Modern Indian History MCQs

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The British East India Company was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the India and South East Asia. The British East India Company opened its first factory on the east coast at Masulipatnam. On west Coast, it was Surat.

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?Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of the renowned Presidency College of Calcutta. Initially established as the Mahapathshala wing of Hindu College, it was renamed Presidency College, i.e. the college of the Bengal Presidency, in 1855.

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Warren Hastings became the first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal) in 1772 and the first Governor-General of Bengal in 1774. Warren Hastings was conversant with Arabic, Persian and Bengali languages besides English.

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Lord Cornwallis is regarded as the father of Civil Services in India. The term ‘civil service’ was used for the first time by the East India Company to distinguish its civilian employee from their military counterparts. Lord Cornwallis started the Civil Service in India to effectively administer British territories in India.

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18th century saw rise of three categories of states. (1) Successor States included Hyderabad (1724, Nizam-ul-Mulk), Bengal (1717, Murshid Quli Khan), and Awadh (1722, Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk). (2) Independent States included Mysore (under Haidar Ali), Kerala (King Martanda Varma), and Rajput States (Raja Sawai Singh of Amber); and (3) New States which included Marathas, Sikhs, Jats and Afghans.

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The founder of Pagal Panthis rebellion was Karam Shah. It took place in the period of 1825 to 1850’s. Pagal Panthis was a semi religious group having influence in the northern district of Bengal.

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Gadkari Revolt happened in 1844 in the Kolhapur region of Maharashtra led by the Gadkaris. Their leader was Daji Krishna Pandit. Gadkari were hereditary servants attached to Maratha forts which were disbanded.

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Lord Curzon was the British Conservative statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905. He was responsible for the Partition of Bengal. Lord Curzon is regarded as the catalyst of Indian Nationalism.

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Dr Saifuddin Kitchlew was an Indian freedom fighter who strongly opposed the acceptance of the Partition of India by Congress Party and called it a blatant “surrender of nationalism in favour of communalism”.

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Nagpur Province was created in the year 1853 from the princely state of Nagpur, seized by the doctrine of lapse. It was merged into the Central Provinces in 1861.