INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Which of the following factors resulted in popular support for Home rule league?

1. The world war destroyed the myth of racial superiority of colonial powers.

2. Heavy taxation and high prices during the world war.

3. Failure of the congress to launch mass movement under moderate leadership.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

1. Communal unity and removal of untouchability were mandatory programmes for Congressmen.

2. For Gandhi, promotion of Khadi meant decentralization of production and production by masses rather than production for masses.

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Consider the following pairs: 

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched ?

With reference to Upanishads, consider the followings

1. The main motto of the Upanishads is "Knowledge Awards Salvation".

2. The Oldest Upanishads are Brhadaranyaka and Chandogya Upanishads.

3. There are 108 Upanishads.

4. They are also called Vedangas.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Which of the following recommended equal parity between Europeans and Indians in recruitment to civil services?

Consider the following statements:

1. The seven years’ war in Europe was the immediate cause of the First Carnatic war.

2. The Second Carnatic Wars were due to spill over of Austrian War of succession in Europe.

3. The third Carnatic war ended French threat to British in India.

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

Rowlatt Act, 1919, provided :

1. Arrests without warrant

2. In camera trials of political prisoners

3. Indefinite detention without trial

4. Stricter control of the press

Which of the given above statements are correct?

With reference to the Indian Civil Services (ICS) under the British rule, consider the following statements:

1. Cornwallis set up a college at Fort William to train the civil servants.

2. Satyendra Prasad Sinha was the first Indian to qualify the ICS.

3. Aitchison Commission recommended holding simultaneous examinations in India and England to allow more Indians into the civil services posts.

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

Who amongst the following legalised corruption in the land revenue department ?

Consider the followings about ‘Somnath Temple’ :

1. It was large structure of Red Sandstone and one among Dvadasha Jyotirlingas.

2. It was destroyed by Arab armies of Junayad in 725 AD.

3. Nagabhatta II is rebuilt the Somnath Temple in 815 AD.

4. It was again destroyed in 1024 by Mahamud of Ghazni.

Which of the statements given above are correct?