INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

About the reign of which of the following rulers of Delhi Sultanate does Historian Barani exclaim, “The permanence of prices in the grain market was a wonder of the age”.?

With Reference to the Cripps Mission of 1942, which of the following statements are correct?

1. It proposed a single Indian Union

2. It offered a Dominion status to India

3. It setup an ad hoc Constitutional assembly

4. It mentioned about the creation of Pakistan

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“Lecturer from Colombo to Almora” is based on the experience of which one of the following personality?

British formed a consultative body of the princely states known as Narendra Mandal, Which of the following statements are correct about this?

1. It was established by Royal Proclamation in 1921 on the recommendation of Montford Reforms

2. It used to consider on the issues, among others, the British empire as a whole.

3. The formation of such body was first expressed by Lord Lytton.

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In 1901, a famine Commission under the presidency of Sir Anthony MacDonnell was appointed. Which of the following was/were the commission’s recommendations?

1. Opening of agricultural banks.

2. Appointment of Famine commissioner in affected provinces.

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Which of the following is the three pronged strategy used by the British to contain both moderates and extremists post partition of Bengal?

Which of the following books is considered as the Guptan equivalent to Kautliya’s Arthasastra of the Mauryans?

With reference to Santhal Uprising, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Sido and Kanhu were the principal rebel leaders.

2. The Santhals occupied the area between Bhagalpur and Rajmahal.

3. The uprising aimed to remove the outsiders and the British from the Santhal areas.

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Regarding Rajagopalachari formula, consider the following statements

1. The main objective of the Rajagopalachari formula was to solve the constitutional crisis that occurred due to the failure of the Cripps Mission.

2. The proposals of the Rajagopalachari formula were shadowed by the two-nation theory of Muslim League.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?