1481: Consider the following statements about the Charter Act of 1813:
1. It ended the trade monopoly of the East India Company in India except for trade in tea and trade with China.
2. It asserted the sovereignty of the British Crown over the Indian territories held by the Company.
3. The revenues of India were now controlled by the British Parliament.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
1482: With reference to Pondicherry (now Puducherry), consider the following statements:
1. The first European power to occupy Pondicherry were the Portuguese.
2. The second European power to occupy Pondicherry were the French.
3. The English never occupied Pondicherry.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
1483: Consider the following passage:
In the course of a career on the road spanning almost thirty years, he crossed the breadth of the Eastern hemisphere, visited territories equivalent to about 44 modern countries, and put behind him a total distance of approximately 73,000 miles.
The world's greatest traveller of pre-modern times to whom the above passage refers is
(a) Megasthenes
(b) Fa-Hien
(c) Marco Polo
(d) Ibn Battuta
1484: If CALCUTTA is 7, 3, 9, 7, 23, 14, 14, 3, BANGALORE will be
(a) 6, 3, 18, 13, 3, 9, 12, 11, 2
(b) 6, 5, 18, 13, 3, 14, 12, 11, 2
(c) 6, 5, 18, 13, 5, 14, 12, 11, 2
(d) 6, 3, 18, 13, 5, 14, 12, 11, 2