(Early) Indian Modern History
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1. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
2. The first definite step to provide parliamentary control over East East India Company was taken by
3. Which European power did assist Balaji Baji Rao against the Angres?
4. The ruler of which one of the following states was removed from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance?
5. What was the bone of contention between Nizam Ali - the ruler of Hydrabad and the English?
6. Who was the father of Civil Service?
7. Which one among the following states was first annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse?
8. Who was the Nawab of Bengal when Diwani of Bengal - Bihar and Orissa was granted to East India Company?
9. The first financial bank under European guidelines was established in India in 1770 in Calcutta by Alexander and Co. What was the name of that bank?
10. Who of the following led the army of the East India Company in the battle of Buxar in 1764?
11. Who was the Governor General who changed the official language of the courts of Justice from Persian to English?
12. Tuhafat-ul-Muwahidin a tract written by Ram Mohan Roy is
13. Who founded the independent state of Awadh?
14. Who among the following was the advisor of Lord Cornwallis in his judicial reforms?
15. Which one of the following settlements did comprise Zamindar as middleman to collect the land revenue?
16. When was the East India Company brought under the parliamentary control?
17. The first Vernacular newspaper of India was published on May 31 - 1818 by Carey and Marshman from Serampore. It was in Bengali language. What was its name?
18. The Whitley Commission was concerned with
19. The name of the Act enabling the Hindus converted into Christianity to inherit their ancestral property was
20. Who was Sir George Oxenden?
21. Whom did Sir Charles Napier replace as the British resident of Sindh?
22. Who among the following Europeans were th e last to come to pre-independence India as traders?
23. Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India in which one of the following years?
24. State the sectors where highest amount of British capital was invested in India?
25. Where did the British East India Company open its first factory in India?