UGC NET HISTORY DECEMBER (PAPER II) 2019

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The revolt of 1857 was much more than a mere product of sepoy discontent. It was in reality a product of accumulated grievances against the company’s administration a popular discontent and hatred against foreign rule. The most important cause was the economic exploitation, the complete destruction of its traditional economic fabric, the impoverishment of the vast mass of peasants, artisans and handicraftsmen as also a large number of traditional zamindars and chiefs. As a result of the British land and revenue policies and the system of Judicial administration a large number of peasant proprietors lost their land to traders and money-lenders and found themselves in utter debt. In addition, the common people were hard hit by corruption even at the lower levels of administration. The complex judicial system enabled the rich to oppress the poor, and the growing poverty made them desperate. The middle and upper classes of Indian society suffered by their exclusion from higher positions in the administration. Displacement of Indian rulers led to the loss of patronage to the men of arts and culture and also to the religious preachers – pandits and Maulvis, who played an important role in spreading discontent against the government Besides. Lord Dalhousie’s policy of annexations of native states by applying the Doctrine of Lapse was widely resente4) Lastly, the conversion activities by the Christian missionaries created fear and suspicion among the general public.
Who among the following considers the revolt of 1857, mere a ‘Sepoy mutiny’?
1) Eric Stokes 2)John W Kay
3) R.C Majumdar 4)S.N. Sen

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The revolt of 1857 was much more than a mere product of sepoy discontent. It was in reality a product of accumulated grievances against the company’s administration a popular discontent and hatred against foreign rule. The most important cause was the economic exploitation, the complete destruction of its traditional economic fabric, the impoverishment of the vast mass of peasants, artisans and handicraftsmen as also a large number of traditional zamindars and chiefs. As a result of the British land and revenue policies and the system of Judicial administration a large number of peasant proprietors lost their land to traders and money-lenders and found themselves in utter debt. In addition, the common people were hard hit by corruption even at the lower levels of administration. The complex judicial system enabled the rich to oppress the poor, and the growing poverty made them desperate. The middle and upper classes of Indian society suffered by their exclusion from higher positions in the administration. Displacement of Indian rulers led to the loss of patronage to the men of arts and culture and also to the religious preachers – pandits and Maulvis, who played an important role in spreading discontent against the government Besides. Lord Dalhousie’s policy of annexations of native states by applying the Doctrine of Lapse was widely resente4) Lastly, the conversion activities by the Christian missionaries created fear and suspicion among the general public.
Which one of the following states was not annexed under the ‘Doctrine of Lapse’?
1) Udaipur
2) Baghat
3) Sambalpur
4) Awadh

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The revolt of 1857 was much more than a mere product of sepoy discontent. It was in reality a product of accumulated grievances against the company’s administration a popular discontent and hatred against foreign rule. The most important cause was the economic exploitation, the complete destruction of its traditional economic fabric, the impoverishment of the vast mass of peasants, artisans and handicraftsmen as also a large number of traditional zamindars and chiefs. As a result of the British land and revenue policies and the system of Judicial administration a large number of peasant proprietors lost their land to traders and money-lenders and found themselves in utter debt. In addition, the common people were hard hit by corruption even at the lower levels of administration. The complex judicial system enabled the rich to oppress the poor, and the growing poverty made them desperate. The middle and upper classes of Indian society suffered by their exclusion from higher positions in the administration. Displacement of Indian rulers led to the loss of patronage to the men of arts and culture and also to the religious preachers – pandits and Maulvis, who played an important role in spreading discontent against the government Besides. Lord Dalhousie’s policy of annexations of native states by applying the Doctrine of Lapse was widely resente4) Lastly, the conversion activities by the Christian missionaries created fear and suspicion among the general public.
Which one of the following was not one of the causes of the revolt of 1857?
1) The economic exploitation
2) Popular discontent and hatred against foreign rule
3) The faulty judicial system
4) First Afghan War

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The revolt of 1857 was much more than a mere product of sepoy discontent. It was in reality a product of accumulated grievances against the company’s administration a popular discontent and hatred against foreign rule. The most important cause was the economic exploitation, the complete destruction of its traditional economic fabric, the impoverishment of the vast mass of peasants, artisans and handicraftsmen as also a large number of traditional zamindars and chiefs. As a result of the British land and revenue policies and the system of Judicial administration a large number of peasant proprietors lost their land to traders and money-lenders and found themselves in utter debt. In addition, the common people were hard hit by corruption even at the lower levels of administration. The complex judicial system enabled the rich to oppress the poor, and the growing poverty made them desperate. The middle and upper classes of Indian society suffered by their exclusion from higher positions in the administration. Displacement of Indian rulers led to the loss of patronage to the men of arts and culture and also to the religious preachers – pandits and Maulvis, who played an important role in spreading discontent against the government Besides. Lord Dalhousie’s policy of annexations of native states by applying the Doctrine of Lapse was widely resente4) Lastly, the conversion activities by the Christian missionaries created fear and suspicion among the general public.
Choose the correct option from the following
1) Due to various land and revenue policies, Indian peasants became rich
2) British land and revenue policies led to the indebtedness of Indian peasants
3) The judicial system helped the poor to rise against their oppressors
4) Traditional Zamindars and chief’s were favourably dealt with by the British

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow
The revolt of 1857 was much more than a mere product of sepoy discontent. It was in reality a product of accumulated grievances against the company’s administration a popular discontent and hatred against foreign rule. The most important cause was the economic exploitation, the complete destruction of its traditional economic fabric, the impoverishment of the vast mass of peasants, artisans and handicraftsmen as also a large number of traditional zamindars and chiefs. As a result of the British land and revenue policies and the system of Judicial administration a large number of peasant proprietors lost their land to traders and money-lenders and found themselves in utter debt. In addition, the common people were hard hit by corruption even at the lower levels of administration. The complex judicial system enabled the rich to oppress the poor, and the growing poverty made them desperate. The middle and upper classes of Indian society suffered by their exclusion from higher positions in the administration. Displacement of Indian rulers led to the loss of patronage to the men of arts and culture and also to the religious preachers – pandits and Maulvis, who played an important role in spreading discontent against the government Besides. Lord Dalhousie’s policy of annexations of native states by applying the Doctrine of Lapse was widely resente4) Lastly, the conversion activities by the Christian missionaries created fear and suspicion among the general public.
From among the following who adopted the policy of ‘Doctrine of Lapse’?
1) Lord Cannig 2) Lord Curzon
3) Lord Dalhousie 4) Lord Wellesley

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A different kind of historian was Barani, whose work, written in 1357,is a history of the Delhi Sultanate from the point where Minjah Siraj ended his narrative, Barani is different from his peers, especially because he takes up aspects of life other than dynastic and political, such as economic, social, intellectual and religious. He is also novel is that he applies to events a distinct historical theory of his own. This theory was premised on a triangular relationship between despotic monarchy, the established nobility and upstarts from the non-aristocratic classes
Which are the elements of triangular relationship described by Barani?
1) Despotic monarchy; established nobility; upstarts from the non-aristocratic classes
2) Despotic monarchy; new nobility; upstarts from the non-aristocratic classes
3) Despotic monarchy; established nobility; people from aristocratic classes
4) Despotic monarchy; new nobility groups from non-aristocratic classes