INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Which of the following is not correct?

Which of the following statements are correct about British policies in 19th Century.

1. The Summary Settlement Act 1956 divested power to summarily decide the collection of revenue to the middlemen.

2. Lord Dalhousie introduced General Service Enlistment Act under which the sepoys could be compelled to serve abroad.

3. The Religious Disabilities Act 1856 had done away with the previous ban on Christian converts to from Hinduism in inheriting property.

4. The Charter Act of 1813 allowed missionaries to enter India and carry on with their mission.

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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?

How many Mughal provinces were there under Akbar and Aurangazeb respectively?

"It declared a deadline of June 30, 1948 for the transfer of power with lapse of obligation of British government on princely states, in essence it was a reversion of the Cripps Offer." The above line describes which of the following?

With reference to various expansion and annexation policies of British power in India, consider the following statements:

1. If a ruler of the protected state dies without leaving any heir, his state was subject to annexation.

2. The Indian native ruler(s) under the Subsidiary alliance could neither enter into alliance with any other power nor fight a war without prior permission from the British.

3. The Nizam of Hyderabad was first to enter into a subsidiary alliance with the English.

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

With reference to the efforts during the British rule (1770s-1820s) to promote western education in India, consider the following statements:

1. The Charter Act of 1793 granted permission to the Christian missionaries to freely enter India and spread western education.

2. The East India Company never favoured Indian traditional education and always promoted modern Western education.

3. The Charter Act of 1813 provided finances for the promotion of knowledge of the sciences in India.

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

Which one of the following is/are site/sites had excavations of evidence of rice?

. Consider the following pairs:

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

Which one of the following statements is not correct concerning Gupta period?