Modern India- Questions & Answers 10

226. In 1905, Bhavani Mandir was published by:

(a) B.G.Tilak (b) Aurobindo

Answer: (d)

227. In which city Tipu Sultan planted ‘Tree of Liberty’?

(a) Srirangapatnam (b) Mysore

Answer: (a)

228. Indian Broadcasting Corporation was renamed in 1936 as:

(a) Akashvani (b) Nabhovani

Answer: (d)

229. Mrs.Annie Besant set up Home Rule League in September 1916 with its seat at:

(a) Pune (b) Kolkata

Answer: (c)

230. Punjab was annexed to British India in 1849 by:

(a) Lord Canning (b) John Lawrence

Answer: (d)

231. Roa Bharmal, who rose in revolt due to the interference of British in the internal affairs of the state, was the ruler of:

(a) Kashmir (b) Mysore

Answer: (c)

232. Robert Knight is related to the maga- zine/newspaper?

(a) Deenabandhu (b) The Statesman

Answer: (b)

233. Taluqdari settlement was made in:

(a) Bihar (b) Orissa

Answer: (c)

234. The background of the Mahar movement was:

(a) Maharashtra (b) Punjab

Answer: (a)

235. The background of the Sanyasi Revolt was:

(a) Gujarat (b) Bengal

Answer: (b)

236. The British introduced the railways in India in order to:

(a) promote heavy industries

(b) facilitate British commerce and administrative control

(d) enable Indians to move freely within the country

Answer: (b)

237. The credit of victory of Porto Novo goes to the British General:

(a) Eyrecoot (b) Munroe

Answer: (a)

238. The first Indian to join the ICS:

(a) SN Bannerjee (b) Manmohan Ghosh

Answer: (d)

239. The first secretary of Punjab Naujawan Sabha was:
(a) Ajith Singh (b) Lajpath Rai
(c) Bhagat Singh (d) Lahore
Answer: (c)

240. The last Governor General of East India Company:

(a) William Bentick (b) Dalhousie
(c) John Lawrence (d) Canning
Answer: (d)

241. The Mughal emperor who earned the nick name ‘Rangila’ due to his addition to wine and women:

(a) Bahadur Shah I (b) Muhammad Shah
(c) Shah Alam (d) Farukh Siyar
Answer: (b)

242. The newspaper ‘Rast Goftar’ propagated the message of an organisation

Stood for the reforms of:
(a) Parsis (b) Sikhs
(c) Christians (d) Jews
Answer: (a)

243. The office of Peshwa became independent during the reign of:

(a) Shivaji (b) Sambhaji
(c) Raja Ram (d) Sahu
Answer: (d)

244. The organiser of ‘Dharma Sabha’:

(a) M.G.Ranade (b) Raja Ram Mohun Roy
(c) Radha Kant Deb (d) Vivekananda
Answer: (c)

245. The policy of ‘Masterly Inactivity’ is associated with the name of the

Governor General:
(a) Dalhousie (b) John Lawrence
(c) Canning (d) Warren Hastings
Answer: (b)

246. The Second Anglo Mysore war was fought during the Governor Generalship of:

(a) Wellesley (b) Warren Hastings
(c) Dalhousie (d) Ellenborough
Answer: (b)

247. The Treaty of Allahabad was signed in:

(a) 1765 (b) 1784
(c) 1792 (d) 1799
Answer: (a)

248. The Treaty of Bassein was signed between Baji Rao II the last Peshwa

and the ____
(a) Mughals (b) French
(c) Sikhs (d) English
Answer: (d)

249. The Treaty of Mysore was signed between Tipu and the British in:

(a) 1784 (b) 1792
(c) 1799 (d) 1782
Answer: (a)

250. The Treaty of Purandhar was signed between the English and the Peshwa in:

(a) 1775 (b) 1776
(c) 1786 (d) 1796
Answer: (b)
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