INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

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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Sir Charles Wood’s Despatch on Education came to be considered as the Magna Carta of English education in India. Which of the following statement(s) is/are not correct about it?

1. It underemphasised the importance of Vernacular languages

2. It supported the education of women

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The “chain of justice” is associated with which of the following Mughal Emperors?

Consider the following statements with respect to Gandhi-Irwin Pact 1931 :

1. As a result of this pact, the Civil Disobedience movement was suspended by Gandhi.

2. In this pact Gandhi agreed to participate in Third Round Table conference.

3. Government agreed to give right to make salt in coastal villages for sale and personal consumption.

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

The Quit India Movement was started after the failure of which of the following?

Consider the following statements.

1. Vikramashila University was founded by Pala ruler Dharmapala

2. Valabhi University championed the cause of Vajrayana Buddhism

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

Consider the following statements

1. Avataras give us an idea of the evolution of life on earth according to Hindu puranas.

2. The Bhagavata Purana describes Vishnu's Dashavataras.

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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Which among the following was the first organized expression of the Indian National Movement on an All-India Scale?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Mohammed bin Tughlaq was the first sultan in the sultanate to pay soldiers in cash.

2. Alauddin Khilji was the first monarch in the sultanate to insist on collection of land revenue based on measurement, in the doab.

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