initial modern india mcq set 2 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

Portuguese were first to come to India to establish trade relations with their country. The colonial era in India began in 1502, when the Portuguese Empire established the first European trading center at Kollam, Kerala.

In 1505, the King of Portugal appointed Dom Francisco de Almeida as the first Portuguese viceroy in India.

Answer: (a)

Lord Dalhousie laid the frist rail line in India. Railways were first introduced to India in 1853 from Bombay to Thane.

Answer: (b)

Permanent settlement was introduced in India in 1793, by the Governor-General of Bengal Lord Cornwallis. It was introduced in Bihar, Bengal, and Odisha.

Basically, the settlement was the agreement between the East India Company and the Bengali landlords to fix revenues from land. The settlement was for 5 years.

Answer: (b)

Fort St. George was the first fort constructed by the British in India. Fort St George was founded in 1644 in the coastal city of Madras, the modern city of Chennai.

The construction of the fort provided the impetus for further settlements and trading activity, in what was originally an uninhabited land.

The fort is one of the 163 notified areas (megalithic sites) in the state of Tamil Nadu.

Answer: (a)

The portuguese introduced cashewnut, pineapple and tobacco in India. The Portuguese introduced into India the following agricultural products: cashew-nut, tobacco, the custard apple, guava, the pineapple, and the papaya, and also an improved variety of coconut seeds.

Answer: (a)

The revolt did not spread to all parts of the country. Nor was it supported by all groups and sections of Indian society.

South and West India remained largely outside the fold of the revolt. Many Indian rulers refused to help the rebels and some were openly hostile to the rebels and helped the British in suppressing the revolt.

The middle and upper classes and the modern educated Indians also did not support the revolt.