INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Given-below-are-two-statements,-one-labelled-as-Assertion-(A)-and-the-other-labelled-as-Reason-(R):

Assertion:--The-Scheme-of-extending-of-Diwan-i-kohi-by-Md.-Tuglaq-was-failure.

Reason:--The-land-chosen-was-not-fertile-and-officers-were-corrupted.

In-the-context-of-the-above-two-statements,-which-one-of-the-following-is-correct?

With reference to Forest policy of British in India, consider the following statements:

1. British encouraged shifting cultivation, which is practiced even today in some tribal areas.

2. It transformed the relationship of tribals with the forests, placing restrictions on access to forest products and forest lands.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following is the three pronged strategy used by the British to contain both moderates and extremists post partition of Bengal?

Consider the followings about ‘Somnath Temple’ :

1. It was large structure of Red Sandstone and one among Dvadasha Jyotirlingas.

2. It was destroyed by Arab armies of Junayad in 725 AD.

3. Nagabhatta II is rebuilt the Somnath Temple in 815 AD.

4. It was again destroyed in 1024 by Mahamud of Ghazni.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Which of the following was the major consequence of Third battle of Panipat?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Mongols under Chenghiz khan invaded India during the reign of Balban

2. The Chenghiz khan’s army plundered the Ganga Yamuna doab and caused huge loss of life and property.

Select the correct answer using the codes below:

Consider the following statements:

1. The Regulating Act of 1773 formally recognized the British Parliament’s right to control Indian affairs.

2. The Act of 1781 sought to address the ambiguities in the Act of 1773.

3. The Pitt’s India Act was legislated to ensure greater autonomy for the East Indian Company in matters of public administration.

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

Which of the following were the reasons that led to decline of Swadeshi movement?

1. Arrest and deportation of major leaders.

2. Split in Indian National Congress

3. Repression by the government

4. Annulment of partition of Bengal

Select the correct answer using code given below.

Consider the following pairs about ‘Main Departments of Sultanate’ :

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements.

1. Bindusara patronized Ajivika sect.

2. The original draft of “Indica” written by Megasthenes is one of the major sources of information about Mauryan Empire.

3. The Jaina work that talks about the conversion of Chandragupta Maurya to Jainism is “Parisistaparvan”

4. The “Akshapataladhyaksha” of the Mauryan state was the Superintendent of Mines.

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