Initial Modern India Practice Questions Answers Test With Solutions

Question : 11

Which of the following events did not occur during the Governor-Generalship of William Bentinck

a) Establishment of Medical college at Calcutta

b) Abolition of Sati

c) Macaulay’s Reform

d) Annexation of sind to the British Empire

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Question : 12

Between which stations was the first railway line opened in India?

a) Bombay to Thane

b) Bombay to Pune

c) Calcutta to Raniganj

d) Calcutta to Jamshedpur

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Question : 13

The first tribal group which rose against the British was

a) Santhals

b) Mundas

c) Kolarian

d) Khasis

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Question : 14

Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India in which one of the following years?

a) 1498

b) 1492

c) 1453

d) 1494

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Question : 15

Consider the following statements:

1. Warren Hastings was the first Governor General of India.
2. Lord Canning was the first Viceroy of India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a)  1 only

b) 2 only

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2

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