Civil Services Flashcards

1
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Who is known as the ‘Father of Indian Civil Services’ ?

A

Lord Cornwallis

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2
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Who introduced training for civil servant? When?

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Lord Wellesley

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3
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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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4
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Who was the first Indian to enter the Civil Sevices?

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Satyendranath Tagore

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5
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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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6
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Diwani Adalat dealt with which type of cases?
Appeal can be made at _____

A

Civil Cases
Sadr Diwani Adalat

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7
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Faujdari Adalat dealt with which kind of cases?
Appeal can be made at _______

A

Criminal cases
Sadr Nizamat Adalat

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8
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Who abolished District Faujdari Adalat?

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Lorn Cornwallis

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9
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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?

A

Charter Act of 1833

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10
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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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11
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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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12
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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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13
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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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14
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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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16
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Who established the Calcutta Madrasa for the study of Persian and Arabic language? When?

A

Warren Hastings
1781

17
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Which act allowed missionaries to come into India and settle there under a licence?

A

Charter Act of 1813

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

A

Jonathan Duncan, a resident of Bombay

19
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When was female infanticide banned officially?

A

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?

A

Ram Mohan Roy
Sambad Kaumudi

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

A

Kashinath Tarkavagish and Samachar Chandrika by Bhabani Charan Bandopadhyay

22
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When was The Hindu re-marriage Act passed?

A

1856
Regulation XV of 1856

23
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When was Sati abolished?

A

1829
Regulation XVII of 1829

24
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Evangelical propaganda against slavery was led by

A

William Wilberforce

25
Which act director the Government of India to take measures for abolition of slavery?
Charter Act of 1833
26
Which act finally abolished the system of slavery?
Indian Slavery Act of 1843 or Act V of 1843
27
The first modern printing press in India was established at ______ in the year ______ by _____
Goa, 1556, Portuguese Jesuits
28
The Banaras Hindu College was set up by _____ in the year ____
_Jonathan Duncan_ in the year _1791_
29
Who founded the fort William college? When? What was its prime objective?
Lord Wellesley 1800 To train British administrators equipped with Oriental knowledge
30
Who were the serampore trio?
A group of three pionearing English missionaries namely: - William Carey - William Ward - Joshua Marshman
31
Who founded the Hindu College at Calcutta when what was it later known as
Ram Mohan Roy and David Hare March 1817 It was later known as presidency College
32
Which comprehensive plan for the spread of education was considered as the Magna Carta of English education in India?
Wood's Despatch of 1854
33
Who founded Hindu Balika Vidyalaya? When?
JD Bethune 1849
34
What is the name of the first engineering college in India? When was it found?
Thomason College of Civil Engineering, Roorkee 1847 Now IIT Roorkee