Deck 2: Land Reforms and Village Society in India

Question 1

Which was the village studied by Andra Beteille for understanding village society in India?

A)bisipara
B)sripuram
C)guanzhou
D)kishan garhi

Answer 1

sripuram

Question 2

Which is the village taken by McKim Marriot as a case for understanding village society in India?

A)patanam
B)tanjore
C)kishan garhi
D)rampura

Answer 2

kishan garhi

Question 3

When did Permanent Settlement system introduced in India?

A)1798
B)1793
C)1773
D)1775

Answer 3

1793

Question 4

Which is the first legal attempt to protect tenants from their deplorable condition?

A)lease and rent control act 1960
B)rent control act 1857
C)rent act 1772
D)rent act of 1859

Question 5

Which of the following was not introduced in India as part Land reforms?

A)rural industrialization
B)zamindari abolition
C)land ceiling
D)rent regulation

Question 6

Before independence, which land revenue system gave ownership rights to Zamindars

A)mahalwari system
B)permanent settlement system
C)ryotwari settlement
D)all the above

Question 7

Which of the following factors did not hamper the introduction of rent regulation Indian agriculture?

A)higher socio-economic status of zamindars
B)oral agreements between tenants and land owners
C)demand by tenants to reduce rent
D)lack of security of tenure

Question 8

………..the moving of social structure from farming to non-farming sector

A)agrarianless
B)non-agrarianization
C)pre-agrarianization
D)de-agrarinization

Question 9

Who wrote the famous work "Global de-peasantization 1945-1990"?

A)arundathi roy
B)a m shah
C)a farshad
D)m sherif

Question 10

What is called as the redistribution of land from rich to poor?

A)land distribution
B)land re-distribution
C)mobility
D)land reforms

Question 11

……………is the relationship obtaining among the groups engaged in agricultural operations

A)agrarian structure
B)agrarian social structure
C)agrarian economic structure
D)land distribution structure

Question 12

The view that tribal people should be allowed to retain their special characteristic while becoming a part of the mainstream is known as :

A)acculturation
B)assimilation
C)cultural relativism
D)isolationism

Question 13

Who followed Marxism as a method of analysis rather than a political ideology?School of Distance EducationRural and Tribal Societies in India Page 8

A)n k bose
B)r k mukherjee
C)s c dube
D)d p mukherjee

Question 14

Which of the tribal groups of North-East is seeking a separate State to be carved out of Assam?

A)bodo
B)miso
C)garo
D)kuki

Question 15

Who introduces Zamindari land settlement system in India?

A)wellesly
B)william bentik
C)cornwallis
D)robert clave

Question 16

When did Zamindari Land Settlement system introduced in India?

A)1793
B)1775
C)1783
D)1762

Question 17

Which are the two classes in Permanent Land Settlement system?

A)landless labourers & peasants
B)zamindars & peasants
C)middle class & tenants
D)tax collectors & tenants

Question 18

Who introduced Ryotwari system in India?

A)charles cornwallis
B)curzon
C)thomas munro
D)alexander read & thomas munro

Question 19

Who introduced Mahalwari system in India?School of Distance EducationRural and Tribal Societies in India Page 9

A)cornwallis
B)mckenzie
C)munro
D)clave

Question 20

Which is the Land Settlement system with Panchayath acted as intermediary?

A)mahalwari settlement
B)ryotwari settlement
C)permanent settlement
D)munro system

Question 21

What is the meaning of Mahal in Mahalwari land settlement system?

A)rural
B)village
C)community
D)urban

Question 22

Which is the root word of tenure?

A)teneo
B)tano
C)tenet
D)tenu

Question 23

Which is the meaning of the Latin word Teneo?

A)to hinder
B)to pick
C)to hold
D)to take

Question 24

Tenure explains the relationship between……….

A)landlord and the peasant
B)owner and the tenant
C)middle class and agricultural labourer
D)rich peasants and tenant

Question 25

Which are the aspects reformed by the Land reforms?

A)abolition of exploitation and land consolidation
B)abolition of intermediaries, land ceiling & land consolidation
C)abolition of land concentration in landlords
D)land redistribution and abolition of administration of king