Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Lord Hardinge II.

Key Points

• Lord Hardinge II was the viceroy of India from 1910 to 1916. During this period the following events occurred in India:
  • Annulment of Partition of Bengal in 1911
  • Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911
  • Establishment of the Hindu Mahasabha in 1915

Additional Information

• Lord Curzon(1899-1905):
  • Appointment of Police Commission(1902)
  • Appointment Of Universities Commission(1902)
  • Indian Universities Act(1904)
  • Partition Of Bengal(1905)
• Lord Dalhousie(1848-1856):
  • Second Anglo-Sikh War(1848-49)
  • The annexation of Lower Burma(1852)
  • Laying down of first railway line connecting Bombay and Thane(1853)
  • Establishment of PWD
• Lord William Bentick(1828-1835):
  • Abolition of Sati System(1829)
  • Charter Act of 1833

The correct answer is Ramnarayan Chaudhary.

Key Points

Additional Information

• Ramnarayan Choudhary was a prominent leader of the Bengu farmers movement.
• Jai Narayan Vyas was the only elected and nominated Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
• Both Ramnarayan Choudhary and Jaynarayan Vyas were instrumental in the formation of Praja Mandal in Rajasthan.

The correct answer is Education.

Key Points

• Charles Wood was the President of the Board of Control(Introduced through Pitt’s India Act, 1784) of English East India Company.
• He had also been the Secretary of the state of India.
• In 1854 he sent a despatch to Lord Dalhousie(the Governor-General of India at that time).
• Wood’s despatch suggested that primary schools must Adopt vernacular languages.
• Through the despatch, he also suggested that high schools use anglo-vernacular medium and that English should be the medium for college-level education.
• Hence, Wood’s Despatch is considered as ‘Magna-Carta’ of English Education in India.

The correct answer is Iqbal.

Key Points

• “Sare Jahan Se Acha Hindustan Hamara” is informally rated as the 'National Song' of India.
  • The song was written by the famous poet Muhammad Iqbal in 1905 and was first read in Government College, Lahore.
  • It is included in Iqbal's work 'Bang-e-Dara'.​

Additional Information

• Rabindranath Tagore-
  • He was a poet, novelist, playwright, painter, and philosopher.
  • Rabindranath Tagore was the first person from Asia to receive the Nobel Prize.
  • Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913, a year after the publication of 'Gitanjali'.
• ​Muhammad Ali Jinnah-
  • He was a prominent leader of British India and also president of the Muslim league.
  • Muhammad Ali Jinnah became known as 'Qaiday Azam' (great leader).
• Sarojini Naidu -
  • She was a well-known Bengali poetess.
  • Sarojini Naidu was called 'Bharat Nightingale'.
  • Sarojini Naidu was one of the best national leaders of India.
  • She was always ahead in the Indian freedom struggle and appeared with Gandhiji.

The correct answer is 1773.

• Regulating Act, 1773, legislation passed by the British Parliament for the regulation of the British East India Company’s Indian territories, mainly in Bengal.

Key Points

• It was the first intervention by the British government in the company’s territorial affairs and marked the beginning of a takeover process that was completed in 1858.
• The main provisions of the act were the appointment of the Governor-General of Fort William in Bengal with supervisory powers over the presidencies of Madras(now Chennai) and Bombay (now Mumbai).
• The Governor-General had a council of four and was given a casting vote but no veto.
• A Supreme court of four English judges was set up in Calcutta (now Kolkata).
• This act was amended and the government of India was recast by Prime Minister William Pitt’s India Act of 1784.