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PREVIOUS YEAR’S EXAM QUESTIONS (2013 14) MODERN INDIA IN 41 50

41.       Statement I not all the mansabdars were military officers.

Statement II whose who held high civil posts under the Mughals, were also mansabdars and were garaded accordingly.

a)      Both Statements are false

b)      Both statements are true

c)       Statement I is true, but statement II is false.

d)      Statement I is false, but Statement II is true.


42.       The foundation of modern education system in India was laid by

a)      The charter Act of 1813

b)      Macaulay’s minutes of 1835

c)       Wood’s dispatch of 1854

d)      Hunter commission of 1882.

43.       The Asiatic society was established in Calcutta by

a)      Warren Hastings

b)      Sir William Jones

c)       Raja Rammohan Roy

d)      TB Macaulay

44.       Arrange the following events during British rule in chronological order;

a)      Dandi March

b)      Simon commission

c)       Poona pact

d)      Gandhi – Irwin Pact

1)      2, 1, 3, 4
2)      2, 1, 4, 3
3)      4, 3, 1, 2
4)      4, 3, 1, 2
5)      4, 3, 2, 1

45.       During the Indian freedom struggle who of the following founded the prathana Samaj?

a)      Atmaram pandurang

b)      Gopal hari deshmukh

c)       Iswar chand vidyasagar

d)      Keshab Chandra sen

46.       Who among the following were the readers of the Indigo Revolt?

a)      Buddhu Bhagat and Jhindari Monak

b)      Digambar Biswas and Bishnucharan Biswas.

c)       Dinbandhu Mitra and Madhusudan Dutta

d)      Birsa Munda and Gaya Munda

47.       During whose tenure as the viceroy of India were the great martyrs Bhagat Singh, 

Sukhdev and Raj guru hanged?

a)      Lord Curzon

b)      Lord Irwin

c)       Lord Minto

d)      Lord Chemford

48.       Which dogra General led successful military expedition to laddakh, Baltistan and parts of Tibet between 1834 and 1841?

a)      Mehan Singh

b)      Gulab Sing

c)       Mehta Basti Ram

d)      Zorawar Singh

49.       Which sides were the rival fighterst in the Battle of Naushera in 1823?

a)      East India company and emirate of Afghanistan

b)      East India company and sikh empire

c)       Marathas and Durranis

d)      Sikh empire and emirate of Afghanistan

50.   In which anglo – Mysore War and which year was tipu Sultan Killed?

a)      Third, 1792

b)      Third, 1799

c)       Fourth, 1799


d)      Fourth, 1805

Directions: the following questions consist of two statements, statement 1 and statement 11. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these itms using the code given below.

Codes

a)      Both the statements are individually true and statement II is the correct explanations of statement I

b)      Both the statements are individually true but statement II is not the correct e explanation of statement I

c)       Statement I is true but statement II is false

d)      Statement I is the false but statement II is true. 

ANSWERS 

41.B
42.C
43.B
44.B
45.A
46.B
47.B
48.D
49.D
50.C