initial modern india mcq set 3 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India in which one of the following years?

a) 1498

b) 1492

c) 1453

d) 1494

Question : 2

Consider the following statements:

1. Warren Hastings was the first Governor General of India.
2. Lord Canning was the first Viceroy of India.

a)  1 only

b) 2 only

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Question : 3

Who among the following was the author of a Drama “ Nila Darpana” ?

a) Dinabandhu Mitra

b) Harishchandra Mukherji

c) Sharat Chandra

d) Bankimchandra Chatterji

Question : 4

Between which stations was the first railway line opened in India?

a) Bombay to Thane

b) Bombay to Pune

c) Calcutta to Raniganj

d) Calcutta to Jamshedpur

Question : 5

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 : 6

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