INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Which of following were the demands of 19th century nationalists raised against the colonial pattern of finance?

1. Abolition of Salt Tax.

2. Reduction of land revenue.

3. Imposition of Income Tax on the rich.

Select the correct answer using 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?

Which one of the following was the most important consequence of the ancient Indian Feudal system?

With reference to Tana Bhagat movement (1912-14), consider the following statements:

1. It was a tribal movement which emerged among the Mundas and Oraons of Chottanagpur region of Bihar.

2. It was characterized by a large scale incorporation of Hindu practices into its ideology.

3. It gradually got linked with the freedom struggle as the tribals were followers of Gandhian ideology.

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

The British were helped by the Natives in the revolt. Consider the following in this regard and choose the true statements:

1. The princely states did not participate in the mutiny.

2. Man Singh at Gwalior deceived Tantya Tope and Laxmibai.

3. Salar Jang of Hyderabad were "praised" by the British for their loyalty to the Government.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

About the reign of which of the following rulers of Delhi Sultanate does Historian Barani exclaim, “The permanence of prices in the grain market was a wonder of the age”.?

Consider the following pairs: 

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

With reference to the Simon Commission, consider the following statements:

1. It recommended the replacement of dyarchy with responsible government in the provinces.

2. It was boycotted by all political parties in India.

3. Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood to protest against Simon commission.

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

What was the main intention behind the Cripps Mission?

The “du-aspah sih-aspah system” of medieval India is associated with which of the following?