INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

The Chishti saint, in whose honour ‘Urs’ is held in Ajmer every year, was

Identify the dynasty:

1. They were considered the first Afghan dynasty of India.

2. They were ruling over Sirhind when Sayyids were in India.

3. The Last among Delhi Sultanates.

In the context of statements given above choose the correct option :

With reference to the plague in Poona in 1897, consider the following statements:

1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak supported the measures taken by the government to control the plague.

2. Resentment against official plague measures resulted in assassination of Rand and Lt. Ayerst by the Chapekar brothers.

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

With reference to India in the 18th century, what does the term 'Misls' refer to?

Which of the following was/were correct about ideological positioning of Hindustan Republican Association?

1. Advocated privatisation of railways

2. Nationalisation of steel, ship building industries

3. Strengthening of labour and peasant unions

Select the correct answer from the code given below.

Who among the following Mughal emperors persecuted Sikhism?

With reference to rebellions against British, consider the following statements:

1. There was no major armed rebellion before 1857.

2. The scholarly and priestly class often incited the rebellion against the British rule.

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

With reference to the Economic Committees in British India, consider the following statements.

1. Harshell committee (1893) was introduced to give suggestion regarding currency

2. Linlithgow commission (1928) was introduced to study the problem of agriculture

3. Whitely commission (1935) was introduced to study the condition of labour in Industries

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

"It is considered as 'Magna Carta' of English education in India. It was the first to emphasize on mass education and recommended systemized hierarchy of education system." The above-mentioned description best described which of the following?

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?