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Question-1
The first railway line in India was between Bombay and _______________
(A)
Kashmir
(B)
Kanyakumari
(C)
Thana
(D)
Pune
Question-2
An institute was started at ______________ in 1818 to train young Christians as missionaries
(A)
Calcutta
(B)
Serampore
(C)
Varanasi
(D)
Delhi
Question-3
Lord Dalhousie introduced ____________ and cut down postal rates to half an anna for an inland letter
(A)
Railways
(B)
Postage stamps
(C)
airways
(D)
Ships
Question-4
At the early time of British rule in India, the education was in the hands of ____________ or Muslim Ulemas
(A)
Brahmins
(B)
Christan missionaries
(C)
Adivasi
(D)
None of these
Question-5
In widow re-marriage reforms, Lord Dalhousie was specially helped by the great scholar_______________
(A)
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B)
Jyoti Basu
(C)
Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar
(D)
Ganesh Sanker Vidyarthi
Question-6
In_________, the education policy was given a new direction by what is known as 'Wood's despatch.
(A)
1836
(B)
1837
(C)
1848
(D)
1854
Question-7
The Christian missions helped a lot in the spread of ________
(A)
Value of Nationality
(B)
western ideas
(C)
western culture
(D)
capitalist ideas
Question-8
The sati was banned on _____________________
(A)
1845
(B)
1830
(C)
1829
(D)
1859
Question-9
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was called the ____________
(A)
Father of the Nation
(B)
Father of Modern services
(C)
Father of Philosophy
(D)
Father of Modern India
Question-10
Who stopped the cruel practice of human sacrifice?
(A)
Lord Hardinge
(B)
Lord Amherst
(C)
lord Ellednborugh
(D)
lord Dalhousie
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