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Sl. No. | Question - First in India and First In World | Answer |
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61. | Who introduced the system of permanent settlement, also called the Zamindari system, 1793 in Bengal? | Lord Cornwallis. |
62. | Who established the Fort William college at Calcutta? | Lord Wellesely. |
63. | Who laid the foundation of railways in India? | Lord Dalhousie. |
64. | In India the first railway line was laid between? | Bombay and Thane in the year 1853. |
65. | Doctrine of Lapse was introduced in India by which Governor General? | Lord Dalhousie. |
66. | Who was the first Viceroy of India? | Lord Canning. |
67. | Who introduced The Vernacular Press Act to curb the freedom of Indian Press? | Lord Litton. |
68. | Who abolished the Vernacular Press Act and introduced Illbert Bill? | Lord Ripon. |
69. | Who was responsible for the partition of Bengal into East and West Bengal in 1905? | Lord Curzon. |
70. | In which year Delhi was made capital of India in place of Calcutta? | 1911. |
71. | Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on? | 13th April 1919. |
72. | Non-Cooperation movement started in the year? | 1920. |
73. | In which year Simon commission visited India? | 1928. |
74. | In which year Gandhi-Irwin pact was signed? | 1931. |
75. | The Poona pact was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and? | Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. |
76. | The last British Governor General of independent India was? | Lord Mountbatten. |
77. | Who was the first president of Indian National Congress? | W. C. Banerjee. |
78. | Who was the founder of Brahmo Samaj? | Ram Mohan Roy. |
79. | Who was the founder of Arya Samaj? | Swami Dayanand Saraswati. |
80. | Who was the founder of Servants of Indian Society? | Gopalkrishna Gokhale. |