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.

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With reference to Inland Emigration Act of 1859, which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

1. According to this act, plantation workers were not permitted to leave the tea gardens without permission.

2. Plantation workers successfully participated in Non-Cooperation movement and repealed the act.

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Consider the following events.

1. Coronation of Harihara-I of Vijayanagara empire

2. Foundation of Bahmani kingdom

3. Arrival of Portuguese in india

4. Death of Firuz tughlaq

What is the correct chronological sequence of these events?

With reference to the growth of Indian Civil Service during British India, consider the following statements:

1. Recruitment to the civil service at the outset was based on patronage.

2. The Civil Service remained for all practical purposes out of bounds to Indians despite the introduction of competitive examination in 1853.

3. In the 1940s, the Indians outnumbered the Europeans in the Civil Services.

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

Consider the following statements, with reference to Education related development under British rule:

1. The Saddler University Commission recommended a twelve year school course, followed by a three year degree course.

2. Education was a transferred subject under diarchy after Montagu-Chelmsford reforms.

3. Sargeant Plan of Education recommended universal free and compulsory education for children between the ages of 6 and 11.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Garbhagriha is made to house the main icon (main deity) which is itself the focus of much ritual attention.

2. Vimana are mountain like spire of a free standing temple.

3. Mandapa is a portico or colonnaded (series of columns placed at regular intervals) hall that incorporate space for a large number of worshippers.

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

Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R).

Assertion(A):In Mughal period, agriculture production was slow increase or near stagnation.

Reason(R): There is sufficient evidence to show gradual expansion.

In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct?

The earliest evidence of a Jewish community settling in India is provided by a charter of a- 

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?

Consider the following statements concerning Delhi Sultanate government. Which of them is not correct?