Modern Indian History

East India Company Rule - Revenue, Reforms Etc.

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During the time of Governor-General Lord Ellenborough, which among the following acts declared slavery as illegal?

A. Act VI

B. Act V

C. Act III

D. Act VIII

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B. Act V

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Who among the following introduced the subsidiary alliance system in India?

A. Lord Clive

B. Lord Wellesley

C. Lord Cunningham

D. Lord Canning

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B. Lord Wellesley

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During the company rule, the Hindu Widows Remarriage Act was drafted by_?

A. Lord Canning

B. Lord Hardinge

C. Lord Dalhousie

D. None of the above

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C. Lord Dalhousie

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Under which among the following treaties, did the British East India Company secure the Diwani right of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa?

A. Alinagar

B. Allahabad

C. Faizabad

D. Benaras

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B. Allahabad

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Who said that the British established a robber state in Bengal between 1765 and 1772?

A. G. W. Forrest

B. Lord Macaulay

C. K. M. Panikkar

D. Nand Lal Chatterji

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C. K. M. Panikkar

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Mahalwari System of Revenue Settlement was introduced in which of the following?

A. Bengal

B. Bombay

C. Madras

D. North-west provinces

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D. North-west provinces

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As per Warren Hastings reforms, which among the following courts was set up as an appeal court in criminal cases?

A. Circuit court

B. Provincial Court

C. Sadar Diwani Adalat

D. Sadar Nizamat Adalat

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C. Sadar Diwani Adalat

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Which among the following was also known as the Western Presidency in the early times of the East India Company?

A. Bombay

B. Surat

C. Panaji

D. Pune

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A. Bombay

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Lord William Bentinck is credited for which of the following in Indian History?

A. Education reforms

B. Laws

C. Abolition of sati

D. Local government

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C. Abolition of sati

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Who among the following made English the court language, replacing the Persian Language?

A. Lord Macaulay

B. Lord Bentinck

C. Charles Wood

D. Lord Curzon

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B. Lord Bentinck

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