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| 1351. |
In whose tenure was the first census conducted in India during the British period? |
| A. | Lord Dufferin's |
| B. | Lord Lytton's |
| C. | Lord Mayo's |
| D. | Lord Ripon's |
| Answer» D. Lord Ripon's | |
| 1352. |
Who was the author of the bookNil-Darpanwritten on the plight of indigo farmers? |
| A. | bankim chandra chatterjee |
| B. | Deenbandhu friend |
| C. | Sarat Chandra Chatterjee |
| D. | Rabindranath Thakur |
| Answer» C. Sarat Chandra Chatterjee | |
| 1353. |
The first coffee plantations were planted by the British in - |
| A. | Chikmagalur district |
| B. | in Coorg district |
| C. | in Nilgiri district |
| D. | in Wayanad district |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1354. |
The main objective of the promotion of modern education in India by the British Government in the pre-independence period was – |
| A. | Need for educated Indians for appointment to small administrative posts |
| B. | promoting Indian culture |
| C. | To modernize the Indian people, so that they can participate in political responsibility |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. promoting Indian culture | |
| 1355. |
Under which act the trading rights of the British East India Company were finally terminated? |
| A. | Charter Act of 1813 |
| B. | Charter Act of 1833 |
| C. | Victoria's Declaration Act of 1858 |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Victoria's Declaration Act of 1858 | |
| 1356. |
Under the Permanent Settlement, what percentage of the entire rent / land revenue of the landlord was decided to be given to the state - |
| A. | 89 percent |
| B. | 11 percent |
| C. | 66 percent |
| D. | 33 percent |
| Answer» B. 11 percent | |
| 1357. |
Ryotwari Settlement was implemented by the British |
| A. | Bengal Presidency |
| B. | Madras Presidency |
| C. | Bombay Presidency |
| D. | Madras Presidency and Bombay Presidency |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1358. |
The land revenue system adopted on the largest land of all English India (on 51 percent of the land) was - |
| A. | permanent settlement |
| B. | Ryotwari system |
| C. | Mahalwari system |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Mahalwari system | |
| 1359. |
The first limited liability bank in India established by Indians in 1881 and managed by them was- |
| A. | Hindustan Commercial Bank |
| B. | Avadh Commercial Bank |
| C. | Punjab National Bank |
| D. | Punjab And Sind Bank |
| Answer» C. Punjab National Bank | |
| 1360. |
The objective of theHitley Commission(1929) during the colonial period in India was - |
| A. | and test India's capacity for further political reforms |
| B. | To submit recommendations on the existing conditions of workers |
| C. | Project preparation for financial reforms in India |
| D. | Developing a comprehensive system for administrative services in India |
| Answer» C. Project preparation for financial reforms in India | |
| 1361. |
There was no independent development of industries in India during the British rule because of this - |
| A. | lack of heavy industries |
| B. | lack of foreign capital |
| C. | depletion of natural resources |
| D. | Preference / preference for investment in land property by the wealthy class |
| Answer» B. lack of foreign capital | |
| 1362. |
When did the establishment of modern industries start in India? |
| A. | 1550 AD In |
| B. | 1650 AD In |
| C. | 1750 AD In . |
| D. | 1850 AD In . |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1363. |
Who is called the originator of the land tax system in northern India? |
| A. | martin bird |
| B. | Thomas Munro |
| C. | Captain Reed |
| D. | charles grant |
| Answer» B. Thomas Munro | |
| 1364. |
Who founded the Hindu College, Calcutta (1817), which was the first college to impart higher education on the western system, which had nothing to do with religious education? |
| A. | David Heyer |
| B. | William Jones |
| C. | macaulay |
| D. | John Marshall |
| Answer» B. William Jones | |
| 1365. |
Who is called the father of modern education in India? |
| A. | Charles Grant |
| B. | Marshman |
| C. | William Jones |
| D. | John Marshall |
| Answer» B. Marshman | |
| 1366. |
Who introduced the bill to make primary education free and compulsory in the Imperial Legislative Council in 1911, which was called the Magna Carta of primary education? |
| A. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| B. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| C. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| D. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| Answer» B. Lala Lajpat Rai | |
| 1367. |
The reasons for the decline of the Indian handicraft industry were |
| A. | Taking the finished goods of Indian weavers by the British at the lowest price |
| B. | control of raw materials by the British |
| C. | Heavy imports on Indian goods imported into England |
| D. | suitable all |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1368. |
Which Governor General commented on the pathetic condition of the Indian weavers, their sorrow and pain is incomparable in the entire history. The soil of India turned white from the bones of cloth weavers. |
| A. | lord cornwallis |
| B. | William Bentinck |
| C. | Lord Dalhousie |
| D. | lord canning |
| Answer» C. Lord Dalhousie | |
| 1369. |
In the context of modern education, the Oriental-Angal controversy over the medium of instruction came to an end with the Macaulay Form (1835). According to this, which language was accepted as the medium of instruction in India? |
| A. | Hindi |
| B. | Urdu |
| C. | Sanskrit |
| D. | English |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1370. |
The first modern jute mill was established in? |
| A. | Rishra (Bengal) |
| B. | Bombay |
| C. | gossip |
| D. | face |
| Answer» B. Bombay | |
| 1371. |
he armor of the scattered autonomous villages was pierced with steel rails, causing the loss of their lives and blood - who said this? |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | buchanan |
| C. | William Jones |
| D. | Lord Dalhousie |
| Answer» C. William Jones | |
| 1372. |
Where was the first modern iron and steel industry established? |
| A. | in Bihar |
| B. | in bengal |
| C. | in Maharashtra |
| D. | in tamilnadu |
| Answer» B. in bengal | |
| 1373. |
The reasons for the construction of railways in India were - |
| A. | Rapid consumption of goods produced in British industries and supply of raw materials for British industries from different parts of India |
| B. | Binding the vast Indian empire into a single political administrative thread |
| C. | Rapid movement of troops during internal rebellion and external aggression |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1374. |
Decentralization started in India during which time? |
| A. | Lord Dufferin's |
| B. | Lord Lytton |
| C. | lord ripon |
| D. | lord mayo |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1375. |
ur method works much like a sponge, it absorbs all the good things from the banks of the Ganges and squeezes them down on the banks of the Thames- Whose quote is this - |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| C. | R. C . Dutta |
| D. | John Sullivan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1376. |
aking tax by the Indian kings was like taking water from the land by the sun, which again came back in the form of rain to give fertility to the land, but the tax taken by the British used to rain in England instead of raining in India.- Whose statement is this - |
| A. | R. C . Dutta |
| B. | Karl Marx |
| C. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Karl Marx | |
| 1377. |
Who was the President of the Karachi session of Congress (March 1931)? |
| A. | Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel |
| B. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| D. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| Answer» B. Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| 1378. |
When did the railway budget start separately for the railway department? |
| A. | in 1925 |
| B. | in 1929 |
| C. | in 1858 |
| D. | in 1935 |
| Answer» B. in 1929 | |
| 1379. |
1938 AD Who was the chairman of the National Planning Committee formed at the request of the Indian National Congress at the end of |
| A. | V. K. R. V. Rao |
| B. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. | Sardar Patel |
| D. | Rajendra Prasad |
| Answer» C. Sardar Patel | |
| 1380. |
When did the Government of India publicize theFamine Codeto prevent famines and help the famine victims? |
| A. | in 1879 |
| B. | in 1881 |
| C. | in 1883 |
| D. | in 1885 |
| Answer» D. in 1885 | |
| 1381. |
Where did the country's worst famine in the first half of the 20th century occur in 1942-43? |
| A. | Bengal |
| B. | Maharashtra |
| C. | Rajasthan |
| D. | Gujarat |
| Answer» B. Maharashtra | |
| 1382. |
In which year British citizens first got permission to buy land and settle in India? |
| A. | in 1813 |
| B. | in 1833 |
| C. | in 1853 |
| D. | in 1858 |
| Answer» C. in 1853 | |
| 1383. |
In which session of the Congress, for the first time, resolutions related to fundamental rights and national economic programs were passed by the Congress? |
| A. | Karachi Session, 1931 |
| B. | Surat session 1907 |
| C. | Lucknow session 1916 |
| D. | Lahore session 1929 |
| Answer» B. Surat session 1907 | |
| 1384. |
When did steel production first start in India? |
| A. | in 1809 |
| B. | in 1913 |
| C. | in 1916 |
| D. | in 1919 |
| Answer» C. in 1916 | |
| 1385. |
In which year was the first industrial conference held? |
| A. | in 1903 |
| B. | in 1905 |
| C. | in 1907 |
| D. | in 1909 |
| Answer» D. in 1909 | |
| 1386. |
Which work did Dadabhai Naoroji call theevil of evilsby the British? |
| A. | Destruction of Indian traditional industries |
| B. | Recruitment of British in all high posts |
| C. | withdrawal of funds |
| D. | Neelho's treatment of Indians |
| Answer» D. Neelho's treatment of Indians | |
| 1387. |
The author ofPoverty and UnBritish Rule in Indiais- |
| A. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| B. | Rameshchandra Dutt |
| C. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| D. | M . G. ranade |
| Answer» B. Rameshchandra Dutt | |
| 1388. |
Which company first started rail service in India? |
| A. | Eastern Railway |
| B. | Madras Railway |
| C. | Avadh - Tirhut Railway |
| D. | Great Indian Peninsular Railway |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1389. |
Which one of the following measures was not adopted by the British before 1813 to exploit Indians economically? |
| A. | Wherever possible monopolizing the trade of raw materials and selling them at high rates |
| B. | Forcing Indian artisans to produce quality products in fixed quantity and at a fixed price |
| C. | Expulsion of Indian Merchants from the Competition in any manner |
| D. | free trade policy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1390. |
When was theIndian Industrial Commissionformed under the chairmanship of Sir Thomas Holland? |
| A. | 1911 AD In |
| B. | 1913 AD In |
| C. | 1916 AD In |
| D. | 1923 AD In |
| Answer» D. 1923 AD In | |
| 1391. |
Which one of the following was not a result of British colonial rule in India? |
| A. | Indian agriculture destruction |
| B. | destruction of Indian industries |
| C. | Destruction of Indian trade |
| D. | Destruction of Indian Feudalism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1392. |
Who among the following used the termUnBritishin his criticism of the British colonial control of India? |
| A. | Anand Mohan Bose |
| B. | Badruddin Tyabji |
| C. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| D. | Ferozeshah Mehta |
| Answer» D. Ferozeshah Mehta | |
| 1393. |
Who founded the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College located in Aligarh? |
| A. | Syed Ahmed Khan |
| B. | Badruddin Tyabji |
| C. | Abul Kalam Azad |
| D. | Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
| Answer» B. Badruddin Tyabji | |
| 1394. |
Who was the chairman of the Indian Economic Inquiry Committee constituted by the government in 1925? |
| A. | Annie Merchant |
| B. | T. C . goswami |
| C. | V. P . Wadia |
| D. | M . Visvesvaraya |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1395. |
During which British Governor General was the first railway line laid in India? |
| A. | Lord Dalhousie |
| B. | Lord Curzon |
| C. | lord wellesley |
| D. | Lord Lytton |
| Answer» B. Lord Curzon | |
| 1396. |
Year 1829 AD Who abolished the practice of Sati in |
| A. | Lord Curzon |
| B. | lord wellesley |
| C. | Lord Lytton |
| D. | Lord William Bentinck |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1397. |
The original name of Swami Vivekananda was- |
| A. | Narendranath Dutt |
| B. | Batukeshwar Dutt |
| C. | Krishna Dutt |
| D. | Surendra Dutt |
| Answer» B. Batukeshwar Dutt | |
| 1398. |
Mainly due to whose efforts the practice of Sati was abolished - |
| A. | British |
| B. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| C. | missionary |
| D. | Maharshi Karve |
| Answer» C. missionary | |
| 1399. |
The founder of Dharma Sabha (1829-30) was- |
| A. | Radhakanta Dev |
| B. | devendranath tagore |
| C. | keshavchandra sain |
| D. | Dayanand Saraswati |
| Answer» B. devendranath tagore | |
| 1400. |
The aim of the Brahmo Samaj was - |
| A. | attack the evils of hinduism |
| B. | propagating monotheism |
| C. | both 1 and 2 |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. both 1 and 2 | |