british period MCQs set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Which of the following is regarded as the Magna Carta of western education system in India?

a) The report of the Committee of Public Instruction, 1823

b) The Charter Act of 1833.

c) Despatch of Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of State, 1854

d) Report of the Hunter Commission, 1862

Question : 2

The British paramountcy in India was completed in 1856 with

a) Annexation of Punjab

b) Annexation of Sind

c) Annexation of Carnatic

d) Annexation of Awadh

Question : 3

The Treaty of Amritsar was concluded between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and who of the following?

a) Lord Cornwallis

b) Lord Dalhousie

c) Lord Hastings

d) Lord Minto

Question : 4

Which of the following is wrongly matched?

a) The Pitt’s India Act (1784)—Board of Control to guide and control Company affairs.

b) Charter Act of 1813—Company’s monopoly of trade with India ended.

c) Charter Act of 1833—Company’s debt taken over by the Government of India.

d) Charter Act of 1853—To regulate Company’s affairs.

Question : 5

Who was the architect of Communal Award?

a) Lord Linlithgow

b) Lord Reading

c) Lord Irwin

d) Ramsay Macdonald

Question : 6

In which year were Factories opened for the first time in Orissa.

a) 1613 A.D.

b) 1632 A.D.

c) 1639 A.D.

d) 1663 A.D.