initial modern india Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Answer: (a)

Lord Dalhousie laid the frist rail line in India. Railways were first introduced to India in 1853 from Bombay to Thane.

Answer: (b)

Permanent settlement was introduced in India in 1793, by the Governor-General of Bengal Lord Cornwallis. It was introduced in Bihar, Bengal, and Odisha.

Basically, the settlement was the agreement between the East India Company and the Bengali landlords to fix revenues from land. The settlement was for 5 years.

Answer: (c)

The South Indian ruler who introduced sericulture as an agro-industry in his kingdom was Tipu Sultan.

Sericulture was started in 1875, during the regime of Tipu Sultan ruler of Mysore kingdom, who brought mulberry from Bengal to the south and planted it in Kollegal and adjoining areas, while the silkworm Bombyx mori races were brought by him from China.

Answer: (c)

Martanda Verma was the founder of the Indian Hindu feudal kingdom of Travancore. He ruled from 1729 till his death in 1758.

He is usually, credited as the founder of the "Kingdom of Travancore". He fought numerous battles against European Dutch, though East India Company had helped in the battles.

Answer: (b)

War of Austrian succession flared up the First Carnatic War in India. The First Carnatic War (1746 – 1748) was the first of a series of Carnatic Wars that established early British dominance on the east coast of the Indian subcontinent.

The war demonstrated to French, British, and Indian observers the extraordinary advantage of European-trained military forces over those of the local Indian powers, and set the stage for the rapid growth of French hegemony in southern India under the command of French Governor-General Joseph François Dupleix in the Second Carnatic War.