Indian History – Series 5


21)Who was the first Governor General when the first Anglo-Burmese was stared ?

a) George Barlow

b) Lord Hastings

c) Lord Minto

d) Lord Amherst

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Option -d)


22) The ruler of which one of the following States was removed from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance ?

a) Awadh

b) Jhansi

c) Nagpur

d) Satara

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Option -a)


23) Permanent settlement was a feature of –

a) Zamindari System

b) Ryotwari System

c) Mahalwari System

d) None of these

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Option -a)


24) Who founded the Brahmo Samaj ?

a) Debendranath Tagore

b) Keshavchandra Sen

c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

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Option – c)


25) Who among the following was the founder of the Servants of India Society ?

a) Bal gangadhar Tolak

b) Dadabhai Naoroji

c) Gopal Krishna Gokhle

d)Lala Lajpat Rai

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Option – c)


26) The English introduced Ryotwari settlement in –

a) Bengal Presidency

b) Madras Presidency

c) Bombay Presidency

d) Madras and Bombay presidency

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Option -d)


27) The normal form of government during the Vedic period was

(a) democracy

(b) republics

(c) oligarchy

(d) monarchy

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Option -d)


28) In Jainism the aim of life is to attain Nirvana or Moksha for which one has to

(a) follow three jewels and five vows

(b) practice, non-violence and non-injury to all living beings

(c) renounce the world and attain right knowledge

(d) believe in the Jains and absolute non-violence

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Option – a)


29) Which of the following Gods lost his importance as the first deity during the later Vedic period?

(a) Varuna

(b) Agni

(c) Vishnu

(d) Rudra

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Option -a)


30) Harsha was defeated by

(a) Sasanka

(b) King of Valabhi

(c) Bhaskarvarman

(d) Pulkesin II

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Option -d)