UPSC Prelims GS - 2019

Question 60
DIFFICULT
Correct:
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Incorrect:
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With refence to forced labour (Vishti) in India during the Gupta period, which one of the following statements is correct?

    a
    It was considered a source of income for the State, a sort of tax paid by the people.
    b
    It was totally absent in the Madhya Pradesh and Kathiawar region of the Gupta Empire.
    c
    The forced labourer was entitled to weekly wages.
    d
    The eldest son of the labourer was sent as the forced labourer.