INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

With reference to the English East India company, consider the following statements:

1. It was established as a joint stock company by a royal charter.

2. It was given monopoly of all trade from England to the East.

3. It established first factory in India at Surat.

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

Which of the following is/are the causes of disintegration of the Mughal Empire?

1. Attacks from Nadir Shah, the Marathas and the British East India Company

2. The religious and political intolerance imposed upon Sikhs, Rajputs and Marathas

3. War of succession among sons of Aurangzeb

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Which of the following statements are correct about Rowlatt Satyagraha?

1. By implementing Rowlatt Act, Government enable to suspend the right of Habeas corpus which had been the foundation of civil liberties in Britain.

2. In Rowlatt Satyagrah, Gandhiji launched an all India hartal accompanied by fasting and prayer and civil disobedience against specific laws.

3. In organising the ensuing political movement Gandhiji constituted a 'Satyagraha Sabha' in Bombay of which he himself was the President.

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Consider the following statements regarding the revolutionary terrorism that sprouted after the sudden termination of Non-cooperation Movement.

1. Inspired by Russian revolution, socialism was one of the core ideas behind it.

2. This new wave was the result of the disenchantment with Gandhian methods.

3. There was an active participation of young women.

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

How did the Industrial Revolution in England affect the Britain's economic relations with India during company's rule?

1. It led to emergence of local manufacturing class in England which opposed trade activities of East India Company.

2. One sided free trade to benefit British manufacturers was initiated by Charter Act of 1853.

3. Indian export of indigo and tea decreased.

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Which of the following was/were the consequences of the acceptance of Policy of Subsidiary Alliance by an Indian state?

1. Indian State lost its right of maintaining diplomatic relations with other states.

2. Deterioration of economy of Indian states under subsidiary alliance.

3. Disbandment of state's army and increase in unemployment.

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Which of the following is/are correct regarding the building of railways in India?

1. It led to promotion of Indian rural artisan industries

2. It was mainly funded by Indian investors

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Which of the following statement/s is/are correct about the Mahalwari settlement system?

1. 'Registered land holder was responsible for direct payment of revenue to state.

2. Prevalant in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa

3. Covered majority of British areas in India

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Which of the following was/were correct about ideological positioning of Hindustan Republican Association?

1. Advocated privatisation of railways

2. Nationalisation of steel, ship building industries

3. Strengthening of labour and peasant unions

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Which of the following statements are correct about the Anti-Partition Movement of Bengal in the early 20th century India?

1. The Moderates and Extremists were against each other during the course of the movement.

2. Rabindranath Tagore composed 'Amar Sonar Bangla' during this movement, which soon became the theme song of the National Movement.

3. The movement had a communal overtone.

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