- Who found Arya Samaj?-Dayanand Saraswati
- Who found Hunter Education Commission ?-Viceroy Lord Ripon
(a)William Wilson Hunter was a statistician, a compiler and a member of the Indian Civil Service.
(b)His best known work is “The Imperial Gazetteer ndia“
(c)Vice President of Royal Asiatic Society
1882-chairman of the Commission on Education.
(d)Vice Chancellor of the Calcutta University-1886
(a)He recommended that the responsibility for the Primary Education must be given to the Local Boards and Municipal Boards.
(b)Grant-in-aid for Indigenous Schools
(c)Emphasis on Moral and Physical Education
(d)
1. Warren Hastings – Regulating Act
2. Cornwallis – Permanent Land Settlement
3. Wellesley – Subsidiary Alliance
4. Dalhousie – Abolition of Sati
1.Warren Hastings: Abolished Dual system:
The system of Dual Government was introduced in Bengal by Robert Clive of British East India Company. It lasted from 1765 to 1772. Under this system, the administration of Bengal was divided into Nizamat and Diwani. The Diwani was carried out by the company and the Nizamat by the Nizam. The system was abolished by Warren Hastings in 1772 and Bengal was brought under direct control of the British and the Nawabs remained as the mere pensioners of the East India Company.
2.Lord Cornwallis: Permanent Settlement in Bengal(a)Provisions of the Permanent Settlement Act of
1793
(b)Lord Cornwallis was the first Governor-General who
paid his attention to the revenue reforms.
(c)It was the permanent land settlement of Bengal, Bihar
and Orissa. He reorganized the Board of Revenue which
had the power of supervising the works of the revenue
collectors.
Sir John Shore succeeded Cornwallis. He looked after the affairs of the company till 1798 when he was recalled due to failure in tackling with the mutiny of army officials of Bengal in 1785. Sir John Shore followed a policy of non-intervention in the affairs of the native states. This resulted in the Nizam employing French officers to train his army thus decreasing the English influence. The Marathas and Tipu Sultan also sought the help of the French thus undermining the British.
4.Lord Wellesley: Subsidiary Alliance systemThe Subsidiary Alliance System was “Non-Intervention Policy” used by Lord Wellesley who was the Governor- General (1798-1805) to establish British Empire in India. According to this system, every ruler in India had to accept to pay a subsidy to the British for the maintenance of British army
1. Wellesley
2. Cornwallis
3. Warren Hastings
4. Dalhousie
1.Warren Hastings :
(a)1732-1818
(b)Abolished the Dual System in Bengal
(c)The first Governor General to be prosecuted for impeachment
2.Charles Cornwallis:
(a)1738–1805
(b)Permanent Settlement in Bihar and Bengal in 1793
(c)Introduction of Civil Services in India
3.Wellesley::
(a)1760–1842
(b)Introduction of Subsidiary Alliance (1798)
(c)Raj Bhavan at Calcutta was established in 1803
4.Dalhousie::
(a)1812-1860
(b)First Passenger train between Bombay and Thane (1853)
(c)Established Public Works Department (1854)
Panini:
(a)Panini lived- 6th to 5th century BCE
(b)He was an ancient Sanskrit philologist, grammarian, and a revered scholar in ancient India.
(c)The father of linguistics
Alipore Bomb Case:
(a)The 'Alipore Bomb Case' was "the first state trial of any magnitude in India".
(b)The British Government arrested Sri Aurobindo, a prominent Nationalist Leader at the time, Barindra Ghose, and many young revolutionaries.
(c)They were charged with "Conspiracy" or "waging war against the King" - the equivalent of high treason and punishable with death by hanging.
Silver coins issued by the Guptas:
(a)The silver coins issued by the Guptas were called Rupaka.
(b)The silver coin was called Rupaka based on Sakas of Ujjaini weighing 32-36 grains.
(c)In Delhi Sultanate, gold coins were called Tanka which were equivalent to the Greek Drachm standard of 67 grains
(d)The silver coins were called Drama.
1. Funds used to support the India Office in London.
2. Funds used to pay salaries and pensions of British personnel engaged in India.
3. Funds used for waging wars outside India by the British.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Home charges :
Home charges means money spent by Britain in Britain on behalf of India. They included
(a)Dividends on East India Stock
(b)Interest in Home debt
(c)establishments of the and building connected with the Home Department of Indian Government
(d)Furlough and retired pay to members of the Indian Military and Civil Services when at Home.
(e)Charges of all descriptions paid in this country connected with the British troops serving in India
(f)Portion of the cost of transporting the British troops to and from India
Ideals of Sarvodaya:
In Economic Field:
Ideals of Sarvodaya are based on the principle of establishing non-violent economic order:
(a)The most Important economic wealth of the nation is the human being.
(b)Everyone should be given an opportunity to contribute in national production. It aims at equitable distribution of land.
(c)It attaches Importance to the principle of trusteeship as implying the abolition of private ownership and the application of the principle of non-possession to public institutions.
(d)Inequalities in Income and wealth should be reduced to the extent possible..
(e)Industries should be decentralised and land redistributed equally.
(f)Sarvodaya gives importance to planning.
Father of Indian Renaissance:
Raja Ram Mohan Roy is considered to be the father of modern Indian renaissance.
(a)Roy started the Brahmo Samaj movement along with Dwarkanath Tagore, Rabindranath Tagore's father, to fight against social evils.
(b)He started Brahmo Samaj in 1828 to expose the religious hypocrisies.
(c)Roy supported women's rights. He was known for his efforts to abolish Sati Pratha (Hindu funeral practice in which widows were compelled to sacrifice themselves with their husband's pyre) and child marriage.
(d)Due to his unending efforts, Sati was declared illegal in 1829.
(e)He also criticised caste system.
(f)Roy actively campaigned for women's rightsat the time when women barely had rights
Monotheism:
Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the founder of the Brahmo Samaj, insisted upon the both Abolition of child marriage & Monotheism in the modern age but the other members of the Brahmo Samaj insisted mainly on Monotheism.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy is considered to be the father of modern Indian renaissance.
(a)Roy started the Brahmo Samaj movement along with Dwarkanath Tagore, Rabindranath Tagore's father, to fight against social evils.
(b)He started Brahmo Samaj in 1828 to expose the religious hypocrisies.
(c)Roy supported women's rights. He was known for his efforts to abolish Sati Pratha (Hindu funeral practice in which widows were compelled to sacrifice themselves with their husband's pyre) and child marriage.
(d)Due to his unending efforts, Sati was declared illegal in 1829.
(e)He also criticised caste system.
(f)Roy actively campaigned for women's rightsat the time when women barely had rights