INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

The first Individual Satyagrahi, Acharya Vinoba Bhave offered Satyagraha in which among the following way?

Consider the following statements:

1.  The battle of Saragarhi was fought by Sikh soldiers against Afridi and Orakzai tribals. 

2. Saragarhi was the communication tower between Fort Lockhart and Fort Gulistan.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are NOT correct?

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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The impoverishment of the Indian peasantry was a direct result of the transformation of the agrarian structure due to-

1. Colonial economic policies.

2. Ruin of the handicrafts leading to over overcrowding of land.

3. The new land revenue system

4. Colonial administrative and judicial system.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following movements:

1. Kisan movement

2. Akali movement

3. Moplah revolt

4. No tax movement at Guntur

5. Deccan peasant riots

Which of the above movements were impacted by the Non Cooperation Movement during 1920s?

With reference to the British Land Revenue policy, consider the following statements:

1. Revenue farming was first introduced in British India by Lord Cornwallis in 1772.

2. Permanent settlement transformed the customary occupancy rights of peasants to tenancy.

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

Why did not Mahatma Gandhi initiate a movement immediately after the beginning of World War-II?

With reference to Sangam and Vedic texts, consider the following statements :

1. Both Vedic and Sangam texts are religious in nature.

2. Unlike Vedic texts, Sangam texts do not provide any information on the political and economic life of people

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

The moderates submitted their grievances/demands in the form of petitions before the British Government. Which of the following was not one of these early demands?

Which among the following were part of Jinnah's fourteen demands?

1. Separation of Sindh from Bombay

2. Separate electrorates for muslims

3. Federal constitution with residual power to provinces.

4. One -third muslim representation in the Central legislature.

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