INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

The Mansabdari system was introduced by Akbar. What did 'Mansab' of an officer imply in the system?

1. Salary of the officer

2. Land granted to the Officer

3. Number of soldiers maintained by the officer

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Where do we find the three phases, viz Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic Cultures in sequence?

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 statements with respect to Alauddin Khalji.

1. Alauddin had made Siri his capital and had built a fort out there “Mainly for administrative convenience”.

2. He organized and introduced a countrywide spy system.

3. He reintroduced the Iqta System abolished by Iltutmish

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R).

Which of the following statement is/are correct?

Assertion (A): Swarajists wanted to end the boycott of legislative councils after the arrest of Gandhi in 1922.

Reason (R): They believed that this neglect is leading to the loss of constructive work and revolutionary zeal.

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The Swadeshi movement failed to attract Muslim peasantry on a wider scale because of?

1. Divide and rule policy of British which divided Bengal on communal lines.

2. The use of traditional popular customs, festivals and institutions for mobilizing the masses.

3. Promise of abolition of zamindari system by British in East Bengal.

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With reference to Muslim league during the Indian national movement, consider the following statements:

1. It did not join the Interim government of 1946.

2. League supported the idea of compulsory grouping in Cabinet mission plan.

3. League's Demand for Autonomous Muslim majority province was accepted by Cripps mission.

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Which one of the following is not the reason for the fall of the Mauryan empire?

With reference to the plague in Poona in 1897, consider the following statements:

1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak supported the measures taken by the government to control the plague.

2. Resentment against official plague measures resulted in assassination of Rand and Lt. Ayerst by the Chapekar brothers.

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

With reference to the Revolutionary Nationalism in Modern India which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

1. A bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly was thrown by Baghat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt in 1929.

2. The bomb was against the passage of Public Safety Bill and Trade Disputes Bill.

3. The bomb devastated the whole assembly building and killed everyone in it.

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