Modern History Of India (Railway) Part-III

Total Questions: 66

41. Which of the following Acts was passed by the British Parliament, defining the powers and responsibilities of the various organs of the East India Company? [RRB Group 'D' CBT Exam, 23.08.2022 (Shift-I)]

Correct Answer: (3) Regulating Act of 1773
Solution:The Regulating Act of 1773 was an Act of the British Parliament to regulate the management of the East India Company's rule in India.

• It was the first intervention by the British government in the company's territorial affairs.

• According to Regulating act of 1773, the supreme court establisted (1774) in kolkata. However, the Act did not prove to be a longterm solution and was replaced by the Pitt's India Act of 1784.

42. The first Municipal Corpогаtion was set up during the British era in the former Presidency Town of in 1688. [RRB Group 'D' CBT Exam, 23.08.2022 (Shift-I)]

Correct Answer: (3) Madras
Solution:The Corporation of Chennai was the first Municipal Corporation in India.

• It was established on 29 September 1688 by the British East India Company.

Calcutta Municipal Corporation and Bombay Municipal Corporation were established in 1876 and 1888 respectively.

43. What was the profession of freedom fighter Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das? [RRB Group D' CBT Exam, 23.08.2022 (Shift-III)]

Correct Answer: (4) Lawyer
Solution:Chittaranjan Das, popularly knoun as Deshbandhu (Friend of the Nation), was an Indian freedom fighter, political activist, and lawyer.

C.R. Das served as the Indian National Congress president for a Gaya session (1922) and cofounded the Swaraj Party.

44. The East India Company Act, 1813, is also known as the______. [RRB Group 'D' CBT Exam. 24.08.2022 (Shift-I)]

Correct Answer: (1) Charter Act
Solution:The East India Company Act 1813 is also known as the Charter Act 1813.

It was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that renewed the charter is sued to the British East India Company and continued the Company's rule in India.

• However, the Company's commercial monopoly was ended, except for the tea and opium trade and the trade with China.

45. In which year was The Municipal Corporation in Calcutta set up by a royal charter? [RRB Group 'D' CBT Exam, 24.08.2022 (Shift-II)]

Correct Answer: (1) 1726
Solution:Ву a royal charter, the Muricipal Corporation was set up in Calcutta on 4th September, 1726, consisting of a Mayor and 9 Aldermen.

It was mainly concerned with discharging judicial functions as Mayor's Court.

The administration continued to be in the hands of the Zamindar.

Another royal charter in 1763 redefined the powers and responsibilities of the civic body.

46. Which of the following journals was published for the purpose of social religious reforms among the Parsis in 1851? [RRB Group 'D' CBT Exam, 30.08.2022 (Shift-I)]

Correct Answer: (1) Rast Goftar
Solution:Rast Goftar was an Anglo Gujarati paper operating in Bombay that was started in 1854 by Dadabhai Naoroji and Kharshedji Cama.

It championed social reform among Parsis in Western India.

47. India's first Christian missionary organisation, Serampore Mission, was founded by______. [RRB Group 'D' CBT Exam, 01.09.2022 (Shift-I)]

Correct Answer: (4) William Carey
Solution:Serampore Mission was India's first Christian missionary organisation that was established by William Carey and his two associates on 10 January 1800.

The Mission started preaching the message of Jesus from two places in Hooghly district.

48. Which of the following events related to India's freedom struggle is matched correctly with its year of occurence? [RRB Group 'D' CBT Exam, 01.09.2022 (Shift-III)]

Correct Answer: (2) 1922 Mahatma Gandhi halted the Non cooperation Movement on the national level as a direct result of the Chauri Chaura incident
Solution:1922 Mahatma Gandhi halted the Non Cooperation Movement on the national level as a direct result of the Chauri Chaura incident

• Mahatma Gandhi withdrew the Non Cooperation Move ment because of the Chauri Chaura incident that occurred at Chauri Chaura in the Gorakhpur district of the United Province on 5 February 1922.

• The Incident involved killing of 23 policemen as retaliation to police fire; a development that was against the philosophy of non violence.

• Dr B. R. Ambedkar, organised the Dalit into the Depressed classes asspciation in 1930. General Dyer opened fire at a gathering at jallianwala Bagh in 1919.

• The Indian natiaonal cangrees passed the resolution an purna swaraj in 1929. during Lagore session.

49. _________established by atmaram Pandurang in Bombay (Mumbai) in 1867, was a movement for religious and social reform. [RRB Group 'D' CBT Exam, 02.09.2022 (Shift-I)]

Correct Answer: (2) Prarthana Samaj
Solution:Prarthana Samaj was founded by Atmaram Pandurang on 31 March 1867 with an aim to make people believe in one God and worship only one God.

The movement was started as a movement for religious and social reform in Maharashtra. It became popular after Mahadev Govind Ranade joined.

50. Some educational institutions in India were established in response to Mahatma Gandhi's call for non cooperation with the British. Which of the following is NOT one of them? [RRB Group 'D' CBT Exam, 09.09.2022 (Shift-II)]

Correct Answer: (2) Serampore College
Solution:Serampore College, located in Serampore in West Bengal, was established in 1818 by the English missionaries known as the Serampore Trio: William Carey, Joshua Marshman and William Ward. Their aim was to give an edu- cation in arts and sciences to students of every "caste, cсоlour or country".

• Serampore was a Danish colony.