Modern History (Part-I)

Total Questions: 50

21. At a time when empires in Europe were crumbling before the might of Napoleon, which one of the following Governors-General kept the British flag flying high in India? [1999]

(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord Hastings

Correct Answer: (d) Lord Hastings

Solution:Lord Hastings (1813-23)

Lord Hastings conquest in India

Anglo-Nepal War (1814-16) and the Treaty of Sagauli, 1816.
Third Maratha War (1817-19) and dissolution of Maratha Confederacy, creation of Bombay Presidency (1818). .
Strife with Pindaris (1817-1818).
Treaty with Sindhia (1817).
Establishment of Ryotwari System by Thomas Munro, governor of Madras (1820).

22. Which one of the following statements is not correct? [1999]

(a) 'Neel Darpan' was a play based on the exploitation of the Indigo farmers.
(b) The author of the play 'Ghashiram Kotwal's is Vijay Tendulkar.
(c) The play 'Navann' by Nabin Chandra Das was based on the famine of Bengal.
(d) Urdu theatre used to depend heavily on Parsi theatre.

Correct Answer: (c) The play 'Navann' by Nabin Chandra Das was based on the famine of Bengal.

Solution:Ghashiram Kotwal is a Marathi play written by playwright Vijay Tendulkar in 1972. Neel Darpan, the Mirror of Indigo: translated as Neel Darpan; or, the Indigo Planting Mirror is a Bengali play written by Dinabandhu Mitra in 1858-1859. The play was essential to Neel bidroha, or Indigo Revolt.

23. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [1999]

List-I	List-II
A. The First Indian War of Independence	1. Rabindranath Tagore
B. Anand Math	2. Sri Aurobindo
C. Life Divine	3. Bankim Chandra Chatterji
D. Sadhana	4. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

Codes:

	A	B	C	D
(a)	4	3	2	1
(b)	3	4	1	2
(c)	4	3	1	2
(d)	3	4	2	1

Correct Answer: (a)

Solution:The Life Divine is Sri Aurobindo's major philosophical opus. It combines a synthesis of western thought and eastern spirituality with Sri Aurobindo's own original insights, covering topics such as the nature of the Divine (the Absolute, Brahman), how the creation came about, the evolution of consciousness and the cosmos, the spiritual path, and human evolutionary-spiritual destiny.

24. Consider the following events: [1999]

1. Indigo Revolt

2. Santhal Rebellion

3. Deccan Riot

4. Mutiny of the Sepoys

The correct chronological sequence of these events is:

(a) 4, 2, 1, 3
(b) 4, 2, 3, 1
(c) 2, 4, 3, 1
(d) 2, 4, 1, 3

Correct Answer: (d) 2, 4, 1, 3

Solution:Indigo revolt-1860; Santhal rebellion-1855-56; Deccan riot-1875; Mutiny of Sepay-1857

25. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [1999]

List-I (Year)	List-II (Event)
A. 1775	1. First Anglo-Burmese War
B. 1780	2. First Anglo-Afghan War
C. 1824	3. First Anglo-Maratha War
D. 1838	4. Second Anglo-Mysore War

Codes:

	A	B	C	D
(a)	4	3	2	1
(b)	4	3	1	2
(c)	3	4	1	2
(d)	3	4	2	1

Correct Answer: (c)

Solution:First Anglo-Burmese War Burmese defeated, Treaty of Yandobo (1824-26); First Anglo-Afghan War - Afghan defeated (1838); First Anglo-Maratha War - Britishers were defeated, Treaty of Salbai (1782); Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780)-Haider Ali died and succeeded by Tipu Sultan, Treaty of Mangalore.

26. The last major extension of British Indian territory took place during the time of: [2000]

(a) Dufferin
(b) Dalhousie
(c) Lytton
(d) Curzon

Correct Answer: (b) Dalhousie

Solution:The last major extension of British Indian Territory took place during Dalhousie under his Doctrine of Lapse (Jhansi, Satara, Jaitpur, Sambalpur, Udaipur and Nagpur) and on the basis of misgovernance (Awadh).

27. Which one of the following statements is incorrect? [2000]

(a) Goa attained full statehood in 1987.
(b) Diu is an island in the Gulf of Khambhat.
(c) Daman and Diu were separated from Goa by the 56th Amendment of the Constitution of India.
(d) Dadra and Nagar Haveli were under French colonial rule till 1954.

Correct Answer: (d) Dadra and Nagar Haveli were under French colonial rule till 1954.

Solution:Dadra and Nagar Haveli was under Portuguese colonial rule till 1954 and not French colonial rule.

28. Who among the following Indian rulers established embassies in foreign countries on modern lines? [2001]

(a) Haider Ali
(b) Mir Qasim
(c) Shah Alam II
(d) Tipu Sultan

Correct Answer: (d) Tipu Sultan

Solution:Tipu Sultan established embassies in France, Turkey and Egypt on modern lines.

29. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [2001]

(a) India's first technicolour film-Jhansi ki Rani
(b) India's first 3-D film-My dear Kuttichathan
(c) India's first insured film-Taal
(d) India's first actress to win the Bharat Ratna-Meena Kumari

Correct Answer: (d) India's first actress to win the Bharat Ratna-Meena Kumari

Solution:Meena Kumari is not the recipient of Bharat Ratna.

30. Under the Permanent Settlement, 1793, the Zamindars are required to issue pattas to the farmers which were not issued by many of the Zamindars. The reason was: [2001]

(a) the Zamindars were trusted by the farmers.
(b) there was no officials check upon the Zamindars.
(c) it was the responsibility of the British government.
(d) the farmers were not interested in getting pattas.

Correct Answer: (b) there was no officials check upon the Zamindars.

Solution:John Shore planned Permanent Settlement and it was introduced in 1793 by Lord Cornwallis. Zamindars were made the owners of the land and the British got a fixed share of 10/11th of the revenue collected by the zamindars.

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