556: With reference to land reforms in independent India, which one of the following statements is correct?
(a) The ceiling laws were aimed at family holdings and not individual holdings.
(b) The major aim of land reforms was providing agricultural land to all the landless.
(c) It resulted in cultivation of cash crops as a predominant form of cultivation.
(d) Land reforms permitted no exemptions to the ceiling limits.
Explanation:
The Land reform constitutes the most important measures to improve the economic condition of agricultural tenants.The Land reforms program in post-Independence India has evolved through different phases and these includes Abolition of Intermediaries, Tenancy reforms, consolidation of holdings and determination of holdings per family, imposition of ceilings with fewer exemptions, and to distribute surplus land among landless peoples. Hence Option (B) is correct.
557: Ramanuja, the Vaishnava Saint, was born at
(a) Srirangam
(b) Srivilliputtur
(c) Udipi
(d) None of the above
558: For the Karachi session of Indian National Congress in 1931 presided over by Sardar Patel, who drafted the Resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Programme ?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(c) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Explanation:
Two years after the Bombay resolution of May 1929, a resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Programme was adopted by the Karachi session of the Congress. Nehru recalls in the 'Autobiography': "During may early morning talks in Delhi with Gandhiji in February and March 1931, I had referred to this matter, and he had welcomed the idea of having a resolution on economic matters. He asked me to bring the matter up at karachi, and to draft a resolution and show it to him there. I did so at Karachi, and he made various changed and suggestions......"
559: Which one of the following statements is not correct ?
(a) Neel Darpan was a play based on the exploitation of the indigo farmers
(b) The author of the play Ghashiram Kotwal is Vijay Tendulkar
(c) The play Navanna by Nabin Chandra Das was based on the famine of Bengal
(d) Urdu theatre used to depend heavily on Parsi theatre
560: M.C. Setalvad, B.N. Rao and Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer were distinguished members of the
(a) Swaraj Party
(b) All-India National Liberal Federation
(c) Madras Labour Union
(d) Servants of India Society
Explanation:
Servants of India Society was founded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale in which M.C. Setalwad, B.N. Rao, Alladi KrishnaSwamy Iyer were distinguished members.