Daily Quiz: UPSC Prelims Marathon – October 23

The Treaties of Banaras

Two agreements (1773 & 1775), regulating relations between the British government of Bengal and the ruler of the state of Awadh.  The defenseofAwadh had been guaranteed in 1765 on the condition that the state’s ruler, Shuja:ud: Dawlah, pay the cost of the necessary troops. The First Treaty of Banaras (1773) was the result of the Mughal emperor Shah Alam’s surrender of Allahabad and Kora to the Marathas as the price of their support. Warren Hastings ceded Allahabad and Kora to Shujā and promised to support him against the Afghan Rohillas in return for cash payments. This move, designed to strengthen Awadh as a buffer  state between Bengal and the Marathas, led to the Rohilla War of 1774. The Second Treaty of Banaras (1775) is otherwise known as the Treaty of Faizabad. It was forced on the new vizier of Oudh by the company’s governing council after the death of Shuja. The vizier had to pay a larger subsidy for  the use of British troops and cede Banaras  to  the East India Company. This treaty led to a revolt by Raja Chaith Singh of Banaras in 1781.

All the above statements are correct

The inscriptions found in the eastern parts of Mauryan empire are written using the Brahmi script in  Magadhi language. While in the western parts of the empire, the script used is Kharoshti, written in Prakrit.

Vishakadatta’sMudrarakshasa

• A drama in Sanskrit written during Gupta’s period
• Describes how Chandragupta maurya with the help of Kautilya overthrew Nandas
• Gives socio – economic picture of condition under mauryas

Pushyamitrasunga (Brahamana) killed last Mauryan emperor Brihadratha publicly & persecuted Buddhists and restarted Vedic rituals & sacrifices.

Lord Reading (1921–26):

• Criminal Law Amendment Act and abolition of cotton excise
• Repeal of Press Act of 1910 &Rowlatt Act of 1919
• Violent Moplah rebellion in Kerala (1921)
• Foundation of CPI (1921)
• ChauriChaura Incident (1922)
• Foundation of Swaraj Party (1923)
• Kakori Train Dacoity (1925)
• Foundation of RSS (1925)
• Murder of Swami Shardhanand (1926).
• Suppressed non-cooperation movement.

In Kheda, Gujarat, the peasants were frequently plagued by poverty, famines, scant resource, untouchability, alcoholism and British discrimination. The famine of Chhappania Akal and some subsequent famines had destroyed the agrarian economy of the region and the peasants were still dying out of starvation. The Bombay Presidency increased the taxes in 1917-18 by 23%. In 1918, Gujarat as a whole suffered a severe epidemic of Plague and in Kheda alone around 17000 people lost their lives. Further, cholera also broke out locally. This was the immediate reason of the revolt.

Statement A is Incorrect:

The Wahabi Movement was a part of the Indian freedom struggle as it offered a serious threat to British supremacy in India in the 19th century. The movement was led by Syed Ahmed Barelvi, who was greatly influenced by the teaching of Abdul Wahab of Arabia and the preaching of Delhi saint Shah Walliullah.

Statement B is Correct:

The Wahabi Movement essentially condemned all changes and innovations to Islam. It was a revivalist movement which held that the return to the true spirit of Islam was the only way to get rid of the socio- political oppression.

• VinayaPitaka : Rules of discipline in Buddhist monasteries.
• SuttaPitaka : Largest, contains collection of Buddha’s sermons.
• AbhidhammaPitaka : Explanation of the philosophical principles of the Buddhist religion.