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Q. Permanent Revenue settlement of Bengal was introduced by

A
Hastings
B
Clive
C
Wellesley
D
Cornwallis

Correct Answer

Cornwallis

More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following statement is incorrect about the Act of 1919?
    A)Responsible government would be realised only by progressive stages
    B)British India must an integral part of the British Empire
    C)Provincial subjects were classified into reserved subjects & transferred subjects
    D)The salary of the Secretary of State for India was drawn out of the revenues of Indian government
    Answer: The salary of the Secretary of State for India was drawn out of the revenues of Indian government
  • Q. Which world Heritage Monument has been acclaimed as the “Necropolis of the Mughal dynasty”?
    A)Mahabodhi Temple Complex
    B)Humayun's Tomb
    C)Qutub Minar
    D)Red Fort Complex
    Answer: Humayun's Tomb
  • Q. Assertion (A): Akbar’s official historian Abul Fazl neither gives the prices of slaves nor does he mention slave markets. Reason (R): Akbar prohibited slave trade in his empire
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: A is true but R is false
  • Q. Who got construced ‘Grand Trunk Road’?
    A)Ashoka
    B)Akbar
    C)Shershah Suri
    D)Samudra Gupta
    Answer: Shershah Suri
  • Q. The Vernacular Press Act was passed in __________
    A)1881
    B)1878
    C)1888
    D)1898
    Answer: 1878
  • Q. Select the correct statement (s) related to the Vallabhacharya: I. His doctrine came to be known as “Pushti Marga” for his successors laid stress on the physical side of Krishna’s sports. II. He is the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness or ISKCON, commonly called the “Hare Krishnas”
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Only I
  • Q. Who had, while fasting in the prison, written to the British governor, The individual must die so that the nation may live. Today, I must die so that India may win freedom and glory?
    A)Lala Lajpat Rai
    B)Jatin Das
    C)MK Gandhi
    D)SC Bose
    Answer: Jatin Das
  • Q. The Vedic term vrihi stands for
    A)Wheat
    B)Cotton
    C)Rice
    D)Barley
    Answer: Rice
  • Q. Consider the following statement (s) related to the administrative causes of 1857 revolt. I. Deprivation of the traditional ruling classes of their luxury due to the establishment of the company’s suzerainty over the Indian states. II. Introduction of new and revenue system which snatched the land from cultivator and gave it to the moneylender or traitor. III. Lord Canning’s announcement to that Mughals would lose the title of King and be mere Princess.
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Both I and III
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. The Moplahs of Malabar (Kerala) who were largely Muslim leaseholders and cultivators, indulged in a series of rebellions in Kerala between 1836-1919. Which of the following regarding these Moplah uprisings is not true?
    A)These uprisings were a peculiar form of rural terrorism
    B)They were mainly directed against the upper caste Hindu landlords
    C)Most of the Moplah martyrs were poor peasants of landless lobourers
    D)A small band of Moplahs committed collective suicides in the belief of being called Shahids (martyrs)
    Answer: A small band of Moplahs committed collective suicides in the belief of being called Shahids (martyrs)
  • Q. Who secured papal recognition of his kingship in 1328?
    A)Edward I of England
    B)Edward Bruce
    C)Edward II of England
    D)Robert the Bruce
    Answer: Robert the Bruce
  • Q. As per the Regulating Act, a Governor-General and four Councillors were appointed for
    A)Bombay
    B)Bengal
    C)Madras
    D)Surat
    Answer: Bengal
  • Q. The town planning in the Harappan Civilisation was inspired by a regard for
    A)uniformity
    B)beauty and utility
    C)sanitation and public health
    D)demographic factor
    Answer: sanitation and public health
  • Q. The decline of Indian Handicrafts industry in the 19th century was attributed to
    A)Disappearance of Indian Princely Courts only
    B)Competition from British manufacturing industries only
    C)Establishment of alien rule only
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. When did the USS ‘Panay’ incident happen?
    A)1936
    B)1935
    C)1937
    D)1939
    Answer: 1937
  • Q. The Mughal School of Painting was interested in portraying
    A)Domestic subjects
    B)Mughal court
    C)Scenes from the Indian classics
    D)The scenes of their motherland
    Answer: Mughal court
  • Q. Where had Qutub-ud-din Aibak got constructed the Adhai-din-ka Jhonpra (Hut of Two-and-a-half- Days)?
    A)Ajmer
    B)Agra
    C)Delhi
    D)Fatehpur Sikri
    Answer: Ajmer
  • Q. Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man’.Who said this?
    A)Sri Ramakrishna
    B)Swami Vivekananda
    C)Chandra Sekhar Deb
    D)Sri Narayana Guru
    Answer: Swami Vivekananda
  • Q. Sati was prohibited by
    A)Lord Wellesley
    B)Warren Hastings
    C)Lord William Bentinck
    D)Lord Dalhousie
    Answer: Lord William Bentinck
  • Q. In December 1885, when the Indian National Congress was founded, AO Hume acted as its
    A)Vice-President
    B)President
    C)General Secretary
    D)Member of the Working Committee
    Answer: General Secretary

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