DoozyStudy: September 2015

1. The English East India Company’s first Presidency in India was

a. Surat b. Masulipattinam c. Madras d. Hooghly

2. Who was regarded as ‘Nana Sahib’?

a. Balaji Baji Rao b. Balaji Viswanath c. Madhav Rao d. Baji Rao I

3. Who founded the Amrita Bazar Patrika?

a. Girish Chandra Ghosh b. Harish Chandra Mukherjee c. S.N. Banerjee d. Sisir Kumar Ghosh

4. Where did the so – called ‘Black Hole Episode’ take place?

a. Murshidabad b. Dacca c. Monghyr d. Calcultta

5. Which British officer defeated Mir Qasim in a series of battles in 1763?

a. Major Hector Munro b. Major Adams

c. Colonel Malleson d. Colonel Holwell

6. When did the British make English the medium of Instruction in India?

a. 1813

b. 1833

c. 1835

d. 1844

7. Sir Charles Wood, who drafted the Educational Dispatch of 1854, was the then:

a. Secretary of State for India b. President of the Court of Directors c. President of the Board of Control d. Prime Minister of England

8. Who was the first to attempt decentralization of financial administration?

a. Ripon b. Mayo c. Lytton d. Curzon

9. Match List I with List II and select the answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I		List II
A. Cornwallis		1. Subsidiary Alliance System
B. Wellesley		2. Doctrine of Lapse
C. William Bentinck		3. Separation of judicial and revenue administrations
D. Dalhousie		4. Abolition of the Provincial Courts of Appeal and Circuit
A B	C	D
a. 1 3	4	2
b. 3 1	4	2
c. 3 1	2	4
d. 1 3	2	4

10. Match the following:

List I List II

A. Bombay Presidency 1.William Bentinc

B. Madras Presidency 2.Dalhousie

C. Agra Province 3.Wellesley

D. Public Works Department 4.Hastings

5.Cornwallis

A B C D

a. 1 4 2 5

b. 2 5 3 4

c. 4 3 1 2

d. 3 2 4 1

11. Which code gives the correct matching of the following lists?

List I List II
A. Gorkha War 1. Metcalfe

B. Suppression of ‘thuggee’                       2. Hastings
C. Freedom of Indian Press                       3. Dalhousie
D. Introduction of Postal System              4. William Bentinck

A B C D
a. 3 2 4 1
b. 2 4 3 1
c. 4 2 1 3
d. 2 4 1 3

12. Consider list I and list II
List I                  List II
i. Mayo                             Beginning of State Railways
ii. Northbrook               Visit of Prince of Wales
iii. Lytton                         Holding of Delhi Durbar
iv. Ripon                           First Census in India Which of the above are correctly paired?

Choose the answer from the codes below:

a. All of them b. i, ii & iii c. ii, iii & iv d. i, ii & iv

13. Match list I with list II and select the answer from the codes given below the lists: List I List II

A. Curzon a. Department of Agriculture and Commerce

B. Ripon b. Famine Code

C. Mayo c. Durand Commission

D. Lansdowne d. Ancient Monuments Preservation Act

Codes:

A B C D
a. 2 4 3 1

b. 2 4 1 3

c. 4 2 1 3

d. 4 2 3 1

14. Match list I with list II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List I List II

A. First Governor General of Fort William 1. Lord Macaulay

B. First Chief Justice of Supreme Court 2. Lord Canning

C. First Law Member of the Governor General’s council 3. Warren Hastings

D. First Viceroy as well as Governor General 4. Sir Elijah Impey

	A	B	C	D
a.	3	1	4	2
b.	3	4	2	1
c.	2	4	1	3
d.	3	4	1	2

15. Match the following:

List I List II

A. Appointment of Lt. Governor of Bengal 1. Charter Act of 1813

B. Provision of Rs.1 lakh per annum for education 2. Charter Act of 1853

C. Abolition of the Board of Control and court of 3. Actof 1858

Directors

D. Introduction of the Port – folio System 4. Indian Council Act 1861

	A	B	C	D
a.	3	2	4	1
b.	2	1	3	4
c.	1	2	3	4
d.	4	1	3	2

16. Which code gives the correct pairing the following lists?

List I List II

A. Establishment of Imperial and 1. Charter Act of 1853

Provincial Legislative Councils

B. Introduction of Competitive 2. Act of 1858 examination to the ICS

C. Appointment of a Secretary of State for India 3. Indian Councils Act 1861

D. Introduction of communal electorates 4. Indian Councils Act 1909

Codes:

	A	B	C	D
a.	3	1	2	4
b.	2	1	3	4
c.	2	4	1	3
d.	1	3	2	4

17. Who was the author of the book, The Indian War of Independence, 1857?

a. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan b. V.D. Savarkar

c. S.R. Majumdar d. R.C. Majumdar

18. Match list I with list II and select the answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I		List II
A. Chuars		1. Sahyadri Hills
B. Bhils		2. West Bengal
C. Kolis		3. Meghalaya
D. Khasis		4. Khandesh
Codes:
A	B	C D
a. 4	1	2 3
b. 2	4	1 3
c. 2	3	4 1
d. 3	4	1 2

19. Match list I with list II and choose the answer from the codes given below the lists:

List I	List II
A. Servants of India Society	1. Madras
B. Seva Samiti	2. Bombay
C. Women’s Indian Association	3. Calcutta
D. Indian Reform Association	4. Allahabad

	A	B	C	D
a.	4	2	3	1
b.	3	1	4	2
c.	2	4	1	3
d.	1	3	2	4

20. Match the following:

List I List II

a. Rahnumai Mazdyasnan Sabha 1. Deoband

b. Dar – ul – ulum 2. Bombay

c. Nadwah – ul – ulama 3. Aligarh

d. Muhammadan Educational Conference 4. Lucknow

5. Kanpur

Codes:
	a	b	c	d
A.	1	2	3	5
B.	2	1	4	3
C.	4	3	1	2
D.	3	4	2	5

ANSWER

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
C	A	D	D	B	C	C	B	B	C
11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20

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