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Multiple choice history how the traders became rulers lord william bentinck subsidiary alliance system expansion of british power in india

Lord Bentinck set up Sadar Diwani Adalat (civil court) and Sadar Nizamat Adalat (criminal court) in _____.

  1. Calcutta

  2. Allahabad

  3. Patna

  4. Murshidabad
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Lord William Bentinck passed a regulation in 1829 to abolish combined hearing of civil court and criminal court. So, the four circuit courts established earlier at Dhaka, Calcutta, Patna and Murshidabad were abolished and he established Separate Sadar Diwani and Sadar Nizamat Adalat at Allahabad for upper provinces.

Multiple choice history how the traders became rulers lord william bentinck subsidiary alliance system expansion of british power in india

Sati Prohibition Act was passed in the year _____. 

  1. 1795

  2. 1805

  3. 1829

  4. 1860
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Sati pratha was made illegal in 1829 by Bengal Sati Regulation of 1829 under Governor Generalship of William Bentinck. Sati is a practice of burying alive the widows of Hindus. It was mainly due to fierce campaign and lobbying of Raja Rammohan Roy and others that sati practice was formally banned.

Multiple choice history how the traders became rulers lord william bentinck subsidiary alliance system expansion of british power in india

Who combined the office of the Collector with that of the Magistrate? 

  1. Lord Warren Hastings

  2. Lord Macaulay

  3. Lord William Bentinck

  4. Lord Dalhousie
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Lord William Bentinck is known for administrative reforms, including the separation of judicial and revenue functions, but the combination of Collector and Magistrate functions was a hallmark of his administrative restructuring.

Multiple choice history how the traders became rulers lord william bentinck subsidiary alliance system expansion of british power in india

Who introduced English medium education in India?

  1. Lord Wellesley

  2. Lord Dalhousie

  3. Lord Macaulay

  4. Lord Warren Hastings
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Lord Macaulay in his "Minute Upon Indian Education" argued that publication of books in Sanskrit and Arabic should be withdrawn, and support for religious institutions like madrassas should be reduced. Instead, the funds should be used to introduce western education. Lord William Bentinck's English Education Act of 1835 endorsed this minute.

Multiple choice history how the traders became rulers lord william bentinck subsidiary alliance system expansion of british power in india

The English Education in India was introduced on the advice of _______.

  1. William Bentinck

  2. Macaulay

  3. Sir Charles Wood

  4. Dalhousie
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Thomas Babington Macaulay, who is generally regarded as the architect of the system of education in India during the British rule, was a great essayist, historian, linguist, orator, politician, statesman and thinker. English was introduced by Lord Willaim Bentinck as a medium of higher education in India on the advice of Thomas Babington Macaulay who was also his council member. 

Multiple choice history how the traders became rulers lord william bentinck subsidiary alliance system expansion of british power in india

The first railway line in India was laid between Bombay and _________.

  1. Madras

  2. Thane

  3. Pune

  4. Surat
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The first railway line in India was laid between Bombay and Thane in 1853. The 14-carriage train was hauled by three steam locomotives: Sahib, Sindh and Sultan. The line was built in 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge, which became the standard for railways in the country.

Multiple choice history how the traders became rulers lord william bentinck subsidiary alliance system expansion of british power in india

Match the years in which the following social legislations were passed.

List-I List-II
A. Abolition of Sati (i) $1843$
B. Legalisation of remarriage of widows (ii) $1804$
C. Prohibition of female infanticide (iii) $1829-30$
D. Abolition of slavery (iv) $1856$

  1. A-i, B-ii, C-iii, D-iv

  2. A-ii, B-i, C-iv, D-iii

  3. A-iii, B-iv, C-ii, D-i

  4. A-iii, B-iv, C-i, D-ii
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C Correct answer
Explanation
Abolition of sati - 1829-30 - Bengal Sati Regulation banned the Sati practice in all jurisdictions of British India.
Legalisation of remarriage of widows - 1856 - Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856 legalized marriage of Hindu widows.
Prohibition of female infanticide- 1870 - The Female Infanticide Prevention Act, 1870, also Act VIII of 1870 was a legislative act passed in British India, to prevent murder of female infants.
Abolition of slavery - 1843 - The Indian Slavery Act, 1843, also known as Act V of 1843, was an act passed in British India under East India Company rule, which outlawed many economical transactions associated with slavery.
Multiple choice history how the traders became rulers lord william bentinck subsidiary alliance system expansion of british power in india

The single biggest item of British capital investment in India was ____.

  1. Railways

  2. Plantations and mines

  3. Banking and insurance

  4. Shipping
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Railways were the single largest sector for British capital investment in India during the colonial period, serving both strategic and economic interests.