initial modern india mcq set 3 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

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

Question : 2

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

Question : 3

Which of the following events did not occur during the Governor-Generalship of William Bentinck

a) Establishment of Medical college at Calcutta

b) Abolition of Sati

c) Macaulay’s Reform

d) Annexation of sind to the British Empire

Question : 4

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

Question : 5

Who of the following laid the first rail line in India?

a) Lord Dalhousie

b) Lord Canning

c) Lord Ellenborough

d) Lord Dufferin

Question : 6

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.