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(a) Curzon
(b) Dalhousie
(c) Hardinge
(d) Ripon
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (b)
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Question : 1
Arrange the following in correct chronological order
- Third Carnatic War
- First Burmese War
- First Mysore War
- Second Afghan War
a) 1, 4, 3, 2
b) 1, 3, 2, 4
c) 2, 4, 1, 3
d) 3, 1, 2, 4
Answer »Answer: (b)
Question : 2
What was the occasion for the Portuguese to hand over Bombay to the British?
a) Growth of peaceful relations between the English and the Portuguese as a result of Portugal’s independence from the control of Spain.
b) The marriage of Charles II with the Portuguese princes Catherine of Braganza.
c) The defeat of Spanish Armada by the British in 1588.
d) The Treaty of Madrid concluded in 1630.
Answer »Answer: (b)
Question : 3
By which clause, did the Charter Act of 1833 accepted educational qualifications for Indian Civil Service appointment?
a) Clause 86
b) Clause 76
c) Clause 87
d) Clause 82
Answer »Answer: (c)
Question : 4
Which one of the following statements related to the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773 during the American War of Independence is correct?
a) The revolutionaries stealthily entered into the ships and threw all the chests of tea into the water
b) The revolutionaries hosted a Tea Party in the honour of Charles Townshend, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer in order to place their grievances before him
c) It marked a celebration when Lord North, the successor of Townshend, repealed some of the duties imposed by Townshend
d) It was a protest against the Quebec Act
Answer »Answer: (a)
Question : 5
To which of the following governor general goes the credit of taking steps to stop the human sacrifices practiced by the Khonds in Orissa under the erroneous belief that there by the fertility of the land was increased?
a) Lord Ellenborough
b) First Lord Hardinge
c) Lord Dalhousie
d) Lord Canning
Answer »Answer: (b)
Question : 6
Why was Bombay handed over to the British by the Portuguese?
a) The Portuguese handed it over to the British after a peace-treaty in Europe
b) The marriage of Charles II with The Portuguese princes Catherine of Braganza
c) The defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British in 1588
d) Due to Portuguese independence from Spain
Answer »Answer: (b)
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