INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

With reference to the condition of agriculture prevailing during British Rule, consider the following statements:

1. Realizing the major source of revenue from agriculture, British administration prioritized irrigation development and public works department.

2. Inorganic fertilizers and organic manure were widely used.

3. British economic policies lead to subdivision and fragmentation of land.

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

With reference to Tana Bhagat movement (1912-14), consider the following statements:

1. It was a tribal movement which emerged among the Mundas and Oraons of Chottanagpur region of Bihar.

2. It was characterized by a large scale incorporation of Hindu practices into its ideology.

3. It gradually got linked with the freedom struggle as the tribals were followers of Gandhian ideology.

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

Which of the following was/were the recommendations of Hunter commission of 1882?

1. Primary education should be imparted through vernacular languages.

2. Transfer of control of primary education to district and municipal boards.

3. Universities should be completely brought under the State's control.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the following statements :

1. Harisena’s Brihatkathakosh was a medieval work on travel-writing.

2. The chief Indian port in the Eastern coast of India was Tamralipti.

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

Who among the following wrote 'Mahabhashya' a commentary on Sanskrit book Ashtadhyayi ?

“This personality was prominent in the Labour and Socialist movements, a member of the Fabian Society and Social Democratic Federation, and took an active part in Trade Union work among unskilled labourers.”

Which of the following personality is described in the above passage?

In 1901, a famine Commission under the presidency of Sir Anthony MacDonnell was appointed. Which of the following was/were the commission’s recommendations?

1. Opening of agricultural banks.

2. Appointment of Famine commissioner in affected provinces.

Select the correct answer using code given below.

The Non-cooperation movement's programme included which of the following?

1. Boycott of legislative councils

2. Boycott of official titles and honours.

3. Boycott of foreign cloth

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the following statements:

1. The French were the first to intervene in the disputes of the Indian rulers to acquire political control over territories, a method later followed by the British.

2. European conflicts between France and England found a theatre in Anglo-French wars in India. 

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

Identify the correct pair of kings and their Tombs