initial modern india Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Answer: (b)

W.W. Hunter was the Chairman of the committee which was to study the development in education after 1854 AD.

Lord Ripon appointed the first Indian Education Commission on 3rd February 1882.

Sir William Hunter (a member of the viceroy’s Executive Council) was appointed as the chairman of the commission.

The commission was popularly known as Hunter Commission after the name of its chairman. Besides the chairman, the commission consisted of 20 other members. There was a good representation of missionaries and Indians in the commission.

Among the Indian members were Sayed Mahmud, Bhudev Mukherjee, Anand Mohan Bose and K.T. Telang.

Answer: (b)

Dadu Miyan was the leader of the Farazi rebellion. Farazis were the followers of a Muslim sect founded by Haji Shariatallah of Faridpur in eastern Bengal.

They advocated radical religious, social, and political changes. Shariatullah’s son Dadu Miyan organized his followers with an aim to expel the English intruders from Bengal.

Answer: (a)

The first newspaper published in India was the Bengal Gazette. James Augustus Hickey published the first newspaper in India on January 29, 1780.

It was the liberal policy of the Press Act of 1835, which continued till 1856, that encouraged the growth of newspapers in the country.

Answer: (c)

Awadh was seized by the British as they accused Nawab of having misgoverned the state. Udaipur was a part of the Subsidiary Alliance system of the British government.

Nagpur and Satara were annexed as the ruler had no natural heir.

Answer: (a)

1. Macaulay’s minute on education in 1835.
2. Charles Wood’s despatch in 1854.
3. Hunter Commission on India Education in 1882.
4. Sargent’s plan on Education in 1944.