INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Consider the following statements regarding consequences of Battle of Plassey:

1. Mir Qasim was made Nawab of Bengal by the British.

2. British East India Company was granted undisputed right to free trade in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.

3. Company received zamidari rights of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.

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

With reference to the plague in Poona in 1897, consider the following statements:

1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak supported the measures taken by the government to control the plague.

2. Resentment against official plague measures resulted in assassination of Rand and Lt. Ayerst by the Chapekar brothers.

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

Which of the following was/ were the aims of early nationalists in the 19th century?

1. A direct struggle for the political emancipation of the country

2. Creation of national unity

3. Mass mobilisation

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

1. In his book Anandmath, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee popularised the idea of mother India.

2. Vasudev Balwant Phadke mobilized the bonded labourers to fight against zamindars and the British.

3. Ghadar leader Lala Hardayal sought the support of German governmet to gain freedom from the British.

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Arrange the following kingdoms in the order of their conquest by the British East India Company.

1. Bengal

2. Maratha

3. Mysore

4. Punjab

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Regarding the Moderate leadership of the Congress and their beliefs consider the following statements :

1. Moderates believed that political connections with Britain were in India’s Interest.

2. Dadabhai Naoroji, Pherojshah Mehta, Surendrnath banerjea and Bipin Chandra Pal were Moderates.

3. Moderates had immense faith in capacity of masses and believed that masses are ready for political agitation.

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

Upon the outbreak of the second world war in 1939, who among the following leaders advocated for immediate mass Satyagraha?

1. Gandhiji

2. Subhas Chandra Bose

3. Jawaharlal Nehru

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Consider the following statements regarding the Sikhism:

1. Guru Nanak advocated Nirgun Bhakti with God having no form or gender.

2. Adi Granth Sahib contains the teaching of only Guru Nanak and Sikh Gurus.

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

Which of the following was the famous Indian work translated in to Arabic as “Khalila wa Dimna”?

Which among the following was/were the actions undertaken by the congress ministries in the brief period of 28 months rule in provinces during 1937-39?

1. Restrictions on press was removed.

2. Land reforms and abolition of Zamindari system.

3. Release of political prisoners including revolutionaries.

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