initial modern india mcq set 3 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Satara was first annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse.

The Doctrine of Lapse was applied by Dalhousie to Satara and it was annexed in 1848. Jhansi and Nagpur were annexed in 1854. As a result of these annexations, a large part of the central provinces came under British rule.

The new province was governed by a Chief Commissioner from 1861.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (b)

James Hickey published first newspaper in India. Metcalfe repealed the Licensing Regulations, 1823. The Censorship Act, 1799 was brought out by Lord Wellesley in apprehension of French invasion on India.

Answer: (b)

Ram Mohan Roy was given the title of Raja by Akbar II. He was the first educated Indian to sail to England.

At the time, Roy was an ambassador of the Mughal emperor Akbar II, who conferred on him the title of Raja to lobby the British government for the welfare of India and to ensure that Lord Bentick’s regulation banning the practice of Sati was not overturned.

Answer: (d)

During the fourth Anglo-Mysore war, Mysore was not completely amalgamated in the British empire.

Answer: (a)

Regulation XVII of 1829 declared the custom of Sati as illegal. Bentinck became a crusader against it and promulgated his Regulation XVII on 4 December 1829 prohibiting the practice of Sati.

Those who practiced Sati were made liable for punishment by law courts as accessories to the crime. The Regulation was extended to the Madras and Bombay Presidencies in 1830.