INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Which of the following statements is correct ?

With reference to the condition of agriculture prevailing during British Rule, consider the following statements:

1. Realizing the major source of revenue from agriculture, British administration prioritized irrigation development and public works department.

2. Inorganic fertilizers and organic manure were widely used.

3. British economic policies lead to subdivision and fragmentation of land.

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

Which of the following sections of masses actively participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement?

1. Students

2. Traders and commercial associations

3. Workers

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

He laid the foundation for first railway line connecting Bombay to Thane and undertook many public welfare related works like separate Public Works Department in every province. During his rule, Hindu Widows Remarriage Act was passed. The above description best describes which of the following Governor Generals?

The Sur Empire may be considered in many ways as a continuation and culmination of the Delhi Sultanate. Which of the following were some of the reforms introduced by Sher Shah?

1. He repealed the land revenue system to promote a welfare state.

2. He restored the old imperial Grand Trunk Road from the river Indus in the west to Sonargaon in Bengal.

3. Customs duties were abolished on goods to promote trade and commerce.

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Which of the following characteristics about the “Subsidiary Alliance” system is/are correct?

1. Permanent stationing of a British force within the allying state’s territory

2. Posting of a British Resident at the state’s court

3. Internal affairs of the state remained largely unaffected.

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Which among the following was/were not the reasons behind Congress accepting the dominion status under Mountbatten Plan, 1947?

With reference to Mughal rule, what does the term Jizyah refers to?

Which among the following is/are associated with the reforms undertaken in civil services during the 20th century?

1. Montford Reforms

2. Lee Commission

3. Government of India Act of 1935

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Mahatma Gandhi initiated a movement for Khadi as a relief to masses in Indian villages. According to Gandhi’s philosophy and ideology Khadi symbolizes?

1. Purity

2. Simplicity

3. Self-reliance and self-government

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