1306: With reference to forced labour (Vishti) in India during the Gupta period, which one of the following statements is correct?
(a) It was considered a source of income for the State, a sort of tax paid by the people.
(b) It was totally absent in the Madhya Pradesh and Kathiawar regions of the Gupta Empire.
(c) The forced labourer was entitled to weekly wages.
(d) The eldest son of the labourer was sent as the forced labourer.
1307: P, Q, R and S are four men. P is the oldest but not the poorest. R is the richest but not the oldest. Q is older than S but not than P or R. P is richer than Q but not than S. The four men can be ordered (descending) in respect of age and richness, respectively, as
(A) PQRS, RPSQ
(B) PRQS, RSQP
(C) PRSQ, RSPQ
(D) PRQS, RSPQ
1308: Lathyrism is caused by excessive consumption of
(a) Kesari dal
(b) Mustard oil
(c) Polished rice
(d) Mushrooms
1309: Which one of the following schedules of the Indian Constitution lists the names of states and specifies their territories?
(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) Fourth
1310: The demand for the Tebhaga Peasant Movement in Bengal was for
(a) the reduction of the share of the landlords from one-half of the crop to one-third
(b) the grant of ownership of land to peasants as they were the actual cultivators of the land
(c) the uprooting of Zamindari system and the end of serfdom
(d) writing off all peasant debts