Chapter 2 Reform Characteristics And Observations Multiple Choice Questions
Question 1: David Hare was a subscriber to the-
1. Ladies Society for Native Female Education
2. Sanskrit College
3. Hooghly Mohsin College
4. Medical College
Answer: 1. Ladies Society for Native Female Education
Question 2: “A single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia.”-Who wrote it?
1. A Lord Cornwallis
2. Lord Bentinck
3. Thomas Macaulay
4. Lord Minto
Answer: 2. Lord Bentinck
Question 3: Sir Charles Wood’s Despatch of 1854 dealt primarily with-
1. Administrative reform
2. Educational reform
3. Economic reform
4. Social reform
Answer: 2. Educational reform
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Question 4: The first Chancellor of Calcutta University was-
1. Lord Dalhousie
2. Lord William Bentinck
3. Lord Hastings
4. Lord Canning
Answer: 2. Lord William Bentinck
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Question 5: The first lady graduates of Calcutta University were-
1. Kadambini Ganguly and Abala Basu
2. Sarala Devi and Bina Das
3. Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu
4. Chandramukhi Basu and Bina Das
Answer: 3. Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu
Question 6: Asiatic society was established in-
1. 1774
2. 1784
3. 1792
4. 1874
Answer: 2. 1784
Question 7:When was the Macaulay Minute submitted?
1. 1813
2. 1823
3. 1835
4. 1828
Answer: 3. 1835
Question 8: The ‘Downward filtration Theory’ was introduced by-
1. Charles Wood
2. Bentinck
3. Macaulay
4. Lord Amherst
Answer: 2. Bentinck
Question 9: Which Minute ended the Anglicist- Orientalist controversy?
1. Auckland Minute
2. Dalhousie Minute
3. Macaulay Minute
4. Bentinck Minute
Answer: 2. Dalhousie Minute
Question 10: In regard to the spread of western education in India, strike the odd one out.
1. Raja Rammohan Roy
2. Kaliprasanna Singha
3. David Hare
4. Drinkwater Bethune
Answer: 2. Kaliprasanna Singha
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Question 11: The mouthpiece of Brahmo Samaj was-
1. Sambad Kaumudi
2. Samachar Chandrika
3. Samachar Darpan
4. Tattwabodhini Patrika
Answer: 4. Tattwabodhini Patrika
Question 12: The most significant role played in the spread of women’s education-
1. Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
2. Raja Rammohan Roy
3. David Hare
4. Kadambini Ganguly
Answer: 1. Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
Question 13: Hindu Balika Vidyalaya was established in-
1. 1847
2. 1848
3. 1849
4. 1850
Answer: 2. 1848
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Question 14: The first name of Hare School was-
1. A Dharmatola Academy
2. Pataldanga Academy
3. Academic Association
4. Defence Academy
Answer: 2. Pataldanga Academy
Question 15: The present name of the General Assembly’s Institution is-
1. Scottish Church College
2. Vidyasagar College
3. Presidency College
4. Chittaranjan College
Answer: 1. Scottish Church College
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Question 16: The first women’s college in India is-
1. Bethune College
2. Scottish Church College
3. Vidyasagar College
4. Hindu College
Answer: 1. Bethune College
Question 17: The Hindu College was established in-
1. 1800
2. 1835
3. 1817
4. 1857
Answer: 3. 1817
Question 18: The present name of Hindu College is-
1. Vidyasagar College
2. Presidency College
3. Scottish Church College
4. Sanskrit College
Answer: 2. Presidency College
Question 19: The first principle of Calcutta Medical College was-
1. Dr.M J Bramley
2. Dr. H H Stewart
3. Dr.N Walish
4. Dr. J Grant
Answer: 1. Dr.M J Bramley
Question 20: The first chancellor of Calcutta University was
1. Lord Lytton
2. Lord Dalhousie
3. Wiliam jones
4. Lord Canning
Answer: 4. Lord Canning
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Question 21: The first BA examination of Calcutta University was held in-
1. 1857
2. 1859
3. 1858
4. 1860
Answer: 2. 1859
Question 22: The first Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University was-
1. Lord Canning
2. David Hare
3. Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay
4. James William Colvile
Answer: 4. James William Colvile
Question 23: Swami Vivekananda contributed a lot to-
1. Awakening
2. Renaissance
3. Both 1 and 2
4. None of them
Answer: 3. Both 1 and 2
Question 24: Where was the World Religious Parliament held?
1. London
2. Chicago
3. New York
4. Delhi
Answer: 2. Chicago
Question 25: “In whatsoever name or form you desire to call him in that very form and name you will see Him.”-Who said this?
1. Raja Rammohan Roy
2. Swami Vivekananda
3. Ramkrishna Paramhansa
4. Dayananda Saraswati
Answer: 3. Ramkrishna Paramhansa
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Question 26: Widow Remarriage Act was passed by-
1. Lord Canning
2. Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
3. Lord Dalhousie
4. Rammohan Roy
Answer: 3. Lord Dalhousie
Question 27: Widow Remarriage Act was passed in-
1. 1855
2. 1856
3. 1865
4. 1885
Answer: 2. 1856
Question 28: The first widow remarriage took place in-
1. 6 December 1856
2. 7 December 1856
3. 6 December 1857
4. 7 December 1857
Answer: 2. 7 December 1856
Question 29: Academic Association was established in-
1. 1825
2. 1826
3. 1827
4. 1828
Answer: 4. 1828
Question 30: Nababidhan was founded by-
1. Dayananda Saraswati
2. Keshab Chandra Sen
3. Swami Vivekananda
4. Debendranath Tagore
Answer: 3. Swami Vivekananda
Question 31: The person known as Brahmananda was-
1. Debendranath Tagore
2. Radhakanta Deb
3. Keshab Chandra Sen
4. Sivnath Sastri
Answer: 3. Keshab Chandra Sen
Question 32: The title Brahmananda was given to Keshab Chandra by-
1. Ramchandra Vidyabagish
2. Sivnath Sastri
3. Debendranath Tagore
4. Rammohan Roy
Answer: 1. Ramchandra Vidyabagish
Question 33: The mouthpiece of Ramkrishna Math and Mission was-
1. Bengalee Patrika
2. Sanjivani Patrika
3. Udbodhan Patrika
4. Amrita Bazar Patrika
Answer: 3. Udbodhan Patrika
Question 34: ‘Fakir of Jungheera’ was composed by-
1. Keshab Chandra Sen
2. Debendranath Tagore
3. Swami Vivekananda
4. Derozio
Answer: 4. Derozio
Question 35: The poem ‘To India, My Native Land’ was written by-
1. Pearychand Mitra
2. Derozio
3. Wordsworth
4. Father Gapon
Answer: 2. Derozio
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Question 36: The mouthpiece of Young Bengal was-
1. Bamabodhini
2. Atheneum
3. Somprakash
4. Samachar Darpan
Answer: 2. Atheneum
Question 37: The center of 19th Century Bengal Renaissance was-
1. Calcutta
2. Murshidabad
3. Dacca
4. Khulna
Answer: 1. Calcutta
Question 38: The annals of Bengali literature was crowded with a bright name such as-
1. Madhusudan Dutta
2. Jagadish Chandra Bose
3. Satyendranath Bose
4. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
Answer: 1. Madhusudan Dutta
Question 39: The pioneer of the Indian Renaissance was-
1. Swami Vivekananda
2. John Drinkwater Bethune
3. Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee
4. Rammohan Roy
Answer: 4. Rammohan Roy
Tables
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| (1) Brahmo Samaj | (A) Swami Vivekananda |
| (2) Ramkrishna Mission | (B) David Hare |
| (3) Metropolitan | (C) Rammohan Roy |
| (4) School Book Society | (D) Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar |
Answer: 1-C,2-A,3-D,4-B
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| (1) Prachya-O-Paschatya | (A) Dinabandhu Mitra |
| (2) Byakaran Kaumudi | (B) Bankim Chandra Chattopadyay |
| (3) Nil Darpan | (C) Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar |
| (4) Anandamath | (D) Swami Vivekananda |
Answer: 1-D,2-C,3-A,4-B
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| (1) Hindoo Patriot | (A) James Augustus Hicky |
| (2) Amrith Bazar Patrika | (B) Harish Chandra Mukherjee |
| (3) Grambarta Prakashika | (C) Sisir Kumar Ghose |
| (4) Bengal Gazette | (D) Harinath Majumder |
Answer: 1-B,2-C,3-D,4-A
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| (1) Asiatic Society Founded | (A) 1800 |
| (2) Fort William Founded | (B) 1818 |
| (3) Hindu Mela Founded | (C) 1784 |
| (4) Calcutta School Society Founded | (D) 1867 |
Answer: 1-C,2-A,3-D,4-B
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| (1) Asiatic Society | (A) Lord Wellesley |
| (2) Fort William College | (B) John Drinkwater |
| (3) Atmiya Sabha | (C) William Jones |
| (4) Bethune College | (D) Rammohan Roy |
Answer: 1-C,2-A,3-D,4-B
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| (1) Digdarshan | (A) 1822 |
| (2) Samachar Chandrika | (B) 1854 |
| (3) Abodhbandhu | (C) 1818 |
| (4) Samachar Sudha Varsan | (D) 1863 |
Answer: 1-C,2-A,3-D,4-B
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| (1) Sambad Prabhakar | (A) Periodical |
| (2) Grambarta Prakashika | (B) Daily Newspaper |
| (3) Mahajan Darpan | (C) Monthly Newspaper |
| (4) Samachar Darpan | (D) Weekly Newspaper |
Answer: 1-D,2-A,3-B,4-C
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| (1) Scottish Church College | (A) Hindu College |
| (2) Lady Amherst | (B) Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar |
| (3) Bhagabati Vidyalaya | (C) Alexander Duff |
| (4) Radhakanta Deb | (D) The Ladies Society for Native Female Education |
Answer: 1-C,2-D,3-B,4-A
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| (1) Brahmo Balika Sikhshalaya | (A) Keshab Chandra Sen |
| (2) Nababidhan | (B) Hindu College |
| (3) Chicago Parliment | (C) Brahmo Samaj |
| (4) Hyde East | (D) Swami Vivekananda |
Answer: 1-C,2-A,3-D,4-B
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| (1) Calcutta University | (A) First Graduate of Calcutta University |
| (2) Foundation of Calcutta University | (B) 1858 |
| (3) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee | (C) 1917 |
| (4) First BA Examination held | (D) 1857 |
Answer: 1-C,2-D,3-A,4-B
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| (1) Neo-Vedanta | (A) First Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University |
| (2) James William Colvile | (B) Hutom Pyabchar Naksha |
| (3) Bijoy Krishna Goswami | (C) Swami Vivekananda |
| (4) Kaliprasanna Singha | (D) Social reformer |
Answer: 1-C,2-A,3-D,4-B
Question 40: An Indian editor and the pioneer of Bengali print and journalism
1. Akshay Kumar Dutta
2. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
3. Harish Chandra Mukherjee
4. Gangakishore Bhattacharya
Answer: 4. Gangakishore Bhattacharya
Question 41 : The first periodical published in Bengali
1. A Digdarshan
2. Samachar Darpan
3. Somprakash
4. Bangadarshan
Answer: 1. A Digdarshan
Question 42: The first newspaper in the Bengali language edited by a Bengali editor
1. A Bengal Gazette
2. Bangal Gazette
3. Bamabodhini
4. Somprakash
Answer: 2. Bangal Gazette
Question 43: ‘Bamabodhini Patrika’ was a
1. Daily newspaper
2. Weekly paper
3. Monthly paper
4. Quarterly paper
Answer: 3. Monthly paper
Question 44: The editor of ‘Bamabodhini Patrika’ was-
1. Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan
2. Umesh Chandra Dutta
3. Rammohan Roy
4. Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
Answer: 2. Umesh Chandra Dutta
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Question 45: The first weekly newspaper was published by-
1. Harinath Majumdar
2. James Augustus Hickey
3. Harriot Beecher Stowe
4. Umesh Chandra Dutta
Answer: 2. James Augustus Hickey
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Question 46: An eminent writer of ‘Bamabodhini Patrika’ was
1. Chandramukhi Basu
2. Mankumari Basu
3. Kadambini Ganguly
4. Sarojini Naidu
Answer: 2. Mankumari Basu
Question 47: The meaning of ‘Bama’ in ‘Bamabodhini Patrika’ is
1. Widows
2. Girls
3. Newly married women
4. Womenkind
Answer: 4. Womenkind
Question 48: Who was the editor of ‘Amrita Bazar Patrika’?
1. Harish Chandra Mukherjee
2. Sisir Kumar Ghosh
3. Umesh Chandra Dutta
4. Dwarkanath Gangopadhyay
Answer: 2. Sisir Kumar Ghosh
Question 49: ‘Somprakash’ was a
1. Daily paper
2. Weekly paper
3. Fortnightly paper
4. Monthly paper
Answer: 2. Weekly paper
Question 50: The first editor of ‘Hindoo Patriot’ was-
1. Girish Chandra Ghosh
2. Harish Chandra Mukherjee
3. Debendranath Tagore
4. Akshay Kumar Dutta
Answer: 1. Girish Chandra Ghosh
Question 51: The editor of ‘Digdarshan’ was-
1. Harachandra Roy
2. Marshman
3. Iswar Gupta
4. William Carey
Answer: 2. Marshman
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Question 52: The literary personality who supported the peasant movement in Pabna was-
1. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
2. Rabindranath Tagore
3. Madhusudan Dutta
4. Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Answer: 1. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Question 53: Vidyotsahini Sabha was founded by-
1. Umesh Chandra Dutta
2. Harinath Majumdar
3. Harish Chandra Mukhopadhyay
4. Kaliprasanna Singha
Answer: 4. Kaliprasanna Singha
Question 54: The English translation of ‘Nil Darpan’ was published by-
1. Kaliprasanna Singha
2. Madhusudan Dutta
3. Harish Chandra Mukhopadhyay
4. James Long
Answer: 4. James Long
Question 55: James Long translated the drama ‘Nil Darpan’ and was jailed for a period of-
1. 1 Month
2. 1 Year
3. 6 Months
4. 12 Years
Answer: 1. 1 Month
Question 56: The drama ‘Nil Darpan’ has been compared to ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin by-
1. Sisir Kumar Ghosh
2. Dwarkanath Gangopadhyay
3. Nabagopal Mitra
4. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Answer: 4. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Question 57 : The editor of ‘Tattwabodhini Patrika’ was-
1. Iswar Gupta
2. Akshay Kumar Dutta
3. Keshab Chandra Sen
4. Debendranath Tagore
Answer: 2. Akshay Kumar Dutta
Question 58: ‘Grambarta Prakashika’ was published-
1. Adaily
2. Monthly
3. Quarterly
4. Yearly
Answer: 3. Quarterly
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Question 59: ‘Grambarta Prakashika’ was published when its editor was-
1. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
2. Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan
3. Harinath Majumdar
4. Girish Chandra Vidyaratna
Answer: 4. Girish Chandra Vidyaratna
Question 60: ‘Alaler Gharer Dulal’ was composed by
1. Iswar Gupta
2. Madhusudan Dutta
3. Peary Chand Mitra
4. Umesh Chandra Dutta
Answer: 3. Peary Chand Mitra
Question 61: The pen name of Kaliprasanna Singha Was-
1. Pasuraj
2. Hutom Plancha
3. Bamakhyapa
4. Buro Shalik
Answer: 2. Hutom Plancha
Question 62: The main theme of ‘Hutom Pyanchar Naksha’ was-
1. City life of Calcutta
2. Condition of women in Calcutta
3. Condition of indigo cultivators
4. The zamindars of Calcutta
Answer: 1. City life of Calcutta
Question 63: The Metropolitan Institution was founded by.-
1. Rammohan Roy
2. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
3. David Hare
4. Iswar Chandra Vidysagar
Answer: 4. Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
Question 64: The Hindu College was established in-
1. 20 January 1717
2. 20 June 1817
3. 20 January 1817
4. 20 June 1717
Answer: 3. 20 January 1817