initial modern india Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 16

Arrange the following events in the descending order on the basis of the Code given below :

1. Dar Commission
2. J.V.P. Committee
3. Creation of Andhra Pradesh
4. Appointment of the States Reorganisation Commission
5. Spliting up of the bi-lingual state of Bombay into Gujarat and Maharashtra.

a) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)

b) (ii) (iii) (v) (i) (iv)

c) (i) (ii) (iii) (v) (iv)

d) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv) (v)

Question : 17

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

a) Lord Cornwallis : Subsidiary Alliance

b) Lord Dalhousie : Permanent Settlement of Bengal

c) Lord Lytton : Doctrine of Lapse

d) Lord Curzon : Partition of Bengal

Question : 18

Who of the following introduced the revenue system called Permanent Settlement?

a) Lord Dalhousie

b) Lord Cornwallis

c) Lord William Bentinck

d) Lord Wellesley

Question : 19

The aim of education as stated by the wood’s dispatch of 1854 was

a) The creation of employment opportunities for native Indians.

b) The spread of Western Culture in India.

c) The promotion of literacy among the people using English medium of language.

d) The introduction of scientific research and rationalism in the traditional Indian education.

Question : 20

Which one of the following states was a Milk-cow for the British?

a) Awadh

b) Punjab

c) Hyderabad

d) Mysore