DAY – 48: Insights Self Study Guide for UPSC Prelims + Mains – 2015

With reference to arrival of Print in India and its impact, consider the following statements:

1. In the initial years, the vernacular language press grew at faster rate than the English language press
2. The Print was instrumental in connecting communities and people in different parts of India

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

In the history of colonial India, the name of Rashsundari Debi stands out. This is because

Banabhatta’s Kadambari is a

Consider the following statements:

1. His writings created a novel-reading public in Hindi
2. His best-seller, Chandrakanta is believed to have contributed immensely in popularising the Hindi language and the Nagari script among the educated classes of those times

The above statements refer to which of the following writers?

Consider the following statements:

1. Bankim’s Anandamath (1882) is a novel about a secret Hindu militia that fights Muslims to establish a Hindu kingdom
2. Anandmath is the source of Vande Mataram song

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

In and around which of the following cities the Permanent Settlement system was NOT in force?

1. Calcutta
2. Burdwan
3. Dacca
4. Nagpur

Choose the correct answer using the codes below:

Consider the following statements:

1. Under the Permanent Settlement system, a Zamindar was the owner of large land who collected revenue from his tenants and paid fixed sum to the British
2. The British hoped to encourage investment in agriculture through Permanent Settlement system

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to the Fifth Report of the Select Committee of the British Parliament, consider the following statements:

1. The Report appreciated the contributions made by the East India Company to the British Economy
2. The Report revealed to the British Parliament that the Zamindars in Bengal were made rich by the Permanent Settlement and prospered under the British protection

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

In the history of colonial India, Sidhu Manjhi is well known for

Consider the following statements:

1. He was born as Dhondu Pant and led the Kanpur rebellion during the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857
2. The Company’s refusal to continue the pension after his father’s death was one of the reasons for him to revolt against the British

To which of the following personalities does above statements refer?

The European commercial Companies had set up base in different places early during the Mughal era. Which of the following is correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

1. During colonial times, the growth of Madras, Bombay and Calcutta cities as the new commercial and administrative centres was at the expense of other existing urban centres
2. Before and after the Industrial revolution, Bombay, Madras and Calcutta functioned as collection depots for the export of Indian manufactures such as cotton textiles

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Which of the following events took place first?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Indian National Congress was till not formed when Gandhiji left for South Africa from India for the first time
2. When Gandhiji returned from South Africa to India, Culcutta was still the capital of the British India

Which of the above statements is/are INCORRECT?

With reference to the Rowaltt Act, consider the following statements:

1. It was passed by the British Parliament
2. The acts allowed certain political cases to be tried without juries and permitted internment of suspects without trial

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

“This movement was negative enough to be peaceful but positive enough to be effective. It entailed denial, renunciation, and self-discipline. It was training for self-rule.”

The above comment was made by an American author Louis Fischer on which of the following Movements?

Which of the following freedom fighters were ‘Close Associates’ of Mahatma Gandhiji?

1. Subhash Chandra Bose
2. Govind Ballabh Pant
3. Abul Kalam Azad
4. C Rajgopalachari
5. Jawaharlal Nehru

Choose the correct answer from below codes:

Which of the following freedom fighters, who is know as the first woman to run for a Legislative seat in India, persuaded Gandhiji not to restrict the Salt Satyagraha protests to men alone?

The Gandhi–Irwin Pact was signed

Consider the following statements:

1. When the Second World War started, The British accepted the Congress proposal of granting India independence once the War ended in return to Congress’ support to the War
2. In the early 1940s, the British government which had full majority Conservative government, refused to grant India any sort of autonomy

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Which of the following events was the latest to take place?