INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Which of the following objectives led British to wage wars with Afghanisthan?

1. To serve as a base for Central Asia in their quest for territorial expansion.

2. To check French military influence.

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Which of the following social reformers contributed to the cause of Widow remarriage?

1. Vishnu Shastri Pandit

2. Jyotiba Phule

3. Karsondas Mulji

4. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

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In the context of Ancient Indian political history, which of the following Mahajanpada(s) was/were republics?

1. Kapilavastu

2. Vaishali

3. Kaushambi

4. Kosala

5. Avanti

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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?

Consider the following statements:

1. Lord Macaulay headed the first Law commission to codify Indian Laws.

2. Charles Wood proposed Downward Filtration theory for the education of Indians.

3. William Bentinck tried to abolish female Infanticide.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following correctly describes the policy of Indian National Congress towards the Princely States, as enunciated in its resolution passed at Nagpur in 1920?

1. It called upon Princes to grant responsible government in their States.

2. It emphasized that no distinction was to be made between the people of British India and the Princely States.

3. It supported the people of the states to undertake political activity as members of local Praja Mandals.

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Consider the following statements about evolution of civil services in British India:

1. Lord Warren Hastings is known as the 'Father of Civil Service' in India.

2. Lord Wellesley established the College of Fort William at Calcutta.

3. The Charter Act of 1853, decreed that all the recruits to the Civil Service were to be selected through a competitive examination.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Who among the following was/were President(s) of Indian National Congress during the freedom struggle?

1. Annie Besant

2. Sarojini Naidu

3. Kadambini Ganguly

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In the support of a particular Gandhian movement Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from the civil service and was later appointed as the principal of the National College in Calcutta. In the above passage, the movement refers to?

Which of the following statements regarding the Sikh Reform Movements is/are correct?

1. The Singh Sabha Movement established a network of Khalsa schools to promote Western Education.

2. Akali movement was aimed at liberating the Sikh gurudwaras from the control of corrupt mahants.

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