INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

With reference to Forest policy of British in India, consider the following statements:

1. British encouraged shifting cultivation, which is practiced even today in some tribal areas.

2. It transformed the relationship of tribals with the forests, placing restrictions on access to forest products and forest lands.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following was/were the roles played by the Indian Army during British rule in India?

1. It defended the British Empire from foreign rivals such as Dutch East India company army.

2. It safeguarded the British supremacy from the internal revolts.

3. It was used for extending and defending the British Empire in Africa.

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With reference to agrarian unrest in Pabna district in 1870s, consider the following statements:

1. For the first time peasants demanded uprooting of Zamindari System.

2. It was a violent uprising in which many zamindars were killed.

3. The Government promised to undertake legislation to protect the tenants from zamindari oppression.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are not correct ?

With reference to the Indian Civil Services (ICS) under the British rule, consider the following statements:

1. Cornwallis set up a college at Fort William to train the civil servants.

2. Satyendra Prasad Sinha was the first Indian to qualify the ICS.

3. Aitchison Commission recommended holding simultaneous examinations in India and England to allow more Indians into the civil services posts.

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

Consider the following pairs:

Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

Consider the following conditions faced by Modern Indian Industries:

1. Though Government credit policy was contradictory to empowerment of Indian Industries, it maintained favorable outlook towards heavy and capital goods industry.

2. Promotion of Railways was done with the intention of fuelling indigenous economic growth and reducing resentment among Indian masses.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are 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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Which of the following signify the difference(s) between the moderates and the extremists?

1. Moderates believed in the capacity of the masses whereas the Extremists believed in the individual heroic actions.

2. Extremists believed in the use of boycott and passive resistance whereas Moderates used constitutional methods.

3. Extremists believed in direct action unlike the Moderates.

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Consider the following statements:

1. Swami Dayanand Saraswati tried to project Hinduism as a religion of book like Islam and Christianity.

2. According to him only Vedas contained the scientific truth hence Hinduism was a superior religion.

3. On the authority of Vedas, he rejected ritualism, caste system and untouchability.

4. He also denounced the Chatur Varna system, with an aim to reform the society.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The objective of the Cripps Mission was to: