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61
The violent Mappilas stormed the bungalow of the District Magistrate . . . . . . and murdered him in 1855
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
At about 9 p.m. on the evening of 11 September 1855 Conolly was attacked and killed at the Collector's Residence at West Hill Bungalow, Calicut by a small group of Mappilas. Conolly was buried in what is now Conolly Park, near South Beach Road; the headstone of his tomb was moved to the premises of the C.S.I. St. Mary's English Church, Calicut in 1997.
62
The Treaty of Surat was in the year __________
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
The Treaty of Surat (6 March 1775) was a treaty by which Raghunathrao, one of the claimants to the throne of the Peshwa, agreed to cede Salsette and Bassein Fort to the English, in consideration of being himself restored to Poona. The military operations that followed are known as the First Anglo-Maratha War.
63
Assertion (A): British excluded the Indian middle and upper classes from the high administrative and military posts.
Reason (R): Many of the traditional zamindars lost their zamindaris to the new class of urban-based absentee landlords
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Many of them lost their zamindaris to the new class of urban-based absentee landlords due to the introduction of the zamindari or the new class of urban-based absentee landlords due to the introduction of zamindari or the permanent settlement, and the strict manner of revenue collection by the British.
64
In 1877 the entrance age to ICS was reduced from 21 to __________
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
In 1877 the entrance age to ICS was reduced from 21 to 19.
65
Charles Wood's Despatch__________
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Sir Charles Wood, the President of the Board of Control, had an important effect on spreading English learning and female education in India. When in 1855 he sent a despatch to Lord Dalhousie, the then Governor-General of India.Wood suggested that primary colleges must adopt vernacular languages, high schools must adopt Anglo verncular language and on college level English medium for education. This is known as Wood's despatch. Vocational and women's education were not stressed upon.
66
Robert Clive, the Governor General of the __________
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB, FRS, also known as Clive of India, Commander-in-Chief of British India, was a British officer and privateer who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Bengal.
67
Throughout the 19th century intermittent uprisings occurred in Malabar, especially in the __________ and Valluvanad taluks.Twenty two such riots were reported from different parts of Malabar
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Throughout the 19th century intermittent uprisings occurred in Malabar, especially in the Ernad and Valluvanad taluks.Twenty two such riots were reported from different parts of Malabar.
68
During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Bengal to grow__________
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Britisher invested in agriculture to fulfil the demand of raw materials required for industries in Britain. So, British persuaded or forced cultivator in Bengal to grow Jute (it also known as golden fibre).
69
What did the Rowlatt Act, 1919 empower the British government to do
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Rowlatt Acts, (February 1919), legislation passed by the Imperial Legislative Council, the legislature of British India. The acts allowed certain political cases to be tried without juries and permitted internment of suspects without trial.
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In 1614 Sir Thomas Roe was instructed by __________ to visit the court of Jahangir, the Mughal emperor of India
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
In 1614 Sir Thomas Roe was instructed by James I to visit the court of Jahangir, the Moghul emperor of Hindustan to arrange a commercial treaty and to secure for the East India Company sites for commercial agencies. Sir Thomas was successful, and though the Great Moghul Jahangir was contemptuous of the presents sent him by James I, he sent him a remarkably polite letter.