INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

The Quit India Movement was started after the failure of which of the following?

Which of the following statements are correct about the Ramakrishna movement ?

1. It was against image-worship

2. It believed in Eternal omnipotent God

3. It recognized Gods of all the religions

4. It gave a political message “India for the Indians” thus infusing self-confidence among the masses.

Select the correct answer using code given below.

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?

Consider the following statements regarding Champaran Satyagraha.

1. It was here Gandhiji for the first time in India used technique of non-cooperation.

2. It was for the remission of the revenues in wake of drought.

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

With reference to the Mughal ruler Farrukhsiyar, consider the following statements:

1. He came to power with the help of Sayyid brothers.

2. He defeated and executed the Sikh leader Banda Bahadur.

3. He granted the 'golden farman' to the East India company for duty-free trading rights in Bengal .

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Free trade with Britain led to de- industrialisation of India due to which of the following reasons?

1. Free trade was only one sided as indian goods were charged heavy levies in Britain.

2. Indian hand made goods were at disadvantage in competing with machine based British goods.

3. Indian goods were never popular in western market and Indian weavers had thrived only on Indian market.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Who among the following Mughal emperors was a connoisseur of painting?

Who was the Governor-General of India, when Congress was formed?

Which of the following changes was/were introduced by the Montagu - Chelmsford Reforms?

1. The reserved subjects in the provinces were to be controlled by the ministers responsible to legislature.

2. Bicameral legislature was introduced at the centre.

3. The Governor General and his executive council were made answerable to the legislature.

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

Regarding the ‘Act for the Good Government of India’, consider the following statements:

1. India was to be governed through a secretary of state and his advisory council.

2. It ended to the dual system of control introduced by the Pitt’s India act of 1884.

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