Initial Modern India(Indian History ) Questions and answers for exam Preparation

Question 1. Which of the following statement(s) is / are correct?

In the Charter act of 1833 Rupees one lakh was sanctioned for educational development in India.
The wood’s Dispatch (1854) perpetuated the downward filtration theory

Select the correct option from the codes given below:

2 only
1 and 2 both
1 only
None

Explanation:-

Answer: Option D. -> None
Answer: (d)The Annual Expenditure of one lakh rupees for education was sanctioned in chartered act, 1813. The Government of Lord William Bentinck accepted the Macaulayian system in 1835 and stressed on downward filtration theory.

Question 2. Which one of the following Acts created ‘Board of Control’?

Act of 1833
Pitt’s India Act 1784
Regulating Act 1773
Act of 1813

Explanation:-

Answer: Option B. -> Pitt’s India Act 1784
Answer: (b)
Pitt’s India Act (1784) created the Board of Control. Relationship to the British government: the bill differentiated the East India Company’s political functions from its commercial activities.
In political matters, the East India Company was subordinated to the British government directly.
To accomplish this, the Act created a Board of Commissioners for the affairs of India, usually referred to as the Board of Control.

Question 3. The kingdom of Ranjeet Singh included

Srinagar
Kabul
Delhi
Makran

Explanation:-

Answer: Option A. -> Srinagar
Answer: (a)

Question 4. Which of the following pairs is/are not correctly matched?

Lord Ripon : Introduction of the Ilbert bill

John Lawrence : Setting up of a Famine Commission

Lord Mayo : Annexation of upper Burma

Lord Dufferin : A coronation Durbar at Delhi

Select the correct option from the codes given below:

1 and 4 only
1 and 2 only
3 and 4 only
2 and 3 only

Explanation:-

Answer: Option C. -> 3 and 4 only
Answer: (c)
Annexation of upper Burma was done during the tenure of Lord Dufferin.
A coronation Durbar at Delhi was held at the time of Lord Hardinge II.

Question 5. What was the reason for Kattabhaman’s revolt?

Land revenue policy of the British
Annexation of Panchalakhriehi through Doctrine of Lapse.
British forcefully tried Panchlakuriehi to accept its suzerainty
Interference in tribal affairs

Explanation:-

Answer: Option C. -> British forcefully tried Panchlakuriehi to accept its suzerainty
Answer: (c)The revolt occured in Tirunaveli from 1792 to 1799 under Veerapandya Kattabhomman. The British forced, the ruler of Panchalakurichi, Kattabhomman to accept their suzerainty which lead? to the revolt.

Question 6. Through which one of the following were commercial activities of the East India Company finally put to an end ?

The Charter Act of 1853
The Charter Act of 1813
The Charter Act of 1793
The Charter Act of 1833

Explanation:-

Answer: Option D. -> The Charter Act of 1833
Answer: (d)
Through the Charter Act of 1833, the commercial activities of the East India Company were finally put to an end.
The Industrial Revolution in Britain, the consequent search for markets, and the rise of laissez-faire economic ideology form the background to the Government of India Act 1833.
The Act removed the Company’s remaining trade monopolies and divested it of all its commercial functions and renewed for another twenty years the Company’s political and administrative authority.

Question 7. Which one of the following statements is not a feature of the Permanent Land Settlement?

It was implemented in Bengal, Bihar and Odisha.
There were three parties in it, viz. the Government, Zamindar and the Ryots.
Land revenue was permanently fixed by it.
The total amount of the land revenue to be collected was rupees four crores.

Explanation:-

Answer: Option D. -> The total amount of the land revenue to be collected was rupees four crores.
Answer: (d)The total amount of the land revenue to be collected was rupees four crores is not a feature of the permanent land settlement.

Question 8. Who signed the Treaty of Pune on the 13th June 1817?

Malhar Rao Holkar
Baji Rao II
Daulat Rao Schindhia
Appa Saheb

Explanation:-

Answer: Option B. -> Baji Rao II
Answer: (b)
Baji Rao II signed the treaty of Pune on the 13th June 1817. Peshwa Baji Rao II wanted to become the head of the Maratha Confederacy and at the same time wanted freedom from the British control. His Chief Minister Tirimbakji encouraged him.
On the advice of the Company, the Gaekwar sent his Prime Minister Gangadhar Shastri to negotiate with the Peshwa. On his way back, Gangadhar Shastri was murdered at Nasik in July 1815, at the instance of Triambakji. This caused a lot of anger not only among the Marathas but also among the British.
The latter asked the Peshwa to hand overTriambakji to them. Peshwa handed over his Minister to the British, who lodged him in Thana jail from where he escaped.
Consequently, on 13 June 1817, the British Resident Elphinstone forced the Peshwa to sign the treaty of Poona. Baji Rao gave up his desire to become the supreme head of the Marathas.

Question 9. Who among the following historians has remarked that the government of Bengal during the period 1765 AD to 1772 AD was a Robber State?

Nand Lal Chatterjee
G.W. Forest
K. M. Panikkar
Lord Macaulay

Explanation:-

Answer: Option C. -> K. M. Panikkar
Answer: (c)

Question 10. Assertion (A):
The Kuki revolted against the recruitment of the coolie labour.
Reason (R):
Recruitment of coolie labour further depressed the already labour shortaged Kuki community.

Both A and B are true and R is the correct explanation.
Both A and B are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
A is true but R is false.
A is false but R is true.

Explanation:-

Answer: Option A. -> Both A and B are true and R is the correct explanation.
Answer: (a)
In the 18th century the kukis had moved to Manipur. The British policy of employing coolie labour during the First World War adversely affected their agriculture as most of them were forced to work as coolies and hence agriculture was neglected.