INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

"It is considered as 'Magna Carta' of English education in India. It was the first to emphasize on mass education and recommended systemized hierarchy of education system." The above-mentioned description best described which of the following?

Consider the following statements with respect to Alauddin Khalji.

1. Alauddin had made Siri his capital and had built a fort out there “Mainly for administrative convenience”.

2. He organized and introduced a countrywide spy system.

3. He reintroduced the Iqta System abolished by Iltutmish

Which of the statements given above are correct?

With reference to 28 months of Congress Rule in provinces (in late 1930s) consider the following statements :

1. Agrarian structure was drastically changed by abolishing Zamindari in some provinces.

2. Administrative work by Indians weakened the myth that Indians were not fit to rule.

3. Congress ministries resigned in 1939 because they were facing various hurdles in passing legislation and implementing them.

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

Consider the following pairs about ‘Main Departments of Sultanate’ :

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Which among the following is not a committee/commission on education?

Consider the following statements about Medieval Indian period:

1. No evidences of Sati system.

2. No evidences of Jajmani System.

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

Given-below-are-two-statements,-one-labelled-as-Assertion-(A)-and-the-other-labelled-as-Reason-(R):

Assertion:--The-Scheme-of-extending-of-Diwan-i-kohi-by-Md.-Tuglaq-was-failure.

Reason:--The-land-chosen-was-not-fertile-and-officers-were-corrupted.

In-the-context-of-the-above-two-statements,-which-one-of-the-following-is-correct?

"Indian Political leaders succeeded in reaching an agreement with the British government, according to which the idea of separate electorates for the Depressed Classes was abandoned, however the seats reserved for them in the provincial legislatures and the Central Legislature were increased." which of the following agreement discussed in the above line?

The term 'Thillana' is related to which of the following?

Consider the following statements in the context of Mountbatten Plan-

1. Immediate transfer of power on the basis of grant of dominion status with a right to secession.

2. Redcliffe Boundary Plan was declared by Mountbatten and was made public before the partition.

3. According to 3rd June Plan, date of freedom was fixed on August 15, 1947 and until the time of framing of new constitution, the new dominions and the provinces thereof were to be governed by the Government of India Act 1935.

4. Accession of Hyderabad to Pakistan was ruled out by Mountbatten.

Which of the above statements are correct?