INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

The main cause for ‘Deccan Agrarian Riots’ of 1875 was the resentment of ‘ryots’ against which of the following?

Consider the following statements:

1. Jyotiba Phule founded the Sarvajanik Sabha.

2. Jyotiba Phule believed that education of the masses would promote the process of nation making.

3. Jyotiba Phule also moved in the Trade Union Movement.

4. Narayan Meghaji Lokhande, a trade union activist, was prominent colleague of Jotibha.

Which among of the following statements are correct?

With reference to the development of Press in India during British Rule. Consider the following statements:

1. Metcalfe Act removed the requirement of licenses before starting the Press.

2. Vernacular Press Act gave power of seizure of press equipment to District Magistrate but an appeal could be made to a Court of law against the decision of District Magistrate.

3. Lord Ripon repealed the Vernacular Press Act.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the followings about ‘Ghiassudin Balban' :

1. Created a separate Military Department (Diwan-i-Ariz)

2. Regulated court affairs with Sijda, Paibos and Nauroz

3. Destroyed ‘Turkan i Chahalgani

4. Only sultan to claim as Shadow of God (Zil-i-ilahi)

Which of the statements given above are correct?

What was the aim of British colonism in India in 19th century?

Which of the following statements regarding the Hunter commission (1882-83) is not correct?

Which one of the following statements is not correct concerning the economic and social life under Delhi Sultanate?

Akbar’s enlightened religious policy was based on his philosophy of “sulh-i-kul”. What is the meaning of Sulh-i-kul ?

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?

Who among the following historians refused to consider the state in India as truly Islamic, but one based on worldly or secular considerations (jahandari)?