INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Consider the following pairs about ‘Main Departments of Mughals :

1. Diwan I -Ala - Finance

2. Kama I Saman – Head of Royal Household

3. Sadar us surd – Religious affairs of state

4. Qazi –ul-Quzzat – Judiciary Department

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs 

Which of the pairs given above are not correctly matched?

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.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R).

Which of the following statement is/are correct?

Assertion (A): The Saiyyid Brothers are referred to as 'King-Makers' in Indian history.

Reason (R): They created and dethroned Maratha Chiefs at their will during the early 18th century.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Consider the following statements regarding the Nehru Report of 1928.

1. Nehru Report recommended India’s independence with the dominion status.

2. The central government to be headed by a governor-general, appointed by the British Government

3. It accepted the principle of separate electorate.

4. M. A. Jinnah voted in favour of the report.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to modern India, the 'Black hole tragedy' in 1750s in Bengal, refers to what?

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion(A) and other is lebelled as Reason(R).

Assertion(A):  The people of Mughal lacked political nationalism.

Reason(R):  Jats, Marthas, Rajputs revolted against Mughals.

Which one of the following is correct?

Which of the following activities were associated with Swadeshi Movement?

1. Use of traditional festivals and melas for nationalism

2. Emphasis on 'Atmasakti' or self reliance

3. Boycott of foreign goods

4. Use of samitis or corps of volunteers

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the following statements about princely states in India:

1. The British policy of Subsidiary Alliance involved the posting of British Residents and Political Agents to princely states who often constrained the internal autonomy of the princes.

2. The Doctrine of Lapse was one of the contributory factors to the revolt of 1857.

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

Regarding the Tebhaga Movement, consider the following statements.

1. The movement demanded uprooting of the Zamindari system.

2. Floud commission appointed to consider the issue reported against the demand of sharecroppers.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are not correct?