Practice Quiz set 3 - indian history mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) In which year, Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the Brahmo Samaj?
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The Battle of Wandiwash was fought between British and the French. Merchants of the Dutch East India Company first established themselves in Dutch Coromandel, notably Pulicat, as they were looking for textiles to exchange with the spices they traded in the East Indies.
Q-2) Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India in which one of the following years?
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Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India in 1498. The first Portuguese encounter with India was on 20 May 1498 when Vasco da Gama reached Calicut on Malabar Coast.
Vasco da Gama sailed to India for a second time with 15 ships and 800 men, arriving at Calicut on 30 October 1502, where the ruler was willing to sign a treaty.
Q-3) Consider the following statements:- Warren Hastings was the first Governor General who established a regular police force in India on the British pattern.
- A Supreme Court was established at Calcutta by the Regulating Act, 1773.
- The Indian Penal Code came into effect in the year 1860.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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Cornwallis was the first Governor General who established a regular force on the British pattern in India.
Q-4) Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?
- Father of Civil Service – Lord Cornwallis
- Father of Police Service – Lord Clive
- Father of Judicial Service – Warren Hastings
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
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- Lord Cornwallis was the father of civil service.
- Warren Hastings was the father of Judicial Services.
Q-5) The first tribal group which rose against the British was
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Q-6) The permanent settlement of Lord Cornwallis gave the ownership of land to
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The permanent settlement of Lord Cornwallis gave the ownership of land to Zamindars.
The Zamindars were made the owners of the whole land in their Zamindaris as long as they paid their dues to the state and they worked as agents of government in collecting the land revenue.
Q-7) Who of the following led the army of the East India Company in the battle of Buxar in 1764?
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Lord Cornwallis was the father of Civil Services. The term ‘civil service’ was used for the first time by theEastIndiaCompany to distinguish its civilian employee from their military counterparts. Lord Cornwallis started the Civil Service in Indian to effectively administer British territories in India.
Q-8) Who founded the independent state of Awadh?
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Saadat Khan founded the independent state of Awadh. Saadat Khan was popularly known as Burhan-ul-Mulk. He had joined in a conspiracy against the Sayyid brothers, later, driven out of the court; he was promoted to found a new independent state.
Q-9) The British resident in Awadh at the time of its annexation into British dominion was
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Q-10) Which of the following statement(s) is / are correct?- The Bengal Gazette was the first newspaper to be published in India
- The censorship Act was imposed under Lord Wellesley
- Metcalfe is called the Liberator of the Indian press.
- Metcalfe repealed the Licensing Act, 1857
Select the correct option from the codes given below:
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James Hickey published first newspaper in India. Metcalfe repealed the Licensing Regulations, 1823. The Censorship Act, 1799 was brought out by Lord Wellesley in apprehension of French invasion on India.