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(a) The Portuguese captured Goa in 1499.
(b) The English opened their first factory in south India at Masulipatam.
(c) In eastern India, the English company opened its first factory in Odisha in 1633.
(d) Under the leadership of Dupleix, the French occupied Madras in 1746.
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (a)
The Portuguese captured Goa in 1510, except this statement, all the statements are correct.
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Question : 1
Who of the following laid the first rail line in India?
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) Lord Canning
c) Lord Ellenborough
d) Lord Dufferin
Answer »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.
Question : 2
The British resident in Awadh at the time of its annexation into British dominion was
a) W.H. Sleeman
b) Colonel Napier
c) Bishop R. Heber
d) James Outram
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 3
Which of the following statement(s) is / are correct?
- The Bengal Gazette was the first newspaper to be published in India
- The censorship Act was imposed under Lord Wellesley
- Metcalfe is called the Liberator of the Indian press.
- Metcalfe repealed the Licensing Act, 1857
a) 1 and 3 only
b) 1, 2 and 3 only
c) 2, 3 and 4 only
d) 1, 2, 3, and 4
Answer »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 Metcalfe repealed the Licensing Regulations, 1823.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.
Question : 4
Ram Mohan Roy was given the title of Raja by
a) Intellectuals opposing the custom of Sati
b) Akbar II
c) Lord William Bentinck
d) Followers of Brahma Samaj
Answer »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.
Question : 5
Which one of the following statements is not correct about the fourth Anglo-Mysore war?
a) Tipu Sultan was killed in the battle field.
b) A subsidiary alliance was concluded with the former Raja of Mysore.
c) Rule of Tipu’s successors ended.
d) Mysore was completely amalgamated in the British empire.
Answer »Answer: (d)
During the fourth Anglo-Mysore war, Mysore was not completely amalgamated in the British empire.
Question : 6
Who among the following was the advisor of Lord Cornwallis in his judicial reforms?
a) Sir William Jones
b) Charles Grant
c) Jonathan Duncan
d) James Grant
Answer »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.
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