initial modern india Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Answer: (b)

The Santhals under the leadership of Sidhu and Kanhu rebelled and declared the end of the company’s rule in Bhagalpur (Rajmahal hills). Pagal Panthis took up the cause of the tenants against the oppression of the Zamindars.

Answer: (c)

Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the ‘Atmiya Sabha.’ In 1814, he set up a Amitya Sabha in Calcutta to campaign against idolatry, caste rigidities, meaningless rituals and other social ills.

Answer: (c)

Keshav Chandra Sen influenced Mahadev Govind Ranade to establish Prarthana Samaj in Bombay. M.G. Ranade worked for the emancipation of women. In 1861, he founded the Widow Marriage Association. In 1870, Ranade rendered help in the establishment of Sarvajanik Sabha at Poona.

Answer: (b)

• The founder of Maratha states was Shivaji.
• The founder of Hyderabad states was Chinkilich Khan.
• The founder of Bengal states was Murshid Kuli Khan.
• The founder of Awadh states was Sayadat Khan.

Answer: (b)

Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of the renowned Presidency College of Calcutta. Initially established as the Mahapathshala wing of Hindu College, it was renamed Presidency College, i.e. the college of the Bengal Presidency, in 1855.

He is also regarded as the “Father of the Bengal Renaissance. The “superstitious practices” to which Rammohan Roy objected included Sati, caste rigidity, polygamy, and child marriages.