initial modern india mcq set 2 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Hindu College, Calcutta was established in 1817, three Adam’s reports on education in Bengal and Bihar in 1835, 1836 and in 1838. Wood’s dispatch by Charles wood in 1854, Calcutta university was established in 1857.

Answer: (b)

Newspapers were an important medium for the dissemination of information on various problems. It is a great to help in the campaigns for social reform and to influence activities of the state. The first newspaper in India was the Bengal-Gazette started in 1780.

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar started Shome Prakash in 1890.

Answer: (d)

The first Englishman to acquire the knowledge of Sanskrit was Charles Wilkins. He was encouraged by Warren Hastings to study with the Pundits at Banaras.

Answer: (c)

Hector Munro led the army of the East India Company in the battle of Buxar in 1764. The combined armies of Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Awadh and Shah Alam II were defeated by the English forces under Major Hector Munro at Buxar.

Answer: (a)

Sir William Jones was the advisor of Lord Cornwallis in his judicial reforms. In the work of judicial reorganization, Cornwallis secured the services of Sir William Jones, who was a judge and a great scholar. Civil and criminal courts were completely reorganized.

Answer: (a)

William Jones was founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal on 15 January 1784. It was started to enhance the cause of Oriental research. It was presided over by Sir Robert Chambers, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the Fort William in Calcutta.