INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Consider the following statements regarding the nationalist movement in India during 1858 to 1905.

1. The early nationalist movement was mainly to safeguard the interest of the social groups which joined it.

2. They were not able to expose the exploitative character of colonial rule.

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

Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

With reference to Socio-Religious reform, consider the following statements

1. Aligarh movement was started by Sir Syed Ahmad with an aim to revive Islam in India.

2. Indian Women’s University was founded by D K Karve at Bombay in 1916.

3. Wahabi movement was an Islamist reformist movement as a response to western influence.

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

Where do we have life-like portrait images of the Pallava kings and queens?

With reference to the Tebhaga struggle consider the following statements:

1. It was started in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

2. It was a struggle between the share- croppers and the jotedars for payment of share of crop.

3. The Floud Commission had made recommendations in the favour of the share-croppers.

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

Which statement about Amir Khusrau is not true?

Which among the following reasons is not a cause of Revolt of 1857?

1. Social Reforms made by British

2. Discrimination of Indian Soldiers

3. Doctrine of Lapse

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

“This personality was prominent in the Labour and Socialist movements, a member of the Fabian Society and Social Democratic Federation, and took an active part in Trade Union work among unskilled labourers.”

Which of the following personality is described in the above passage?

With reference to the Mountbatten plan, consider the following statements:

1. It provided Princely States the right either to join the Dominion of India or of Pakistan or remain independent.

2. It proposed partition of the provinces of Punjab and Bengal based on referendum among the people.

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

Which of the following books is considered as the Guptan equivalent to Kautliya’s Arthasastra of the Mauryans?