Q. To which of the following governor general goes the credit of taking steps to stop the human sacrifices practiced by the Khonds in Orissa under the erroneous belief that there by the fertility of the land was increased? (a) Lord Ellenborough (b) First Lord Hardinge (c) Lord Dalhousie ...

Q. Which of the following is regarded as the Magna Carta of western education 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) Report of the Hunter Commission, 1862 ...

Q. Which of the following governor general was responsible for passing the famous Regulation XVII of 1829 which declared sati illegal and punishable by courts? (a) John Adam (b) Amherst (c) William Bentinck (d) Auckland Ans: (c) William Bentinck Explanation: The correct answer is ...

Q. Which of the following was not one of the social reform measures introduced by William Bentinck? (a) Abolition of sati (b) Abolition of slavery (c) Removal of disabilities due to change of religion (d) Suppression of the organized bands of thugs Ans: (b) Abolition of slavery

Q. Identify the Acts passed by the British Government in 1856. (i) Religious disabilities Act (ii) General Service Enlistment Act (iii) Hindu Widow Remarriage Act (iv) Abolition of the Sati (Regulation XVII) (a) i, ii, iii (b) i, iii, iv (c) ii, iii, iv (d) All of them Ans: ...

Q. Who was the architect of Communal Award? (a) Lord Linlithgow (b) Lord Reading (c) Lord Irwin (d) Ramsay Macdonald Ans: (d) Ramsay Macdonald Explanation: The correct answer is (d) Ramsay Macdonald. Ramsay Macdonald, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was the architect ...

Q. After 1880, Railways were built during British rule in India through– (a) Indian merchants or money-lenders (b) Private enterprise (c) State Agency (d) A and B both Ans: (d) A and B both

Q. The first article in which the English started trading was (a) Indigo (b) Saltpetre (c) Cotton (d) Pepper Ans: (a) Indigo

Q. In which year were Factories opened for the first time in Orissa. (a) 1613 A.D. (b) 1632 A.D. (c) 1639 A.D. (d) 1663 A.D. Ans: (d) 1663 A.D.

Q. Who among the following Mughal Emperors, granted permission to trade of tax in the territories of Bengal. Hyderabad and Gujarat to the British? (a) Aurangzeb (b) Farrukh-siyar (c) Bahadur Shah (d) Muhammad Shah Ans: (b) Farrukh-siyar