INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

With reference to Indian Councils Act of 1909, consider the following statements:

1. Direct elections were introduced for the first time.

2. The number of Indian members in the Executive Council of Governor General was raised from one to three.

3. The number of elected members in the imperial Legislative Council were increased but not in the provincial legislative councils.

4. It introduced the system of separate electorates under which Muslims could only vote for Muslim candidates in constituencies specially reserved for them.

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

Consider the following statements:

1. Guru Nanak was the founder of Sikh Religion.

2. Transformation of Sikhs into a militant, fighting community began under the leadership of Guru Hargobind.

3. Guru Gobind Singh was a contemporary of Aurangzeb and fought against him.

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

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? 

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the following statements.

1. Chau Ju Kua, was a Chinese writer, who has left an account of the medieval Malabar.

2. Kashmir was a major centre for education in the medieval period.

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

With reference to Ramosi peasant uprising in the 19th century, which of the following statements is not correct?

Which one of the following name was not associated with Siva?

Consider the following statements with respect to Alauddin Khalji.

1. Alauddin had made Siri his capital and had built a fort out there “Mainly for administrative convenience”.

2. He organized and introduced a countrywide spy system.

3. He reintroduced the Iqta System abolished by Iltutmish

Which of the statements given above are correct?

The historical work, Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi is belonged to which of the following writer:

Consider the following statements regarding C R formula:

1. It is to solve the political deadlock between the All India Muslim League and Indian National Congress on independence of India from the British.

2. It has a tacit acceptance of the League’s demand for Pakistan, so that League to cooperate with Congress in forming a provisional government at centre.

3. It devised a proposal for the Congress to offer the League the Muslim Pakistan based on plebiscite of all the people in the regions where Muslims made a majority.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

In medieval India, the term ‘Jama-Dami’ was used for