58: Which amongst the following provided a common factor for tribal insurrection in India in the 19th century ?
(a) Influence of rise of a large number of money lenders, traders and revenue farmers as middlemen in tribal areas
(b) The complete disruption of the old agrarian order of the' tribal communities
(c) Influence of foreign religious missionaries in tribal areas
(d) Introduction of a new system of land revenue and taxation of tribal products
Explanation:
The tribals of India like other social groups, participated in the anti-colonial movement. The tribal anti-colonial movements were of two types - first, the movements against their oppressors i.e. landlords, money-lenders, traders, thekedars (contractors), government officials and Christian missionaries and second, the movements which were linked to and merged with the India National Movement. The first type of movement can be termed as anti-colonial because these movements were directed against those classes which were the creation of British colonialism and who collaborated with the tribals. These classes were considered outsiders by the tribals. According to an estimate there were more than 70 tribal revolts over a period of 70 years (1778 to 1948). These revolts were anti-colonial in varying degrees. The main anti-colonial tribal movements and revolts were: The tribal revolts in Chotanagpur region - Tamar revolt (1789-1832), Kherwar movement of Santhals (1833), Santhal revolt of 1855, Bokta risings, Sardari Larai or Mukti Larai movemeint of 1858-95, Birsa Munda's movement (1895-1901), Devi movement in Gujarat (1922-23), Tribal movement in Midnapur (1918-1924), Jitu Santhal's movement in Malda (1924-32), Tribals and National Movement in Orissa (1921-36) and Tribal movements in Assam in the late nineteenth century.
59: 6 equiddistant vertical lines are drawn on a board. 6 equidistant horizontal line are also drawn on the board cutting the 6 vertical lines, and the distance between any two consecutive horizontal lines is equal to that between any two consecutive vertical lines. What is maximum number of squares thus formed ?
(A) 56
(B) 44
(C) 37
(D) 55
60: The river most mentioned in early Vedic literature is
(a) Sindhu
(b) Sutudri
(c) Sarasvati
(d) Ganga
Explanation:
sindhu is the most mentioned river, where as saraswati is considered to be the most important and sacred.