Practise UPSC MCQs with explanations

Sanghabhuti, an Indian Buddhist monk, who travelled to China at the end of the fourth century AD, was the author of a commentary on:

Which one of the following is a work attributed to playwright Bhasa?

Consider the following statements: 1. There are no parables in Upanishads. 2. Upanishads were composed earlier than the Puranas. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to revenue collection by Cornwallis, consider the following statements: 1. Under the Ryotwari Settlement of revenue collection, the peasants were exempted from revenue payment in case of bad harvests or natural calamities. 2. Under the Permanent Settlement in Bengal, if the Zamindar failed to pay his revenues to the state, on or before the fixed date, he would be removed from his Zamindari. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Who of the following rulers of medieval India gave permission to the Portuguese to build a fort at Bhatkal?

Consider the following information: 1. Chandraketugarh — Odisha — Trading Port town 2. Inamgaon — Maharashtra — Chalcolithic site 3. Mangadu — Kerala — Megalithic site 4. Salihundam — Andhra Pradesh — Rock-cut cave shrines (Archaeological Site — State — Description) In which of the above rows is the given information correctly matched?

With reference to ancient India, Gautama Buddha was generally known by which of the following epithets? 1. Nayaputta 2. Shakyamuni 3. Tathagata Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Consider the following events: 1. The first democratically elected communist party government formed in a State in India. 2. India's then largest bank, 'Imperial Bank of India', was renamed 'State Bank of India'. 3. Air India was nationalised and became the national carrier. 4. Goa became a part of independent India. Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?

With reference to educational institutions during colonial rule in India, consider the following pairs (Institution — Founder): 1. Sanskrit College at Benaras — William Jones 2. Calcutta Madarsa — Warren Hastings 3. Fort William College — Arthur Wellesley Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?

Which among the following events happened earliest?

In 1920, which of the following changed its name to "Swarajya Sabha"?

Which of the following led to the introduction of English Education in India? 1. Charter Act of 1813 2. General Committee of Public Instruction, 1823 3. Orientalist and Anglicist Controversy Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Which one of the following statements does not apply to the system of Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Lord Wellesley?

With reference to Indian history, who among the following is a future Buddha, yet to come to save the world?

Which one of the following foreign travellers elaborately discussed about diamonds and diamond mines of India?

With reference to the cultural history of India, consider the following statements: 1. White marble was used in making Buland Darwaza and Khankah at Fatehpur Sikri. 2. Red sandstone and marble were used in making Bara Imambara and Rumi Darwaza at Lucknow. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the religious practices in India, the "Sthanakvasi" sect belongs to

Who among the following were the founders of the "Hind Mazdoor Sabha" established in 1948?

Which one of the following is a very significant aspect of the Champaran Satyagraha?

The staple commodities of export by the English East India Company from Bengal in the middle of the 18th century were