INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Consider the following statements about Badruddin Tyabji:

1. He was the founder member of the Bombay Presidency Association.

2. He was the first Muslim who presided the annual session of congress.

3. He was associated with Muslim league.

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

Which of the following statements are correct about Quit India Movement?

1. The draft proposed massive civil disobedience if the British did not accede to the demands.

2. Rajaji quit the Indian National Congress to oppose the movement.

3. Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Azad were apprehensive and critical of the call, but backed it.

4. Jai Prakash Narayan and Ram Manohar Lohia supported the movement.

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R.C. Dutt identified three phases of British exploitation of India.Which of the following statements is/are correct about this?

1. In the phases which coincides with Industrial revolution in England, the East India Company enjoyed monopoly of trade with India.

2. The cotton industry was plundered mainly in Mercantile phase.

3. The export imports firms boomed in the Finance-Imperialism phase.

4. The Railway was developed in the Finance-Imperialism phase.

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Consider the following statements regarding the Indian states that emerged due to decline of Mughals:

1. These rulers did not discriminate on religious grounds in public appointments.

2. They modernized industrial and commercial structure of their states.

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

Consider the following pairs: 

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

Sir Charles Wood’s Despatch on Education came to be considered as the Magna Carta of English education in India. Which of the following statement(s) is/are not correct about it?

1. It underemphasised the importance of Vernacular languages

2. It supported the education of women

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Which of the following was the primary task taken up by the Paramahansa Mandali?

The “chain of justice” is associated with which of the following Mughal Emperors?

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

1. It was founded in 1810 as a religio-political movement.

2. In Its religious aspect it was a reform movement to remove abuses from the Islamic society.

3. In its political aspect it was a movement to revive and restore Muslim power in India.

4. The movement first began in Rohilkhand.

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Regarding the Moderate leadership of the Congress and their beliefs consider the following statements :

1. Moderates believed that political connections with Britain were in India’s Interest.

2. Dadabhai Naoroji, Pherojshah Mehta, Surendrnath banerjea and Bipin Chandra Pal were Moderates.

3. Moderates had immense faith in capacity of masses and believed that masses are ready for political agitation.

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