426: Regarding Wood's Dispatch, which of the following statements are true ?
1. Grants-in-Aid system was introduced.
2. Establishment of universities was recommended.
3. English as a medium of instruction at all levels of education was recommended.
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
427: The first Trade Union in India was:
(a) Madras Labour Union
(b) Bombay Postal Union
(c) Printers Union of Calcutta
(d) All India Trade Union Congress
428: Which of the following was mainly responsible for the transfer of power by the British to India on August 15, 1947 ?
(a) Cabinet Mission Plan
(b) Attlee Declaration
(c) Simon Commission Plan
(d) Mountbatten Declaration
429: Which of the following pairs are correctly matched ?
List-I----------List-II
(Period)----------(Wars)
1. AD 1767-69----First Anglo Maratha War
2. AD 1790-92----Third Mysore War
3. AD 1824-26----First Anglo-Burmese War
4. AD 1845-46----Second Sikh War
(a) 2 and 4
(b) 3 and 4
(c) 1 and 2
(d) 2 and 3
Explanation:
First Anglo-Maratha War - 1775-82
Second Anglo-Sikh War - 1848-49
430: The following persons came to India at one time or another :
I. Fa-Hien
II. I-Tsing
III. Megasthenese
IV. Hieun-Tsang
The correct chronological sequence of their visits is :
(a) III, I, II, IV
(b) III, I, IV, II
(c) I, III, II, IV
(d) I, III, IV, II
Explanation:
Megasthenese- Mauryan period (4th century B:C.)
Fa-Hien - Gupta period (5th century A.D.)
Hieun-Tsang - Post-Gupta period (7th Century A.D:)
I-Tsing - After Harsha (8th century A.D.)