Modern History: Miscellaneous (Part-I)

Correctly matched list is as follow :
Second Anglo-Mysore War - 1780-84 A.D.
Second Anglo-French War - 1750-54 A.D./ 1749-54 A.D.
Second Anglo-Maratha War - 1803-05 A.D.
Second Anglo-Afghan War - 1878-80 A.D.

Following are the matches
Treaty of Allahabad - 1765
Treaty of Aixla Chapple - 1748
La Bourdonnais Capture of Madras - 1746
Dupleix's dismissal - 1754

Farrukhsiyar imposed the Jizya tax again and Lord William Bentinck passed the The Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829, while in the third Carnatic War Britishers occupied the Rajahmundry and Masulipatnam under the leadership of Colonel Francis Ford in 1759. Malcolm was an American priest who visited India and gave details of slavery in South India in 1830s, but his name is not associated with the end of Slavery. In option (c), in place of Bengal Sati Regulation, Sati prevention is mentioned which is not right.

Introduction of Patriarchal approach of governance in Indian context is attributed to British administrators like- Sir Thomas Munro (1761-1827), Sir John Malcolm (1769-1833), Alfinston (1779-1859), Charles Metcalfe (1785-1846), etc. They were the main proponent of the democratic character of Indian villages.

Orissa (Odisha) Famine of 1866-67 in India has been described as ‘Sea of Calamity.’ the impact of the famine, however, was greatest in Odisha, which at that time was quite isolated from the rest of India. In Odisha alone, at least 1.3 million (13 lakh) people, a third of the population died in 1866 due to starvation and diseases.

The Indian Famine Code, 1883 was prepared by Strachey Commission. Strachey Commission was appointed in 1878 to formulate general principles and measures for prevention of The Great Famine of 1876-78.

The correctly matched list is as follows:
Andrew Frazer - Police Commission (1902-03)
Antony MacDonell - Famine Commission (1900-01)
Colin Scott Moncrieff - Irrigation Commission (1901-03)
Thomas Robertson - Railway Commission (1901-03)
Hence, option (a) is the right answer.

None of the above statements about Jawaharlal Nehru is correct because Jivatram Bhagwandas Kripalini was the president of the Congress Party in 1947. The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly took place on 9th December 1946. Dr. Sachidanand Sinha was its interim president. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected as its permanent president on 11th December, 1946. He was not included in the first Congress Ministry in United Province before India’s Independence.

“I am a socialist and a republican and do not believe in Kings and Princes” this statement is associated with Jawaharlal Nehru.

Nehru’s ideas contained analysis and interpretation of socialism, including Marxism. An interesting role in this connection was played by the Publicity Department of the United Provinces which depicted Nehru as a communist. This was done through a pamphlet entitled “Communistic likes and Dislikes”. In this, Nehru was described as a high priest of Communism in India. But it was a propaganda against Nehru. In fact, the Government wanted to confuse the public about Nehru’s socialistic views. But the high ups in authority wanted to stop such attempts and not to identify him with the Communists.