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46 Muslim League was founded in the year

A
1900
B
1905
C
1906
D
1902

47 The Vernacular Press Act was repealed by ……

A
Lord Ripon
B
Lord Lytton
C
Lord William Bentic
D
Gladstone

48 Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence ?

A
Macaulay’s Minute
B
Hunter Commission
C
Charter Act
D
Wood’s Despatch

49 What did Jyotiba Phule’s Satyashodhak Samaj attempt in the last century?

A
Saving the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures
B
Attacking the caste system
C
Led an anti-landlord and antimahajan upsurge in Satara
D
Separate representation for untouchables

50 When was the first train steamed off in India ?

A
1848
B
1853
C
1875
D
1880

51 In which of the following systems of land settlement adopted by the English did provide more protection to the interests of farmers ?

A
Permanent Settlement of Bengal
B
Ryotwari Settlement of Madras
C
Zamindari Settlement of Central States
D
Malgujari (land revenue) Setternent of United State

52 The first telegraph line between Calcutta and Agra was opened in :

A
1852
B
1853
C
1854
D
1855

53 Which of the following European Colonisers did not have a settlement on the Eastern Coast of India ?

A
French
B
Portuguese
C
Dutch
D
Danish

54 Which among the following regulations made English as a medium of education compulsory in government aided schools and colleges ?

A
Pitts India Act, 1784
B
Educational Despatch, 1854
C
Macaulay Minute, 1835
D
Regulating Act, 1773

55 M. A. Jinnah, in his early political life:

A
supported two nation theory
B
initiated Hindu-Muslim unity
C
imagined Pakistan as an independent State
D
was a communalist

56 The ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was first applied to the Princely State of :

A
Satara
B
Jhansi
C
Oudh
D
Jaunpur

57 The English established their first factory in India at

A
Bombay
B
Surat
C
Sutanati
D
Madras

58 Permanent Revenue Settlement of Bengal was introduced by which of the following:

A
Clive
B
Hastings
C
Wellesley
D
Cornwallis

59 Which year did Bankim Chandra Chatopadhyay write Anandmath?

A
1858
B
1892
C
1882
D
None of these

60 The Governor-General of India who initiated the introduction of English in India was:

A
Lord Curzon
B
Lord Macaulay
C
Lord Bentinck
D
Lord Hastings