INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Consider the following statements :

1. Neel Darpan was a play based on the exploitations of the Indigo farmers.

2. The play ‘Navanna’ by Nabin Chandra Das was based on the famine of Bengal.

3. Bharat Mata painting was drawn by Abanindranath Tagore.

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

Which of the following pair(s) is/are correctly matched? 

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Which of the following sessions of Congress was the first to be presided by a European?

The proposal to create Pakistan was rejected by the Cabinet mission. Which of the following were the reasons for it?

1. It would encourage Sikhs to demand separate statehood.

2. The proposed Pakistan had many Non-Muslim populations.

3. Regional ties of Bengal and Punjab would be disturbed.

4. Partition would result economic and administrative problems.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

The 'Pledge of Independence' was officially promulgated during which of the following movements?

Consider the following statements:

1. Swami Dayanand Saraswati tried to project Hinduism as a religion of book like Islam and Christianity.

2. According to him only Vedas contained the scientific truth hence Hinduism was a superior religion.

3. On the authority of Vedas, he rejected ritualism, caste system and untouchability.

4. He also denounced the Chatur Varna system, with an aim to reform the society.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

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Nandas, first Shudra Dynasty, the rulers of Magadha were patrons of which of the followings?

Consider the following statements.

1. Junagadh inscription of Rudradaman in about 150 A.D. was one of the earliest specimens of chaste Sanskrit.

2. “Mahavastu” was a religious treatise on Hinayana Buddhism

3. Roman emperor Trajan received an embassy from India in 28 A.D.

4. Glass-making industry had received a great boost in India during the Post-Mauryan period.

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

Consider the following statements.

1. Siri Fort was built by Feroz Tughlaq

2. The city of Jaunpur was built Sikandar Lodi

3. Qutb Minar is so-named since it was built by Qutbuddin Aibak

4. Alai Darwaza built by Alauddin Khilji served as an entrance door to Qutb Minar

Which among the above statement is correct-