INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Consider the following statements regarding activities of Indians abroad during freedom struggle:

1. Some leaders of freedom struggle went abroad because they wanted to publish revolutionary literature.

2. Some revolutionaries went abroad to gather arms to fight against British rule in India.

3. Annie Besant started Indian Home Rule Society in London.

Which of statements given above are correct?

By which act East India Company’s political functions were differentiated from its commercial activities for the first time?

Consider the following pairs:

Which of the pair(s) given above is/are correctly matched?

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

Which one of the following is not the reason for the fall of the Mauryan empire?

With reference to the first session of Indian National Congress, consider the following statements:

1. It was held at Calcutta in 1885.

2. It was presided over by W C Bonnerjee.

3. Surendranath Banerjee did not attend the session due to the simultaneous session of the Indian National Conference.

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

With reference to the British Education Policy in India, consider the following statements.

1. Lord’s Macaulay’s Minute supported a village education through vernacular languages

2. Woods Despatch was in favour of the Downward Filtration Theory.

3. Sergeant Plan was its objective to create the same level of education as prevailed in England

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

R.C. Dutt identified three phases of British exploitation of India.Which of the following statements is/are correct about this?

1. In the phases which coincides with Industrial revolution in England, the East India Company enjoyed monopoly of trade with India.

2. The cotton industry was plundered mainly in Mercantile phase.

3. The export imports firms boomed in the Finance-Imperialism phase.

4. The Railway was developed in the Finance-Imperialism phase.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the following pairs: 

Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements and identify the Ancient Indian dynasty:

1. They had a flourishing Roman Trade.

2. The important port towns were Brigukachchaha, Kalyana and Sind.

3. Ujjain, Nasik, Paithan, Pataliputra, Benares were other major trade centers.

4. Trade was badly affected by the Huna Invasions.