INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Which among the following statements is/are correct with respect to the acceptance of office by congress in provinces in 1937- 39?

1. Congress formed ministries in all the provinces.

2. Mahatma Gandhi never supported the acceptance of ministries by congress members.

3. Provincial Governments were formed as per the proposals of Government of India Act, 1935.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Which of the following factors contributed to the rise of communalism during the British period?

1. Swadeshi Movement

2. Morley-Minto Reforms

3. Lucknow Pact of 1916

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

In the context of ancient Indian history, the term 'bhojaka' refers to -

Consider the following statements about princely states in India:

1. The British policy of Subsidiary Alliance involved the posting of British Residents and Political Agents to princely states who often constrained the internal autonomy of the princes.

2. The Doctrine of Lapse was one of the contributory factors to the revolt of 1857.

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

With reference to the Indian national movement, what was 'Abhinav Bharat'?

Consider the following statements with regard to young revolutionaries of 1920s:

1. Chandra Shekhar Azad was critical of socialist ideas.

2. The Hindustan Republican Association was formed to organise an armed revolution.

3. Bhagat Singh wanted to use the legislative assembly as a forum for debate and discussion.

Which of the statements given above are not correct?

Madan Mohan Malviya in his Presidential address at the Lahore Session in 1909 said, ‘Ripon was the greatest and the most loved Viceroy whom India has known’. Which of the following were undertaking by Lord Ripon?

1. He centralized the finance.

2. He repealed the salt tax.

3. He repealed the Vernacular Press Act.

4. Passing of the First Factory Act.

Select the correct statement(s) using the codes given below.

Consider the following pairs: 

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements regarding the Muslim League.

1. The all India Muslim League was formed in 1906 at the Dacca educational conference.

2. The league was the logical culmination of the Aligarh movement started by Syed Ahmed Khan.

3. The London branch of the league was founded in 1908 which played a decisive role in the Morley-Minto reforms.

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

Consider the following statements.

1. Junagadh inscription of Rudradaman in about 150 A.D. was one of the earliest specimens of chaste Sanskrit.

2. “Mahavastu” was a religious treatise on Hinayana Buddhism

3. Roman emperor Trajan received an embassy from India in 28 A.D.

4. Glass-making industry had received a great boost in India during the Post-Mauryan period.

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