INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Consider the following statements about ‘Bodhisattva’ :

1. Bodhisattva means one who has essence of enlightment.

2. It's a very popular subject in Jain art.

3. Most of the bodhisattvas were celestial in nature.

4. The famous Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara was devoted in Ellora Caves as Padmapani.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Which of the following statements are correct?

1. The charge in Meerut Conspiracy case was that S.A Dange, Shaukat Usmani and Muzaffar Ahmad entered into a conspiracy to establish a branch of the Comintern( Communist International) in India.

2. In Alipore conspiracy case, Aurobindo Ghosh was acquitted.

3. The failed Ghadar conspiracy was led to First Lahore conspiracy trial case.

4. Rajendra Lahiri, Ashfaqulla Khan, Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil and Thakur Roshan Singh were awarded capital punishment in 'Second Lahore Conspiracy' trial case.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

The Battle Of Ten Kings (dasa-rajanyayuddha) was fought on the bank of which one of the following rivers ?

With Reference to the Chauri Chaura incident in 1922, which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

1. It was a part of Non-Cooperation Movement

2. The incident was largely peaceful on Gandhian lines

3. Mahatma Gandhi was arrested after this incident happened 

elect the correct answer using the code given below.

With reference to Tana Bhagat movement (1912-14), consider the following statements:

1. It was a tribal movement which emerged among the Mundas and Oraons of Chottanagpur region of Bihar.

2. It was characterized by a large scale incorporation of Hindu practices into its ideology.

3. It gradually got linked with the freedom struggle as the tribals were followers of Gandhian ideology.

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

Consider the following statements regarding Aravippuram Movement:

1. It was a movement for widow remarriage launched in Madras Presidency.

2. It demanded separate representation for the lower castes in the legislature in Madras.

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

Nandas, first Shudra Dynasty, the rulers of Magadha were patrons of which of the followings?

Who was the first Persian emperor to conquer a part of India, that became his twentieth satrapy?

With reference to the Queen Victoria's Proclamation, 1858, consider the following statements:

1. It declared against further extension of British territorial possessions in India.

2. It provided for entry of Indians in the civil services.

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

With respect to medieval Indian history, the terms Dahsala, Batai and Nasaq often referred to :