Modern Indian History - Colonial Period

The revolt of 1857 is referred as Sepoy Mutiny by many historians. After the mutiny, Lord Canning was made the Viceroy and power was transferred from the East India Company to the British crown by the Act of 1858.

The British forces had failed to subdue Tantia Tope for over a year. He was however betrayed by his trusted friend, Man Singh, while asleep in his camp in the Paron forest. He was captured on 7^th April, 1859 by a detachment of native infantry of the British. 

It was started by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.

Fort William, Calcutta (1781); Fort St. George, Chennai (1644); Fort St. David, Madras (1670); Fort St. Angelo, Kerala (1505), but it was built by the Portuguese.

Except Awadh, the other three states were annexed under the doctrine of lapse by Lord Dalhousie, but doctrine of lapse was not applicable on Awadh as Nawab Wazid Ali Shah had many children. Therefore, Dalhousie annexed Awadh on the pretext of misgovernance in 1856.

Anand Math is a Bengali novel, written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and published in 1882. It is set in the background of the Sanyasi Rebellion in the late 18^th century.

Portuguese (1498); Dutch (1602); English (1599); French (1664)

It was written by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in protest of the evil of polygamy. 

Statement 1 is incorrect as Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General of Bengal.

Justice P. N. Bhagwati and Justice V. R. Krishna lyer were among the first judges to admit PILs in their courts.

Terms of Jawahar Lal Nehru are 1947-52, 1952-57, 1957-62 and 1962-64). He died in 1964 during his 4^th Prime-Ministerial term. He represented Phulpur constituency in UP. The first non-Congress PM of India was Morarji Desai (Janta Party) from 1977-1979.

The foundation of Hindu College at Calcutta was laid on January 20, 1817.

The first electric telegraph line in India was started between Kolkata and Diamond Harbour in 1850 and the first export zone of India was set up in Kandla in 1965.

Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay wrote 'Debi Chaudhurani' (1877), one of his major novels. Dinabandhu Mitra wrote 'Nil-Darpan' (1858-1860), a famous play about indigo planters. Premchand wrote 'Shatranj ke Khilari' (1924), a celebrated story. 'Chandrakanta' was written by Devaki Nandan Khatri. Therefore, A-2, B-3, C-1 is correct.

The first European power to occupy Pondicherry (Mahe in the Malabar, Yanam in Coromandal and Karikal in Tamil Nadu) were the French in 1739.

The members of the Constituent Assembly were elected indirectly by the members of the individual Provincial Legislative Assemblies.

Instrument of instructions under the Government of India Act, 1935 were the instructions issued to Governors of the colonies or Governor-General by the British government. Under the draft constitution, these instructions were proposed to issue directives to state and central governments and adopted under Directive Principles of State Policies.

Ashok Desai was the Attorney General of India (1996-98); Nagendra Singh was the President of International Court of Justice (1985-88); A. N. Ray was the Chief Justice of India (1973-77); R. K. Trivedi was the Chief Election Commissioner (1982-85).

The first option is rejected because it used the term “tribal products”. The second option is rejected because NOT in all areas, the impact of foreign missionaries was seen. The third option is also NOT correct, because not all areas saw the rise of money lenders. The fourth option is correct and it includes everything what happened in that era. The most common thing was the foreign interference in the indigenous world of the tribals which dismantled the structure that existed since centuries.

1^st and 3^rd are correct.

'Home Charges' were expenses incurred by the British colonial administration in India that were paid out of Indian revenues but sent to Britain. These included: 1) Funding the India Office in London, 2) Salaries and pensions of British personnel in India, and 3) Costs of wars waged outside India (like wars in Afghanistan and Burma). All three constituted Home Charges, representing a significant drain of wealth from India to Britain.

Annie Besant had formed and led the Home Rule Movement as she was influenced by the Irish Home Rule League. She also became the President of Indian National Congress in 1917.
But she was not the founder of the Theosophical Society; rather she was the second President of the society. The founder was Henry Steel Olcott.

The Tebhaga Movement is a peasant movement in the history of Bengal. It was a movement of the peasants who demanded two-thirds share of their produce for themselves and one-third share to the landlord.