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Question : 6

Who of the following laid the first rail line in India?

a) Lord Dalhousie

b) Lord Canning

c) Lord Ellenborough

d) Lord Dufferin

Answer: (a)

Satara was first annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse.

The Doctrine of Lapse was applied by Dalhousie to Satara and it was annexed in 1848. Jhansi and Nagpur were annexed in 1854. As a result of these annexations, a large part of the central provinces came under British rule.

The new province was governed by a Chief Commissioner from 1861.

Question : 7

The British resident in Awadh at the time of its annexation into British dominion was

a) W.H. Sleeman

b) Colonel Napier

c) Bishop R. Heber

d) James Outram

Answer: (d)

Question : 8

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

  1. The Bengal Gazette was the first newspaper to be published in India
  2. The censorship Act was imposed under Lord Wellesley
  3. Metcalfe is called the Liberator of the Indian press.
  4. Metcalfe repealed the Licensing Act, 1857
Select the correct option from the codes given below:

a) 1 and 3 only

b) 1, 2 and 3 only

c) 2, 3 and 4 only

d) 1, 2, 3, and 4

Answer: (b)

James Hickey published first newspaper in India. Metcalfe repealed the Licensing Regulations, 1823. The Censorship Act, 1799 was brought out by Lord Wellesley in apprehension of French invasion on India.

Question : 9

The Rahnumai Mazadayasan Sabha was started in 1851 to bring about socio-religious reforms amongst the Parsees. Whose name does not occur in its founder’s list?

a) Shibli Nomani

b) Dadabhai Naoroji

c) Naoroji Furdonji

d) S.S. Bengali

Answer: (a)

Question : 10

In which of the following Acts, the provision was made for the establishment of Supreme Court at Calcutta?

a) Charter Act, 1833

b) Pitt’s India Act, 1784

c) Regulating Act, 1773

d) Charter Act, 1813

Answer: (d)

The last king of Sikh kingdom was Daleep Singh. In 1849, the British Government deposed the Maharaja Duleep Singh and annexed the Punjab; since which time it has been under British rule, and the Maharaja has been a pensioner of the British Government.

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