INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Consider the following statements concerning Post- Mauryan period.

1. The most important Roman export to India during this period was gold and silver coins

2. Sopara was an important trading port in the west coast of India

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

Consider the following statements regarding "Subsidiary Alliance":

1. Lord Wellesley invented the "Subsidiary Alliance" system.

2. Its aim was also to save the Company's Empire from Napoleon.

3. Internal affairs of the state coming under the system, were largely unaffected.

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

Which of the following nationalist organisations was/were setup during the swadeshi movement?

1. Bengal National College

2. National Council of Education

3. Bengal Technical Institute

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

The famous ‘Cunningham Circular’ relates to which event?

The Chishti saint, in whose honour ‘Urs’ is held in Ajmer every year, was

Consider the following statements:

1. Lord Macaulay headed the first Law commission to codify Indian Laws.

2. Charles Wood proposed Downward Filtration theory for the education of Indians.

3. William Bentinck tried to abolish female Infanticide.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about the fallouts of the Battle of Plassey.

1. The company got the right to free trade in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.

2. The French were no longer a significant power in Bengal.

3. Private trades of british merchants were still taxed.

Select the correct answer using codes given below. Which of the statements given above are correct?

With reference to Socio-Religious reform, consider the following statements

1. Aligarh movement was started by Sir Syed Ahmad with an aim to revive Islam in India.

2. Indian Women’s University was founded by D K Karve at Bombay in 1916.

3. Wahabi movement was an Islamist reformist movement as a response to western influence.

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

The Ancient Monuments Act passed in British era made it obligatory on the part of the Government & local authorities to preserve the monuments of archaeological importance and their destruction an offence. Which British Viceroy was responsible for the Act?

Consider the following pairs

     Painter                             King

1. Abdul Samad                Humayun

2. Ustad Mansur               Jahangir

3. Daswant                        Akbar

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?