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When was the Charter Act passed?

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  1. 1830

  2. 1813

  3. 1823

  4. 1803

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In 1813 a Charter Act  was passed according to which one lakh rupees were to be set aside by the company for imparting education to the Indians.

The land revenue systems introduced by the British helped the farmers to a large extent.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

No, With the each land revenue policy, the power of the Zamindar and wealth of British increased.

The farmers started growing cash crops under pressure from the British.
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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Yes, the farmers started growing cash crops under pressure from the British. The British had also annexed  large tracts of tribal lands.

The demand for which of these got increased with the expansion of railways?

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  1. Cement

  2. Iron

  3. Coal

  4. Steel

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

During the British rule and their emphasis on the development of transport network, railways formed a prominent and eminent part receiving advances for development. The increase in the railway networks led to increasing in running of trains which ran on coal engines. This eventually led to an increase in demand for coal with the expansion of railways. Also, the rapid industrialisation and increase in railway links back in Britain also called in for huge demands and so coal exports to Britain also increased the overall market demand for coal.

Which Act was intended to address the shortcome of the Regulating Act?

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  1. East India Company Act 1784

  2. East India Company Act 1793

  3. Government of India Act 1833

  4. The Charter Act 1853

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The East India Company Act 1784 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain intended to address the shortcoming of the Regulating Act of 1773.

Sati was a social evil that prevailed in _____ society.

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  1. British

  2. Indian

  3. American

  4. Chinese

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sati is a practice of burying alive the widows of Hindus. It was a social evil that prevailed in India society. Sati pratha was made illegal in 1829 by Bengal Sati Regulation of 1829 under Governor Generalship of William Bentinck.  It was mainly due to fierce campaign and lobbying of Raja Rammohan Roy and others that sati practice was formally banned.

What were the Provisions of Regulating Act?

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  1. A Court of Directors was created at London to oversee the affairs of EIC in India.

  2. The Governor of Bengal/Fort William was elevated to the statue of Governor General of Bengal /Fort William [Warren Hastings was first Governor-General of Bengal] and governors of Madras and Bombay presidencies were brought under the control of Governor General of Bengal.

  3. The institution of Governor General-in-council was created with Governor General as head and with four other members to carry out Legislative & Executive functions.

  4. All above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Provisions of the Regulating Act:

1)    A  Court of Directors was created at London to oversee the affairs of EIC in India.  

2)    The Governor of Bengal/Fort William was elevated to the statue of Governor General of Bengal /Fort William  and governors of Madras and Bombay presidencies were brought under the control of Governor General of Bengal.

3)  The institution of Governor General-in-council was created with Governor General as head and with four other members to carry out Legislative & Executive functions.

4)    A Supreme Courtof Calcutta was provided with one chief justice and three puisne judges. It was constituted in 1774 with Sir Ellijay Impey as chief justice.  [It had jurisdiction over Bengal, Bihar and Orissa &British judges were to be sent to India to administer the British legal system that was used there].
5)    It prohibited the servants of company from engaging in any private trade or accepting presents/gifts or bribes from the natives.
6)    The Act limited Company dividends to 6% until it repaid a GB1.5M loan.

Which of the following are the three landmarks of Dalhousie's administration?
1.    Indian Railways
2.    Public Works Department
3.    English as a medium of instruction
4.   Telegraph

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  1. 1,2,3

  2. 1,3,4

  3. 2,3,4

  4. 1,2,4

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Correct Option: D

Lord _________ is regarded to have been the father of local self-government in India.

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  1. Ripon

  2. Bentinck

  3. Curzon

  4. Mayo

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Lord Ripon is regarded to have been the father of local self-government in India. He formulated the local self government and laid the foundations of representative institutions in India. His scheme of local self government developed the Municipal institutions which had been growing up in the country ever since.

Who abolished the inhumane practice of Sati in 1829?

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  1. Lord Dalhousie

  2. Lord Wellesley

  3. Lord William Bentinck

  4. Lord Cornwallis

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

William Bentick served as the Governor-General of India from 1828 to 1835. He abolished the Sati system in 1829 with the efforts of Raja Ram Mohan Roy. According to a regulation of December 1829, he declared the practice of Sati illegal and punishable by Criminal Courts as 'Culpable Homicide'. This decision was supported by an enlightened community of Indian society.