initial modern india mcq set 6 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

The Ryotwari settlement of Madras was introduced by Munro. In this system, revenue settlement was done directly with the ryots. Ryots would be periodically revised generally after 20 to 30 years.

But the government retained the right to enhance the land revenue at will.

Answer: (c)

Afghan ruler, Sher Ali was defeated by Lord Lytton and his son signed the treaty of Grandamark, under which a British resident was kept at Kabul.

After he was killed, Lord Ripon adopted the principle of non-interference.

Answer: (a)

The despatch declared English as the medium of education for Higher education. It proposed the setting up of vernacular primary schools at the lowest stage. On the model of the London University,

It proposed to establish, Culcutta, Bombay, and Madras university.

Answer: (c)

Awadh was seized by the British as they accused Nawab of having misgoverned the state. Udaipur was a part of the Subsidiary Alliance system of the British government.

Nagpur and Satara were annexed as the ruler had no natural heir.

Answer: (a)

The first newspaper published in India was the Bengal Gazette. James Augustus Hickey published the first newspaper in India on January 29, 1780.

It was the liberal policy of the Press Act of 1835, which continued till 1856, that encouraged the growth of newspapers in the country.

Answer: (b)

Dadu Miyan was the leader of the Farazi rebellion. Farazis were the followers of a Muslim sect founded by Haji Shariatallah of Faridpur in eastern Bengal.

They advocated radical religious, social, and political changes. Shariatullah’s son Dadu Miyan organized his followers with an aim to expel the English intruders from Bengal.