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  1. Q1.Modern India

    Calcutta (Shibpur) Engineering College was established in the year

    • a)1817
    • b)1854
    • c)1855
    • d)1856
  2. Q2.Modern India

    Calcutta Science College was establish in the year

    • a)1905
    • b)1908
    • c)1913
    • d)1914
  3. Q3.Modern India

    Basu Vijnan Mandir (Bose Institute) was establish on

    • a)1917
    • b)1916
    • c)1919
    • d)1920
  4. Q4.Medieval India

    Alvar was ______ hymnodist of the Tamil devotional cult.

    • a)Shaivite
    • b)Vaishnavite
    • c)Buddhist
    • d)Jain
  5. Q5.Modern India

    Who among the following was not a member of the Constituent Assembly?

    • a)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
    • b)B R Ambedkar
    • c)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    • d)M K Gandhi
  6. Q6.Freedom Struggle

    Tebhaga Movement was launched by Bengal Provincial Kisan Sabha to force implementation of the recommendations of ______ commissions through mass struggle.

    • a)Fowler Commission
    • b)Frazer Commission
    • c)Sapru Commission
    • d)Floud Commission
  7. Q7.Freedom Struggle

    Subhash Chandra Bose became the supreme leader of Indian National Army in

    • a)1940
    • b)1941
    • c)1942
    • d)1943
  8. Q8.Freedom Struggle

    Quit India Movement was launched in immediate response to the failure of

    • a)Cripps Mission
    • b)Cabinet Mission Plan
    • c)Simon Commission Report
    • d)Wavell Plan
  9. Q9.Freedom Struggle

    Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement?

    • a)Lord Mount Batten
    • b)Lord Irwin
    • c)Lord Willingdon
    • d)Lord Linlithgow
  10. Q10.Freedom Struggle

    The famous 11 point ultimatum given by Mahatma Gandhi to Irwin included

    • a)50% reduction in land revenue.
    • b)abolition of salt tax.
    • c)impose customs duty on foreign cloth to provide textile protection.
    • d)All of the above
  11. Q11.Freedom Struggle

    Non Co-operation movement was launched on the issues of: (i) Remedy of Punjab wrong (ii) Remedy of Khilafat wrong (iii) Ammendment of Rowlatt Act (iv) Attainment of Swaraj

    • a)(i), (ii)
    • b)(i), (iii)
    • c)(i), (iii), (iv)
    • d)(i), (ii), (iv)
  12. Q12.Freedom Struggle

    When and where did Mahatma Gandhi become the President of INC?

    • a)1915, Bombay
    • b)1917, Calcutta
    • c)1924, Belgaum
    • d)1928, Calcutta
  13. Q13.Freedom Struggle

    The first all India movement launched by M K Gandhi was ______.

    • a)Rowlatt Satyagraha
    • b)Khilafat Movement
    • c)Non Co-operation Movement
    • d)Champaran Satyagraha
  14. Q14.Freedom Struggle

    The first newspaper published by M K Gandhi was

    • a)Indian Opinion
    • b)Navjeevan
    • c)Harijan
    • d)Young India
  15. Q15.Freedom Struggle

    Indian Sociologist was published by

    • a)Shyamji Krishnavarma
    • b)Madam Vikhaji Kama
    • c)Lala Hardayal
    • d)Pandurang Kankhoje
  16. Q16.Bengal History

    Who played a prominent role in smuggling arms needed for the deadly attack on Bengal Governor Sir John Anderson at Lebong Race Course, Darjeeling?

    • a)Shanti Ghosh
    • b)Suniti Chowdhury
    • c)Vina Das
    • d)Ujjwala Majumdar
  17. Q17.Freedom Struggle

    The first women state prisoner under Regulation III of 1818 was

    • a)Nanibala Devi
    • b)Dukoribala Debi
    • c)Kalpana Dutta
    • d)Bina Das
  18. Q18.Freedom Struggle

    The genesis of the demand for Pakistan as a separates state can be traced to

    • a)Sir Muhammad Iqbal
    • b)Fazlul Huq
    • c)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
    • d)Chowdhury Rahamat Ali
  19. Q19.Freedom Struggle

    The sudden emergence of the samities or 'national volunteer' movement was one of the major achievements of the Swadeshi Age. Who founded Swadesh Bandhan Samity?

    • a)Aswini Kumar Dutta
    • b)Pulinbihari Das
    • c)Sarala Devi
    • d)Barin Ghosh
  20. Q20.Freedom Struggle

    'Anti-Circular Society' was established by

    • a)Sachindra Prasad Basu
    • b)Krishna Kumar Mitra
    • c)'Raja' Subodh Mullick
    • d)Satish Chandra Mukhapadhyay
  21. Q21.Freedom Struggle

    Sandhya, a periodical was published by

    • a)Bipin Chandra Pal
    • b)Aurobindo Ghosh
    • c)Brahama Bandhav Upadhyay
    • d)Bhupendranath Dutta
  22. Q22.Modern India

    The song — "Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mein hain|| dekhna hai zor kitna bazuo-e-katil mein hain" immortalised by Bhagat Singh, Ram Prasad Bismil, Asfagullah was composed by

    • a)Muhammad Iqbal
    • b)Hasrat Mohani
    • c)Josh Molihabadi
    • d)Bismil Azimabadi
  23. Q23.Modern India

    Andher Nagari was written by ______.

    • a)Prem Chand
    • b)Bharatendu Harish Chandra
    • c)Krishan Chander
    • d)Mulk Raj Anand
  24. Q24.Modern India

    Sanjivani, a newspaper was published by

    • a)Motilal Ghosh
    • b)Surendranath Banerjee
    • c)Krishna Kumar Mitra
    • d)Jogendra Chandra Bose
  25. Q25.Modern India

    Dramatic Performances Act (DPA) was brought into force under the administration of

    • a)Lord Lytton
    • b)Lord Mayo
    • c)Lord Napier
    • d)Lord Northbrook
  26. Q26.Modern India

    Bartaman Bharat was written by ______.

    • a)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
    • b)Swami Vivekananda
    • c)Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
    • d)Rabindranath Tagore
  27. Q27.Modern India

    Who among the following was one of the prominent leader of the Justice Movement?

    • a)Chander Menon
    • b)C N Mudaliar
    • c)K Ramakrishna Pillai
    • d)E V Ramaswami Naicker
  28. Q28.Modern India

    Sri Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogum (SNDP) was founded by

    • a)Sri Narayana Guru
    • b)Dr. Palgu
    • c)N Kumaran Asan
    • d)All of them
  29. Q29.Modern India

    Jyotirao Phule started his Satyasodhak Samaj in

    • a)1872
    • b)1873
    • c)1879
    • d)1910
  30. Q30.Modern India

    When did the Guruvayur temple entry movement take place?

    • a)1931
    • b)1929
    • c)1924
    • d)1930
  31. Q31.Modern India

    All India Conference of the Depressed classes was formed in

    • a)1920
    • b)1926
    • c)1928
    • d)1930
  32. Q32.Modern India

    The news magazine Bharat Shramajivi was published by

    • a)Dwarakanath Ganguly
    • b)Sashipada Ganguly
    • c)Shivnath Sastri
    • d)Ramkumar Vidyaratna
  33. Q33.Modern India

    Mahad Satyagraha constituted an important milestone in B. R. Ambedkar's political career. When did it take place?

    • a)1920
    • b)1926
    • c)1927
    • d)1930
  34. Q34.Modern India

    Nair Service Society under the leadership of Mannath Padmanava Pillai was founded in

    • a)1900
    • b)1905
    • c)1914
    • d)1917
  35. Q35.Modern India

    All India Women's Conference was founded in the year 1927 by ______.

    • a)Latika Ghosh
    • b)Urmila Devi
    • c)Sarojini Naidu
    • d)Margaret Cousins
  36. Q36.Modern India

    Pandita Ramabai Saraswati arrived in Western India in 1882 and with the help from Ramabai Ranade set up ______ for general uplift and enlightenment of women.

    • a)Bharat Stru Mahamandal
    • b)Women's Indian Association
    • c)Arya Mahila Samaj
    • d)Mahila Rashtriya Sangha
  37. Q37.Modern India

    Sarojini Naidu founded the Women's organization named as ______.

    • a)Nari Satyagraha Samity
    • b)Mahila Rashtriya Sangha
    • c)Rashtriya Stru Sangha
    • d)Mahila Parisad
  38. Q38.Bengal History

    Mahakali Pathshala was founded by ______.

    • a)Ramabai Ranade
    • b)Mataji Tapaswini
    • c)Anandibhai Bhagat
    • d)Anandibai Karve
  39. Q39.Modern India

    Franchise for women were slowly introduced. ______ were the first provinces to extend franchise to women.

    • a)Bombay
    • b)Madras
    • c)Bengal
    • d)Both (A) and (B)
  40. Q40.Modern India

    Who was the first women legislator?

    • a)Basanti Devi
    • b)Urmila Devi
    • c)Muthulaxmi Reddy
    • d)Krishnabai Ram
  41. Q41.Modern India

    Kesari was the mouthpiece of

    • a)Indian National Society
    • b)Arya Samaj
    • c)Sarbajanik Sabha
    • d)Sanjivani Sabha
  42. Q42.Modern India

    Landholders' Association was founded in the year ______.

    • a)1838
    • b)1851
    • c)1875
    • d)1876
  43. Q43.Modern India

    Dayanand's pamphlet on the subject of cow protection Gaukarunanidhi was published in the year ______.

    • a)1879
    • b)1881
    • c)1885
    • d)1892
  44. Q44.Modern India

    In the 1880s and 1890s 'communalism' acquired an All India dimension. Two principal issues were Urdu-Devanagari controversy and cow protection. The demand for the use of Devanagari script was granted in the year ______.

    • a)1868
    • b)1879
    • c)1898
    • d)1900
  45. Q45.Freedom Struggle

    Muslim league was initially floated by ______ in December, 1906.

    • a)Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan
    • b)Aga Khan
    • c)Nawab Salimullah
    • d)Muhammad Ali
  46. Q46.Modern India

    Rast Goftan was a newspaper established by

    • a)Muhammad Ali
    • b)Zafar Ali Khan
    • c)Syed Agmathullah
    • d)Fardinji Naoroji
  47. Q47.Modern India

    The book Indian Musalmans which contributed to the British policy of 'Divide and Rule' and led to the growth of Muslim Seperatism was written by

    • a)Syed Amin Ali
    • b)Sir Syed Ahmed
    • c)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
    • d)Sir William Wilson Hunter
  48. Q48.Modern India

    'Child Marraige Restraint Act' popularly known as Sarda Act was passed in the year ______.

    • a)1927
    • b)1928
    • c)1929
    • d)1942
  49. Q49.Freedom Struggle

    Who among the following groups was not associated with the formation of the Communist Party of India?

    • a)Gadar revolutionaries
    • b)Emigre revolutionaries
    • c)Muhajirs
    • d)Hindu Radicals
  50. Q50.Modern India

    Kudi Arasu was founded by

    • a)Chander Menon
    • b)E V Ramaswami Naicker
    • c)C N Mudalier
    • d)K Ramashaudran Pillai
  51. Q51.Ancient India

    Which one among the Harappan sites was probably a trading outpost meant for procuring lapis-lazuli?

    • a)Shortugai
    • b)Musa Khel
    • c)Mundigak
    • d)Damb Sadat
  52. Q52.Ancient India

    The Kandahar Edict of Asoka was written in

    • a)Aramaic
    • b)Greek
    • c)Brahmi
    • d)Both Aramaic and Greek
  53. Q53.Ancient India

    The centre of Sangam literature and the patrons of Sangam poets were

    • a)The Cheras of Vanji
    • b)The Cholas of Uraiyur
    • c)The Pandyas of Madurai
    • d)All of the above
  54. Q54.Ancient India

    The theory of the emergence of feudalism in the post-Gupta period is disputed on the ground that

    • a)all the lands donated were not secular land grants.
    • b)the status of the peasants was not that of serfs.
    • c)the brahmin donees did not always belong to the ruling class.
    • d)All of the three above
  55. Q55.Ancient India

    The famous Uttaramerur inscription belongs to the reign of

    • a)Parantaka I
    • b)Parantaka II
    • c)Rajaraja I
    • d)Rajaraja II
  56. Q56.Medieval India

    Which Delhi Sultan represented himself as 'Sikandar-i-Sani'?

    • a)Alauddin Khilji
    • b)Muhammad bin Tughluq
    • c)Sikandar Lodi
    • d)Khizr Khan
  57. Q57.Medieval India

    The foreign traveller named one of the famous Vijayanagara coins as pagoda. Originally it was

    • a)Pan
    • b)Varaha
    • c)Hun
    • d)Panam
  58. Q58.Modern India

    The effects of 1717 farman of Emperor Farukshiyar, granting exemption to the Company's merchandise from customs duty in lieu of an annual sum of Rs 3000 was

    • a)with a dastak (hand written pass) Company's goods could pass without inspection through toll station (chowki).
    • b)Company's officials quietly extended this privilege to their own private trade.
    • c)the 'chief sufferers' was the government of the Nawabs who lost out on customs duties and rival Indian traders who faced unequal competition.
    • d)All of the above
  59. Q59.Modern India

    What was the plausible reason for the English to take up additional fortifications of Calcutta?

    • a)To protect English trade from local disturbances
    • b)To protect themselves from the French on the occasion of 'Seven Years War'
    • c)The English discounted like many others the chances of Siraj ud daula's accession and hence paid scant respect to his authority.
    • d)To strengthen their establishments in Bengal
  60. Q60.Modern India

    Which one of the following conspirators against Siraj ud daulah was duped by a forged agreement paper by Robert Clive?

    • a)Mir Zafar
    • b)Khwaja Wazid
    • c)Rai Durlabh
    • d)Umi Chand
  61. Q61.Modern India

    Who was the author of Siyar-ul-Mutakherin?

    • a)Gulam Hussein
    • b)Arif Muhammad
    • c)Nasir Hussein
    • d)Shahabuddin
  62. Q62.Modern India

    Arrange the following events related to Anglo-Mysore War in the proper chronological order and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (i) Battle of Porto Novo (ii) Treaty of Mangalore (iii) Treaty of Madras (iv) Treaty of Seringapatam

    • a)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
    • b)(iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
    • c)(iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
    • d)(iii), (ii), (iv), (i)
  63. Q63.Modern India

    Who was the last Governor General of Fort William in Bengal?

    • a)Warren Hastings
    • b)Lord Cornwallis
    • c)Lord Bentinck
    • d)Viscount Canning
  64. Q64.Modern India

    Assertion (A): The Carnatic War has attained a celebrity in history which is not fully justified either by the immediate issues involved or by the incidents of the war itself. Reason (R): For nearly twenty years the Carnatic became the scene of a long drawn contest between French and the English which led to the ultimate overthrow of the French power in India with repercussions also in Bengal which produced unexpected and momentous results.

    • a)If the Assertion (A) is correct but Reason (R) is wrong.
    • b)If (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.
    • c)If both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A).
    • d)If both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) does not explain (A).
  65. Q65.Modern India

    Which of the following statements is/are true about Regulating Act, 1773? (i) It introduced Parliamentary supervision over the company and modified its constitution both in England and in India. (ii) It made changes in the constitution of the Court of Directors. (iii) The Government of Bengal was vested in a Governor General and a council of 4 members. (iv) The Governor General in council could control the subordinate Presidencies of Bombay and Madras in matters relating to War and Peace.

    • a)(i) and (ii)
    • b)(ii) and (iii)
    • c)(iii) and (iv)
    • d)All of the above
  66. Q66.Modern India

    Which of the following do not belong to the 'Transferred Subjects' as per the Act of 1919?

    • a)Local Self Government
    • b)Education
    • c)Land Revenue Administration
    • d)Public Works
  67. Q67.Modern India

    Which of the following conditions didn't prompt the making of Mahalwari Settlement?

    • a)To curb the refractory and oppressive nature of the Taluqdars.
    • b)Need to maximise revenue.
    • c)Protecting the rights of the present proprietors to ensure improvement of agriculture.
    • d)Influence of the Ricardian theory of Rent.
  68. Q68.Modern India

    During the first century of British rule there were a series of 'restorative rebellions' started by disaffected local rulers. Arrange the following revolts in chronological order and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (i) Paik rebellion led by Jagabandhu (ii) Poligar rebellion led by Kaltabomman (iii) Kittur uprising led by Queen Chennamma (iv) Travancore revolt led by Velu Thampi

    • a)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
    • b)(ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
    • c)(i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
    • d)(ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
  69. Q69.Modern India

    Some of the peasant rebellion were participated exclusively by the tribal population. Arrange the following tribal movements chronologically by and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (i) Gudem Rampa rebellion led by Alluri Sitaramaraju (ii) Kol rebellion led by Buddha Bhagat (iii) Hul rebellion led by Sidho and Kanho (iv) Thadoe Kuki movement led by Jadonang and his niece Gaidinilu

    • a)(ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
    • b)(i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
    • c)(i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
    • d)(ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
  70. Q70.Modern India

    Ho and Munda tribesmen were from

    • a)Chotanagpur
    • b)Araballi hills
    • c)Sahyadri hills
    • d)None of the above
  71. Q71.Modern India

    The tribal leader who was regarded as the Father of the World (Dharti Aba) was

    • a)Buddha Bhagat
    • b)Tilka Manjhi
    • c)Birsa Munda
    • d)Bonangi Pandu Paral
  72. Q72.Modern India

    Arrange the following armed resistance in the nineteenth century against the colonial rule in chronological order and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (i) Satara disturbance (ii) Gadkari rebellion (iii) Revolt of Rao Bharamal (iv) Rebellion of Birabhadra Raju

    • a)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
    • b)(iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
    • c)(iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
    • d)(i), (iv), (iii), (ii)
  73. Q73.Modern India

    In many of the peasant revolt religion played an important role. Who among the following was the leader of the Fakirs leading the Sannyasi-Fakir uprising in Bengal?

    • a)Tipu Shah
    • b)Karim Shah
    • c)Majnu Shah
    • d)Golam Masum
  74. Q74.Modern India

    Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: List I: (a) Pagalpanthi uprising (b) Tariqah-i-Muhammadiya (c) Faraiji movement (d) Shah-i-Madar; List II: (i) Chirag Ali (ii) Haji Shariatullah (iii) Karim Shah (iv) Mir Nisar

    • a)(a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)
    • b)(a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
    • c)(a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)
    • d)(a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)
  75. Q75.Modern India

    Who among the following was the founder of Wahabi movement in India?

    • a)Waliullah
    • b)Shah Muhammad Hossein
    • c)Muhammad Abdul Wahab
    • d)Syed Ahmed of Rai Bareilly
  76. Q76.Bengal History

    Titu Mir defeated ______, the Indigo Planter.

    • a)Okenelly
    • b)Davis
    • c)Thornton
    • d)Alexander
  77. Q77.Bengal History

    Who among the following was the leader of the Faraijis?

    • a)Duddu Miyan
    • b)Titu Mir
    • c)Karim Shah
    • d)Majnu Fakir
  78. Q78.Bengal History

    The first sign of revolt led by Titu Mir was a raid on zamindar ______.

    • a)Ramram Chakraborty
    • b)Kaliprasanna Mukhopadhyay
    • c)Debnath Roy
    • d)Krishnadeva Roy
  79. Q79.Modern India

    The first Indian ruler who joined the Subsidiary Alliance was

    • a)Nawab of Oudh
    • b)Nizam of Hyderabad
    • c)Peshwa Baji Rao II
    • d)King of Travancore
  80. Q80.Modern India

    Arrange according to the chronological order the following kingdoms annexed by Dalhousi as per the 'Doctrine of Lapse'. (i) Baghat (ii) Sambhalpur (iii) Satara (iv) Jhansi

    • a)(i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
    • b)(iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
    • c)(iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
    • d)(i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
  81. Q81.Modern India

    Some of the army regiments have revolted several times before 1857. Vellore mutiny took place in the year ______.

    • a)1805
    • b)1806
    • c)1807
    • d)1810
  82. Q82.Modern India

    Arrange the following sepoy mutinies in chronological order and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (i) Vellore Mutiny (ii) 47 Native Infantry Mutiny (iii) Sholapur Mutiny (iv) Sindh 34th Native Infantry Mutiny

    • a)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
    • b)(i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
    • c)(iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
    • d)(iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
  83. Q83.Modern India

    Mangal Pandey, a sepoy of 34th Native Infantry stationed at Barrackpore mutinied on

    • a)21 March, 1857
    • b)29 March, 1857
    • c)23 May, 1857
    • d)22 June, 1857
  84. Q84.Modern India

    Match important centres of the Revolt of 1857 with their leaders and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (a) Bakht Khan (b) Tantia Tope (c) Hazrat Mahal (d) Lakshmibai; (i) Jhansi (ii) Kanpur (iii) Delhi (iv) Lucknow

    • a)(a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)
    • b)(a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)
    • c)(a)-(ii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)
    • d)(a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
  85. Q85.Modern India

    The Revolt of 1857 in Bareilly was led by

    • a)Bahadur Shah II
    • b)Kunwar Singh
    • c)Khan Bahadur Khan
    • d)Firoz Shah
  86. Q86.Modern India

    Who among the following British officers died during the seige of Residency at Lucknow?

    • a)Havelock
    • b)John Nicholson
    • c)Henry Lawrence
    • d)Colin Campbell
  87. Q87.Modern India

    Arrange the following places witnessing the sepoy revolts according to chronological order: (i) Delhi (ii) Bareilly (iii) Kanpur (iv) Meerut

    • a)(i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
    • b)(iv), (i), (iii), (ii)
    • c)(iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
    • d)(iv), (ii), (i), (iii)
  88. Q88.Modern India

    When British army started pushing back the revolting Indian soldiers several commanders played leading role in claiming back the flash points. Among the following pairs find out the incorrect match

    • a)Delhi – James Neill
    • b)Kanpur – Sir Hugh Wheeler
    • c)Lucknow – Sir Colin Campbell
    • d)Jhansi – Sir Hugh Rose
  89. Q89.Modern India

    Who was the founder of Tatwabodhini Sabha?

    • a)Rammohan Roy
    • b)Devendranath Tagore
    • c)Dwarakanath Tagore
    • d)Kesav Chandra Sen
  90. Q90.Modern India

    When did the first schism within the Brahma Samaj first take place?

    • a)1865
    • b)1866
    • c)1867
    • d)1868
  91. Q91.Modern India

    When was Ramkrishna Mission established?

    • a)1895
    • b)1896
    • c)1897
    • d)1899
  92. Q92.Modern India

    Who established Calcutta Madrasa?

    • a)Warren Hastings
    • b)William Bentinck
    • c)Lord Cornwallis
    • d)Lord Wellesley
  93. Q93.Modern India

    Sanskrit College at Calcutta was established on

    • a)1823
    • b)1824
    • c)1825
    • d)1826
  94. Q94.Modern India

    Atmiya Sabha was founded by

    • a)Raja Rammohan Roy
    • b)Devendranath Tagore
    • c)Kesav Chandra Sen
    • d)Dayananda Saraswati
  95. Q95.Modern India

    Who among the following played an instrumental role in the formation of Calcutta School Book Society?

    • a)Radhakanta Dev
    • b)Raja Rammohan Roy
    • c)Dwarakanath Mitra
    • d)Madanmohan Tarkalankar
  96. Q96.Modern India

    Who was the first editor of Tatwabodhini Patrika?

    • a)Rammohan Roy
    • b)Devendranath Tagore
    • c)Akshay Kumar Dutta
    • d)Harish Chandra Mukherjee
  97. Q97.Modern India

    Who among the following was not a proponent of Anglicism?

    • a)William Jones
    • b)Thomas Babington Macaulay
    • c)Holt Mackenjie
    • d)Charles Thevelyan
  98. Q98.Modern India

    Arrange the following Commission constituted for development of education in colonial India according to chronological order and find the correct answer from the codes given below: (i) Sadler Commission (ii) Wood's Despatch (iii) Hunter Commission (iv) Raleigh Commission

    • a)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
    • b)(ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
    • c)(ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
    • d)(ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
  99. Q99.Modern India

    Who was the founder of Gramvarta Prakashika?

    • a)Bhavani Charan Bandyopadhyay
    • b)Harish Chandra Mukhopadhyay
    • c)Sisir Kumar Ghosh
    • d)Harinath Majumder

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