1. The dark dancer, a novel authored by ...............
a) Balachandrarajan
b) Faiz ahammed
c) Bapsi Sidhwa
d) None of these
2. Freedom at midnight was co-authored with Dominique lapierre .........
a) H.S. Gill
b) Larry Collins
c) Raj G
d) none of these.
3. What was the role of East India Company in India from 1600 to 1757?
a) Territorial power
b) supplier of bullion
c) supplier of ship
d) trading corporation
4. When did the drain of wealth from Bengal Begin?
a) 1764
b) 1759
c) 1757
d) 1755
5. Who founded the Fort William College at Calcutta
a) Lord Hastings
b) Cornwallis
c) Lord Wellesley
d) John shore
6. Wellesley came to India in
a) 1801
b) 1802
c) 1800
d) 1798
7. Under the permanent settlement the zamindars could keep -------- of
the rental
a) 5/11
b) 4/11
c) 3/11
d) 1/11
8. Who established a madrasa in Calcutta in 1781?
a) Monson
b) John Shore
c) Cornwallis
d) Warren Hastings
9. Who became the Chairman of the Board of Control in 1853?
a) Sullivan
b) Stephenson
c) Charles wood
d) Macaulay
10. Indian sepoys began to be recruited in the British army from
a) 1746
b) 1749
c) 1740
d) 1742