Land Reforms UPSC Questions

History-Post Independence India

Land Reforms MCQ Questions


13.
Most states followed a variation of the model worked out in U.P., where, the compensation paid was _____ related to the size of the land which came under a zamindar
A.
Directly
B.
Inversely
C.
Forward
D.
Backward
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ANSWER :
B. Inversely
14.
The small zamindars who used to pay land revenue of up to Rs _____ were to receive about twenty times their net annual income as compensation
A.
25
B.
30
C.
50
D.
100
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ANSWER :
A. 25
15.
The big zamindars who paid land revenue ranging between Rs 2,000 to Rs 10,000 were to receive merely two to _____ times their net annual income.
A.
5
B.
2
C.
3
D.
4
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ANSWER :
D. 4
16.
Out of a total due of Rs 6,700 million, the compensation actually paid till 1961 was Rs _____ million.
A.
2,130
B.
1,098
C.
1,642
D.
1,567
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ANSWER :
C. 1,642
17.
In _____, the zamindars were permitted to retain lands that were declared to be under their personal cultivation
A.
Andhra Pradesh
B.
Uttar Pradesh
C.
Gujarat
D.
Bihar
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ANSWER :
B. Uttar Pradesh
18.
In states like _____, to begin with there was no limit on the size of the lands that could be declared to be under the ‘personal cultivation’ of the zamindar.
A.
UP
B.
Bihar
C.
Madras
D.
All the above
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ANSWER :
D. All the above