SSC CGl 2016: General Awareness Test – Day 1

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The Permanent Settlement (Zamindari System )— also known as the Permanent Settlement of Bengal— was an agreement between the East India Company and Bengali landlords to fix revenues to be raised from land

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Lord Wellesley introduced the policy to keep Indian rulers under control by keeping British forces in every territory. Hyderabad was the first state to accept Subsidiary Alliance.

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Lord William Bentinck was the governor general at that time.

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Raja Rammohan Roy was the first Indian to protest against this custom.

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The English Education Act was a legislative Act of the Council of India in 1835 giving effect to a decision in 1835 by Lord William Bentinck, the then Governor-General of British India, to reallocate funds the East India Company was required by the British Parliament to spend on education and literature in India.

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According to the Doctrine, any princely state or territory under the direct influence of the British East India Company would automatically be annexed if the ruler was either “manifestly incompetent or died without a male heir”.

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The Hindu Widows’ Remarriage Act of 1856, enacted in response to the campaign of Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, provided legal safeguards against loss of certain forms of inheritance for a remarrying Hindu widow, though,under the Act, the widow forsook any inheritance due her from her deceased husband.

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First king of Mughal Empire was Babur.

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Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi (19 November 1828 – 18 June 1858), born as Manikarnika; was the queen of the Maratha-ruled Jhansi State, situated in the north-central part of India.

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Lord Mountbatten was the last.

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The Vernacular Press Act was passed in 1878 under the Governor Generalship and Viceroyalty of Lord Lytton, for better control of Indian language newspapers.

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According to the Doctrine, any princely state or territory under the direct influence of the British East India Company would automatically be annexed if the ruler was either “manifestly incompetent or died without a male heir”.

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Mangal Pandey was an Indian soldier who played a key part in events immediately preceding the outbreak of the Indian rebellion of 1857. Mangal Pandey was a sepoy in the 34th Bengal Native Infantry regiment of the British East India Company.