initial modern india mcq set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Lord Ellenborough had abolished slavery in India. The Indian Slavery Act, 1843, also Act V of 1843, was an act passed in British India under East India Company rule, which outlawed many economic transactions associated with slavery.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (d)

First Mysore War was ended by the treaty of Madras. The first Anglo-Mysore war proved indecisive and ended with a peace treaty in 1769. Haidar Ali dictated the treaty which provided for the exchange of prisoners and mutual restitution of conquests.

Answer: (b)

Dupleix was the first European to initiate the policy of taking part in the quarrels of Indian princes with a view to acquire territories.

Answer: (a)

Samachar Chandrika had conducted a bitter campaign against the abolition of the practice of Sati. In Calcutta, the gifted Bhabani Charan Banerji left Ram Mohan’s Bengali paper and conducted in opposition to him a rival journal the Sambad Chandrika.

Bhabani Charan (1814 – 1833) was a master of satire and between 1825 and 1831 castigated the men and women who were inclining to new ways of life and abandoning the traditional simple habits.

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”.