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Question 601. Who founded the independent state of Awadh?
  1.    Saadat Khan
  2.    Aasfuddaula
  3.    Shujauddaula
  4.    Safdarjung
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Saadat Khan
Answer: (a)Saadat Khan founded the independent state of Awadh. Saadat Khan was popularly known as Burhan-ul-Mulk. He had joined in a conspiracy against the Sayyid brothers, later, driven out of the court; he was promoted to found a new independent state.
Question 602.Tuhafat-ul-Muwahidin” a tract written by Ram Mohan Roy is
  1.    First tract against widow remarriage
  2.    First tract against Kulinism
  3.    First tract against idolatry
  4.    First tract against system of Sati
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> First tract against idolatry
Answer: (c)
‘Tuhafat-ul-Muwahidin’, a tract written by Ram Mohan Roy, is the first tract against idolatry. He believed that prayers, meditation, and reading of the Upanishads were to be forms of worship and no graven image.
Statue or sculpture, carving, painting, picture, portrait, etc. were to be allowed in the society building thus proclaiming opposition to idolatry and meaningless rituals.
Question 603. What was the real number of prisoners who died in the ‘Black Hole Tragedy’ according to the available reports?
  1.    300
  2.    169
  3.    146
  4.    210
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 146
Answer: (c)The real number of prisoners who died in the ‘Black Hole Tragedy’, according to the available reports, was 146. The Black Hole of Calcutta was a dungeon in colonial India in which a large number of British prisoners of war allegedly died on the night of 20 June 1756.
Question 604. Consider the following statements in regard to modern education in India:

  1. The Christian missionaries played a significant role in the spread of modern education.

  2. The Christian missionaries supported religious education.


Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1.    1 only
  2.    2 only
  3.    Both 1 and 2
  4.    Neither 1 nor 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 1 only
Answer: (a)
The Christian Missionaries supported for the secular westernized education in India.
Question 605. Which English governor of East India Company in India was expelled by Aurangzeb?
  1.    Sir Nicholas Waite
  2.    Sir John Child
  3.    Aungier
  4.    Sir John William
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Sir John Child
Answer: (b)
Sir John Child, the English Governor of East India Company in India, was expelled by Aurangzeb.
The child became involved in a war with the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, whose troops captured Surat and forced Child to make peace.
One of the peace terms required Child to leave India, but he died while the matter was still pending.
Question 606. The ruler of which one of the following states was removed from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance?
  1.    Satara
  2.    Jhansi
  3.    Awadh
  4.    Nagpur
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Awadh
Answer: (c)
Question 607. Who was the Governor General who changed the official language of the courts of Justice from Persian to English?
  1.    Lord Dalhousie
  2.    Lord William Bentick
  3.    Lord Cornwallis
  4.    Lord Hardinge
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Lord William Bentick
Answer: (b)Lord William Bentinck was the Governor General who changed the official language of the courts of justice from Persian to English. Printing of English books were made free and these were available at a relatively low price.
Question 608. Which of the following statement(s) regarding Charter Act, 1833 is / are correct?
  1. The company became a political agent of the crown
  2. Company’s trade monopoly was ended except in tea trade
Select the correct option from the codes given below:
  1.    2 only
  2.    1 and 2 both
  3.    1 only
  4.    None
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1 only
Answer: (c)This act marked the beginning of Indian legislature. It provided for a single central legislative council instead of three. The policy of free trade was introduced by completely ending the monopoly of company in trade in India.
Question 609. When was the treaty of Alinagar signed?
  1.    April 1757
  2.    September 1756
  3.    February 1756
  4.    February 1757
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> February 1757
Answer: (d)
In February 1757, the treaty of Alinagar was signed. The treaty of Alinagar was concluded between Sirajuddaula and Lord Clive.
The Nawab was forced to sign the Treaty of Alinagar on 9th February 1757, wherein all the demands of the English were conceded.
The Nawab was asked to restore the rights and immunities of the Company and to compensate them for the losses they had suffered in the war.
Question 610. Which of the following were the reasons behind the annexation of Sind by the British?

  1. British fear of expansion of Russia to the east

  2. Commercial possibilities of the Indus River.


Select the correct option from the codes given below:
  1.    2 only
  2.    1 and 2 both
  3.    1 only
  4.    None
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1 and 2 both
Answer: (b)
Indus river was important for navigational to commercial purposes. This commercial motive attracted the attention of the Companies Authority.
The British tried to counter Russian plans on Afghanistan. So it consolidated its position on Sind which was too weak.

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