INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Free trade with Britain led to de- industrialisation of India due to which of the following reasons?

1. Free trade was only one sided as indian goods were charged heavy levies in Britain.

2. Indian hand made goods were at disadvantage in competing with machine based British goods.

3. Indian goods were never popular in western market and Indian weavers had thrived only on Indian market.

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Moderates gave economic critique of British rule in India and demanded for economic development of India. Which of the following are the important demands made by moderates for economic development of India?

1. Increase foreign investment in India for development of Indian Economy

2. Increase in import duties to protect and promote Indian Industriesss

3. Reduction in military expenditure

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Which of the following is not correct?

With reference to the Ghadar movement, consider the following statements:

1. The movement was strongly secular.

2. The Ghadar Movement failed to generate an effective and sustained leadership that was capable of integrating the various aspects of the movement.

3. Objective of Ghadarites was the establishment of an Independent Republic of India.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following pairs :

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

Which one of the following statements is correct regarding the Lex Loci Act of 1850?

Consider the following statements about ‘The Rashtrakutas’

1. They encouraged Arabs of Sindh.

2. They encouraged Hinduism but not Digambara Jainism

3. Their capital was at Manyakheta

4. The king Amonghavarsha I himself authored a part of Kavirajamarga, the earliest known Kannada poem.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Which of the following was/were the recommendations of Hunter commission of 1882?

1. Primary education should be imparted through vernacular languages.

2. Transfer of control of primary education to district and municipal boards.

3. Universities should be completely brought under the State's control.

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With reference to the contribution of 19th century nationalist in the freedom struggle of India, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. A.C.Dutt called British Colonialism as "White man's Burden".

2. Sachidanand Sinha made "the drain" as the major theme of his book The Economic History Of India's

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Which of the following is/are the outcomes of war between british india and Nepal in 1814 ?

1. Nepal abandoned it's claim on Sikkim areas.

2. The Gurkhas became part of Indian army.

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