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WBCS Modern History Previous-Year Questions

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WBCS Preliminary Modern History previous-year questions

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Question 12023

The first cotton textile mill in India was set up in

  1. Kolkata – Ghusuri
  2. Kolkata – Sinthimore
  3. Nagpur
  4. Thane
Answer: DThane
Question 22023

Name the first newspaper in India.

  1. Parthenon
  2. Digdarshan
  3. Bengal Gazette / Hicky’s Gazette / Hicky’s Bengal Gazette
  4. Samachar Darpan
Answer: CBengal Gazette / Hicky’s Gazette / Hicky’s Bengal Gazette
Question 32023

Which British Act envisaged the parliamentary system of government in India?

  1. Charter Act of 1793
  2. Charter Act of 1813
  3. Charter Act of 1853
  4. Charter Act of 1833
Answer: DCharter Act of 1833
Question 42023

Who started the Faraizi movement in Bengal?

  1. Titumir
  2. Kunwar Singh
  3. Digambar Singh
  4. Haji Shariyatullah
Answer: DHaji Shariyatullah
Question 52023

Which Mughal emperor granted the Farman of 1717 to the British East India Company?

  1. Bahadur Shah II
  2. Shah Alam II
  3. Farrukshiyar
  4. Muhammad Shah
Answer: CFarrukshiyar
Question 62023

In India, the first paper mill was set up in West Bengal at

  1. Srirampur
  2. Bansberia
  3. Kulti
  4. Budge Budge
Answer: ASrirampur
Question 72023

The first cotton textile mill in India was set up in which year?

  1. 1820
  2. 1812
  3. 1840
  4. 1818
Answer: D1818
Question 82022

Who was the founder of Tattwabodhini Sabha in Bengal?

  1. Dadoba Pandurang
  2. Debendranath Tagore
  3. Radha Kanta Deb
  4. Keshab Chandra Sen
Answer: BDebendranath Tagore
Question 92021

The names of Sidho and Kanho are associated with which rebellion?

  1. Chuar rebellion
  2. Sannyasi rebellion
  3. Santhal rebellion
  4. Kol rebellion
Answer: CSanthal rebellion
Question 102021

Who wrote the drama Neel Darpan?

  1. Harishchandra Mukherjee
  2. Girishchandra Ghosh
  3. Dwijendralal Roy
  4. Dinabandhu Mitra
Answer: DDinabandhu Mitra
Question 112021

Who was the Mughal emperor during the Revolt of 1857?

  1. Aurangzeb
  2. Mir Qasim
  3. Bahadur Shah II
  4. Sarfaraz Khan
Answer: CBahadur Shah II
Question 122021

Who founded the Asiatic Society in Calcutta?

  1. Alexander Cuaningham
  2. John Stuart Mill
  3. William Jones
  4. David Hare
Answer: CWilliam Jones

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