INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Which of the following was/were the the weakness of the Ghadar movement?

1. Its underestimation of the British's power and its lack of adequate preparedness.

2. Its failure to generate an effective and sustained leadership.

3. It had a weak organizational structure.

4. It was predominantly religious idea with leadership derived mainly from Sikh groups.

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Consider the following pairs :

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

With reference to royal farman issued by Mughal emperor Farrukh Siyyar to British East India Company in 1717, consider the following statements:

1. It allowed British East India Company to import and export their goods in Bengal without paying taxes.

2. British East India Company was allowed to issue dastaks for movement of goods.

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

Consider the following statements with regard to land revenue settlement during the british rule:

1. In zamindari system, gradually cultivators were reduced to tenants, share-croppers and landless labourers.

2. In Mahalwari system the government directly collected revenue from peasants.

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

With reference to the cellular jail in Andaman, consider the following statements:

1. The idea of establishing the jail initiated during the revolt of 1857.

2. Revolutionaries involved in Lahore Conspiracy Case and Chittagong Armoury Raid case were imprisoned here.

3. V. D. Savarkar was imprisoned here in connection with his revolutionary activities abroad.

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

In the later half of 19th century, British Committee of the Indian National Congress was set up in London which published a weekly 'India' with an objective to:

Regarding Dadabhai Naoroji’s Drain of Wealth theory, the main constituents of Home charges were which of the following?

1. Dividend to the shareholders of the East India Company

2. Interest on Public Debt rose abroad

3. Civil and Military charges

4. Store purchased in England

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With reference to extremist response to partition of Bengal in 1905, which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

1. Emergence of ‘samitis’ or Corps of volunteers as a powerful method of mass mobilisation.

2. Establishment of Swadeshi or indigenous enterprises along with boycott of foreign goods.

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Which of the following statements regarding the Hunter commission (1882-83) is not correct?

Regarding the Non-Cooperation Movement, consider the following statements

1. It advocated popularizing of swadeshi goods and khadi.

2. It boycotted the elections held under the provisions of the 1919 Act.

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