INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Consider the following statements :

1. Harrapans imported Tin from West Asia

2. Harrapans imported Gold from Kolar

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

Consider the following statements.

1. Horse archery was a prominent military tactic used in Gupta army.

2. For the first time in Indian polity and administration, Civil and criminal laws were clearly demarcated during Gupta period.

3. In Gupta provincial administration, Uparikas were incharge of Bhuktis (provinces).

4. Charters marked with the royal Swastika seal were issued to vassals by Gupta emperors.

Which of the above statement is NOT correct?

Who among the following Sultans was dubbed by the historians as the “ill-starred Idealist”?

Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?

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Consider the following pairs:

1. Banawali :  Haryana

2. Chanhu Daro : Sindh

3. Dholavira : Gujarat

4. Kalibangan : Rajasthan

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Which of the following were related to the Non-cooperation Movement?

1. Volunteer Corps

2. Parallel Governments

3. Gandhi - Reading talks

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Ruins of Vijayanagar empire can be seen at-

With reference to the Public Safety Bill which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

1. Bhagat Singh and B.K. Dutt throw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly against the passage of the Public Safety Bill.

2. Public Safety Bill was intended to contain the Communists but nationalists were concerned that such a provision would reduce the civil liberties of citizens in general and workers in particular.

3. Swarajists played a significant role in defeating the Public Safety Bill in the legislature.

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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.

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Which of the following sessions of Congress was the first to be presided by a European?