INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Consider the following statements :

1. Puranas speak of four yugas/epochs.

2. They deal with eternal cosmic seasonal changes.

3. They are Krita Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dwapar Yuga and Kali Yuga.

Which of the statements given above 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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With reference to the guilds (Shreni) of ancient India that played a very important role in the country's economy, which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

1. The guild could act as a banker, financier and trustee.

2. The guilds did not involve themselves in foreign trade and restricted themselves to domestic trade only.

3. During Gupta age, guilds discharged administrative functions especially in towns.

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Consider the following statements regarding Subsidiary Alliance System followed by East India Company.

1. Policy of subsidiary alliance was started by Lord Wellesley.

2. Hyderabad and Awadh accepted subsidiary alliance treaty offered by Governor General.

3. By signing Subsidiary Alliance Treaty, Indian ruler lost the right of maintaining diplomatic relations with other states.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

The moderate phase of national movement had narrow social base and masses played a passive role, because :

1. They lacked political faith in the masses.

2. They felt that there were numerous divisions and sub-divisions in the Indian society.

3. They felt that masses were ignorant.

4. They believe that these heterogeneous elements had first to be welded into a nation before enter into the political sphere.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements.

1. M.A. Jinnah was one of the founding members of Muslim League

2. In the 1930s, idea of separate nation-state (Pakistan) was first conceived by M.A. Jinnah

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

Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the 1905 Bengal partition plan of Lord Curzon?

1. In the West Bengal province, the Bengalis were reduced to minorities.

2. Chittagong was the new capital of East Bengal Province

3. The East Bengal had a muslim majority population compared to the West Bengal.

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Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Indian Councils Act of 1892?

1. Direct elections were introduced for the first time to Imperial and provincial Legislative councils.

2. Non-officials were granted the right to vote the budget.

3. Non-official majority was introduced.

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Consider the following statements regarding political administration during early Vedic period :

1. In the vedic period king post was known as rajan and it was not a hereditary position.

2. In political assemblies women were not allowed to participate.

3. There was no civil system or territorial administration.

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

Consider the following statements regarding Shivaji’s Ashtapradhan:

1. Sar-I-Naubat was Head of Royal correspondence.

2. Majumdar (Amatya) was the Revenue and finance minister.

3. Dabir (sumant) was the Home minister.

Whichof the above statement(s) is/are correct ?