INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Consider the following statements about Tipu Sultan.

1. He was orthodox in his religious view and demolished Hindu Temples.

2. Tipu planted a tree of Liberty at Srirangpattanam.

3. He died in the Third Anglo Mysore war.

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

Consider the following statements regarding the socio religious reform movements:

1. The social base of the reform movements was the newly emerging middle class.

2. The Indian reformers focussed on westernization rather than modernization.

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

Consider the followings about ‘Feroz Tuglaq’

1. He was a liberal Muslim ruler.

2. His autobiography is ‘Futuhat –i- Firozshahi’

3. Firoz Tuglaq brought Ashokan Inscription to Delhi to decipher it.

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

Consider the following statements :

1. Neel Darpan was a play based on the exploitations of the Indigo farmers.

2. The play ‘Navanna’ by Nabin Chandra Das was based on the famine of Bengal.

3. Bharat Mata painting was drawn by Abanindranath Tagore.

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

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the Zamindari settlement system?

1. Zamindar was recognized as the owner of land.

2. Zamindar was responsible for the payment of land revenue.

3. It was prevelant in the majority of total area under British India.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the following ancient south Indian ports:

1. Muziris

2. Arikamedu

3. Kaveripattinam

Which of the above is/are belong(s) to Sangam age?

Cabinet Mission rejected the demand for Pakistan on which of the following grounds?

1. It would not solve the problem of communal minorities.

2. It would be injurious to disintegrate the transportation as also the postal and telegraph system of India.

3. To divide the armed forces of India would entail the gravest dangers.

4. Princely States would find it difficult to join one or other Union.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

1. Communal unity and removal of untouchability were mandatory programmes for Congressmen.

2. For Gandhi, promotion of Khadi meant decentralization of production and production by masses rather than production for masses.

Select the correct answer using codes given below.

Which of the statement(s) given below is/are correct regarding Raja Rammohan Roy?

1. He protested against the founding of Sanskrit College in Calcutta.

2. He believed in the rationality of Vedanta philosophy.

3. He founded Atmiya Sabha to campaign against idolatry and caste rigidities.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

With reference to royal farman issued by Mughal emperor Farrukh Siyyar to British East India Company in 1717, consider the following statements:

1. It allowed British East India Company to import and export their goods in Bengal without paying taxes.

2. British East India Company was allowed to issue dastaks for movement of goods.

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