INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Who among the following never presided any of the sessions of Indian National Congress?

1. Sarojini Naidu

2. Mahatma Gandhi

3. Lala Lajpat Rai

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Madan Mohan Malviya in his Presidential address at the Lahore Session in 1909 said, ‘Ripon was the greatest and the most loved Viceroy whom India has known’. Which of the following were undertaking by Lord Ripon?

1. He centralized the finance.

2. He repealed the salt tax.

3. He repealed the Vernacular Press Act.

4. Passing of the First Factory Act.

Select the correct statement(s) using the codes given below.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Due to unfavourable financial situation, Mohammed bin Tughlaq made the iqta system to be hereditary

2. Firuz shah tughlaq extended this principle of hereditary to Army as well.

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Which of the following statements is not correct concerning Sher Shah?

Akbar’s enlightened religious policy was based on his philosophy of “sulh-i-kul”. What is the meaning of Sulh-i-kul ?

With reference to the growth of Indian Civil Service during British India, consider the following statements:

1. Recruitment to the civil service at the outset was based on patronage.

2. The Civil Service remained for all practical purposes out of bounds to Indians despite the introduction of competitive examination in 1853.

3. In the 1940s, the Indians outnumbered the Europeans in the Civil Services.

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

Consider the following statements with regard to Tipu Sultan:

1. He planted "Tree of liberty" at Srirangpattanam.

2. He was a member of Jacobin Club of France.

3. He organised his army on European lines.

Which of the statements 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?

Consider the following statement regarding The East India Company-

1. The East India Company was formed by the group of merchants.

2. The British government owned no shares in it.

3. Before East India Company established trade in India ,John Mildenhall, a merchant adventurer was the first English man who arrived in India in 1599 for the purpose of trade.

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

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?