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UPPSC 2012 GS-1 Modern Indian History
Question

Ram Mohan Roy was given the title of Raja by

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Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: Akbar II

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Akbar II”.
The Mughal emperor Akbar II, also known as Akbar Shah II, gave Ram Mohan Roy the title of "Raja" in 1831.

Similar Questions:

Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List-I - List-I

(A) First Carnatic War - (1) Ended by Treaty of Paris
(B) Third Carnatic War - (2) Britishers Lost
(C) Second Carnatic War - (3) Inconclusive War
(D) First Mysore War - (4) Ended by Treaty of Aix La Chapelle
  1. A) A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2
  2. B) A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
  3. C) A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2
  4. D) A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2
Who of the following killed General Dyer responsible for Jallianwala Bagh massacre:
  1. A) Prithvi Singh Azad
  2. B) Sohan Singh Josh
  3. C) Udham Singh
  4. D) Sardar Kishan Singh
Who among the following associated himself with the English weekly "Bande Mataram"?
  1. A) Aurbindo Ghosh
  2. B) Bipin Chandra Pal
  3. C) Subhas Chandra Bose
  4. D) Lokmanya Tilak
Who among the following was not present in the founding session of the Indian National Congress?
  1. A) Dadabhai Nauroji
  2. B) G. Subramaniya Iyer
  3. C) Justice Ranade
  4. D) Surendra Nath Banerjee
Which of the following countries is the largest producer of diamond?
  1. A) Australia
  2. B) Venezuela
  3. C) Russia
  4. D) Botswana
What is the name of party founded by Saumyandra Nath Tagore?
  1. A) Indian Bolshevik Party
  2. B) Revolutionary Communist Party
  3. C) Bolshevik Leninist Party
  4. D) Radical Democratic Party
Peanuts are the main crop of
  1. A) Georgia
  2. B) Gambia
  3. C) Ghana
  4. D) Guatemala
Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
  1. A) Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES)- Bengaluru
  2. B) Wildlife Institute of India – Dehradun
  3. C) Indian Institute of Forest Management – Kolkata
  4. D) GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development – Almora
At the time of Aurangzeb’s death, the Maratha Leadership was in the hands of
  1. A) Shambhuji
  2. B) Rajaram
  3. C) Jijabai
  4. D) Tarabai
In Uttar Pradesh the highest production of Aonla comes from
  1. A) Rae Bareilly
  2. B) Pratapgarh
  3. C) Faizabad
  4. D) Allahabad
The event, during the national movement, that sowed seeds of discord and country's eventual partition, was:
  1. A) Birth of Muslim League, 1906
  2. B) Partition of Bengal, 1905
  3. C) Gandhiji's support to the khilafat movement
  4. D) Separate electorate and reservation of seats for the Muslims in legislative assemblies
Put the following events in chronological order and choose your answer with the help of given code:

1) Formation of an interim Government
2) The arrival of the Cabinet Mission
3) Muslim League launches Direct Action
4) Jinnah's wrecking of the Shimla Conference

Codes:
  1. A) B D C A
  2. B) D B C A
  3. C) A B D C
  4. D) D B A C