initial modern india Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 1

Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?

1. Father of Civil Service – Lord Cornwallis
2. Father of Police Service – Lord Clive
3. Father of Judicial Service – Warren Hastings

a) 1 only

b) 1 and 2 only

c) 1 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

Question : 2

Who among the following was the advisor of Lord Cornwallis in his judicial reforms?

a) Sir William Jones

b) Charles Grant

c) Jonathan Duncan

d) James Grant

Question : 3

Which one of the following statements is not correct about the fourth Anglo-Mysore war?

a) Tipu Sultan was killed in the battle field.

b) A subsidiary alliance was concluded with the former Raja of Mysore.

c) Rule of Tipu’s successors ended.

d) Mysore was completely amalgamated in the British empire.

Question : 4

Ram Mohan Roy was given the title of Raja by

a) Intellectuals opposing the custom of Sati

b) Akbar II

c) Lord William Bentinck

d) Followers of Brahma Samaj

Question : 5

With reference to the entry of European powers into India, which one of the following statements is not correct?

a) The Portuguese captured Goa in 1499.

b) The English opened their first factory in south India at Masulipatam.

c) In eastern India, the English company opened its first factory in Odisha in 1633.

d) Under the leadership of Dupleix, the French occupied Madras in 1746.