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Q1. The 'Subsidiary Alliance System' was introduced by which Governor-General?
Explanation
Lord Wellesley (Governor-General 1798-1805) introduced the Subsidiary Alliance System to bring Indian states under British control without direct annexation. Hyderabad (1798) was the first state to accept it.
Q2. The Paramhansa Mandali was a reform movement in:
Explanation
The Paramhansa Mandali was founded in 1849 in Maharashtra (Bombay) by Dadoba Pandurang and others. It worked against caste distinctions and advocated widow remarriage. Meetings were held in secret where members of different castes dined together.
Q3. Pitt's India Act (1784) established:
Explanation
Pitt's India Act (1784) established dual control: a Board of Control (representing the British government) and the Court of Directors (East India Company) to manage Indian affairs. It distinguished between commercial and political functions. Political affairs came under the Crown through the Board of Control. Company territories in India were called 'British possessions in India' for the first time. It was a system of 'double government.'
Q4. Which British policy is considered an important cause of the Revolt of 1857?
Explanation
The Doctrine of Lapse, introduced by Lord Dalhousie, annexed princely states whose rulers died without natural heirs, causing widespread resentment among Indian rulers.
Q5. The Indian Councils Act of 1892 was passed during the tenure of:
Explanation
Lord Lansdowne (1888-94) saw the passage of the Indian Councils Act, 1892 which introduced the principle of elections (indirect) to legislative councils and gave members the right to discuss the budget.
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Q6. Lord Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1856 on the grounds of:
Q7. Which Governor-General is known as the 'Maker of Modern India' and introduced railways, telegraph, and postal reforms?
Q8. The first three universities in India were established in 1857 at:
Q9. The Bengal famine of 1943 killed approximately:
Q10. The Prarthana Samaj was founded in:
Q11. Lord Ripon is known as the 'Father of Local Self-Government' because he:
Q12. The Vernacular Press Act of 1878, which restricted the freedom of Indian language press, was enacted under:
Q13. Under the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms (1919), dyarchy was introduced at which level?
Q14. The Strachey Commission (1880) was related to:
Q15. The Theosophical Society in India was primarily led by:
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