INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Which of the following measure were demanded by the early nationalists while criticizing the colonial economic policies?

1. Reduction of land revenue

2. Reduction of income tax

3. Abolition of salt tax

4. Imposition of import duties

5. Supporting the policy of free trade

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

With reference to the British Land Revenue policy, consider the following statements:

1. Revenue farming was first introduced in British India by Lord Cornwallis in 1772.

2. Permanent settlement transformed the customary occupancy rights of peasants to tenancy.

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

Who among the following was/were known as Idol-breakers in Medieval India?

1. Mahmud Ghaznavi

2. Sikandar Shah

Select the correct option given below.

Cunningham Circular' during the Civil Disobedience Phase was issued in response to:

Which of the following nationalist organisations was/were setup during the swadeshi movement?

1. Bengal National College

2. National Council of Education

3. Bengal Technical Institute

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

With reference to civil rebellions during the british rule, Poligars were -

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.

Select the correct answer from the code given below.

(D) 

Consider the following statements

1. The teachings of Nagarjuna depicted as Sunyavada.

2. Sunyavada said to have influenced a prominent advaita philosophy.

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

Consider the following about ‘Hinayana & Mahayana’

1. Both adopt one and the same Vinaya (Discipline).

2. Both practice the Four Noble Truths.

3. Those who venerate the bodhisattvas are called the Mahayanists.

4. Those who do not venerate the bodhisattvas are called the Hinayanists.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

With regard to Warren Hastings, consider the following statements:

1. He facilitated the establishment of Ryotwari System in Madras.

2. He believed in the policy of Orientalism as a means of governance of the natives.

3. The defeat of British in the Second Anglo-Mysore War was a reason for his impeachment in England.

Which of the statements given above are not correct?