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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts (BA) , Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) .
| 51. |
Who wrote Neel Darpan? |
| A. | Dinabandhu Mitra |
| B. | Warris shah |
| C. | Sukumar Sen |
| D. | Nabin Chandra Sen |
| Answer» A. Dinabandhu Mitra | |
| 52. |
Who started the first textile mill in India? |
| A. | K.M. Birla |
| B. | Nanabhai Puliskar |
| C. | J.R |
| D. | Tata d) Cowasjee Nanabhoy |
| Answer» D. Tata d) Cowasjee Nanabhoy | |
| 53. |
When did the revolt begin in 1857? |
| A. | 7 may |
| B. | 10 may |
| C. | 12 may |
| D. | 15 may |
| Answer» B. 10 may | |
| 54. |
Who brought the Bareilly troops to Delhi? |
| A. | Bakht khan |
| B. | Azimullah |
| C. | Khan Bahadur Khan |
| D. | Dunde Khan |
| Answer» A. Bakht khan | |
| 55. |
Who was the Lieutenant governor in 1858? |
| A. | Hugh Rose |
| B. | Collin Campbell |
| C. | Lord Dalhousie |
| D. | Fredrick Halliday |
| Answer» D. Fredrick Halliday | |
| 56. |
Who wrote the causes of the Indian Mutiny? |
| A. | V.D. Savarkar |
| B. | T.R. Holmes |
| C. | Sayyid Ahamed Khan |
| D. | B. Disraeli |
| Answer» C. Sayyid Ahamed Khan | |
| 57. |
Who was the last Peshwa? |
| A. | Shivaji II |
| B. | Balaji Baji Rao II |
| C. | Baji Rao III |
| D. | Baji Rao II |
| Answer» D. Baji Rao II | |
| 58. |
Who wrote the war which began for religion ended up as a war of independence? |
| A. | Ashok Mehta |
| B. | Surendranath sen |
| C. | V |
| D. | Savarkar d) Dayanand Saraswati |
| Answer» B. Surendranath sen | |
| 59. |
When did the Indian Reforms Association come in to being? |
| A. | 1865 |
| B. | 1875 |
| C. | 1872 |
| D. | 1870 |
| Answer» D. 1870 | |
| 60. |
When was the widow Remarriage Act passed |
| A. | 1854 |
| B. | 1853 |
| C. | 1855 |
| D. | 1856 |
| Answer» D. 1856 | |
| 61. |
Where did B.R. Ambedkar form his Bahiskirt Hitakarini Sabha in 1924? |
| A. | Bombay |
| B. | Poona |
| C. | Lucknow |
| D. | Bhopal |
| Answer» A. Bombay | |
| 62. |
When was English declared as the medium of instruction in India? |
| A. | 1833 |
| B. | 1835 |
| C. | 1832 |
| D. | 1834 |
| Answer» B. 1835 | |
| 63. |
Who was the chairman of the first Law Commission? |
| A. | Metcalfe |
| B. | Napier |
| C. | Lord Macaulay |
| D. | Charles Wood |
| Answer» C. Lord Macaulay | |
| 64. |
When was a supreme court established for the first time at Calcutta? |
| A. | 1771 |
| B. | 1773 |
| C. | 1775 |
| D. | 1778 |
| Answer» B. 1773 | |
| 65. |
Which Charter Act made provisions for education in India for the first time? |
| A. | 1813 |
| B. | 1805 |
| C. | 1834 |
| D. | 1830 |
| Answer» A. 1813 | |
| 66. |
Cornwallis code dealt with -------- matters |
| A. | Revenue |
| B. | Religious |
| C. | Judicial |
| D. | cultural |
| Answer» C. Judicial | |
| 67. |
What was the strength of Indians in the army of the East India Company in 1857? |
| A. | 100,000 |
| B. | 150,765 |
| C. | 265,900 |
| D. | 255, 879 |
| Answer» C. 265,900 | |
| 68. |
What was the percentage of Drain in India’s national income by the end of 19th century? |
| A. | 8% |
| B. | 5% |
| C. | 4% |
| D. | 6% |
| Answer» A. 8% | |
| 69. |
When was the permanent settlement introduced in Bengal and Bihar? |
| A. | 1790 |
| B. | 1792 |
| C. | 1793 |
| D. | 1791 |
| Answer» C. 1793 | |
| 70. |
When was the first railway line opened to traffic in India? |
| A. | 1853 |
| B. | 1851 |
| C. | 1854 |
| D. | 1852 |
| Answer» A. 1853 | |
| 71. |
Who introduced the permanent settlement of Land Revenue? |
| A. | Wellesley |
| B. | John Shore |
| C. | Lord Cornwallis |
| D. | Warren Hastings |
| Answer» A. Wellesley | |
| 72. |
When was Mangal Pandey hanged in 1857? |
| A. | 25 March |
| B. | 21 March |
| C. | 29 March |
| D. | 27March |
| Answer» C. 29 March | |
| 73. |
The revolt of 1857 started with the mutiny of |
| A. | Sepoy |
| B. | Sanyasis |
| C. | Native princes |
| D. | Taluqdars |
| Answer» A. Sepoy | |
| 74. |
The charter Act of -------- ended the monopoly of the East India Company in India |
| A. | 1809 |
| B. | 1811 |
| C. | 1812 |
| D. | 1813 |
| Answer» D. 1813 | |
| 75. |
The governor general council came in to being in the year |
| A. | 1784 |
| B. | 1782 |
| C. | 1785 |
| D. | 1783 |
| Answer» A. 1784 | |
| 76. |
When was the system of dual government ended in Bengal? |
| A. | 1770 |
| B. | 1772 |
| C. | 1774 |
| D. | 1776 |
| Answer» B. 1772 | |
| 77. |
What was the real name of Nana Saheb? |
| A. | P.R.Pant |
| B. | S.G. Pant |
| C. | Dhondu Pant |
| D. | Motu Pant |
| Answer» C. Dhondu Pant | |
| 78. |
What was the number of major rebellions from 1763 to 1856? |
| A. | 25 |
| B. | more than 30 |
| C. | 15 |
| D. | more than 40 |
| Answer» C. 15 | |
| 79. |
When did Rani Lakshmibai die in 1858? |
| A. | 15 June |
| B. | 25 June |
| C. | 17 June |
| D. | 30 June |
| Answer» C. 17 June | |
| 80. |
Who considered the revolt as a war of the orthodoxy against Christianity? |
| A. | L.E.R. Ree |
| B. | G.B. Malleson |
| C. | T.R. Holmes |
| D. | C. Raikes |
| Answer» A. L.E.R. Ree | |
| 81. |
Who has written the book the Great Rebellion? |
| B. | Sen b) S.N. Sen |
| C. | Ashok Mehta |
| D. | B.R. Grover |
| Answer» C. Ashok Mehta | |
| 82. |
Who was the first viceroy of India? |
| A. | Dalhousie |
| B. | Charles Woods |
| C. | Lord Canning |
| D. | Lord Curzon |
| Answer» C. Lord Canning | |
| 83. |
When was the vernacular press act passed? |
| A. | 1878 |
| B. | 1872 |
| C. | 1876 |
| D. | 1880 |
| Answer» A. 1878 | |
| 84. |
The title viceroy meant crown’s personal |
| A. | Servant |
| B. | Representative |
| C. | Assistant |
| D. | Administrator |
| Answer» B. Representative | |
| 85. |
There were ------- medical colleges in the country in 1857 |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 3 |
| C. | 9 |
| D. | 7 |
| Answer» B. 3 | |
| 86. |
Who was the governor general in 1882? |
| A. | Mayo |
| B. | Ripon |
| C. | Lytton |
| D. | Canning |
| Answer» B. Ripon | |
| 87. |
When did Queen Victoria assume the title of the Empress of India? |
| A. | 1872 |
| B. | 1878 |
| C. | 1876 |
| D. | 1880 |
| Answer» C. 1876 | |
| 88. |
Who wrote the book, the Discovery of India? |
| A. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| B. | Gandhi |
| C. | Nehru |
| D. | Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad |
| Answer» C. Nehru | |
| 89. |
The revolt of 1857 mainly remained confined to ------- India |
| A. | Eastern &Southern |
| B. | Western &Eastern |
| C. | Northern& Central |
| D. | Southern & Coastal |
| Answer» C. Northern& Central | |
| 90. |
The Act of 1861 increased the strength of viceroy’s council to |
| A. | 65 |
| B. | 9 |
| C. | 13 |
| D. | 5 |
| Answer» D. 5 | |
| 91. |
With whose help did Lakshmibhai capture Gwalior |
| A. | Dundee Khan |
| B. | Azimullah |
| C. | Tantia Tope |
| D. | Khan Bahadur |
| Answer» C. Tantia Tope | |
| 92. |
Who wrote the book Topics for Indian States Man? |
| A. | P.E. Robert |
| B. | J.B.Norton |
| C. | N.A. Smith |
| D. | John Mill |
| Answer» B. J.B.Norton | |
| 93. |
When was an Inam commission established? |
| A. | 1855 |
| B. | 1856 |
| C. | 1852 |
| D. | 1854 |
| Answer» C. 1852 | |
| 94. |
Who was the head of the East India Company in 1857? |
| A. | R.D.Mangle |
| B. | Charles Peterson |
| C. | James Duff |
| D. | Thomas Patterson |
| Answer» A. R.D.Mangle | |
| 95. |
When was the congress socialist party formed? |
| A. | 1934 |
| B. | 1936 |
| C. | 1932 |
| D. | 1933 |
| Answer» A. 1934 | |
| 96. |
Where was the swaraj party formed in March, 1923? |
| A. | Bombay |
| B. | Lucknow |
| C. | Madrass |
| D. | Allahabad |
| Answer» D. Allahabad | |
| 97. |
Siddhu, kanhu, chand, Bhareo were the leaders of --------- uprising |
| A. | gond |
| B. | Koli |
| C. | Kol |
| D. | Santhal |
| Answer» D. Santhal | |
| 98. |
Which British officer was given special command to suppress the santhals |
| A. | Capt Best |
| B. | Colonel Gough |
| C. | Colonel Bird |
| D. | Gen. Nicholson |
| Answer» C. Colonel Bird | |
| 99. |
When did the armed rebellion of the santhals take place? |
| A. | 1855-56 |
| B. | 1854 |
| C. | 1864 |
| D. | 1852-54 |
| Answer» A. 1855-56 | |
| 100. |
Which kuka leader appointed subedars and Naib Subedars |
| A. | Ram Singh |
| B. | Shyam Behari |
| C. | Dena Ram |
| D. | Har charan singh |
| Answer» A. Ram Singh | |
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