INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Consider the following pairs: 

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

With reference to the efforts during the British rule (1770s-1820s) to promote western education in India, consider the following statements:

1. The Charter Act of 1793 granted permission to the Christian missionaries to freely enter India and spread western education.

2. The East India Company never favoured Indian traditional education and always promoted modern Western education.

3. The Charter Act of 1813 provided finances for the promotion of knowledge of the sciences in India.

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

Who among the following medieval writers visited India along with Mahmud of Ghazni?

Which of the chronological order for the construction of the following is correct?

1. Taj Mahal

2. Qutab Minar

3. Fatehpur Sikri

4. Agra Fort

Choose the correct code:

With reference to the growth of Indian Civil Service during British India, consider the following statements:

1. Recruitment to the civil service at the outset was based on patronage.

2. The Civil Service remained for all practical purposes out of bounds to Indians despite the introduction of competitive examination in 1853.

3. In the 1940s, the Indians outnumbered the Europeans in the Civil Services.

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

With reference to Mughal rule, what does the term Jizyah refers to?

Which among the following statements is incorrectly stated?

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

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Carving of Naga-Shakha on doorjambs is a characteristic feature of which of the following regional styles of temple architecture?

The term 'Ghalla-bakhshi' refers to-