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Modern Indian History UPPSC 2004 GS-I
Question

One of the following rulers, who had granted Diwani to the East India Company, was:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: Shah Alam II

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Shah Alam II”.
The Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II granted the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the East India Company in 1765.

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Which of the following were the two newspaper published by Annie Besant? Select the correct answer using the code given below:

1. Commonweal
2. New India
3. New Hindu 4. The Aryans

Code:
  1. A) 1 and 2
  2. B) 1 and 3
  3. C) 2 and 4
  4. D) 3 and 4
On 14th June, 1947, the resolution of the partition of India had been accepted in the Delhi session of Congress. The president of this session was-
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  2. B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
  3. C) Acharya JB Kripalani
  4. D) Jawaharlal Nehru
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  2. B) Garos
  3. C) Gonds
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List-I List-II
(Authors) (Works)

A. Bankim Chandra Chatterji - 1. Anand Math
B. Michael madhusudan Das - 2. Captive Lady
C. Ravindra Nath Tagore - 3. Gora
D. Sarojini Naidu 4. The Broken Wing

Codes:
  1. A) 1 2 3 4
  2. B) 2 3 4 1
  3. C) 1 4 2 3
  4. D) 4 1 3 2
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1. Non-Co-operation Movement
2. Home Rule Movement
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Codes:
A B C D
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  3. C) 2 1 4 3
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1. Ahmad Shah Abdali
2. Mohammad Shah
3. Jehangir
4. Bahadur Shah

Codes:
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  2. B) 4, 3, 2, 1
  3. C) 3, 2, 1, 4
  4. D) 2, 1, 3, 4
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2. Brahmo Samaj - B. Vivekananda
3. Arya Samaj - C. Dayanand Saraswati
4. Ram Krishna Misson - D. Ranade
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  3. C) 1(D), 2(A), 3(C), 4(E)
  4. D) 1(D), 2(A), 3(C), 4(B)