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Question 11. In which year were Factories opened for the first time in Orissa.
  1.    1613 A.D.
  2.    1632 A.D.
  3.    1639 A.D.
  4.    1663 A.D.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 1663 A.D.
Answer: (d)
Question 12. The Cape of Good Hope was discovered by
  1.    Vasco-da-Gama
  2.    Dc almeida
  3.    Albuquerque Diaz
  4.    Bartholomew
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Bartholomew
Answer: (d)
Question 13. Which of the following is wrongly matched?
  1.    The Pitt’s India Act (1784)—Board of Control to guide and control Company affairs.
  2.    Charter Act of 1813—Company’s monopoly of trade with India ended.
  3.    Charter Act of 1833—Company’s debt taken over by the Government of India.
  4.    Charter Act of 1853—To regulate Company’s affairs.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Charter Act of 1853—To regulate Company’s affairs.
Answer: (d)
Question 14. Who was the architect of Communal Award?
  1.    Lord Linlithgow
  2.    Lord Reading
  3.    Lord Irwin
  4.    Ramsay Macdonald
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Ramsay Macdonald
Answer: (d)
Question 15. Which of the following is regarded as the Magna Carta of western education system in India?
  1.    The report of the Committee of Public Instruction, 1823
  2.    The Charter Act of 1833.
  3.    Despatch of Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of State, 1854
  4.    Report of the Hunter Commission, 1862
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Despatch of Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of State, 1854
Answer: (c)
Question 16. The British paramountcy in India was completed in 1856 with
  1.    Annexation of Punjab
  2.    Annexation of Sind
  3.    Annexation of Carnatic
  4.    Annexation of Awadh
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Annexation of Awadh
Answer: (d)
Question 17. Match the following List I List II
List-I (Battle)
List-II (Treaty)
A. The Third Carnatic War
1. Treaty of Salbai
B. The Third Mysore War
2. Treaty of Lahore
C. The First Maratha War
3. Treaty of Paris
D. The First Anglo Sikh War
4. Treaty of Srirangapatam
 Codes: A B C D
  1.    2 1 4 3
  2.    2 4 1 3
  3.    3 4 1 2
  4.    3 1 4 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 3 4 1 2
Answer: (c)
Question 18. The Viceregal Lodge at Shimla is a well-known ancient monument. Which of the following statements about the monument are correct?
  1. The Lodge was built by 17th Viceroy, Earl Dufferin.
  2. The present shape of the building was given by Earl of Marquis of Lansdowne.
  3. It is famous for holding three meetings before Independence of India including the Cabinet Mission.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
  1.    1, 2 and 3
  2.    2 and 3
  3.    1 and 3
  4.    1 and 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1 and 3
Answer: (c)
Question 19. Who among the following Mughal Emperors, granted permission to trade of tax in the territories of Bengal. Hyderabad and Gujarat to the British?
  1.    Aurangzeb
  2.    Farrukh-siyar
  3.    Bahadur Shah
  4.    Muhammad Shah
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Farrukh-siyar
Answer: (b)
Question 20. The Treaty of Amritsar was concluded between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and who of the following?
  1.    Lord Cornwallis
  2.    Lord Dalhousie
  3.    Lord Hastings
  4.    Lord Minto
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Lord Minto
Answer: (d)

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