INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Which of the following methods were adopted by peasants during the Indigo Revolt of 1859-60?

1. Physical Resistance and attack on factories

2. Non-payment of rent

3. Boycott of foreign goods

4. Legal machinery to enforce their rights

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Consider the following statements concerning feudalism in India.

1. There was no serfdom in the feudal society of India

2. The peasantry was in a dominant position in relation to the samantas.

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

Consider the followings about ‘Sufi Sect’.

1. It was originated and developed in Islam

2. They never opposed Jizya (Tax imposed on non-believers) levied on Hindus in Islamic India though secularists.

3. Most popular Sufis were Rabia, Hallaj, Ghazali.

4. Muslims of India prominently follow Chistiya, Naqshbandiya, Qadiriya and Suharabardiya

Which of the statements given above are correct?

The sepoys during the revolt of 1857 proclaimed Bahadur shah as their leader because:

1. To give a positive political meaning to the revolt.

2. Bahadur shah, being the Mughal emperor, was very powerful and active against British.

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

Consider the following statements about ‘Sudarshana Chakram’:

1. It has six spokes and its center is composed of Vajra.

2. Krishna usually holds the discus on his little finger while Vishnu on His index finger.

3. The Sudarshana Chakra is not thrown but released.

4. Sudarshan chakra startlingly resembles the Chakram in Sikhism.

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

The term 'Thillana' is related to which of the following?

Consider the followings about ‘Vikramshila University’

1. Dharmapala, king of Pala dynasty, constructed Vikramshila University.

2. It is one of the Five Mahaviharas.

3. It was destroyed by Bakhtiyar Khilji in 1200 AD.

4. Atisa Dipankara, who is founder of Sarma tradition of Tibetan- Buddhism, was a scholar at Vikramshila University.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following about ‘Din-i- Ilahi’

1. Akbar found the Din-i-Ilahi.

2. It was primarily not to establish a national religion.

3. Akbar believed it would be acceptable to both the Muslims and the Hindus.

4. Birbal accepted Din-i-Ilahi.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

With reference to the Justice Party, consider the following statements:

1. It had its genesis in the Non-Brahmin movement.

2. It introduced free and compulsory education for the first time in Madras.

3. It created Staff Selection Board for the first time in India.

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

Congress formally announced its changed policy towards princely states, from that of non intervention to removal of any self imposed constraint on its participation in the princely states, at which session?