1. Conisder the following statements: [2009]
1. The first telegraph line in India was laid between Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) and Diamond Harbour
2. The first Export Procesisng Zone in India was set up in Kandla.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

2. The aim of education as stated by the Wood's despatch of 1854 was: [2003]

3. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [2004]

4. Consider the following statements:
1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar founded the Bethune School at Calcutta with the main aim of encouraging education for women.
2. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the first graduate of the Calcutta University.
3. Keshav Chandra Sen's campaign against Sati led to the enactment of a law to ban Sati by the then Governor General.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? [2005]

5. Who among the following Europeans were the last to come to preindependence India as traders? [2007]

6. Consider the following statements:
1. Robert Clive was the first Governor-General of Bengal.
2. William Bentinck was the first Governor-General of India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

7. Which one of the following revolts was made famous by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel'Anand Math'?

8. With reference to colonial rule in India, what was sought by the Ilbert Bill in 1883? [2003]

9. Who among the following Governor Generals created the Covenanted Civil Service of India which later came to be known as the Indian Civil Service ? [2010]

10. Consider the following statements: [2008]
1. Justice V R Krishna Iyer was the Chief Justice of India.
2. Justice V R Krishna Iyer is considered as one of the progenitors of public interest litigation (PIL) in the Indian judicial system.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?