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(a) Mir Jafar and Lord Clive
(b) Shuja-ud-Daulah and Warren Hastings
(c) Murshid Quili Khan and Lord Welleseley
(d) Siraj-ud-Daulah and Lord Clive
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (d)
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Question : 1
The journal ‘Bengal Gazette’ was
a) monthly
b) weekly
c) daily
d) fortnightly
Answer »Answer: (b)
Question : 2
Whom did Sir Charles Napier replace as British resident of Sindh?
a) Sir Eyre Coote
b) James Outram
c) Alexander Burnier
d) Sir John Karne
Answer »Answer: (b)
Question : 3
Who among the following was the founder of Calcutta?
a) William Novris
b) Job Charnock
c) Charles Ayar
d) Garold Angiyar
Answer »Answer: (b)
Job Charnock was the founder of Calcutta.
In March 1690, the Company received permission from Aurangzeb in Delhi to re-establish a factory in Bengal, and on 24 August 1690 Charnock returned to set up his headquarters in the place he called Calcutta;
The appointment of a new Nawab ensured this agreement was honored, and on 10 February 1691, an imperial grant was issued for the English to “contentedly continue their trade”.
Question : 4
Consider the following statements:
- Cornwallis established a regular police force in India to maintain law and order and Zamindars were relieved from their police work.
- Indians were excluded from all the superior posts in the police department during 19th century under the British rule.
- 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
Answer »Answer: (a)
Cornwallis, who established Indian Police followed and modernised old Indian system of ‘thanas’ because there was not developed yet police system in Britain and in this matter India became ahead of it.
Question : 5
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
Answer »Answer: (a)
Bank of Hindustan, the first financial bank under European guidelines, was established in India in 1770 in Calcutta by Alexander and the company. The origin of western type commercial Banking in India dates back to the 18th century.
The story of banking starts from the Bank of Hindusthan established in 1770 and it was the first bank at Calcutta under European management.
In 1786, the General Bank of India was set up. Since Calcutta was the most active trading port in India, mainly due to the trade of the British empire, it became a banking center.
Question : 6
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.
Answer »Answer: (d)
A law member was to be appointed but not an Indian. First law member appointed under this Charter Act, 1833 was Lord Macaulay.
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