INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

Which among the following factors helped expansion of East India Company in south Indian peninsula?

1. Declining control of Mughal Empire after death of Aurangzeb.

2. The regular raids by the Maratha chiefs in south weakened the area economically and politically.

3. French army helped the English East India Company to Invade Mysore and Hyderabad.

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Mahhmud Gawan built a fine madrassa in which of the following places?

Which of the chronological order for the construction of the following is correct?

1. Taj Mahal

2. Qutab Minar

3. Fatehpur Sikri

4. Agra Fort

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Match the following: Description : Field

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With reference to the British Land Revenue policy, consider the following statements:

1. Revenue farming was first introduced in British India by Lord Cornwallis in 1772.

2. Permanent settlement transformed the customary occupancy rights of peasants to tenancy.

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

Consider the following statements :

1. The Maratha ruler Shivaji's court poet was from Uttar Pradesh called Bhushan.

2. Later, Bhushan became one among Astapradhans.

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

With reference to the Indian society in the 18th century, which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

1. Although the Indian agriculture during the 18th century was technically backward, the peasants committed miracles of production.

2. India exported more than it imported since it was on the whole, self- sufficient.

3. The internal trade in general suffered due to constant warfare, foreign invasions and rise of autonomous provincial rulers.

4. Although there was no uniformity of culture across India yet Hindus and Muslims did not form two distinct societies.

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Which one of the following statements is not correct?

Consider the following statements about the 1765 Treaty of Allahabad –

1. The company gained supreme control over the Nizamat of Bengali.

2. The company secured Diwani of Bengal, Bihar, Orissa.

3. The Nawab of Awadh was made to pay a war indemnity.

4. The districts of Kora and Allahabad were taken away from Shah Alam-II.

Which of the above statements are correct?