Q. From which year onwards was Income Tax permanently imposed in India? (a) 1863 (b) 1860 (c) 1876 (d) 1888 Ans: (b) 1860 Explanation: To fill the treasury, the first Income-tax Act was introduced in February 1860 by Sir James Wilson (British India’s first finance minister). The act received the assent of the governor-general on […]
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Q. Which of the following was the chief authority to control the financial administration of India from 1858 onwards? (a) British Parliament (b) Viceroy (c) Governor-General (d) Secretary of State in Council Ans: (a) British Parliament
Q. Which of the following personality was among the members of Cabinet Mission? (a) Sir Pethic Lawrence (b) A.V. Alexander (c) Sir Stafford Cripps (d) Lord Wavell (e) All of them Ans: (e) All of them
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Q. Following the revolt of 1857, which of the following constituted the heaviest drain on the country’s resources? (a) Home charges (b) Military expenditure (c) Interests on foreign capital investment (d) Non-commercial exports Ans: (d) Non-commercial exports
Q. Since 1858, the Supreme Court of financial administration in India was vested in the (a) Supreme Government in India (b) British Parliament (c) Board of Control in England (d) Secretary of State in Council Ans: (b) British Parliament
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Q. After the Revolt of 1857, the British recruited Indian soldiers mostly from the (a) Brahmins of UP and Bihar (b) Bengalis and Oriyas from the east (c) Gurkhas, Sikhs and Punjabis in the north (d) Madras Presidency in the south and Marathas from the west Ans: (c) Gurkhas, Sikhs and Punjabis in the north
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Q. Of the following, who were given preference in recruitment as Indian soldiers after the Revolt of 1857? (a) Gurkhas, Sikhs (b) Bengalis from the east (c) Yadavs of U.P. and Bihar (d) Marathas from the Deccan Ans: (a) Gurkhas, Sikhs Explanation: After the Revolt of 1857, preference in recruitment as Indian soldiers was given
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Q. At which place was General Windham suffered defeat at the hands of the rebel forces in 1857? (a) Near Agra (b) Near Kanpur (c) Near Jaipur (d) Near Nagpur Ans: (d) Near Nagpur
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Q. In which of the following regions was Baba Ram Chandra active in organizing peasants? (a) Bihar (b) Oudh (c) Orissa (d) Madras Ans: (b) Oudh Explanation: Baba Ram Chandra was active in organizing peasants in the region of (b) Oudh. Baba Ram Chandra, also known as Baba Ramchandra Veer, was a prominent figure in
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Q. Of the following British Parliamentarians, who held the views that the Revolt of 1857 was not merely a ‘Military mutiny’ but was a ‘National Revolt’? (a) Lord William Bentinck (b) Benjamin Disraeli (c) William Gladstone (d) Lord Mountbatten Ans: (b) Benjamin Disraeli
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