INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

With reference to the administration of Ranjit Singh in Punjab, consider the following statements:

1. He built up a powerful and well- equipped army along European lines.

2. He made transformative changes in the system of land revenue promulgated earlier by the Mughals.

3. His religious policy was conservative in nature.

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

He laid the foundation for first railway line connecting Bombay to Thane and undertook many public welfare related works like separate Public Works Department in every province. During his rule, Hindu Widows Remarriage Act was passed. The above description best describes which of the following Governor Generals?

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?

With reference to extremist response to partition of Bengal in 1905, which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

1. Emergence of ‘samitis’ or Corps of volunteers as a powerful method of mass mobilisation.

2. Establishment of Swadeshi or indigenous enterprises along with boycott of foreign goods.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the followings about ‘Allaudin Khilji’

1. Declared himself as Sikandar-i- Sani (Alexander the Second)

2. He made ‘Iqta System’ in administration hereditary.

3. Introduced Market Reforms

4. Built Alai Darwaza, Siri Fort, Zamat e khana mosque.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R).

Which of the following statement is/are correct?

Assertion (A): Evangelists and free trade lobby were responsible for the end of monopoly in trade of the East India Company.

Reason (R): Both these sections were to benefit if the East India Company changed its stance from being atrader to that of a ruler/administrator.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Consider the following statements :

1. The Extremists wanted to obtain self - government by aggressive means in place of petitions and constitutional ways.

2. Indian Muslims in general were not attracted to the Extremist movement because of their policies based upon Hindutva.

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

Consider the following:

1. Vinaya Pitaka regulates monastic life and the daily affairs of monks and nuns according to rules attributed to the Buddha.

2. Sutta Pitaka pleads for protection of cattle, declaring them to be givers of Annada(food), Vannada (Beauty) and Sukhada(happiness)

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

Consider the following set of pairs:

Which of the pair(s) given above is/are correctly matched?

Regarding the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, all the statements given below are correct except :