Kerala PSC History Question and Answers Part-22
1. In which state is the birth place of Jayaprakash Narayan?
Bihar
2. Founder of Avadh state
Sadath Khan Barhanul Mulk
3. The annexation of which state under Dalhousie's Doctrine of Lapse was not approved by the Court of Directors?
Karauli
4. Under which Act, Court of Directors were appointed as a governing body to directly report to the crown?
Regulating Act, 1773
5. The famous novelist who was one of the first two graduates of Calcutta University in 1858
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
6. The first secretary of Brahma Sabha
Tarachand Chakravarthy
7. The total number of members in the interim cabinet assumed office on 2nd September 1946 :
Irwin
8. Which act appointed 'Board of Control' for the supervision of the administration of India? - Pitt's India Act, 1784
Fourteen
9. Which act ended the monopoly of East India Company for trade in India?
Charter Act of 1813
10. Which court was considered as the highest court of appeal in India for trying criminals cases during the East India Company's rule?
Sadar Nizamat Adalat
11. Who was defeated by General Eyre Coot at Porto Novo in 1781?
Hyder Ali
12. Who was dismissed from the Hindu College, Calcutta in 1831 due to his revolutionary stand?
Henri Vivian Derozio
13. 'Namdari' was a reform movement of
Sikhs
14. After independence, in which type of states, former rulers were appointed as 'Rajapramukh' to head the administration?
Part B
15. After the Revolt of 1857, Begum of Avadh escaped to
Nepal
16. During the British reign who appointed the Governors of the Presidencies of Madras, Bombay and Calcutta?
King of England
17. Mangal Pandey was hanged on :
1857 March 29
18. The revolutionary movement associated with Vanchi Iyer
Bharat Matha Association
19. The significance of 16th October 1905 in the history of India is
Partition of Bengal came into effect
20. Vishnu Shastri Chiplunkar was a nationalist writer in ___ during the struggle for freedom
Marathi
21. Where All India Women's Federation established Lady Irwin College in 1926?
Delhi
22. The first Governor General of Independent India
Mountbatten
23. While staying at Rome, during a European visit, which Indian leader declined the invitation of Benitto Musssolini to meet him?
Jawaharlal Nehru
24. Who became the principal of National College in Kolkata founded during the Swadeshi Movement?
Aurobindo Ghosh
25. The Viceroy who introduced financial decentralization?
Mayo
