INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

In 1893- Champaner, Bhuvan enters into a wager with British administration to play a cricket match. If he lost the entire village had to pay 3 times the amount of normal taxes and if he won the village would not pay any tax for 3 years. The entire village was drawn into the wager because the land was jointly owned by a collective body of village. Which of the following inferences can be made?

1. Champaner was under Mahalwari system of Land tenure.

2. Champaner was under Ryotwari system of Land tenure.

3. Champaner was most likely to be a village in present day UP, Punjab or Haryana.

4. Champaner was most likely a village in present day Maharashtra or Tamil Nadu.

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Consider the following statements concerning Chola local administration :

1. The brahmanas were offered rent-free lands.

2. The Mahasabha was autonomous enough to levy taxes locally and raise loans for the village.

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

With reference to civil rebellions during the british rule, Poligars were -

Which of the following were the popular means of mobilisation during Civil Disobedience Movement:

1. Prabhatpheris

2. Patrikas

3. Magic lanterns

4. Tying Rakhi

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Which of the following statements are correct about Rowlatt Satyagraha?

1. By implementing Rowlatt Act, Government enable to suspend the right of Habeas corpus which had been the foundation of civil liberties in Britain.

2. In Rowlatt Satyagrah, Gandhiji launched an all India hartal accompanied by fasting and prayer and civil disobedience against specific laws.

3. In organising the ensuing political movement Gandhiji constituted a 'Satyagraha Sabha' in Bombay of which he himself was the President.

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Which among the following dynasty never patronized Jainism?

With reference to the Indian Civil Services (ICS) under the British rule, consider the following statements:

1. Cornwallis set up a college at Fort William to train the civil servants.

2. Satyendra Prasad Sinha was the first Indian to qualify the ICS.

3. Aitchison Commission recommended holding simultaneous examinations in India and England to allow more Indians into the civil services posts.

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

Who among the following medieval rulers was called as a “Zinda Pir” - “a living saint”?

With reference to the role of women in Indian National Movement and reforms related to them, which of the statements given below is not correct?

Consider the following statements regarding Indian Council Act of 1909 :

1. A new province consisting of Bihar and Orissa was created.

2. Muslims and Christians were provided separate electorate.

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