INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Which of the following factors contributed to the rise of communalism during the British period?

1. Swadeshi Movement

2. Morley-Minto Reforms

3. Lucknow Pact of 1916

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Consider the following statements regarding Subsidiary Alliance System followed by East India Company.

1. Policy of subsidiary alliance was started by Lord Wellesley.

2. Hyderabad and Awadh accepted subsidiary alliance treaty offered by Governor General.

3. By signing Subsidiary Alliance Treaty, Indian ruler lost the right of maintaining diplomatic relations with other states.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statement in the context of Gandhi’s Harijan campaign-

1. Gandhi set up All India Anti-Untouchability League in September 1932, when he was released from Jail.

2. A weekly Harijan was started by him to boost his anti-untouchability campaign.

3. Throughout his campaign he was welcomed by every section by the Hindu Society.

4. The Government defeated the Temple Entry Bill in 1934.

Which of the statements given above are not correct?

With reference to Dadabhai Naroji who was hailed as “The Grand Old Man of India”, consider the following statements:

1. He put forward the “Drain Theory” to explain the economic exploitation of India by British.

2. He founded ‘British India Society’ to advance the interests of fellow Indians.

3. He demanded for ‘Self-government’ in India like the other self-governing British colonies.

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

With reference to the position of 'Peshwa' in the Maratha kingdom, consider the following statements:

1. It was created as a hereditary position equivalent to modern day prime minister.

2. The peshwa was ranked in order below the Chatrapati or the king.

3. Shivaji was the first peshwa of the Maratha empire.

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

With reference to late Mughal period, who among the following were known as "King Makers"?

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

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Consider the followings about ‘Humayunnama’:

1. Gulbadan Begum wrote Humayunnama

2. It is important in understanding gender relations in medieval India.

3. Begam witnessed the reign of the three Mughal emperors: Humayun, Akbar and Jahangir

4. Her interest was people and not events

Which of the statements given above are correct?

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

Which of the following statement is/are correct?

Assertion (A): Evangelists and free trade lobby were responsible for the end of monopoly in trade of the East India Company.

Reason (R): Both these sections were to benefit if the East India Company changed its stance from being atrader to that of a ruler/administrator.

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Which among the following is not an initial intention of the founder behind formation of ‘Indian National Congress’?

1. To bring together the nationalistic forces.

2. The urge of the politically conscious Indians to set a national body to express the political and economic demands of the Indians.

3. To release the growing discontent of the Indians.

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