Railways General Awareness Initial Modern History Sample Paper

done Initial Modern History Sample Test Paper-8 Total Questions - 20    [Download]

• question_answer1)
  In the beginning, the motive of British East India Company was
  A)
   Trade and territory
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  B)
   Trade, not territory
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  C)
   Only territory    
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  D)
   none of the above
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• question_answer2)
  Which one of the following was the first English ship that came to India?
  A)
   Elizabeth          
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  B)
   Titanic
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  C)
   Red Dragon
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  D)
   Mayflower
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• question_answer3)
  The British East India Company was formed during the reign of
  A)
   Henry VIII       
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  B)
   James I
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  C)
   Charles I          
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  D)
   Elizabeth I
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• question_answer4)
  What was the name of the first ship of East India Company of England which reached here on August 24, 1600 AD?
  A)
   Edward
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  B)
   Hector
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  C)
   Henary
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  D)
   William
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• question_answer5)
  Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India in which one of the following years?
  A)
   1453   
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  B)
   1492
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  C)
   1494               
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  D)
   1498
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• question_answer6)
  Which one of the following European trading companies adopted the "Blue Water Policy" in India?
  A)
   Dutch company
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  B)
   French company
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  C)
   Portuguese company
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  D)
   British East India Company
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• question_answer7)
  Which one of the following states was a Milk-cow for the British?
  A)
   Hyderabad       
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  B)
   Punjab
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  C)
   Mysore
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  D)
   Awadh
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• question_answer8)
  From which year, did the British start striking Indian coins with the portrait of the British king?
  A)
   1835   
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  B)
   1858
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  C)
   1860               
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  D)
   1758
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• question_answer9)
  Eden Gardens of Calcutta was built in 1840. It was named 'Eden' after the name of a sister of a Governor General of India. Who was the Governor General?
  A)
   Lord William Bentinck
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  B)
   Charles Metacalfe
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  C)
   Lord Auckland
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  D)
   Lord Allen bourough
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• question_answer10)
  The first newspaper published in India was
  A)
   The Calcutta Chronicle
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  B)
   The Calcutta Gazette
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  C)
   The Indian Gazette
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  D)
   The Bengal Gazette
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• question_answer11)
  Which Maratha state was the last to accept the subsidiary alliance of the British?
  A)
   Gaikwad          
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  B)
   Sindhia
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  C)
   Holkar 
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  D)
   Bhonsle
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• question_answer12)
  Between which stations was the first railway line opened in India?
  A)
   Calcutta to Raniganj
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  B)
   Bombay to Pune
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  C)
   Calcutta to Jamshedpur
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  D)
   Bombay to Thane
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• question_answer13)
  Who of the following laid the first rail line in India?
  A)
   Lord Ellen borough
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  B)
   Lord Canning
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  C)
   Lord Dufferin    
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  D)
   Lord Dalhousie
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• question_answer14)
  Who was the father of Civil Service?
  A)
   Lord Minto
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  B)
   Lord Wellesley
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  C)
   Lord William Bentinck
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  D)
   Lord Cornwallis
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• question_answer15)
  Who among the following was the first Governor General of India?
  A)
   Robert Clive
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  B)
   Lord Canning
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  C)
   Lord William Bentinck
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  D)
   Lord Wellesley
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• question_answer16)
  Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
  A)
   Lord Clive        
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  B)
   Warren Hastings
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  C)
   Lord Wellesley
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  D)
   Lord Hastings
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• question_answer17)
  In which year, Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the Brahmo Samaj?
  A)
   1822   
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  B)
   1828
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  C)
   1830               
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  D)
   1833
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• question_answer18)
  Which one of the following settlements did comprise Zamindar as middleman to collect the land revenue?
  A)
   Mahalwari settlement
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  B)
   Ryotwari settlement
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  C)
   Permanent settlement
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  D)
   none of the above
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• question_answer19)
  Who was the Governor General of India at the time of Sindh- annexation?
  A)
   Lord Auckland
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  B)
   Lord Mayo
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  C)
   Lord Dalhousie
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  D)
   Lord Ellen borough
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• question_answer20)
  Who gave the slogans 'Delhi Chalo' and 'Jai Hind'?
  A)
   Mahatma Gandhi
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  B)
   Subhash Chandra Bose
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  C)
   J. L. Nehru
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  D)
   Rasebehari Bose
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