INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

What was the important reason for the fall of Vijayanagar Empire ?

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was associated with which of the following?

1. Legalizing widow remarriage.

2. Opposing polygamy.

3. Advocating higher education of women.

4. Opposing child marriage.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the following statements regarding Kisan Movement-

1. In 1936, All India Kisan Congress was founded in Delhi, later on known as All India Kisan Sabha.

2. The Kisan Gazette was passed by M.N. Roy.

3. In 1937 the All India Kisan Sabha was organized in Faizpur.

4. Ramanand Tirth organized the peasants of Hyderabad.

Which among of the above statements are correct?

With reference to 28 months of Congress Rule in provinces (in late 1930s) consider the following statements :

1. Agrarian structure was drastically changed by abolishing Zamindari in some provinces.

2. Administrative work by Indians weakened the myth that Indians were not fit to rule.

3. Congress ministries resigned in 1939 because they were facing various hurdles in passing legislation and implementing them.

which of the statement(s) given above is/are not correct?

Which among the followings about Young Bengal Movement are correct?

1. Its leader was an Anglo-Indian.

2. Its followers were known as Derozians

3. They took up peasant’s cause along with other social reforms.

Select the correct answer using codes given below.

With reference to the first session of Indian National Congress, consider the following statements:

1. It was held at Calcutta in 1885.

2. It was presided over by W C Bonnerjee.

3. Surendranath Banerjee did not attend the session due to the simultaneous session of the Indian National Conference.

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

Consider the following statements.

1. Junagadh inscription of Rudradaman in about 150 A.D. was one of the earliest specimens of chaste Sanskrit.

2. “Mahavastu” was a religious treatise on Hinayana Buddhism

3. Roman emperor Trajan received an embassy from India in 28 A.D.

4. Glass-making industry had received a great boost in India during the Post-Mauryan period.

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

The aim of Public Safety Bill, 1928 was to?

Consider the followings about ‘Mohammad bin Tuglaq’ :

1. Well versed in astronomy, mathematics, medicine.

2. His visionary schemes failed as they were ill-planned and badly executed.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements about ‘The Rashtrakutas’

1. They encouraged Arabs of Sindh.

2. They encouraged Hinduism but not Digambara Jainism

3. Their capital was at Manyakheta

4. The king Amonghavarsha I himself authored a part of Kavirajamarga, the earliest known Kannada poem.

Which of the statements given above are correct?