INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

What were the reasons for starting the Quit India Movement?

1. Failure of the August offer.

2. Rising prices of commodities.

3. Japanese aggression.

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With reference to the Tebhaga struggle consider the following statements:

1. It was started in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

2. It was a struggle between the share- croppers and the jotedars for payment of share of crop.

3. The Floud Commission had made recommendations in the favour of the share-croppers.

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

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?

In which of the following Gandhian movement, an internal intelligence wing was setup to secure intelligence about government moves and to shadow own errant members?

Harsha is said to have conducted two religious assemblies. Which of the following places were the venues for these assemblies?

1. Thanesvar

2. Kanauj

3. Valabhi

4. Prayag

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Parganas, a term that refers to Medieval India is

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding the development of Local Self Government during the British period?

1. The Royal Commission on Decentralization (1907) recognized the importance of Panchayats at the village level.

2. The Government of India Act, 1919 brought local self-government as a provincial transferred subject.

3. The Simon Commission suggested giving more autonomy to local governments.

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Which proto-historic site has yielded the evidence of threads of raw silk ?

Who among the following historians refused to consider the state in India as truly Islamic, but one based on worldly or secular considerations (jahandari)?

The Indian National Congress did not take up social issues till 1917 due to which of the following reasons?

1. Political unity was seen to be more important than social reforms till then.

2. Social issues were not widely prevailing till then.

3. Representation of depressed classes in congress was less till then.

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