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Question : 11

Which of the following statement(s) is / are correct?

  1. In the Charter act of 1833 Rupees one lakh was sanctioned for educational development in India.
  2. The wood’s Dispatch (1854) perpetuated the downward filtration theory
Select the correct option from the codes given below:

a) 2 only

b) 1 and 2 both

c) 1 only

d) None

Answer: (d)

The Annual Expenditure of one lakh rupees for education was sanctioned in chartered act, 1813. The Government of Lord William Bentinck accepted the Macaulayian system in 1835 and stressed on downward filtration theory.

Question : 12

Which one of the following Acts created ‘Board of Control’?

a) Act of 1833

b) Pitt’s India Act 1784

c) Regulating Act 1773

d) Act of 1813

Answer: (b)

Pitt’s India Act (1784) created the Board of Control. Relationship to the British government: the bill differentiated the East India Company’s political functions from its commercial activities.

In political matters, the East India Company was subordinated to the British government directly.

To accomplish this, the Act created a Board of Commissioners for the affairs of India, usually referred to as the Board of Control.

Question : 13

The kingdom of Ranjeet Singh included

a) Srinagar

b) Kabul

c) Delhi

d) Makran

Answer: (a)

Question : 14

What was the reason for Kattabhaman’s revolt?

a) Land revenue policy of the British

b) Annexation of Panchalakhriehi through Doctrine of Lapse.

c) British forcefully tried Panchlakuriehi to accept its suzerainty

d) Interference in tribal affairs

Answer: (c)

The revolt occured in Tirunaveli from 1792 to 1799 under Veerapandya Kattabhomman. The British forced, the ruler of Panchalakurichi, Kattabhomman to accept their suzerainty which lead? to the revolt.

Question : 15

Which of the following pairs is/are not correctly matched?

  1. Lord Ripon : Introduction of the Ilbert bill
  2. John Lawrence : Setting up of a Famine Commission
  3. Lord Mayo : Annexation of upper Burma
  4. Lord Dufferin : A coronation Durbar at Delhi
Select the correct option from the codes given below:

a) 1 and 4 only

b) 1 and 2 only

c) 3 and 4 only

d) 2 and 3 only

Answer: (c)

Annexation of upper Burma was done during the tenure of Lord Dufferin.

A coronation Durbar at Delhi was held at the time of Lord Hardinge II.

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