Which of the following Acts marked the end of British rule in India and made India free on 15th August, 1947 :

• The Goverment of India Act
• The Rawlatt Acts
• The Indian Independence Acts
• None of the above
Correct Option: C  [ The Indian Independence Acts ]

Remark:

Who among the following is known as Liberator of the Press?

• Charles Metcalfe
• Lord Auckland
• Lord Amherst
• Lord Ripon
Correct Option: A  [ Charles Metcalfe ]

Remark:

Who was the main inspirer of the Young Bengal Movement ?

• Raja Rammohan Roy
• Henry Derozio
• Debendranath Thakur
• David Hare
Correct Option: B  [ Henry Derozio ]

Remark:

With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat ?

• Akbar
• Jahangir
• Shahjhan
• Aurangzeb
Correct Option: B  [ Jahangir ]

Remark:

Enfield was the name of a :

• Place
• Monument
• Governor General
• Rifle
Correct Option: D  [ Rifle ]

Remark:

Who of the following refused to allow the adopted son of Lakshmi Bai to succeed to the throne after the death of her husband and subsequently annexed the State?

• Lord Dalhousie
• Lord William Bentinck
• Lord Wellesley
• Lord Canning
Correct Option: A  [ Lord Dalhousie ]

Remark:

Which of the following events is not correctly matched?

• Liberation of Goa - 1961
• Indo-China War - 1962
• Death of Jawaharlal Nehru - 1966
• First General Elections - 1951-52
Correct Option: C  [ Death of Jawaharlal Nehru - 1966 ]

Remark:

In the year 1912 the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to :

• Delhi
• Bombay
• Madras
• Kanpur
Correct Option: A  [ Delhi ]

Remark:

He was born in 1817.
He was knighted in 1888.
He founded the Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh.
He was a member of the Governor General's Executive Council.
Who was he?

• Badruddin Tyabji
• Aga Khan
• Syed Ahmed Khan
• Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Correct Option: C  [ Syed Ahmed Khan ]

Remark:

Which of the following pair is not properly matched?
A) Jallianwala Massacre - 1919
B) Mahatma Gandhi assassination - 1948
C) Tashkent Agreement - 1966
D) India first exploded nuclear device - 1975

• Jallianwala Massacre - 1919
• Mahatma Gandhi assassination - 1948
• Tashkent Agreement - 1966
• India first exploded nuclear device - 1975
Correct Option: D  [ India first exploded nuclear device - 1975 ]

Remark: India first exploded nuclear device on 18 May 1974.