INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

With reference to the Young Bengal movement, which of the following issues were taken up by Derozians:

1. Rights of women

2. Grievances of peasants

3. Better treatment of Indian labours in British colonies abroad.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Who was the Delhi sultan to impose jizya even on the Brahmins?

A split in the congress was avoided in Calcutta Congress, 1906 by electing a president acceptable to both Moderates and Extremists. Who among the following was elected as president for this session?

Who among the following Chola rulers sent an embassy of 72 merchants to China in 1077 ?

With reference to the Public Safety Bill which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

1. Bhagat Singh and B.K. Dutt throw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly against the passage of the Public Safety Bill.

2. Public Safety Bill was intended to contain the Communists but nationalists were concerned that such a provision would reduce the civil liberties of citizens in general and workers in particular.

3. Swarajists played a significant role in defeating the Public Safety Bill in the legislature.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

With reference to Lord Wellesley, consider the following statements:

1. He was the first European governor general to use the system of subsidiary alliance in India.

2. He concluded the Treaty of Salbai with the Marathas.

3. He reformed the administration and introduced the civil services.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

In the early 1860s, there was a sudden increase in access to credit for ryots in the Deccan villages. Which among the following was the reason for this?

Consider the following pairs:

Which of the pair(s) given above is/are correctly matched?

With reference to recommendations of ‘Hunter education Commission’ of 1882, which of the statement(s) is/are correct?

1. State’s special care should be given for extension and improvement of primary education

2. Secondary education should be separated to literary and vocational divisions

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the following statements in the context of Ryotwari system-

1. It was recommended by Munro and Charles Reed and introduced in Bombay and Madras.

2. The revenue was fixed for 30 years on the basis of quality of the soil and nature of the crop.

3. It was based on the scientific rent theory of Ricardo.

Which of the statements given above are correct?