initial modern india mcq set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Which one of the following provisions was not made in the Charter Act of 1833?

a) The trading activities of the East India Company were to be abolished.

b) The designation of the supreme authority was to be changed as the Governor General of India in Council.

c) All law making powers to be conferred on Governor General in a Council.

d) An Indian was to be appointed as a law member in Governor General’s Council.

Question : 2

The first financial bank under European guidelines was established in India in 1770 in Calcutta by Alexander and CO.
What was the name of that bank?

a) Bank of Hindustan

b) Indian Bank

c) People Bank

d) European Bank

Question : 3

Consider the following statements:

1. Cornwallis established a regular police force in India to maintain law and order and Zamindars were relieved from their police work.
2. Indians were excluded from all the superior posts in the police department during 19th century under the British rule.
3. In the beginning, the British police model was followed to organize Indian police.

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 3 only

c) 2 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

Question : 4

Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

a) 1 2 3 4

b) 2 1 4 3

c) 4 3 2 1

d) 3 4 1 2

Question : 5

Who among the following historians has remarked that the government of Bengal during the period 1765 AD to 1772 AD was a Robber State?

a) Nand Lal Chatterjee

b) G.W. Forest

c) K. M. Panikkar

d) Lord Macaulay

Question : 6

Assertion (A):
The Kuki revolted against the recruitment of the coolie labour.
Reason (R):
Recruitment of coolie labour further depressed the already labour shortaged Kuki community.

a) Both A and B are true and R is the correct explanation.

b) Both A and B are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false.

d) A is false but R is true.