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81. Rajasthan government has decided to fix
minimum educational qualification as
condition for aspiring candidates in
panchayats elections. It has been done at
the levels of
1. Zila Parishad
2. Block Panchayat
3. Panchayat
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94. The Defence Ministry of India has
identified some strategic rail lines along
the Indo-China border. These are in the
states of
a) Jammu Kashmir
b) Assam
c) Arunachal Pradesh
Choose the correct answer using the codes below:
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 only
d) All of the above
95. The Emperor Akbar classified the lands
and fixed different revenue to be paid by
each. Consider the following statements
1. Chachar is land that has lain fallow for
three or four years
2. Banjar is land uncultivated for five
years and more
3. Polaj is land which is annually
cultivated for each crop in succession
and is never allowed to lie fallow
4. Parauti is land left out of cultivation
for a time that it may recover its
strength
Which of the above are correctly matched?
a)
b)
c)
d)
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