INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

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?

Battle of Rakshasa Tangadi was fought between which of the following?

Consider the following statements:

1. Bankim Chandra felt that the ideas of western civilization could be applied to India.

2. Leaders like Dayanand and Vivekanand derived their inspiration from the European texts.

3. Economic nationalism, cultural nationalism and religious nationalism all followed different paths to arrive at the same end.

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

Which Pallava ruler was contemporary of Sankaracharya?

The “du-aspah sih-aspah system” of medieval India is associated with which of the following?

With reference to the Public Safety Bill which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

1. Bhagat Singh and B.K. Dutt throw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly against the passage of the Public Safety Bill.

2. Public Safety Bill was intended to contain the Communists but nationalists were concerned that such a provision would reduce the civil liberties of citizens in general and workers in particular.

3. Swarajists played a significant role in defeating the Public Safety Bill in the legislature.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Which of the following statement(s) about Acharya J. B. Kriplan is/are correct?

1. He was a partisan socialist.

2. He held the presidency of INC during the turbulent period of 1947.

3. He was the supporter of Gandhian Philosophy.

Select the correct statement using the codes given below.

Who was the Delhi sultan to impose jizya even on the Brahmins?

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.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the following statements.

1. Junagadh inscription of Rudradaman in about 150 A.D. was one of the earliest specimens of chaste Sanskrit.

2. “Mahavastu” was a religious treatise on Hinayana Buddhism

3. Roman emperor Trajan received an embassy from India in 28 A.D.

4. Glass-making industry had received a great boost in India during the Post-Mauryan period.

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