Consider the following statements regarding Pitt’s India Act of 1784.

1. Pitt’s India Act was also known as the Act of Settlement.

2. It established a system of double government.

3. British Government was given the supreme control over Company’s affairs and its administration in India.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Which of the following were the causative factors behind the “Indigo or Blue rebellion” in 1859?

1. The peasants were compelled to plant Indigo rather than the food Crops.

2. The peasants were provided loans called “dadon” for indigo planting which was at a very high interest rate.

3. Acquisition of farmland by the British for their industrial projects.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding Bakasht lands in British India.

Bakasht lands were those which the tenants lost to zamindars, mostly during the Depression years, by virtue of non- payment of rent.

A legislative exercise was undertaken by the Congress Ministries for the reduction of rent and the restoration of Bakasht lands.

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

The Mountbatten Plan culminated in

Powerful newspapers emerged during the years before the Swadeshi movement. Match the following newspapers and their editors.

Swadesamitran:  G. Subramaniya Iyer

Amrita Bazar Patrika:  Motilal Ghosh

Voice of India:  N. N. Sen

How many of the above statements are correct?