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UPSC CDS Colonial India — practice questions — page 9

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The first map of Hindustan in 1782, showing Brahmans offering Shastras to Britannia, was produced by:Read the answer and worked solution →Rennel was asked to produce maps of Hindustan by:Read the answer and worked solution →The 1922 Lipton tea advertisement showed Prince Arthur, third son of Queen Victoria, titled:Read the answer and worked solution →British histories of India began with the first Governor-General:Read the answer and worked solution →The last Viceroy with whom British histories of India ended was:Read the answer and worked solution →James Mill published A History of British India in:Read the answer and worked solution →James Mill's history of India ran to how many volumes?Read the answer and worked solution →James Mill divided Indian history into Hindu, Muslim and:Read the answer and worked solution →James Mill was by nationality:Read the answer and worked solution →Mill believed all Asian societies were at a lower level of civilisation than:Read the answer and worked solution →Historians moving away from Mill's scheme divided Indian history into ancient, medieval and:Read the answer and worked solution →Because British rule brought no equality or liberty, many historians call the period:Read the answer and worked solution →The Class 8 history textbook is called Our Pasts in the plural because:Read the answer and worked solution →The British set up record rooms attached to administrative institutions because they believed in:Read the answer and worked solution →In the early nineteenth century official documents were beautifully copied by:Read the answer and worked solution →The National Archives of India came up in the:Read the answer and worked solution →In 1946 the colonial government put down a mutiny on the ships of the:Read the answer and worked solution →From the end of the nineteenth century, Census operations were held every:Read the answer and worked solution →Revenue surveys in villages recorded topography, soil, flora, fauna and:Read the answer and worked solution →Official records tell us what the officials thought but not:Read the answer and worked solution →Sources like diaries, pilgrims' accounts and bazaar booklets were all produced by those who were:Read the answer and worked solution →A 1946 newspaper report described a strike over bad food by more than how many Delhi policemen?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the official sourcesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Governor-Generals and ViceroysRead the answer and worked solution →Run the history yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the history wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Official or popular sourceRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the periods and sourcesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →How, when and where bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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The first map of Hindustan in 1782, showing Brahmans offering Shastras to Britannia, was produced by:

  1. James Rennel
  2. James Mill
  3. Robert Clive
  4. Warren Hastings
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Correct answer: A. James Rennel

1. Rennel saw maps as essential to domination. 2. James Rennel made the map in 1782. 3. It projects an imperial perception. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 1, How, When and Where._

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Rennel was asked to produce maps of Hindustan by:

  1. Lord Irwin
  2. Robert Clive
  3. Lord Curzon
  4. Lord Ripon
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Correct answer: B. Robert Clive

1. Rennel supported British conquest of India. 2. Robert Clive commissioned the maps. 3. The frontispiece flattered Britannia. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 1, How, When and Where._

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The 1922 Lipton tea advertisement showed Prince Arthur, third son of Queen Victoria, titled:

  1. Duke of Connaught
  2. Duke of Wellington
  3. Prince of Wales
  4. Earl of Mayo
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Correct answer: A. Duke of Connaught

1. Old advertisements show how tastes were created. 2. Prince Arthur was Duke of Connaught. 3. Royalty was linked to the tea. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 1, How, When and Where._

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