INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

With reference to the provisions of the Cripps Mission, consider the following statements:

1. It provided for a Dominion Status to India.

2. Princely states were not to be represented in the Constituent Assembly.

3. Provincial Assemblies were to elect their representatives to the Constituent Assembly.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with regard to Morley Minto Reforms of 1909:

1. It increased the number of elected members in both Imperial Legislative Council and provincial councils.

2. It introduced separate electorate for Muslims, Sikhs and Christians.

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

With reference to the cellular jail in Andaman, consider the following statements:

1. The idea of establishing the jail initiated during the revolt of 1857.

2. Revolutionaries involved in Lahore Conspiracy Case and Chittagong Armoury Raid case were imprisoned here.

3. V. D. Savarkar was imprisoned here in connection with his revolutionary activities abroad.

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

Consider the following statements:

1. The transformation of the Sikhs into the militant, fighting Community was begun by Guru Gobind Singh.

2. Under the leadership of Guru Hargobind Sikhs become a political & military force.

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

With reference to Dadabhai Naroji who was hailed as “The Grand Old Man of India”, consider the following statements:

1. He put forward the “Drain Theory” to explain the economic exploitation of India by British.

2. He founded ‘British India Society’ to advance the interests of fellow Indians.

3. He demanded for ‘Self-government’ in India like the other self-governing British colonies.

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

Through this Act, the element of election was introduced for the first time , the Budget could be discussed and questions could be asked in the council." The above provisions were associated with which of the following Acts?

With reference to Haidar Ali, the ruler of Mysore, consider the following statements:

1. He was a literary scholar and patronized literary work during his reign.

2. He applied western military training to the troops under his own command.

3. His reign was marked by peaceful relations with neighbouring powers.

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 statements.

1. Ashoka’s inscriptions were generally composed in Pali and written in Aramaic script, with the exception of north western part of India.

2. Ashoka’s Kandahar Inscription speaks of the success of his policy with the hunters and fishermen, who gave up killing animals and possibly took to a settled agricultural life.

3. The motive behind Ashoka’s war with Kalinga was commercial

4. Ashoka disbanded and downsized major sections of his army immediately after the Kalinga war.

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

Which of the following statements with respect to Tripuri session of congress 1939 is correct?