INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Consider the following statements about ‘Sudarshana Chakram’:

1. It has six spokes and its center is composed of Vajra.

2. Krishna usually holds the discus on his little finger while Vishnu on His index finger.

3. The Sudarshana Chakra is not thrown but released.

4. Sudarshan chakra startlingly resembles the Chakram in Sikhism.

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

What were The 'Delhi Proposals' ?

In the support of a particular Gandhian movement Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from the civil service and was later appointed as the principal of the National College in Calcutta. In the above passage, the movement refers to?

The Sur Empire may be considered in many ways as a continuation and culmination of the Delhi Sultanate. Which of the following were some of the reforms introduced by Sher Shah?

1. He repealed the land revenue system to promote a welfare state.

2. He restored the old imperial Grand Trunk Road from the river Indus in the west to Sonargaon in Bengal.

3. Customs duties were abolished on goods to promote trade and commerce.

Select the correct answer using the codes below.

“Mansabdars” in Mughal period were- 

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

Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Congress Benares session of 1905?

1. It was presided by Dadabhai Naoroji.

2. Self-government or Swaraj was declared as the goal of Congress at this session.

3. At the session it was decided to extend the Swadeshi movement outside Bengal.

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Consider the following organisations:

1. Abhinav Bharat

2. Anushilan Samiti

3. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA)

Which of the above mentioned organisations was/ were engaged in assassination of oppressive officials?

Which of the following statements about the Rowlatt Act are correct?

Which among the following sites are associated with Jainism?

1. Hathigumpha caves

2. Udayagiri caves

3. Khandagiri Caves

Select the correct answer from the code(s) given below: