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Question : 16

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

  1. Lord Cornwallis created cavenated civil services
  2. William Bentinck banned sati practice in India.
Select the correct option from the codes given below:

a) 2 only

b) 1 and 2 both

c) 1 only

d) None

Answer: (a)

The sati system was banned by the efforts of Raja Ram Mohan Roy and other reformers. When William Bentinck was Governer-General civil services through exam was introduced in charter act of 1853.

Question : 17

Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

List-I (Battle) List-II (Period)
A. Battle of Plassey 1. Jan. 22, 1760
B. Battle of Ambur 2. Oct. 22, 1764
C. Battle of Buxar 3. 1749
D. Battle of Wandiwash 4. Jun. 23, 1757
 Codes: A B C D

a) 1 2 3 4

b) 1 2 4 3

c) 2 1 3 4

d) 4 3 2 1

Answer: (d)

  • The Battle of Plassey held on 23rd June 1757.
  • The Battle of Ambur held on 1749.
  • The Battle of Buxar held on 22nd Oct. 1764.
  • The Battle of Wandiwash held on 22nd Jan 1760.

Question : 18

Which one of the following European trading companies adopted the “Blue Water Policy” in India?

a) British East India company

b) French company

c) Dutch company

d) Portuguese company

Answer: (d)

Portuguese trading company adopted the ‘Blue Water Policy’ in India. Francisco de Almeida became the 1st Portuguese viceroy in India initiated the Blue Water Policy, which aimed at the Portuguese Mastery of the Sea and confined Portuguese relationship with India only for the purpose of trade and commerce.

Question : 19

Which one of the following poets had said that the Battle of Plassey was ‘A Night of Eternal Gloom’?

a) Subramania Bharti

b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

c) Navin Chandra Sen

d) Ravindranath Tagore

Answer: (c)

Question : 20

What was the bone of contention between Nizam Ali, the ruler of Hydrabad and the English?

a) The Northern Sarkars

b) Karnataka

c) Masulipatanum

d) The Sarkar of Guntur

Answer: (d)

The Sarkar of Guntur was the bone of contention between Nizam Ali, the ruler of Hyderabad and the English.

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