UPSC Static Quiz – History : 06 July 2024

UPSC Static Quiz – History : 06 July 2024 We will post 5 questions daily on static topics mentioned in the UPSC civil services preliminary examination syllabus. Each week will focus on a specific topic from the syllabus, such as History of India and Indian National Movement, Indian and World Geography, and more.We are excited to bring you our daily UPSC Static Quiz, designed to help you prepare for the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination. Each day, we will post 5 questions on static topics mentioned in the UPSC syllabus. This week, we are focusing on Indian and World Geography.

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• Question 1 of 5 1. Question Which of the following was/were part of pre-congress campaign against British? Against Lytton’s Afghan adventure Against the Partition of Bengal Against the Ilbert Bill. How many of the above statements is/are correct? (a) Only one (b) Only two (c) All three (d) None Correct Solution: a) Only Statement 1 is correct. Major pre-congress campaign were For imposition of import duty on cotton (1875) For Indianisation of government service (1878-79) Against Lytton’s Afghan adventure Against Arms Act (1878) Against Vernacular Press Act (1878) For right to join volunteer corps Against plantation labour and against Inland Emigration Act In support of Ilbert Bill (not against the bill. For an All India Fund for Political Agitation Campaign in Britain to vote for pro-India party Protest against the Partition of Bengal (1905) was a post congress campaign. Incorrect Solution: a) Only Statement 1 is correct. Major pre-congress campaign were For imposition of import duty on cotton (1875) For Indianisation of government service (1878-79) Against Lytton’s Afghan adventure Against Arms Act (1878) Against Vernacular Press Act (1878) For right to join volunteer corps Against plantation labour and against Inland Emigration Act In support of Ilbert Bill (not against the bill. For an All India Fund for Political Agitation Campaign in Britain to vote for pro-India party Protest against the Partition of Bengal (1905) was a post congress campaign.

#### 1. Question

Which of the following was/were part of pre-congress campaign against British?

• Against Lytton’s Afghan adventure

• Against the Partition of Bengal

• Against the Ilbert Bill.

How many of the above statements is/are correct?

• (a) Only one

• (b) Only two

• (c) All three

Solution: a)

Only Statement 1 is correct.

Major pre-congress campaign were

• For imposition of import duty on cotton (1875)

• For Indianisation of government service (1878-79)

• Against Lytton’s Afghan adventure

• Against Arms Act (1878)

• Against Vernacular Press Act (1878)

• For right to join volunteer corps

• Against plantation labour and against Inland Emigration Act

• In support of Ilbert Bill (not against the bill.

• For an All India Fund for Political Agitation

• Campaign in Britain to vote for pro-India party

• Protest against the Partition of Bengal (1905) was a post congress campaign.

Solution: a)

Only Statement 1 is correct.

Major pre-congress campaign were

• For imposition of import duty on cotton (1875)

• For Indianisation of government service (1878-79)

• Against Lytton’s Afghan adventure

• Against Arms Act (1878)

• Against Vernacular Press Act (1878)

• For right to join volunteer corps

• Against plantation labour and against Inland Emigration Act

• In support of Ilbert Bill (not against the bill.

• For an All India Fund for Political Agitation

• Campaign in Britain to vote for pro-India party

• Protest against the Partition of Bengal (1905) was a post congress campaign.

• Question 2 of 5 2. Question Consider the following statements about Madam Bhikaji Cama. She co-founded the Paris Indian Society. She has once served as the president of the British Committee of the Indian National Congress (INC). She unfurled the National Flag at the International Socialist Conference in 1907. She has served as the Secretary General of the Indian Home Rule Society. How many of the above statements is/are correct? (a) Only one (b) Only two c) Only three d) All four Correct Solution: b) Statement 1 and 3 is correct. Statement 1: She co-founded the Paris Indian Society together with Singh Rewabhai Rana and Munchershah Burjorji Godre. Statement 2 and 4: She served as the private secretary of Dadabhai Naoroji, the president of the British Committee of the Indian National Congress. Together with Naoroji and Singh Rewabhai Rana, Cama supported the founding of Varma’s Indian Home Rule Society in 1905. Statement 3: In her appeal for human rights, equality and for autonomy from Great Britain, she unfurled what she called the “Flag of Indian Independence” Incorrect Solution: b) Statement 1 and 3 is correct. Statement 1: She co-founded the Paris Indian Society together with Singh Rewabhai Rana and Munchershah Burjorji Godre. Statement 2 and 4: She served as the private secretary of Dadabhai Naoroji, the president of the British Committee of the Indian National Congress. Together with Naoroji and Singh Rewabhai Rana, Cama supported the founding of Varma’s Indian Home Rule Society in 1905. Statement 3: In her appeal for human rights, equality and for autonomy from Great Britain, she unfurled what she called the “Flag of Indian Independence”

#### 2. Question

Consider the following statements about Madam Bhikaji Cama.

• She co-founded the Paris Indian Society.

• She has once served as the president of the British Committee of the Indian National Congress (INC).

• She unfurled the National Flag at the International Socialist Conference in 1907.

• She has served as the Secretary General of the Indian Home Rule Society.

How many of the above statements is/are correct?

• (a) Only one

• (b) Only two

• c) Only three

• d) All four

Solution: b)

Statement 1 and 3 is correct.

Statement 1: She co-founded the Paris Indian Society together with Singh Rewabhai Rana and Munchershah Burjorji Godre.

Statement 2 and 4: She served as the private secretary of Dadabhai Naoroji, the president of the British Committee of the Indian National Congress. Together with Naoroji and Singh Rewabhai Rana, Cama supported the founding of Varma’s Indian Home Rule Society in 1905.

Statement 3: In her appeal for human rights, equality and for autonomy from Great Britain, she unfurled what she called the “Flag of Indian Independence”

Solution: b)

Statement 1 and 3 is correct.

Statement 1: She co-founded the Paris Indian Society together with Singh Rewabhai Rana and Munchershah Burjorji Godre.

Statement 2 and 4: She served as the private secretary of Dadabhai Naoroji, the president of the British Committee of the Indian National Congress. Together with Naoroji and Singh Rewabhai Rana, Cama supported the founding of Varma’s Indian Home Rule Society in 1905.

Statement 3: In her appeal for human rights, equality and for autonomy from Great Britain, she unfurled what she called the “Flag of Indian Independence”

• Question 3 of 5 3. Question Subramanya Aiyar founded which of the following publications? The Hindu Swadesamitran Madras Express How many of the above options is/are correct? a) Only one b) Only two c) All three d) None Correct Solution: b) Option 3 is incorrect. He preached nationalism through the Madras Mahajana Sabha. He also founded the The Hindu and Swadesamitran. He was proprietor, editor and managing director of The Hindu from 20 September 1878 to October 1898. Subramania Iyer campaigned vehemently for reforms in Hindu society. He supported widow remarriage and desired to abolish untouchability and child marriages. Incorrect Solution: b) Option 3 is incorrect. He preached nationalism through the Madras Mahajana Sabha. He also founded the The Hindu and Swadesamitran. He was proprietor, editor and managing director of The Hindu from 20 September 1878 to October 1898. Subramania Iyer campaigned vehemently for reforms in Hindu society. He supported widow remarriage and desired to abolish untouchability and child marriages.

#### 3. Question

Subramanya Aiyar founded which of the following publications?

• Swadesamitran

• Madras Express

How many of the above options is/are correct?

• a) Only one

• b) Only two

• c) All three

Solution: b)

Option 3 is incorrect.

He preached nationalism through the Madras Mahajana Sabha. He also founded the The Hindu and Swadesamitran.

He was proprietor, editor and managing director of The Hindu from 20 September 1878 to October 1898.

Subramania Iyer campaigned vehemently for reforms in Hindu society. He supported widow remarriage and desired to abolish untouchability and child marriages.

Solution: b)

Option 3 is incorrect.

He preached nationalism through the Madras Mahajana Sabha. He also founded the The Hindu and Swadesamitran.

He was proprietor, editor and managing director of The Hindu from 20 September 1878 to October 1898.

Subramania Iyer campaigned vehemently for reforms in Hindu society. He supported widow remarriage and desired to abolish untouchability and child marriages.

• Question 4 of 5 4. Question Consider the following about the philosophy of Shri Aurobindo Ghosh. He gave the concept of the Integral Yoga system. He propounded the doctrine of no-Brahman or no-God. He refuted the theory of evolution. How many of the above statements is/are correct? a) Only one b) Only two c) All three d) None Correct Solution: a) Only Statement 1 is correct. Statement 1: Integral Yoga is a system of Yoga that synthesizes six branches of classical Yoga philosophy and practice: Hatha, Raja, Bhakti, Karma, Jnana, and Japa Yoga. His main literary works are The Life Divine, which deals with theoretical aspects of Integral Yoga; Synthesis of Yoga, which deals with practical guidance to Integral Yoga; and Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol, an epic poem. Statement 2: Sri Aurobindo argues that divine Brahman manifests as empirical reality through leela, or divine play. Instead of positing that the world we experience is an illusion (maya), Sri Aurobindo argues that world can evolve and become a new world with new species, far above the human species just as human species have evolved after the animal species. Statement 3: Sri Aurobindo believed that Darwinism merely describes a phenomenon of the evolution of matter into life, but does not explain the reason behind it, while he finds life to be already present in matter, because all of existence is a manifestation of Brahman. He argues that nature (which he interpreted as divine) has evolved life out of matter and then mind out of life. All of existence, he argues, is attempting to manifest to the level of the supermind – that evolution had a purpose. He stated that he found the task of understanding the nature of reality arduous and difficult to justify by immediate tangible results Incorrect Solution: a) Only Statement 1 is correct. Statement 1: Integral Yoga is a system of Yoga that synthesizes six branches of classical Yoga philosophy and practice: Hatha, Raja, Bhakti, Karma, Jnana, and Japa Yoga. His main literary works are The Life Divine, which deals with theoretical aspects of Integral Yoga; Synthesis of Yoga, which deals with practical guidance to Integral Yoga; and Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol, an epic poem. Statement 2: Sri Aurobindo argues that divine Brahman manifests as empirical reality through leela, or divine play. Instead of positing that the world we experience is an illusion (maya), Sri Aurobindo argues that world can evolve and become a new world with new species, far above the human species just as human species have evolved after the animal species. Statement 3: Sri Aurobindo believed that Darwinism merely describes a phenomenon of the evolution of matter into life, but does not explain the reason behind it, while he finds life to be already present in matter, because all of existence is a manifestation of Brahman. He argues that nature (which he interpreted as divine) has evolved life out of matter and then mind out of life. All of existence, he argues, is attempting to manifest to the level of the supermind – that evolution had a purpose. He stated that he found the task of understanding the nature of reality arduous and difficult to justify by immediate tangible results

#### 4. Question

Consider the following about the philosophy of Shri Aurobindo Ghosh.

• He gave the concept of the Integral Yoga system.

• He propounded the doctrine of no-Brahman or no-God.

• He refuted the theory of evolution.

How many of the above statements is/are correct?

• a) Only one

• b) Only two

• c) All three

Solution: a)

Only Statement 1 is correct.

Statement 1: Integral Yoga is a system of Yoga that synthesizes six branches of classical Yoga philosophy and practice: Hatha, Raja, Bhakti, Karma, Jnana, and Japa Yoga.

His main literary works are The Life Divine, which deals with theoretical aspects of Integral Yoga; Synthesis of Yoga, which deals with practical guidance to Integral Yoga; and Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol, an epic poem.

Statement 2: Sri Aurobindo argues that divine Brahman manifests as empirical reality through leela, or divine play.

Instead of positing that the world we experience is an illusion (maya), Sri Aurobindo argues that world can evolve and become a new world with new species, far above the human species just as human species have evolved after the animal species.

Statement 3: Sri Aurobindo believed that Darwinism merely describes a phenomenon of the evolution of matter into life, but does not explain the reason behind it, while he finds life to be already present in matter, because all of existence is a manifestation of Brahman.

He argues that nature (which he interpreted as divine) has evolved life out of matter and then mind out of life.

All of existence, he argues, is attempting to manifest to the level of the supermind – that evolution had a purpose.

He stated that he found the task of understanding the nature of reality arduous and difficult to justify by immediate tangible results

Solution: a)

Only Statement 1 is correct.

Statement 1: Integral Yoga is a system of Yoga that synthesizes six branches of classical Yoga philosophy and practice: Hatha, Raja, Bhakti, Karma, Jnana, and Japa Yoga.

His main literary works are The Life Divine, which deals with theoretical aspects of Integral Yoga; Synthesis of Yoga, which deals with practical guidance to Integral Yoga; and Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol, an epic poem.

Statement 2: Sri Aurobindo argues that divine Brahman manifests as empirical reality through leela, or divine play.

Instead of positing that the world we experience is an illusion (maya), Sri Aurobindo argues that world can evolve and become a new world with new species, far above the human species just as human species have evolved after the animal species.

Statement 3: Sri Aurobindo believed that Darwinism merely describes a phenomenon of the evolution of matter into life, but does not explain the reason behind it, while he finds life to be already present in matter, because all of existence is a manifestation of Brahman.

He argues that nature (which he interpreted as divine) has evolved life out of matter and then mind out of life.

All of existence, he argues, is attempting to manifest to the level of the supermind – that evolution had a purpose.

He stated that he found the task of understanding the nature of reality arduous and difficult to justify by immediate tangible results

• Question 5 of 5 5. Question Consider the following statements regarding Madan Mohan Malaviya. He took a vow not to join any legislative council. He was the founder of Ganga Mahasabha. He opposed the separate electorates for Muslims under the Lucknow Pact of 1916. He was a President of the Indian National Congress (INC). Select the correct answer using the codes below. a) 2, 3 and 4 only b) 4 only c) 1 and 3 only d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 Correct Solution: a) He was a member of the Imperial Legislative Council from 1912 and when in 1919 it was converted to the Central Legislative Assembly he remained its member till 1926 Incorrect Solution: a) He was a member of the Imperial Legislative Council from 1912 and when in 1919 it was converted to the Central Legislative Assembly he remained its member till 1926

#### 5. Question

Consider the following statements regarding Madan Mohan Malaviya.

• He took a vow not to join any legislative council.

• He was the founder of Ganga Mahasabha.

• He opposed the separate electorates for Muslims under the Lucknow Pact of 1916.

• He was a President of the Indian National Congress (INC).

Select the correct answer using the codes below.

• a) 2, 3 and 4 only

• c) 1 and 3 only

• d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Solution: a)

He was a member of the Imperial Legislative Council from 1912 and when in 1919 it was converted to the Central Legislative Assembly he remained its member till 1926

Solution: a)

He was a member of the Imperial Legislative Council from 1912 and when in 1919 it was converted to the Central Legislative Assembly he remained its member till 1926

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