INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

"They did not have much faith in the masses. All the divisions in the Indian society first had to be united into a nation, before they could enter into politics. They were criticized as a 'microscopic minority' only representing the upper class educated intelligentsia" In the statement 'They' refer to which of the following?

The breaking of the salt laws at Dandi on April 5, 1930, marked formal inauguration of the Civil Disobedience Movement. Which of the following statements is/are true about this :-

1. It is the active, professed refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a government, or of an occupying international power.

2. East India became the scene of a new kind of no tax campaign - refusal to pay the chowkidari tax.

3. Boycott of law courts by lawyers as well as litigants.

4. Picketing of only those shops which sell foreign goods.

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Consider the following statements regarding Indian Council Act of 1909 :

1. A new province consisting of Bihar and Orissa was created.

2. Muslims and Christians were provided separate electorate.

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

Who led the Mughal forces in the Battle of Haldighati against Rana Pratap Singh of Mewar?

Which of the following is/are not a feature of Government of India Act 1935?

1. Provincial autonomy

2. Dyarchy at Centre

3. Direct elections for Federal Assembly and indirect elections for council of state.

4. Concurrent list on which provinces and centre both can legislate.

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(D) 

With reference to late Mughal period, who among the following were known as "King Makers"?

Consider the following statements:

1. Abhinav Bharat, a secret society of revolutionaries, was organised by V. D. Savarkar.

2. Newspapers Sandhya in Bengal and Kal in Maharashtra advocated revolutionary terrorism.

3. Anushilan Samiti was a revolutionary organisation active in Bengal.

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

Consider the following statements regarding Home Rule League:

1. Home Rule League (Annie Besant) was in Maharashtra, Karnataka, the central provinces and Berar.

2. Home Rule League (Tilak) was in Rest of India.

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

Which of the following statements are correct about Second Round Table Conference(RTC)?

1. Ansari was nominated to attend the RTC by Viceroy on the request of Gandhi.

2. Labour government had failed in England before 2nd RTC.

3. The major deadlock could not be resolved in the Minority Committee of 2nd RTC.

4. Indian Christian, Anglo-Indians and Christians demanded separate electorate.

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Consider the following statements about Badruddin Tyabji:

1. He was the founder member of the Bombay Presidency Association.

2. He was the first Muslim who presided the annual session of congress.

3. He was associated with Muslim league.

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