Expansion of British Supremacy / Revolt of 1857 SECTION 3

1.       Which one among the following was not a demand of the prarthana Samaj?

(a)    Women education

(b)   Widow remarriage

(c)    Raising the age of Marriage for boys and girls

(d)   Abolition of untouchability

2.       Who one among the following started the public works Department in India in AD 1848?

(a)    Lord William Bentinck

(b)   Lord Dalhousie

(c)    Lord Wellesley

(d)   Lord Cornwallis

3.       Which of the following statements about permanents Settlement are correct?

1.       It conferred proprietary rights to peasants.

2.       The zamuindars were recognized as the proprietors of land.

3.       The government permanently fixed the land revenue demand.

4.       The Zamindars acted as the middlemen between the peasants and the government.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

(a)    2,  3  and 4

(b)   3  and 4

(c)    1  and 4

(d)   1  and 3

4.       Which of the following are the three landmarks of Dalhousie’s administration?

1.       Indian Railways

2.       Public works Department

3.       English as a medium of instruction

4.       Telegraph

Codes

(a)     1    2   3

(b)   1    3   4

(c)    2    3    4

(d)   1   2     4

5.       Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(a)    Pitt’s India Act   :            warren

(b)   Doctrine of Lapse       : Hastings

(c)    Vernacular Press Act:       Curzon

(d)   Ilbert Bill     :  Ripon

6.       Where did Mahatma Gandhi first try the weapon of Satyagrah?

(a)    South Africa

(b)   Champaran

(c)    Bardoli

(d)   Dandi

7.       Which of the following classes did not participate in the revolt of 1857?

1.       Agricultural labourers

2.       Money lenders

3.       Peasants

4.       Zamindars

Codes

(a)    Only 1  

(b)   1  and 3

(c)    Only 2

(d)   2  and 4

8.       Which one of the following was the Magna Carta of Western Educational System in India?

(a)    The Report  of  the Committee of Public Instruction, 1823

(b)   The charter Act of 1833

(c)    Despatch of Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of State, 1854

(d)   The report of the Hunter Commission

9.       Consider the following place

1.       Jhansi

2.       Sambalpur

3.       Satara

The correct chronological order, in which they were annexed by the British, is

(a)    1    2   3

(b)   1    3   2

(c)    3    2   1

(d)   3   1   2

10.   Which one of the following Indian leaders was dismissed by British from the Indian Civil Services?

(a)    Satyendranath Tagore

(b)   Suyendranath Benerji

(c)    RC Dutt

(d)   Subhash Chandra Bose

Answer:

1.       D

2.       B

3.       A

4.       A

5.       C

6.       A

7.       B

8.       C

9.       C

10.   B