Modern History Topic- Miscellaneous (Modern India)
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| 41. | Which of the following Governor General appointed the contractual civil service of India? Created the Covenanted Civil Services of India which later came to be known as the Indian Civil Services (ICS). |
A. Warren Hastings | |
B. Wellesley | |
C. Lord cornwallis | |
D. William Bentinck |
| 42. | Which act made it possible for the Indians to take some part in the administration of their country? |
A. Government of India Act 1858 | |
B. Indian Council Act 1861 | |
C. Charter act 1833 | |
D. Charter act 1853 |
| 43. | Which of the following parties was in power in the United Kingdom (UK) when India gained independence? |
A. Conservative Party | |
B. Labor party | |
C. Liberal Party | |
D. Socialist Party |
| 44. | In which year the national song Vande Mataram was sung for the first time? |
A. 1896 | |
B. 1905 | |
C. 1930 | |
D. 1947 |
| 45. | To whom among the following British rulers is the credit for lifting the ban on newspapers? |
A. Lord William Bentick | |
B. Charles Metcalf | |
C. Lord Macaulay | |
D. Lord Harding |
| 46. | When was the High Court established in Bombay, Madras and Calcutta? |
A. in 1851 | |
B. in 1861 | |
C. in 1871 | |
D. in 1881 |
| 47. | To whom was the Ilbert Bill controversy related? |
A. Enforcement of certain restrictions on the carrying of arms by Indians | |
B. Enforcement of ban on newspapers and periodicals published in Indian languages | |
C. Removal of disqualifications imposed on Indian judges for hearing cases of Europeans | |
D. Removal of duty on imported cotton cloth |
| 48. | The author of the book The Man Who Divided India was- |
A. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad | |
B. Dr. Rajendra Prasad | |
C. Rafiq Zakaria | |
D. Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre |
| 49. | Which one was not a feature of the Government of India Act of 1935? |
A. Diarchy at the center as well as in the states | |
B. Bicameral legislature | |
C. Provincial autonomy | |
D. An all india union |
| 50. | The shortest duration of all British constitutional experiments in India was- |
A. Indian Council Act of 1861 | |
B. Indian Council Act of 1892 | |
C. Indian Council Act of 1909 | |
D. Government of India Act of 1919 |
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