1. ‘Neel Darpan’ a play depicting the revolt against the indigo planters was written by
Question Asked : SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) Exam 2000
(A) Dinbandhu Mitra
(B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(C) Rabindranath Tagore
(D) Naveen Chandra Sen
2. What was not true about Sir Syed Ahmad Khan?
Question Asked : SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) Exam 2000
(A) He founded the Mohammadan Anglo Oriental College at Aligarh
(B) He was a leader of the Muslim League
(C) He was a leader of the Aligarh Movement
(D) He opposed the Indian National Congress
3. When was the Gandhi Irwin Pact made?
Question Asked : SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) Exam 2000, SSC Combined Manic Level (Pre) Exam 2002
(A) 1935
(B) 1931
(C) 1929
(D) 1932
4. Who developed The Ryotwari System?
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(A) Thomas Munro
(B) Holt Mackenzie
(C) Edmund Burke
(D) Lord Dalhousie
5. Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the first Arya Samaj in 1875 at
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(A) Bombay
(B) Lahore
(C) Nagpur
(D) Ahmadnagar
6. The Ryotwari System of Land Tenure refers to a situation where
Question Asked : SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) Exam 2000
(A) the Ryot is the owner of the land held by him/her and directly pays the revenue assessed on the land to the State
(B) the Ryot is an occupancy tenant of his/her land and pays the land revenue to the Zamindar
(C) the person cultivates the land leased from a landlord and in return pays rent to the landlord
(D) the land is collectively owned and cultivated on a cooperative basis
7. Where was the first Session of Indian National Congress held at?
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(A) Calcutta
(B) Madras
(C) Lahore
(D) Bombay
8. When and which Governor-General decided to make English the medium of instruction in India?
Question Asked : SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) Exam 2000
(A) 1805-Lord Wellesley
(B) 1845-Lord Hardinge
(C) 1835-Lord William Bentick
(D) 1850-Lord Dalhousie
9. The first Trading Centre which was established by the British was
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(A) Kolkata
(B) Surat
(C) Chennai
(D) Mumbai
10. In which year the Battle of Plassey was fought between British East India Company and Nawab of Bengal?
Question Asked : SSC Stenographer Grade ‘C’ & ‘D’ Exam 2017
(A) 1750 AD
(B) 1754 AD
(C) 1757 AD
(D) 1761 AD
