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Question : 1
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- Metcalfe repealed the Licensing Act, 1857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 Metcalfe repealed the Licensing Regulations, 1823.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 : 2
The Rahnumai Mazadayasan Sabha was started in 1851 to bring about socio-religious reforms amongst the Parsees. Whose name does not occur in its founder’s list?
a) Shibli Nomani
b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) Naoroji Furdonji
d) S.S. Bengali
Answer »Answer: (a)
Question : 3
In which of the following Acts, the provision was made for the establishment of Supreme Court at Calcutta?
a) Charter Act, 1833
b) Pitt’s India Act, 1784
c) Regulating Act, 1773
d) Charter Act, 1813
Answer »Answer: (d)
The last king of Sikh kingdom was Daleep Singh. In 1849, the British Government deposed the Maharaja Duleep Singh and annexed the Punjab; since which time it has been under British rule, and the Maharaja has been a pensioner of the British Government.
Question : 4
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 : 5
With reference to the entry of European powers into India, which one of the following statements is not correct?
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.
Answer »Answer: (a)
The Portuguese captured Goa in 1510, except this statement, all the statements are correct.
Question : 6
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.
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