INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

With reference to the guilds (Shreni) of ancient India that played a very important role in the country's economy, which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

1. The guild could act as a banker, financier and trustee.

2. The guilds did not involve themselves in foreign trade and restricted themselves to domestic trade only.

3. During Gupta age, guilds discharged administrative functions especially in towns.

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Consider the following statements regarding Shivaji’s Ashtapradhan:

1. Sar-I-Naubat was Head of Royal correspondence.

2. Majumdar (Amatya) was the Revenue and finance minister.

3. Dabir (sumant) was the Home minister.

Whichof the above statement(s) is/are correct ?

Consider the following statements about the Indigo Rebellion of 1860:

1. The decline in economic importance of Indigo as an export item was a contributory factor to the unrest among the peasants.

2. The rebellion was not supported by landlords and was ignored by the pro-landlord Calcutta press.

3. A Bengali play ‘Neel Darpan’ was translated into English by Michael Madhusudan Dutt to depict the atrocities committed against indigo planters.

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

Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Congress Benares session of 1905?

1. It was presided by Dadabhai Naoroji.

2. Self-government or Swaraj was declared as the goal of Congress at this session.

3. At the session it was decided to extend the Swadeshi movement outside Bengal.

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The modern educated Indians did not support the revolt of 1857. Which of the following is/are the reasons for it?

1. Rebels inclination towards superstition during revolt.

2. Opposition to social reforms by the rebels.

3. Faith of modern educated Indians in British to modernise India.

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With reference to political associations before the Indian National Congress, which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched? 

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With reference to the Tebhaga struggle consider the following statements:

1. It was started in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

2. It was a struggle between the share- croppers and the jotedars for payment of share of crop.

3. The Floud Commission had made recommendations in the favour of the share-croppers.

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

With reference to peasants revolts after 1857, consider the following statements:

1. They wanted to abolish system of lanlordism.

2. They did not wish to pay interest on the sums borrowed from moneylenders.

3. They rejected right of British to collect tax on land.

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

In the later half of 19th century, British Committee of the Indian National Congress was set up in London which published a weekly 'India' with an objective to:

Which of the following reflects the influence of socialist ideas on Congress?

1. Resolution on Fundamental Rights passed by Karachi Session.

2. Formation of National Planning Committee in 1938.

3. Election manifesto of the Congress in 1936.

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