Modern History (Civil Service Examination), Questions and Answers, GK for UPSC, Bank PO & All Exams

1. By a regulation in 1793, the District Collector was deprived of his judicial powers and made the collecting agent only, What was the reason for such regulation ? [2010]

a. Lord Cornwallis felt that the District Collector's efficiency of revenue collection would enormously increase without the burden of other work

b. Lord Cornwallis felt that Judicial power should compulsorily be in the hands of Europeans while Indians can be given the job of revenue collection in the districts

c. Lord Cornwallis was alarmed at the extent of power concentrated in the District Collector and felt that such absolute power was undesirable in one person

d. The judicial work demanded a deep knowledge of India and a good training in law and Lord Cornwallis felt that District Collector should be only a revenue collector

2. 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?

a. 1 only

b. 2 only

c. Both land2

d. Neither 1 nor2

3. 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 [2007]

c. Nagpur

d. Satara

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

a. Dutch

b. English

c. French

d. Portuguese

5. Consider the following statements: [2007]
1. Jawaharlal Nehru was in his fourth term as the Prime Minister of India at the time of his death.
2. Jawaharlal Nehru represented Rae Bareilly constituency as a Member of Parliament.
3. The first non-Congress Prime Minister of India assumed the Office in the year 1977.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a. 1 and 2

b. 3 only

c. 1 only

d. 1 and 3

6. With reference to the 'revolt of the year'who of the following was betrayed by 'friend'captured and put to death by the British? [2006]

a. Nana Sahib

b. Kunwar Singh

c. Khan Bahadur Khan

d. Tantia Tope

7. 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]

a. 1 only

b. 1 and 2

c. 2 and 3

d. 1, 2 and 3

8. 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?

a. 1 only

b. 2 only [2007]

c. Both 1 and 2

d. Neither 1 nor 2

9. With reference to Pondicherry (now Puducherry), consider the following statements: [2010]
1. The first European power to occupy Pondicherry were the Portuguese.
2. The second European power to occupy Pondicherry were the French.
3. The English never occupied Pondicherry.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a. 1 only

b. 2 and 3 only

c. 3 only

d. 1, 2 and 3

10. What was the immediate reason for Ahmad Shah Abdali to invade India and fight the Third Battle of Panipat 1 [2010]

a. He wanted to avenge the expulsion by Marathas of his viceroy Timur Shah from Lahore

b. The frustrated governor of Jullundhar Adina Beg Khan invited him to invade Punjab

c. He wanted to punish Mughal administration for non�payment of the revenues of the Chahar Mahal (Gujarat, Aurangabad, Sialkot and Pasrur)

d. He wanted to annex all the fertile plains of Punjab up to the borders of Delhi to his kingdom

General Knowledge

1. World Geography -Test-01

2. World Geography -Test-02

3. World Geography -Test-03

4. Geography of India -Test-01

5. Geography of India -Test-02

6. Geography of India -Test-03

7. Geography of India -Test-04

8. Geography of India -Test-05

9. History of India - Test - 01

10. History of India - Test - 02

11. History of India - Test - 03

12. History of India - Test - 04

13. History of India - Test - 05

14. History of India - Test - 06

15. History of India - Test - 07

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