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Who is known as the ‘Father of Indian Civil Services’ ?

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Lord Cornwallis

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Who introduced training for civil servant? When?

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Lord Wellesley

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Which act took away the privilege of directors to appoint the civil servants and introduced open public competition?

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Charter Act of 1853

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Who was the first Indian to enter the Civil Sevices?

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Satyendranath Tagore

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What were the two types of courts introduced by Hastings?

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  1. Diwani Adalat
  2. Faujdari Adalat
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Diwani Adalat dealt with which type of cases?
Appeal can be made at _____

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Civil Cases
Sadr Diwani Adalat

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Faujdari Adalat dealt with which kind of cases?
Appeal can be made at _______

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Criminal cases
Sadr Nizamat Adalat

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Who abolished District Faujdari Adalat?

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Lorn Cornwallis

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Under ‘this’ act, all law making authority was vested in the governor general-in-council. Which act is a talking about?

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Charter Act of 1833

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An Indian law commission was established under the chapter act of 1833 and was headed by

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Lord Macaulay

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What was the prime objective for establishing Indian law commission?

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To codify the existing law

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What were the results of the 1st Indian law commission?

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The Indian penal code and the code of civil and criminal procedure when enacted by its effort

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Hastings encouraged whom to compile a set of Hindu customary and religious laws and translate them into English? When was it published? What was it titled?

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Nathaniel Halhed
1776
The Code of Gentoo Laws

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Who first published the English translation of Bhagavad Gita? When?

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Charles Wilkin
1784

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When was the Asiatic society of Bengal established? Who established it?

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1784
William Jones

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Who established the Calcutta Madrasa for the study of Persian and Arabic language? When?

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Warren Hastings
1781

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Which act allowed missionaries to come into India and settle there under a licence?

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Charter Act of 1813

18
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Who was the first English official to suppress female infanticide?

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Jonathan Duncan, a resident of Bombay

19
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When was female infanticide banned officially?

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Bengal Regulations of 1795 and 1802 (Regulation VI of 1802)

20
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Which famous Bengali intelligentsia actively educated for the abolition of sati?
In which journal did he write a series of article to build a strong public opinion against the custom?

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Ram Mohan Roy
Sambad Kaumudi

21
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Who were the orthodox Hindus to actively oppose the initiatives of Ram Mohan Roy?

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Kashinath Tarkavagish and Samachar Chandrika by Bhabani Charan Bandopadhyay

22
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When was The Hindu re-marriage Act passed?

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1856
Regulation XV of 1856

23
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When was Sati abolished?

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1829
Regulation XVII of 1829

24
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Evangelical propaganda against slavery was led by

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William Wilberforce

25
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Which act director the Government of India to take measures for abolition of slavery?

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Charter Act of 1833

26
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Which act finally abolished the system of slavery?

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Indian Slavery Act of 1843 or Act V of 1843

27
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The first modern printing press in India was established at ______ in the year ______ by _____

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Goa, 1556, Portuguese Jesuits

28
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The Banaras Hindu College was set up by _____ in the year ____

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Jonathan Duncan in the year 1791

29
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Who founded the fort William college? When? What was its prime objective?

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Lord Wellesley
1800
To train British administrators equipped with Oriental knowledge

30
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Who were the serampore trio?

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A group of three pionearing English missionaries namely:
- William Carey
- William Ward
- Joshua Marshman

31
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Who founded the Hindu College at Calcutta when what was it later known as

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Ram Mohan Roy and David Hare
March 1817
It was later known as presidency College

32
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Which comprehensive plan for the spread of education was considered as the Magna Carta of English education in India?

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Wood’s Despatch of 1854

33
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Who founded Hindu Balika Vidyalaya? When?

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JD Bethune
1849

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What is the name of the first engineering college in India? When was it found?

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Thomason College of Civil Engineering, Roorkee
1847
Now IIT Roorkee

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