Cengage Expert Team (CET) Solutions for Chapter: Important Governor Generals, Exercise 1: Practice Questions

Which one of the following was the main objective of Setting up the Asiatic Society of Bengal in $1784$?

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

Which one of the following acts abolished the monopoly of the trade of East India Company in India?

The Charter Act of $1833$ during the colonial rule of India_____.

During the Colonial period in India what was the purpose of the Whitley Commission?

Dalhousie has been regarded as the maker of modern India because he brought about reforms and made a beginning in many fields. Which one among the following was not one of his schemes of reforms?

Consider the following statements:

The Regulating Act of $1773$ sought to:

$1$. Reform the constitution of the East India Company.

$2$. Provide remedies against the illegalities and oppression of the Company's servants in India. 

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to Wood's Despatch, consider the following statements:

1. It recognized the vernacular language as a medium of instruction. 

2. It had provisions to encourage female education.

3. It favoured secular education.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?