INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R).

Which of the following statement is/are correct?

Assertion (A): The Saiyyid Brothers are referred to as 'King-Makers' in Indian history.

Reason (R): They created and dethroned Maratha Chiefs at their will during the early 18th century.

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Consider the following statements with regard to land revenue settlement during the british rule:

1. In zamindari system, gradually cultivators were reduced to tenants, share-croppers and landless labourers.

2. In Mahalwari system the government directly collected revenue from peasants.

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

Which of the following did not occur during the Governor Generalship of Warren Hastings?

Which of the following were the consequences of the revolt of 1857?

1. The British Crown assumed the direct responsibility of the country and the rule of East India Company was dissolved.

2. The era of annexations of princely states ended.

3. The title of Governor-General was done away with and the Crown’s representative came to be known as the Viceroy.

4. India was made to bear the entire financial burden of the outbreak and suppression of the revolt.

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

Consider the following statements regarding "Subsidiary Alliance":

1. Lord Wellesley invented the "Subsidiary Alliance" system.

2. Its aim was also to save the Company's Empire from Napoleon.

3. Internal affairs of the state coming under the system, were largely unaffected.

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

With reference to Muslim league during the Indian national movement, consider the following statements:

1. It did not join the Interim government of 1946.

2. League supported the idea of compulsory grouping in Cabinet mission plan.

3. League's Demand for Autonomous Muslim majority province was accepted by Cripps mission.

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Indian-Councils-Act-of-1861-is-an-important-landmark-in-the-constitutional-and-political-history-of-India,-because:

1. It marked the starting of strict centralization of governance in India.

2. Representative institutions were first time introduced by this act.

3. It empowered the Viceroy to issue ordinances without the concurrence of the legislative council during an emergency.

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

Which of the following was/were the reasons of decentralisation at local level by the British government?

1. Improvement of civic life of the masses.

2. To save additional expenditure on civic improvement out of the existing pool of taxes.

3. To help the British in associating with Indians at local level.

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Consider the following statements concerning Kashmir in medieval Indian history. Which of them is not correct?