – founded in 1867 by Mahadeo Govind Ranade.