4121: The motive behind Shahjahan's Balkh campaign was to
(a) secure a friendly ruler in Balkh and Badakshan which bordered Kabul
(b) conquer Samarqand and Farghana, the Mughal homelands
(c) fix the Mughal frontier on the scientific line, the Amu Daria
(d) expand the Mughal Empire beyond the sub-continent
4122: Railway and Telegraphy systems were introduced in India by:
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Bentinck
(d) Lord Wellesley
4123: Which one of the following provisions was NOT made in the Charter Act of 1833?
(a) The trading activities of the East India Company were to be abolished
(b) The designation of the supreme authority was to be changed as the Governor General of India in Council
(c) All law-making powers to be conferred on Governor-General in Council
(d) An Indian was to be appointed as a Law Member in the Governor- General's Council
4124: On whose recommendation was the Constituent Assembly formed?
(a) Mountbatten plan
(b) Cripps Mission
(c) Cabinet Mission Plan
(d) Government of India Act, 1935
4125: Which among the following events happened earliest ?
(a) Swami Dayanand established AryaSamaj.
(b) Dinabandhu Mitra wrote Neeldarpan.
(c) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote Anandmath.
(d) Satyendranath Tagore became the first Indian to succeed in the Indian Civil Services Examination.