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AP State Syllabus 8th Class Social Bits 16th Lesson Abolition of Zamindari System with Answers
Choose the correct answer.
Question 1.
The agitations during rule focused attention on the problems, demands, and hopes of the peasants.
A) British
B) Kings
C) Emperors
D) Nizam
Answer:
A) British
Question 2.
The law to abolish the zamindari system was passed in ………… by all state governments.
A) 1960
B) 1950
C) 1940
D) 1980
Answer:
B) 1950
Question 3.
‘Khudkasht’ means
A) Lands of farmers
B) Lands of kings
C) Lands of zamindars
D) Lands of the poor
Answer:
C) Lands of zamindars
Question 4.
Andhra region was in ………….. state in 1950.
A) Karnataka
B) Odisha
C) Maharashtra
D) Madras
Answer:
D) Madras
Question 5.
‘Vetti’ was abolished in the year
A) 1927
B) 1928
C) 1929
D) 1930
Answer:
A) 1927
Question 6.
The Inam Lands Abolition Act was promulgated in 1955.
A) Kurnool
B) Hyderabad
C) Temples
D) Cuddapah
Answer:
B) Hyderabad
Question 7.
The leader of ‘Sarvodaya’
A) Gandhiji
B) Netaji
C) Vinobaji
D) Tilak
Answer:
C) Vinobaji
Question 8.
The Chailapalli Zamindar showed 2650 acres under his factory.
A) Cotton Textile
B) Iron & Steel
C) Oil refinery
D) Sugar
Answer:
D) Sugar
Question 9.
The Land Ceiling Act came into force in
A) 1975
B) 1976
C) 1977
D) 1978
Answer:
A) 1975
Question 10.
The other form of Vetti was
A) Vegar
B) Begar
C) Berur
D) Merur
Answer:
B) Begar
Question 11.
The main problem faced by India at the time of independence
A) Poverty
B) Unemployment
C) Irrigation
D) None
Answer:
A) Poverty
Question 12.
The poor people in the rural population at the time of independance
A) 17.6 crores
B) 18.6 crores
C) 19.6 crores
D) 20.6 crores
Answer:
B) 18.6 crores
Question 13.
The landlords escaped from the Land Ceiling Act by doing the following.
A) Transferred their lands in the names of their close relatives, friends and even farm servants.
B) Fictitious divorces were taken in law courts to show husband and wife as separate families.
C) Both A & B
D) None
Answer:
C) Both A & B
Question 14.
The law of abolishing the Zamindari system was passed in
A) 1940
B) 1950
C) 1960
D) 1970
Answer:
B) 1950
Question 15.
Which type of control of the landlords was identified?
A) Collection of land revenue
B) Control over cultivated land
C) Control over forests and waste lands
D) All the above
Answer:
D) All the above
Question 16.
The number of tenants who became the owners of land after the government rule that the tenants would be given land only if they paid some price for it.
A) 2 to 2.5 crores
B) 3 to 3.5 crores
C) 1 to 1.5 crores
D) 5 to 5.5 crores
Answer:
A) 2 to 2.5 crores
Question 17.
Even before independence, in forced labour or vetti had been abolished ( )
A) 1925
B) 1927
C) 1929
D) 1931
Answer:
B) 1927
Question 18.
In areas where the Telangana armed struggle was strong, the practice of vetti was put to an end in
A) 1940
B) 1945
C) 1948
D) 1950
Answer:
C) 1948
Question 19.
In …………… when the Telangana movement was beginning, the Nizam had made many laws to protect the tenants at will
A) 1940
B) 1945
C) 1948
D) 1950
Answer:
B) 1945
Question 20.
On ………….. Jagirs, which were like small kingdoms in Hyderabad state were abolished.
A) 15-8-1949
B) 20-8-1950
C) 15-8-1947
D) 2-9-1950
Answer:
A) 15-8-1949
Question 21.
Which government formed the Hyderabad Agrarian Reforms Committee?
A) Nizam government
B) Dictatorial government
C) The new government that was formed in Hyderabad
D) All the above
Answer:
C) The new government that was formed in Hyderabad
Question 22.
The famous Hyderabad Tenancy Act was passed in protecting all types of tenants.
A) 1940
B) 1950
C) 1960
D) 1970
Answer:
B) 1950
Question 23.
The Hyderabad Inam Lands Abolition Act was promulgated in
A) 1950
B) 1955
C) 1960
D) 1965
Answer:
B) 1955
Question 24.
As there was no limit on land holding, thousands of acres of fertile land also remained with them as ………… lands.
A) Khudkasht
B) Kudhaye Khidmatgars
C) Khidmatgars
D) Inam
Answer:
A) Khudkasht
Question 25.
The Bhudan movement was started by Vinobha Bhave on …………
A) 1-1-1951
B) 18-1-951
C) 1-5-1951
D) 1-12-1951
Answer:
B) 18-1-951
Question 26.
In West Bengal the government taken over 12,94,000 acres of land and 10,64,000 acres were distributed to about ………… families.
A) 20,51,000
B) 25,51,000
C) 26,51,000
D) 27,51,000
Answer:
C) 26,51,000
Question 27.
The first person who received land as donation.
A) Mysamma
B) Maisaiah
C) Rangamma
D) Ramayya
Answer:
B) Maisaiah
Question 28.
The total land which was received as donation during the Bhudan movement of Vinobha Bhave
A) 40 lakhs of acres
B) 44 lakhs of acres
C) 50 lakhs of acres
D) 55 lakhs of acres
Answer:
B) 44 lakhs of acres
Question 29.
The Challapalli Zamindar showed the land for sugar factory
A) 2000 acres
B) 2600 acres
C) 2650 acres
D) 3000 acres
Answer:
C) 2650 acres
Question 30.
The landlords of Telangana continued their domination even into the ………… century.
A) 20
B) 21
C) 19
D) 18
Answer:
B) 21
Question 31.
After the land reforms were completed in 1955-56 more than half the peasant families had less than hectares of land.
A) 2
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8
Answer:
A) 2
Question 32.
After this year many states passed Land Ceiling Acts for 2nd phase land reforms.
A) 1970
B) 1971
C) 1972
D) 1974
Answer:
C) 1972
Question 33.
The Land Ceiling Act was passed by A.P. Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council in
A) September 1972
B) October 1972
C) November 1972
D) December 1972
Answer:
A) September 1972
Question 34.
The Land Ceiling Act came into implementation in AP in
A) January 1975
B) February 1975
C) March 1975
D) April 1975
Answer:
A) January 1975
Question 35.
The Land Ceiling Act defined a family with …………….. members as a unit.
A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
Answer:
B) 5
Question 36.
According to the Land Ceiling Act a family can have a maximum of …………… acres of irrigated land.
A) 10 – 15
B) 10 – 17
C) 10 – 27
D) 10 – 30
Answer:
C) 10 – 27
Question 37.
According to Land Ceiling Act a family can have …………… acres of dryland.
A) 30 – 50
B) 35 – 54
C) 40 – 54
D) 40 – 60
Answer:
B) 35 – 54
Question 38.
In Andhra Pradesh about ………… lakhs acres were declared surplus as per the Land Ceiling Act.
A) 7
B) 7.5
C) 8
D) 9
Answer:
C) 8
Question 39.
Out of the 8 lakhs of acres of surplus land …………… acres were taken over by the government.
A) 6,00,000
B) 6,41,000
C) 6,22,000
D) 7,00,000
Answer:
B) 6,41,000
Question 40.
Out of the land taken our by the government and it distributed about 5,82,000 acres to about ………… families of landless and poor peasants.
A) 5,00,000
B) 5,40,000
C) 6,00,000
D) 6,40,000
Answer:
B) 5,40,000
Question 41.
Choose the correct matching.
Group – A Group – B
1) Land Ceiling Act came into force in ( ) a) Abolition of Vetti
2) Vedire Ramachandra Reddy ( ) b) West Bengal
3) 1948 ( ) c) Abolition of Jagirdars
4) 1949 ( ) d) The first receiver of the land
5) Maisaiah ( ) e) The first land donor
A) 1 – a, 2 – e, 3 – b, 4 – c, 5 – d
B) 1 – d, 2 – c, 3 – e, 4 – a, 5 – b
C) 1 – b, 2 – e, 3 – a, 4 – c, 5 – d
D) 1 – c, 2 – e, 3 – a, 4 – b, 5 – d
Answer:
C) 1 – b, 2 – e, 3 – a, 4 – c, 5 – d
Question 42.
The lands of zamindars which were cultivated by recognized tenants was taken over by the government and the tenants were declared the owners of the land.
Pick the correct slogan.
A) Land to the owner
B) Land to the lords
C) Land to the tiller
D) All the above
Answer:
C) Land to the tiller
Question 43.
The Madras Estate Bill came into force in 1950.
A) It affected A.P.
B) It didn’t affect A.P.
C) I don’t know
D) All the above
Answer:
A) It affected A.P.
Question 44.
Name of this famous personality
A) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
B) V.R. Reddy
C) Maisaiah
D) Surendranath Benerjee
Answer:
A) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
Question 45.
‘A family of 5 members can have maximum of 10 to 27 acres of irrigated land’ – The act is
A) The land filling act
B) The land seizing act
C) The land ceiling act
D) All the above
Answer:
C) The land ceiling act
Question 46.
What could be done to eradicate rural poverty at the time of independence?
A) Zamindari system or Landlordism should be abolished
B) Government would reduce taxes
C) Problems of Rythu coolies would be solved
D) Land to the tiller
Answer:
A) Zamindari system or Landlordism should be abolished
Question 47.
Bhoodan, Gramdan and The land ceiling act are not successful in our country. This is due to
A) Several landlords gave false declarations.
B) Several landlords transferred the lands to their kith and kin.
C) 44 lakhs of acres is not a big figure in our country.
D) All the above
Answer:
D) All the above
Question 48.
The first farmer that participated in Bhudan movement of Vinobha Bhave in Pochampalli village in Nalgonda district
A) V. Ramachandra Reddy
B) S. Ramachandra Reddy
C) Marri Chenna Reddy
D) Kadiri Rama Chandra Reddy
Answer:
A) V. Ramachandra Reddy
Question 49.
This state implemented the Land Ceiling Act more effectively.
A) West Bengal
B) Maharashtra
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Punjab
Answer:
A) West Bengal