initial modern india Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 16

What was the name of the first ship of East India Company of England which reached here on August 24, 1600 AD?

a) William

b) Hector

c) Edward

d) Henary

Question : 17

According to recent researches, the Revolt of 1857 was caused :
Assertion (A):
by greased cartridges.
Reason (R):
The main causes were related to the military, especially the cancellation of the Bhatta.

a) Both A and B are true and R is the correct explanation.

b) Both A and B are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false.

d) A is false but R is true.

Question : 18

Consider the following statements:

1. The East India Company for the first time through the Charter Act of 1813, adopted a provision to spend one lakh rupees per annum for the spread of education in India.
2. The Wood's Dispatch of 1854 recommended the establishment of one university each in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras on the model of the London University.

a) 1 only

b) 2 only

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Question : 19

Sharada Act fixed the minimum age of marriage of girls and boys respectively as

a) 16 and 22

b) 14 and 18

c) 12 and 16

d) 15 and 21

Question : 20

Who is considered as the prophet of Indian Nationalism?

a) Dayanand Saraswati

b) Ravindra Nath Tagore

c) M.K. Gandhi

d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy