Expansion of British Supremacy / Revolt of 1857 SECTION 1

1.       Who among the following was the first governor General of India?

(a)    Lord  Amherst

(b)   Lord William Bentinck

(c)    Robert Clive

(d)   Sir Charles Metcalfe

2.       Statement I

Intellectual criteria, which informed the reform movements, were rationalism and religious universalism.

Statement II social

Relevance was not judged by a rationalist critique.

        Codes

(a)    Both the statements are true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

(b)   Both the statements are true, but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement i

(c)    Statement I is true, but statement II is false

(d)   Statement I is false, but Statement II is true

3.       The ruler of which one of the following states was removed from power by the British on the prefect of Misgovernance?

(a)    Awadh

(b)   Jhansi

(c)    Nagpur

(d)   Satara

4.       Which of the following founded the ‘East India Association?’

(a)    CR Das

(b)   Devendra Nath Tagore

(c)    Dadabhai Naoroji

(d)   VD Savarkar

5.       During whose viceroyalty Queen Victoria was crowned with ‘Kaiser I Hind’ in Delhi Durbar?

(a)    Hastings

(b)   Lytton

(c)    Elgin

(d)   Lord Minto

6.       Which of the following statements is/ are correct regarding Brahmo Samaj?

1.       It opposed idolatry.

2.       It denied the need for a priestly class for interpreting the religious texts.

3.       It popularized the doctrine that the Vedas are infallible.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

(a)    Only 1

(b)   1 and 2

(c)    Only 3

(d)   All of these

7.       Who was the British PM at the time of Revolt of 1857?

(a)    Churchill

(b)   Pamstern

(c)    Attle

(d)   Gladstone

8.       In which one of following cities, was the East India Association founded by Dadabhai Najoroji in 1866?

(a)    Paris

(b)   London

(c)    New York

(d)   Tokyo

9.       Who among the following Peshwas was popularly known as Nana Saheb?

(a)    Balaji Vishnath

(b)   Baji Rao

(c)    Balaji Baji Rao

(d)   Madhav Rao I

10.   Who was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at Calcutta established under the Regulating Act of 1773?

(a)    William  Pitt

(b)   Henry Vansittart

(c)    Elijah impey

(d)   Job Charnok

Answer:

1.       B

2.       B

3.       A

4.       C

5.       B

6.       B

7.       B

8.       B

9.       C

10.   C