Daily Quiz – 02 Leave a Comment / Daily Current Quiz / By saurabhsurwar 5 Created on April 28, 2023 By saurabhsurwar UPSC PRELIMS 2023 PRACTICE TEST 3 Read the following instructions carefully.The test contains 15 Total questions.Each questions has 4 options out of which only one is correct.Try not to guess the answer as there is negative marking.You will awarded 2 mark for each correct answer and 0.66 will be deducted for each wrong answer.There is no negative marketing for the questions that you have not attempted.You can view your Score & Rank after submitting the test. 1 / 15 1) Who among the following was/ were the accused of the INA trials?1. Prem Sahgal2. Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon3. Shah Nawaz KhanChoose the correct option from the codes given below : 1 only 1 & 2 2 & 3 1, 2 & 3 2 / 15 2. Who among the following are the Indian members of the Muddiman Committee?1. Sir Sivaswami Aiyar2. Sir Tejbahadur Sapru3. Dr. R P Paranjape4. Mohammad Ali JinnahChoose the correct option from the codes given below: 1 & 3 2 & 3 1, 2 & 4 1, 2, 3 & 4 3 / 15 3. Winston Churchill referred Gandhiji as the “Half-Naked”, “Seditious Fakir” in which year? 1931 1933 1942 1947 4 / 15 4. Who among the following said, “one-third of Bengal had been transformed into a jungle inhabited only by wild beasts”? Lord Cornwallis Lord Lytton Lord Wellesley Lord Curzon 5 / 15 5. Identify the personality with the help of given information:He started Bombay Chronicle, an English-language weekly newspaperHe was known as The Lion of BombayHe was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress and its president at Calcutta session of 1890Select the correct answer from options given below: Dadabhai Naoroji Sir Pherozeshah Mehta Mahadev Govind Ranade Bal Gangadhar Tilak 6 / 15 6. Treaty of Ryswick was signed between which of the following European Powers in India? French and English French and Portuguese Dutch and French Dutch and English 7 / 15 7. During the Gupta Empire, the term “UPARIKARA” was used for An extra tax levied on all subjects. Periodic supplies of fruits, firewood, flowers etc. It was a voluntary offering by people to the king. King’s customary share of the production normally amounting to 1/6th of the production. 8 / 15 8. Which of the following statements about the Harappan people is incorrect? The Harappans were phallus worshippers. They worshipped gods in the form of human beings. They placed their gods in temples. They looked upon the earth as a fertility goddess. 9 / 15 9. Which of the following statements about the Rigvedic Aryans is incorrect? We do not find any trace of widow remarriage in the Rigvedic period. We have some indications of polyandry in this period. There are no examples of child marriage in this period. The practice of levirate was known. 10 / 15 10. The main focus of the Rigvedic culture was Indo-Gangetic Valley Punjab and Delhi region Indus Valley Region between the Swat and the Indus 11 / 15 11. The correct descending order of the Mauryan officers, at the district level, was Rajuka, pradeshika, yukta Yukta, rajuka, pradeshika Pradeshika, yukta, rajuka Pradeshika, rajuka, yukta 12 / 15 12. Which of the following statements are correct regarding the period between the eighth and the twelfth century CE?1. There was the absence of any effective central authority in India.2. It is also referred to as the pre-Sultanate age.3. It witnessed a mushrooming of innumerable kingdoms which appeared and disappeared from the scene.Select the correct option from the codes given below: Only 1 Only 1 & 2 Only 2 & 3 1, 2 & 3 13 / 15 13. Which of the following statements is / are correct regarding social hierarchy in Mughal empire?1. The middle class in the Mughal empire was a heterogeneous group of well-off merchants, professionals and petty mansabdars.2. The lower classes of Mughal society comprised of cultivators, artisans, small traders, shopkeepers, household servants and slaves.Select the correct option from the given below: Only 1 Only 2 Both 1 & 2 Neither 1 & 2 14 / 15 14.Which among the following Sultans of Delhi abolished the ‘Zakat’ on grain? Alauddin Khilji Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq Firoz Shah Tughlaq Sikandar Lodi 15 / 15 15.The sufi philosophy is primarily based on the concept of which of the following? Unity with beloved Unity with god Unity with universe None of the above Your score isThe average score is 16% LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte 0% Restart quiz