Static Quiz 17 August 2024 (History)

Consider the following statements regarding Madras Native Association:
1. It represented mainly landed and business classes of Madras presidency.
2. It supported the state-sponsored missionary activities in the hope that
they would receive an English education.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

He was the pupil of Abu’l Fazal. Shahjahan commissioned him to write a history of his reign modelled on the historic treatise of Akbarnama. He was the author of Badshahnama. He went on to become the official court historian of Shahjahan. The above passage refers to which of the following personalities?

Consider the following statA National conference on education organized by congress in 1937 formulated a detailed scheme of education called ‘Wardha Scheme of Basic Education with the help of Zakir Hussain Committee. Which of the following were the features of the Wardha Scheme of Basic Education?
1. Learning through activities.
2. Free and compulsory education from 6 to 14 years.
3. Providing basic handicraft training to children.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Which of the following were the demands put forward by the joint League-Congress scheme before the British government in 1916?
1. Self-government at the earliest
2. Representative government through elected majority at Central and Provincial assemblies.
3. Hindus and Muslims to have equal representation in governor-general’s executive council.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the following statements with respect to Plan Balkan:
1. It was proposed by the Viceroy Lord Wavell.
2. It proposed that the provinces be declared independent successor states rather than an Indian Union.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?