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Q1. The Permanent settlement introduced by Cornwallis is in Bengal is known as
(a) Roytwari System
(b) Mahalwari System
(c) Zamindari System
(d) Iqtadari System
Q2. Who was the first Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Calcutta?
(a) Hyde
(b) Elijah Impey
(c) Lemaistre
(d) Monson
Q3. The Charter Act of 1793 Renewed the Company’s monopoly for____________ years.
(a) 20 years
(b) 10 years
(c) 30 years
(d) 15 years
Q4. Who did not find a place in the Legislative Council as per the Act of 1853?
(a) The Governor-General
(b) Additional Members
(c) The Commander-in-Chief
(d) The Lieutenant Governor
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Q5. The Governor-General was given power to issue ordinances by the act of
(a) 1858
(b) 1861
(c) 1860
(d) 1871
Q6. J.E.D. Bethune was closely associated with
(a) Abolition of Pardah system
(b) Female education
(c) Widow remarraige
(d) Abolition of slavery
Q7. In the Indian Parliamentary System, ‘Vote on Account’ is valid for how many months (except the year of elections)?
(a) 2 months
(b) 3 months
(c) 6 months
(d) 9 months
Q8. In the Constituent Assembly, when was the ad-hoc Committee appointed for the National Flag—
(a) 22th June 1947
(b) 22th July 1947
(c) 22th Jan. 1947
(d) 22th Feb. 1947
Q9. In geography ‘Gulf Stream’ refers to
(a) A warm ocean current
(b) Strong air current
(c) Streams joining a gulf
(d) The name of a stream
Q10. Special Economic Zone (SEZ) concept was first introduced in
(a) China
(b) Japan
(c) India
(d) Pakistan
Q11.When did Delhi become the capital of India?
(a) In 1910 AD
(b) In 1911 AD
(c) In 1916 AD
(d) In 1923 AD
Q12. Quit India Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in _____.
(a) 1885
(b) 1942
(c) 1947
(d) 1939
Q13. Who rendered the English translation of the Indian National song?
(a) Shri Aurobindo
(b) RabindraNath Tagore
(c) B.C. Chatterjee
(d) Sarojini Naidu
Q14. Who rendered the English translation of the Indian National song?
(a) Shri Aurobindo
(b) RabindraNath Tagore
(c) B.C. Chatterjee
(d) Sarojini Naidu
Q15. Which of the following is/are Indian Classical dances?
(a) Bharatnatyam
(b) Kuchipudi
(c) Kathak
(d) All of these
Solutions
S1.Ans.(c)
Sol. Permanent settlement was introduced in 1793 by Lord Cornwallis and covered around one fifth of British territory in India, including Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, parts of Northern Karnataka, Varanasi and some other areas. There is a middlemen in this system who were the Zamindars, who need to pay a fixed amount of land revenue on a fixed date every year.It is also called Zamindari System.
S2.Ans.(b)
Sol. Sir Elijah Impey was a British judge, the first chief justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal.
S3.Ans.(a)
Sol.Every charter act renwed company licence for 20 yrs.
S4.Ans.(d)
Sol. Charter Act of 1853 marks the expansion of the Council of the Governor General for legislative purposes. The council of legislative purposes which had 6 members now was expanded to 12 members.The member are Governor General , commander in Chief, four members of the Governor General’s Council etc.
S5.Ans.(b)
Sol. The Indian Councils Act 1861 was passed by British Parliament in 1861 to make substantial changes in the composition of the Governor General’s council for executive & legislative purposes. The most significant feature of this Act was the association of Indians with the legislation work.
S6.Ans.(b)
Sol. J.E.D. Bethune a barrister and law member of the Governor-General’s Council, was an Anglo-Indian lawyer and a pioneer in promoting women’s education in 19th-century India. Bethune founded an institution for women’s education in Calcutta which later becomes Bethune College.
S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Vote on Account is the special provision given to the government to obtain the vote of Parliament to withdraw money when the budget for the new financial year is not released or the elections are underway, and the caretaker government is in place. A vote on account stays valid for two months.
S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the head of the Ad hoc committee on National Flag in the constituent assembly. The flag of the congress party was accepted as the National Flag with few changes on July 22, 1947.
S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Gulf Stream is a warm and swift Atlantic Ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and stretches to the tip of Florida, and follows the eastern coastlines of the United States and Newfoundland before crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. Special Economic Zone (SEZ) concept was first introduced in China in the 1980s. The most successful SEZ in China, Sherizhen, has developed from a small village into a city with a population over 10 million within 20 years. Commerce Minister MrMaranHad introduced SEZ concept in year 1997 for first times in India.
S11.Ans(b)
Sol. In 1911, it was announced that the capital of British held territories in India was to be transferred in India was to be transferred from Calcutta to Delhi. The name “New Delhi” was given in 1927, and the new capital was inaugurated on 13 February 1931.
S12. Ans.(b)
Sol.
The Quit India Movement or the India August Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All-India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British Rule of India.
S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. VandeMataram, a poem from Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s 1882 novel Anandamath, is the national song of India. Aurobindo Chose translated it into English. The literal translation of all the stanzas of VandeMataram by AurobindoGhose appeared in Karmayogin, 20 November, 1909.
S14. Ans.(a)
Sol. VandeMataram, a poem from Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s 1882 novel Anandamath, is the national song of India. Aurobindo Chose translated it into English. The literal translation of all the stanzas of VandeMataram by AurobindoGhose appeared in Karmayogin, 20 November, 1909.
S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. Indian classical dance is an umbrella term for various codified art forms rooted in Natya and sacred Hindu musical the atre styles whose theory can be traced back to thheNatya Shastra of Bharata Muni (400 BC). The SangeetNatakAkademi currently confers classical status on eight Indian classical dance styles: Bharatanatyam (Tamil Nadu), Kahtak (North India), Kathakali (Kerala), Kuchipudi (Andhra Pradesh), Manipuri (Manipur), Mohiniyattam (Kerala), Odissi (Odisha), and Sattriya (Assam).
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