INSIGHTS STATIC QUIZ 2020 - 21
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
Which one of the following books of ancient India has the love story of the son of the founder of Sunga dynasty?
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Solution: b)
It is a Sanskrit play by Kalidasa. It is based on some events of the reign of Pushyamitra Shunga.
The play tells the story of the love of Agnimitra, the Shunga Emperor at Vidisha, for the beautiful hand-maiden of his chief queen.
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Solution: b)
It is a Sanskrit play by Kalidasa. It is based on some events of the reign of Pushyamitra Shunga.
The play tells the story of the love of Agnimitra, the Shunga Emperor at Vidisha, for the beautiful hand-maiden of his chief queen.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
The book, Philosophy of the Bomb was written by
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Solution: d)
Bhagawati charan vohra is the writer of book philosophy of the bomb.
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Solution: d)
Bhagawati charan vohra is the writer of book philosophy of the bomb.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
Consider the following statements.
- President ofthe Servants of the People Society.
- Participated in the non-cooperation movement and the Salt Satyagraha.
- Promoted the White Revolution
- Signed Tashkent Declaration with Pakistan
The above statements are related to
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Solution: d)
- Lal Bahadur Shastri became a life member of the Servants of the People Society (Lok Sevak Mandal), founded by Lala Lajpat Rai. There he started to work for the upliftment of backward classes, and later he became the President of that Society.
- He participated in the non-cooperation movement and the Salt Satyagraha.
- He promoted the White Revolution, a national campaign to increase milk production. He also promoted the Green Revolution, to increase the food production in India.
- In 1964, he signed an agreement with the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike, in concern with the status of Indian Tamils in Ceylon. This agreement is known as Srimavo-Shastri Pact.
- He signed Tashkent Declarationon 10 January, 1966 with the Pakistan President, Muhammad Ayub Khan to end the 1965 war.
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Solution: d)
- Lal Bahadur Shastri became a life member of the Servants of the People Society (Lok Sevak Mandal), founded by Lala Lajpat Rai. There he started to work for the upliftment of backward classes, and later he became the President of that Society.
- He participated in the non-cooperation movement and the Salt Satyagraha.
- He promoted the White Revolution, a national campaign to increase milk production. He also promoted the Green Revolution, to increase the food production in India.
- In 1964, he signed an agreement with the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike, in concern with the status of Indian Tamils in Ceylon. This agreement is known as Srimavo-Shastri Pact.
- He signed Tashkent Declarationon 10 January, 1966 with the Pakistan President, Muhammad Ayub Khan to end the 1965 war.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
Consider the following statements
- Wood’s despatch rejected downward filtration theory and recommended the establishment of schools to promote mass education.
- Macaulay’s minutes largely believed in educating a lower class and economically impoverished students
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution: a)
Macaulay’s minutes largely believed in educating a few upper and middle class students. It also believed that, in course of time education would trickle down to the masses.
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Solution: a)
Macaulay’s minutes largely believed in educating a few upper and middle class students. It also believed that, in course of time education would trickle down to the masses.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
Privy Purse was granted to the princely states due to which of these reasons?
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Solution: c)
The integration of the Princely States was preceded by an assurance that after the dissolution of princely rule, the then rulers’ families would be allowed to retain certain private property, and given a grant in heredity or government allowance, measured on the basis of the extent, revenue and potential of the merging state. This grant was called the privy purse.
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Solution: c)
The integration of the Princely States was preceded by an assurance that after the dissolution of princely rule, the then rulers’ families would be allowed to retain certain private property, and given a grant in heredity or government allowance, measured on the basis of the extent, revenue and potential of the merging state. This grant was called the privy purse.
