initial modern india mcq set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Which of the following pairs is/are not correctly matched?

1. Lord Ripon : Introduction of the Ilbert bill
2. John Lawrence : Setting up of a Famine Commission
3. Lord Mayo : Annexation of upper Burma
4. Lord Dufferin : A coronation Durbar at Delhi

a) 1 and 4 only

b) 1 and 2 only

c) 3 and 4 only

d) 2 and 3 only

Question : 2

In British India, the Home Charge was an important part of Drain of wealth. Which of the following funds constituted home charges?

1. Funds used to support the India office in London.
2. Funds used to pay salaries and pensions of British personnel engaged in India.
3. Funds used for waging wars outside India by the British.

a) 1 only

b) 1 and 2 only

c) 1 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

Question : 3

Which Maratha state was the last to accept the subsidiary alliance of the British?

a) Bhonsle

b) Sindhia

c) Gaikwad

d) Holkar

Question : 4

The kingdom of Ranjeet Singh included

a) Srinagar

b) Kabul

c) Delhi

d) Makran

Question : 5

Which one of the following Acts created ‘Board of Control’?

a) Act of 1833

b) Pitt’s India Act 1784

c) Regulating Act 1773

d) Act of 1813

Question : 6

Which of the following statement(s) is / are correct?

1. In the Charter act of 1833 Rupees one lakh was sanctioned for educational development in India.
2. The wood’s Dispatch (1854) perpetuated the downward filtration theory

a) 2 only

b) 1 and 2 both

c) 1 only

d) None