UGC NTA NET/JRF EXAM, June 2019 (HISTORY)

Total Questions: 100

71. With reference to official records, what were the 'consultations'?

Correct Answer: (a) All kinds of transactions of English East India Company in Bengal.
Solution:

All kinds of transactions of English East India Company in Bengal called consultations.

72. As a result of the Seven Years' War (1756- 1763) in Europe, the French and English settlements in India also became involved in open hostilities. The work of Duplex and Bussy in South was thus destroyed in 1760-61. Which treaty provided the restoration of the French possessions in India?

Correct Answer: (c) Treaty of Paris
Solution:

Third carnatic war was fought between French & English. This was decisive. "The treaty of Paris" (1763) Restored the French their factories in India. The French political influence disappeared after the war.

73. Under which system or settlement, the Indian States lost their right to foreign affairs and defense?

Correct Answer: (b) Subsidiary alliance system
Solution:

Subsidiary alliance system was used by Lord Wellesley under the system:
(1) Ruler was compelled to permanent stationing of British force with, their territory and to pay subsidy to maintenance.
(2) The rulers had to agree to the posting of British resident in his court.
(3) No European can be employed in his service without consultation with company.
(4) Nor he could go to war or negotiate with any other Indian ruler without consulting governor general. In return for all this British would defend the ruler from his enemies and adopt a policy of non interference in the internal matters of Allied State.

74. When did the phrase proclaiming the Governor-General to be 'the servant of the emperor' was omitted from his official seal?

Correct Answer: (c) After the Charter Act of 1813
Solution:

After the charter act of 1813. British parliament brought the Government of India act 1858. Which transferred powers from the East India Company to the crown and took the responsibility of Ruling India directly. India was to be governed by and in the name of crown through a secretary of state and a council.
• The council of India was an advisory body with the secretary of state as its chairman.
• Council of India had 15 members 8 appointed by the Crown and 7 elected by the court of director.
• The governor general to be the servant of the emperor' was omitted from his official seal through this act.

75. Which treaty was concluded after first angleBurmese War (1824-26)?

Correct Answer: (d) Treaty of Yandabo0
Solution:

First Anglo Burmese war fought when the Burmese expansion westwards and occupation of Arakan and Manipur and the threat to continuous friction along the ill defined border between Bengal and Burma. The British expeditionary forces occupied Rangoon. Place established in 1826 with the treaty of Yandaboo.

76. How did Britain secure a title to rule India? Consider the following statements and select the correct code :

(A) The dissolution of the Mughal empire and the cessions by and the conquests from the Marathas, the Sikhs and other territorial sovereigns from 1757 till 1857.
(B) Sovereignty in India involved, under the British Constitutional Law and under the 'Law of Nations' as expounded in Europe, the authority of British Parliament and the recognition of all civilized nations.
(C) The grant of Charter carried sovereign status to the East India Company and the treaties of Paris and Versailles and Congress of Vienna conveyed international recognition to this status.
(D) After suppression of Revolt of 1857, Mughal Emperor transferred the sovereignty to the Britain.
Code:

Correct Answer: (b) (A), (B) and (C) only
Solution:

IVᵗʰ statement is not correct because sovereignty was not transferred by mughal emperor after suppression of 1857 Revolt India came in direct control of Britain by "1858 Declaration" governor general became Viceroy. First viceroy was Lord Canning.

77. Match List-I with List-II:

List-I (Authors)List-II (Books)
(A) Vera Anstey(i) Economic Development of India
(B) B.M. Bhatia(ii) Famines in India
(C) D.H. Buchanan(iii) The Development of Capitalist Enterprise in India
(D) D.R. Gadgil(iv) Industrial Evolution in India

Choose the correct option from those given below:

ABCD
(a)(iii)(ii)(i)(iv)
(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)
(c)(iv)(iii)(i)(ii)
(d)(i)(ii)(iv)(iii)
Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:

Vera Anstey           -          Economic Development of India
B.M. Bhatiya         -          Famines in India
D.H. Buchanan     -          The Development of Capitalist Enterprise in India
D.R. Gadgil            -           Industrial Evolution in India

78. Restoration of Mysore to its old ruling family was a unique thing in the history of British India. Who did it?

Correct Answer: (b) Marquess of Ripon
Solution:Lord Ripon was governor general from 1880 to 1884. He completed several important work:
(1) Repeals the vernacular press act
(2) First factory act 1881 to improve labour conditions
(3) Rendition of mysore

79. Which of the following opposed the appointment of Muthuswamy lyer to the Madras High Court on the grounds that native officials should not draw the same rate of pay as Europeans in similar circumstances?

Correct Answer: (d) Madras Mail
Solution:

Madras Mail opposed the appointment of Muthuswamy Iyer to the Madras High Court on the grounds that native officials should not draw the same rate of pay as Europeans in similar circumstances.

80. Who among the following wrote that Congress was born through a conspiracy to forestall a popular uprising in India and the bourgeois leaders were a party to it?

Correct Answer: (b) R.C. Dutt
Solution:

Famous Historian R.C. Dutt believed in "Theory of safety Value" in establishment of Congress, so he gave statement "Congress was born through a conspiracy to forestall a popular uprising in India and the bourgeois leaders were a party to it."