INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

“Adivaraha” was the title adopted by who among the following Medieval rulers of India?

Consider the following statements with regard to Gandhian ideology:

1. It was completely against industrialisation and was follower of self reliant rural economy.

2. It was against investment of foreign capital for development of India.

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

Consider the following statements regarding the Nehru Report of 1928.

1. Nehru Report recommended India’s independence with the dominion status.

2. The central government to be headed by a governor-general, appointed by the British Government

3. It accepted the principle of separate electorate.

4. M. A. Jinnah voted in favour of the report.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The breaking of the salt laws at Dandi on April 5, 1930, marked formal inauguration of the Civil Disobedience Movement. Which of the following statements is/are true about this :-

1. It is the active, professed refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a government, or of an occupying international power.

2. East India became the scene of a new kind of no tax campaign - refusal to pay the chowkidari tax.

3. Boycott of law courts by lawyers as well as litigants.

4. Picketing of only those shops which sell foreign goods.

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Consider the following statements:

1. Silver made its earliest appearance in India before any other place in the world.

2. Earliest punched marked coins were in silver from Kharagpur and Monghyr.

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

Which of the following leaders were the founders of Congress Socialist Party?

1. Jayaprakash Narayan

2. Acharya Narendra Dev

3. Jawaharlal Nehru

4. Subhash Chandra Bose

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Consider the following statements regarding Sayyid Ahmed Khan:

1. In the beginning he was an orthodox and communal but later he emphasized on the unity of Hindu-Muslims.

2. He established a college in Aligarh to educate Indians about oppression of a foreign rule.

3. He advised educationally backward Muslims to focus on modern education rather than politics.

Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?

With reference to Socio-Religious reform, consider the following statements

1. Aligarh movement was started by Sir Syed Ahmad with an aim to revive Islam in India.

2. Indian Women’s University was founded by D K Karve at Bombay in 1916.

3. Wahabi movement was an Islamist reformist movement as a response to western influence.

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

Consider the following statements about the “Doctrine of Lapse” implemented by Lord Dalhousie:

1. It restricted the right of adopted son to succeed to the personal property of chieftain.

2. Satara was the first Indian state to be annexed.

3. After the death of a ruler, the adopted heir could still rule the state with prior British approval.

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With reference to the Harijan campaign of Gandhiji, consider the following statements:

1. The campaign was launched immediately after Non Cooperation Movement.

2. Gandhiji opposed the activities of Harijan Sevak Sangh initiated by educated Dalit community including BR Ambedkar.

3. Gandhiji asked masses to go against traditional shastras if it promoted untouchability.

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