initial modern india mcq set 3 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Answer: (c)

The tomb of Lord Cornwallis is located at Ghazipur, a small town in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh approximately seventy kilometers east of Varanasi. It is well connected by road and railways with different parts of the country.

Lord Cornwallis is known as a great administrator and a successful commander-in-chief in the history of India during the British period.

Answer: (c)

‘Tuhafat-ul-Muwahidin’, a tract written by Ram Mohan Roy, is the first tract against idolatry. He believed that prayers, meditation, and reading of the Upanishads were to be forms of worship and no graven image.

Statue or sculpture, carving, painting, picture, portrait, etc. were to be allowed in the society building thus proclaiming opposition to idolatry and meaningless rituals.

Answer: (c)

The first decisive military success of the English East India Company in India is marked by the battle of Buxar. The victory at the Buxar was solely due to superior military power.

The defeat of the confederacy was inherent in the defects of the Indian army and state organization.

Answer: (a)

1. Subsidiary Alliance system was introduced by Lord Wellesley.
2. He introduced civil services in India.

Answer: (c)

Ram Mohan Roy authored the book entitled ‘The Precepts of Jesus, the Guide to Peace and Happiness.’ In this book, he tried to separate the moral and philosophical message of the New Testament, which he praised from its miracle stories.