[Mission 2023] STATIC QUIZ, 15 December 2022 – History

Solution: c)

Asoka’s death in 232 B.C. was followed by the division of the Mauryan Empire into two parts – western and eastern. The western part was ruled by Kunala, son of Asoka and the eastern part by Dasaratha, one of the grand sons of Asoka. Due to the Bactrian invasions, the western part of the empire collapsed. The eastern part was intact under Samprati, successor of Dasaratha. The last Mauryan king was Brihatratha, who was assassinated by Pushyamitra Sunga.

Solution: d)

• The Ahoms migrated to the Brahmaputra valley from present-day Myanmar in the thirteenth century. They created a new state by suppressing the older political system of the bhuiyans (landlords).
• The Ahom state depended upon forced labour. Those forced to work for the state were called paiks.

• A census of the population was taken. Each village had to send a number of paiks by rotation. People from heavily populated areas were shifted to less populated ones.

Solution: c)

Treaty of Salbai was signed between the Marathas and the British East India Company. As per this treaty:

• British acknowledged Madhavrao II Narayan as Peshwa of the Maratha Empire
• British Recognized the Territorial claims of Mahadji Shinde in west of Yamuna River.
• Raghunath Rao was freed and a pension was fixed for them.
• British East India Company got the control of the Salsette.
• British promised to support Marathas in case they attack Hyder Ali of Mysore and retake the territories of Carnatic.

• In summary, the Treaty of Salbai which was the outcome of the First Anglo Maratha war maintained the status quo.

Solution: b)

Radicals

• They went beyond the narrow criticism and imperialistic outlook of the Conservatives and the Imperialists and applied advanced humanistic and rational thought to the Indian situation. They thought that India had the capacity to improve and that they must help the country do that.

• They wanted to make India a part of the modern progressive world of science and humanism and therefore advocated the introduction of modern western science, philosophy and literature. Some of the British officials who came to India after 1820 were Radicals. They were strongly supported by Raja Rammohan Roy and other like-minded reformers.

Solution: a)

India Of My Dreams is written by Mahatma Gandhi.