initial modern india mcq set 6 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

What was the name of the first ship of East India Company of England which reached here on August 24, 1600 AD?

a) William

b) Hector

c) Edward

d) Henary

Question : 2

According to recent researches, the Revolt of 1857 was caused :
Assertion (A):
by greased cartridges.
Reason (R):
The main causes were related to the military, especially the cancellation of the Bhatta.

a) Both A and B are true and R is the correct explanation.

b) Both A and B are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false.

d) A is false but R is true.

Question : 3

Consider the following statements:

1. The East India Company for the first time through the Charter Act of 1813, adopted a provision to spend one lakh rupees per annum for the spread of education in India.
2. The Wood's Dispatch of 1854 recommended the establishment of one university each in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras on the model of the London University.

a) 1 only

b) 2 only

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Question : 4

The Brahmo Samaj is based on the principle of

a) Monism

b) Polytheism

c) Monotheism

d) Atheism

Question : 5

Which of the following statement(s) regarding Wood’s despatch, 1854 is/are correct?

1. declared English as the medium of education at all levels
2. It proposed for setting up of Culcutta, Bombay and Madras university

a) 2 only

b) 1 and 2 both

c) 1 only

d) None

Question : 6

British adopted the principle of Non-interference in Afghanistan under the Governor-Generalship of

a) Lord Hastings

b) Lord Lytton

c) Lord Ripon

d) Lord Canning