Important MCQs for History NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc. Part 42
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Q. Who was the founder of the ‘Drain Theory’ which, among others exposed the constant drain of wealth from India to England?
(a) Dada Bhai Nairobi
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) R. C. Dutt
(d) S. N. Banerjee
Answer: A
Q. Which of the following is not a plantation industry in British India?
(a) Indigo
(b) Tea
(c) Coffee
(d) Salt- petrel
Answer: D
Q. The first telegraph line introduced by Lord Dalhousie in 1853 ran between:
(a) Bombay and Thana
(b) Calcutta and Madras
(c) Bombay and Agra
(d) Calcutta and Agra
Answer: D
Q. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
(a) Wood՚s Dispatch – Primary Education
(b) Hunter Commission – Secondary Education
(c) Raleigh Commission – University Education
(d) Sadler Commission – Rejection of Filtration theory
Answer: C
Q. Match list I wish list II and select the answer using the codes given below the lists:
List I | List II |
---|---|
I. Cornwallis | A. Subsidiary Alliance System |
II. Wellesley | B. Doctrine of Lapse |
III. William Bentinck | C. Separation of judicial and revenue administrations |
IV. Dalhousie | D. Abolition of the provincial Courts of Appeal and Circuit |
Codes: I II III IV
(a) A C D B
(b) C A D B
(c) C A B D
(d) A C B D
Answer: B
Q. Match the following:
List I | List II |
---|---|
I. Bombay presidency | A. William Bentinck |
II. Madras presidency | B. Dalhousie idiocy |
III. Agra province | C. Wellesleyince |
IV. Public Works | D. Hastings Department |
E. Cornwallis |
Codes: I II III IV
(a) A D B E (b) B E C D (c) D C A B
(d) C B D A
Answer: C
Q. Which code gives the correct matching of the following lists?
List I | List II |
---|---|
I. Gorham War | A. Metcalfe |
II. Suppression of thug gee | B. Hastings |
III. Freedom of Indian press | C. Dalhousie Indian press |
IV.Introduction of postal system | D. William Bentinck postal System |
Codes: I II III IV
(a) C B D A
(b) B D C A
(c) D C A B
(d) C B D A
Answer: D
Q. Consider list I and List II:
List I | List II |
---|---|
(I) Mayo | Beginning of State Rail ways |
(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
Answer: A