INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Consider the following statements regarding political administration during early Vedic period :

1. In the vedic period king post was known as rajan and it was not a hereditary position.

2. In political assemblies women were not allowed to participate.

3. There was no civil system or territorial administration.

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

Mahatma Gandhi initiated a movement for Khadi as a relief to masses in Indian villages. According to Gandhi’s philosophy and ideology Khadi symbolizes?

1. Purity

2. Simplicity

3. Self-reliance and self-government

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

With reference to the provisions of the Cripps Mission, consider the following statements:

1. It provided for a Dominion Status to India.

2. Princely states were not to be represented in the Constituent Assembly.

3. Provincial Assemblies were to elect their representatives to the Constituent Assembly.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with reference to the INA upsurges:

1. Sardar Patel advised the rebel members to continue the agitation till independence.

2. Gandhiji lauded the efforts undertaken by ratings and fully supported their mutiny.

3. Muhammad Ali Jinnah wanted Muslim INA members to surrender before the authority instead of striking.

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

With reference to the position of 'Peshwa' in the Maratha kingdom, consider the following statements:

1. It was created as a hereditary position equivalent to modern day prime minister.

2. The peshwa was ranked in order below the Chatrapati or the king.

3. Shivaji was the first peshwa of the Maratha empire.

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

The modern educated Indians did not support the revolt of 1857. Which of the following is/are the reasons for it?

1. Rebels inclination towards superstition during revolt.

2. Opposition to social reforms by the rebels.

3. Faith of modern educated Indians in British to modernise India.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Which of the statement(s) given below is/are correct regarding Raja Rammohan Roy?

1. He protested against the founding of Sanskrit College in Calcutta.

2. He believed in the rationality of Vedanta philosophy.

3. He founded Atmiya Sabha to campaign against idolatry and caste rigidities.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the followings about ‘Mohammad bin Tuglaq’ :

1. Well versed in astronomy, mathematics, medicine.

2. His visionary schemes failed as they were ill-planned and badly executed.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Which of the following is not correctly matched concerning Akbar’s military campaigns?

The earliest evidence of a Jewish community settling in India is provided by a charter of a-