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INSTA January 2021 Static Quiz Questions INSTA STATIC QUIZ QUESTIONS JANUARY 2021 WWW.INSIGHTSONINDIA.COM INSIGHTSIAS INSTA STATIC QUIZ QUESTIONS www.insightsonindia.com 1 InsightsIAS INSTA STATIC QUIZ QUESTIONS Table of Contents 1. GEOGRAPHY .................................................................................................................................... 3 2. HISTORY ........................................................................................................................................... 5 www.insightsonindia.com 2 InsightsIAS INSTA STATIC QUIZ QUESTIONS a) 3-2-1-4 1. Geography b) 1-2-3-4 c) 2-1-4-3 1) Consider the following statements. d) 2-3-1-4 1. The gravitational force of the earth holds the atmosphere around it. 6) If you keep walking on the Mediterranean coast, 2. Earth’s atmosphere is only about 1/100th starting from the coast of Egypt towards as dense as Mars’. middle-east, you are likely to touch the coast of Which of the above statements is/are correct? which of these countries en route? a) 1 only 1. Iraq b) 2 only 2. Lebanon c) Both 1 and 2 3. Syria d) Neither 1 nor 2 4. Israel Select the correct answer code: 2) Lithospheric plates move around very slowly – a) 1, 2, 3 just a few millimetres each year. What is the b) 1, 2, 4 reason behind this movement? c) 2, 3, 4 a) Rotation of earth d) 1, 3, 4 b) Movement of magma inside earth c) Ocean currents 7) Which of these capital cities in Middle-east are d) Formation of folds on earth’s crust located on or very close to the Persian Gulf? 1. Muscat 3) Consider the following statements. 2. Riyadh 1. Tornados and cyclones do not co-exist. 3. Abu Dhabi 2. The direction of rotation of a 4. Doha hurricane/cyclone is decided by the direction of Select the correct answer code: earth’s rotation, which is not the case with a) 3, 4 tornadoes. b) 1, 3, 4 3. Tornadoes are much smaller in scale than c) 2, 3, 4 hurricanes. d) 2, 3 Which of the above statements is/are correct? a) 1, 2 8) Consider the following statements. b) 1, 3 1. The Equator runs almost through the c) 3 only middle of Africa. d) 2, 3 2. Africa is the only continent through which the Tropic of Cancer, the Equator and the 4) Acidification of ocean can have a beneficial Tropic of Capricorn pass. effect on 3. Australia is the smallest continent that 1. Photosynthetic algae lies entirely in the Southern Hemisphere. 2. Seagrasses Which of the above statements is/are correct? 3. Deep sea corals a) 1, 2 Select the correct answer code: b) 2, 3 a) 2 only c) 1, 3 b) 1, 2 d) 1, 2, 3 c) 1, 3 d) 1, 2, 3 9) Arrange the following from East to West. 1. Mahadeo Hills 5) What is the correct sequence of occurrence of 2. Malwa Plateau the countries in Eastern coast of Africa as one 3. Aravalli range proceeds from South to North? Select the correct answer using the codes below. 1. Mozambique a) 312 2. Tanzania b) 321 3. Kenya c) 123 4. Somalia d) 132 Select the correct answer code: www.insightsonindia.com 3 InsightsIAS INSTA STATIC QUIZ QUESTIONS 10) The state of Sikkim borders which of the following Indian states? 1. West Bengal 2. Arunachal Pradesh 3. Assam 4. Uttar Pradesh Select the correct answer code: a) 1 only b) 1, 2 c) 3, 4 d) 1, 3 www.insightsonindia.com 4 InsightsIAS INSTA STATIC QUIZ QUESTIONS a) 1, 2 2. History b) 2, 3 c) 1, 2, 4 1) According to the terms of the ‘Subsidiary d) 1, 2, 3, 4 Alliance’, Indian rulers were 1. Not allowed to have their independent 6) Consider the following statements regarding armed forces East India Association. 2. Supposed to protect the British 1. The East India Association was founded representatives in the princely states by Dadabhai Naoroji, in collaboration with Indians Select the correct answer code: and retired British officials in London. a) 1 only 2. It was the successor of the Indian b) 2 only National Congress. c) Both 1 and 2 3. It worked towards presenting the correct d) Neither 1 nor 2 information about India to the British Public and voice Indian grievances in British press. 2) Consider the following statements regarding Which of the above statements is/are correct? Mahalwari system. a) 1, 2 1. Warren Hastings was associated with the b) 1, 3 conception of this system. c) 2, 3 2. Under the system, ryots paid a variable d) 1, 2, 3 sum to the Zamindars who then paid to the British. 3. Village lands, forestland and pastures 7) Which of the following organized ‘Pledge were included under the system. Movement’? Which of the above statements is/are correct? a) The Madras Mahajana Sabha a) 1, 2 b) The British Indian Association b) 3 only c) Indian Social Conference c) 1, 3 d) Servants of India society d) 2, 3 8) Consider the following statements 3) Welby Commission setup in British India 1. The first session of Indian National concerned an enquiry into the Congress was presided over by Dadabhai Naoroji. a) Educational reforms in Indian Universities 2. First woman to address an open session b) Atrocities of the Jallianwala Bagh of the Indian National Congress was Kadambini massacre Ganguly, also the first woman graduate of Calcutta c) Royal Indian Navy (RIN) mutiny University. d) Drain of wealth issue Which of the above statements is/are correct? a) 1 only th 4) The Poligar revolt of early 19 Century was b) 2 only rooted in c) Both 1 and 2 a) General discontentment with foreign rule d) Neither 1 nor 2 b) Oppressive land revenue system c) Control of tribal forests and river streams 9) The aim of the Indian Association found by by British government Suredranath Banerjee was to d) Enmity of tribals with non-tribals a) Give shape to and establish the Indian National Congress (INC) 5) Which of the following factors influenced the b) Advocate constitutional reforms through growth of Modern Nationalism during British legislative action rule in India? c) Represent the views of the educated 1. French Revolution. middle class and inspire the Indian community to 2. Indian Renaissance. take the value of united action 3. Offshoot of modernization initiated by d) Organize seditious movements to the British in India. dethrone the British Empire 4. Strong reaction to British imperialist policies in India. 10) The moderates succeeded on a number of Select the correct answer code: fronts. These include: www.insightsonindia.com 5 InsightsIAS INSTA STATIC QUIZ QUESTIONS 1. Popularizing the ideas of democracy, civil b) 2 only liberties and representative institutions c) Both 1 and 2 2. Explained British exploitation of the d) Neither 1 nor 2 Indian economy 3. Getting the legislative councils expanded 15) Why Defence of India Act 1915 was opposed by for Indian benefit the nationalists? Select the correct answer code: 1. It aimed at curtailing the nationalist and a) 1, 2 revolutionary activities. b) 2, 3 2. It made a sharp distinction between c) 1, 3 European and Indian subjects. d) 1, 2, 3 Select the correct answer code: a) 1 only 11) In the context of Modern India, Jugantar and b) 2 only Bharathmatha Association were c) Both 1 and 2 a) Pre-Congress Social Organisations d) Neither 1 nor 2 b) Publications against colonialism c) Revolutionary groups 16) The Congress split in 1907 was due to the issue d) Reformist Hindu Organisations of a) Increasingly religious tones in the Indian 12) Consider the following statements. National Movement 1. Barrah Dacoity was organized by Dacca b) Economic ideology of state-led Anushilan under Pulian Das. development of India 2. Prafulla Chaki and Kudiram Bose staged a c) Methodology of struggle against the bomb attack on Viceroy Irwin. British Which of the above statements is/are incorrect? d) Grant of concessions to the All-India a) 1 only Muslim League b) 2 only c) Both 1 and 2 17) The Lucknow Session, 1916 was special in many d) Neither 1 nor 2 respects. Consider the following statements regarding this session. 13) The period between 1885 – 1905 is known as 1. Congress and All India Muslim League the era of the moderates. Which of the signed the historic Lucknow Pact. following were the main demands of 2. It marked the re-union of the Moderates Moderates? and Extremists. 1. Separation of the judiciary from the 3. Annie Besant was the president of executive. Lucknow session. 2. Reduction of land revenue and protection Which of the above statements is/are correct? of peasants from unjust landlords. a) 1, 3 3. Abolition of salt tax and sugar duty. b) 1, 2 4. Freedom of speech and expression and c) 2, 3 freedom to form associations d) 1, 2, 3 Select the Correct answer code: a) 1, 2, 3 18) The Ilbert Bill Controversy is said to be a high b) 1, 3 watermark in the history of Indian National c) 2, 3, 4 Movement. This is because it invoked issues of d) 1, 2, 3, 4 1. Security lapse on the Indian borders, especially the North-Western frontier 14) Consider the following statements: 2. Racial discrimination between Indian and 1. Amrita Bazar Patrika, one of the oldest Europeans newspapers in India, was launched in 3. Suppression of local language Bengali. newspapers and their nationalization by the 2. Mahratta was launched by B.G. Tilak in Government Marathi. Select the correct answer code: Which of the above statements is/are correct? a) 2 only a) 1 only b) 1, 2 www.insightsonindia.com 6 InsightsIAS INSTA STATIC QUIZ QUESTIONS b) 2, 3 d) Neither 1 nor 2 d) 1, 3 23) Consider the following statements regarding 19) Consider the following statements regarding Home Rule League Movement.
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