WBBSE Class 10 English Medium History Chapter 2 Culture: Characteristics & Discussions MCQ Questions
1.) What was the most popular Bengali magazine of the 19th century which focussed on women’s issues.
1.) Bongodarshan.
2.) Samachar Darpan.
3.) Bamabodhini.
4.)
Ans – Bamabodhini.
2.) The original name of the Bathune School was –
1.) St Thomas School.
2.) Hindu School.
3.) Hare School.
4.) The Native Female School.
Ans – The Native Female School.
3.) What was the first multidiscipline, western style university in Asia?
1.) Calcutta.
2.) Presidency.
3.) Jadavpur.
4.) Santo Tomas.
Ans – Calcutta .
4.) Who was formed the Young Bengal Association?
1.) Toru Dutt.
2.) Nissim Ezekiel.
3.) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
4.) Henry LouisVivian Derozio.
Ans – Henry Louis and Vivian Derozio.
5.) When Widow Remarriage Act was passed –
1.) In 1855.
2.) In 1854.)
3.) In 1856.
4.) In 1857.
Ans – In 1856.
6.) Radhakanta Shikdar was a member of –
1.) The Zamindar Association.
2.) Landholder’s Society.
3.) British Indian Society.
4.) British Indian Association.
Ans – Landholder’s Society.
7.) Imambada was built by –
1.) Nawab Sirajuddaula.
2.) Nazi Mohammad.
3.) Mir Jafar.
4.) Alivardi khan.
Ans – Nazi Mohammad.
8.) When Hazi Mohammad constituted a Trustee to spend his wealth for the benefit of the general public?
1.) In 1809.
2.) In 1806.
3.) In 1807.
4.) In 1808.
Ans – In 1806.
9.) Three Acts were passed –
1.) In 1872.)
2.) In 1873.)
3.) In 1871.)
4.) In 1874.)
Ans – In 1872.)
10.) Who was seemed to be the father of modern education in India.
1.) James Hamilton.
2.) Montagu Bertie.
3.) Jhon Ansley.
4.) Charles Grant
Ans – Charles Grant.
11.) Bamabodhini was a –
1.) Weekly Magazine.
2.) Monthly magazine.
3.) Yearly Magazine.
4.) Daily Magazine.
Ans – Monthly magazine.
12.) Who established Indian Field –
1.) Subrato Mukharjee.
2.) Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw.
3.) K.M. Cariappa.
4.) Kishori Chandra Mitra.
Ans – Kishori Chandra Mitra.
13.) National Theatre was founded by –
1.) Dilip Kumar.
2.) Girish Chandra Ghosh.
3.) Gowri LakshmiBayi.
4.) Damubhai Jhaveri.
Ans – Girish Chandra Ghosh.
14.) Indigo Commission was established in –
1.) 1870 A.D.
2.) 1869 A.D.
3.) 1860 A.D.
4.) 1859 A.D.
Ans – 1860 A.D.
15.) Who was the founder of Gramvarta Prakashika?
1.) Balshashtri Jambhekar.
2.) Harinath Majumdar.
3.) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
4.) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
Ans – Harinath Majumdar.
16.) Macaulay Minute was passed in –
1.) 1837 A.D.
2.) 1836 A.D.
3.) 1835 A.D.
4.) 1834 A.D.
Ans – 1835 A.D.
17.) Wood’s Despatch was passed in –
1.) 1853 A.D.
2.) 1855 A.D.
3.) 1856 A.D.
4.) 1854 A.D.
Ans – 1854 A.D.
18.) Who founded Calcutta Medical College?
1.) Warren Hastings.
2.) Lord William Bentinck.
3.) Lord Charles Bentinck.
4.) Mountford Joseph Bramley.
Ans – Lord William Bentinck.
19.) What was the first medical college of India?
1.) Ecole de Medicine, Pondicherry.
2.) Calcutta Medical College.
3.) Madras Medical College.
4.) Stanley Medical College.
Ans – Ecole de Medicine, Pondicherry.
20.) Who founded Asiatic Society?
1.) Warren Hastings.
2.) Lord Charles Bentinck.
3.) Lord William Bentinck.
4.) Mountford Joseph Bramley.
Ans – Lord William Bentinck.
21.) Hindu College was later changed into –
1.) Presidency College.
2.) Vidyasagar College.
3.) Jadavpur University.
4.) Calcutta University.
Ans- Presidency College.
22.) Brahma Marriage Act was passed in –
1.) 1879 A.D.
2.) 1875 A.D.
3.) 1876 A.D.
4.) 1874 A.D.
Ans – 1875 A.D.
23.) Who was founded Young Bengal?
1.) Derozio.
2.) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
3.) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
4.) Toru Dutt.
Ans – Derozio.
24.) Anglo-Indian Hindi Association was established by –
1.) Frank Anthony.
2.) Lord Lyveden.
3.) Sir Henry Gidney.
4.) Derozio.
Ans – Derozio.
25.) Widow Remarriage Association was established by –
1.) Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
2.) Vishnu Shastri Pandit.
3.) Karsondas Mulji.
4.) Veerasalingam Pantulu.
Ans – Vishnu Shastri Pandit.
26.) What was Hindu Patriot?
1.) A weekly newspaper.
2.) A weekly magazine.
3.) A monthly magazine.
4.) A monthly newspaper.
Ans – A weekly newspaper.
27.) Who was primarily responsible for the abolition of Sati system?
1.) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
2.) Swami Vivekananda.
3.) Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
4.) Ramkrishna Paramahansa.
Ans – Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
28.) Name the Governor General who abolished the sati system?
1.) William Bentinck.
2.) Warren Hastings.
3.) Lord Cornwallis.
4.) Lord Canning.
Ans – William Bentinck.
29.) Who founded the Ramkrishna Mission?
1.) Ramkrishna Paramhansa.
2.) Swami Vivekananda.
3.) Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
4.) Rani Rashmoni.
Ans – Swami Vivekananda.
30.) Who introduced western education in India?
1.) Warren Hastings.
2.) Lord William Bentinck.
3.) James Mill.
4.) Sir John Macpherson.
Ans –Lord William Bentinck.
31.) Who wrote ‘Bartaman Bharat’?
1.) Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
2.) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
3.) Swami Vivekananda.
4.) Rabindranath Tagore.
Ans –Swami Vivekananda.
32.) Who translated Mahabharat in Hindi?
1.) Kaliprasanna Singha.
2.) Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay.
3.) Rajeshekhar Basu.
4.) Mohitlal Majumdar.
Ans – Kaliprasanna Singha.
33.) When was the Hindu College founded?
1.) In 1816.
2.) In 1817.
3.) In 1818.
4.) In 1815.
Ans – In 1817.
34.) Who was appointed as the President of the Committee of Public Instruction in 1834?
1.) Macaulay.
2.) Warren Hastings.
3.) Lord William Bentinck.
4.) Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
Ans – Macaulay.
35.) When was the University of Calcutta established?
1.) 21January 1857.
2.) 24 February 1857.
3.) 24 January 1857.
4.) 23 January 1857.
Ans – 24 January 1857.
36.) Who founded the Nababidhan Brahmo Samaj?
1.) Anandamoha Bose.
2.) Ram Mohun Roy.
3.) Debendranath Tagore.
4.) Keshab Chandra Sen.
Ans – Keshab Chandra Sen.
37.) Who was the founder of Adi Brahma Samaj?
1.) Sivnath Shastri.
2.) Anandamohan Bose.
3.) Maharshi Debendra Nath Thakur.
4.) Ram Mohan Roy.
Ans – Maharshi Debendra Nath Thakur.
38.) Who was called the ‘first modern man of India’?
1.) Swami Vivekananda.
2.) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
3.) Debendra Nath Tagore.
4.) Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
Ans- Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
39.) Who abolished the Vernacular Press Act?
1.) Lord Ripon.
2.) Lord Lytton.
3.) Lord Canning.
4.) Lord Mayo.
Ans – Lord Ripon.
40.) In which year was the School Book Society founded?
1.) In 1816.
2.) In 1817.
3.) In 1818.
4.) In 1815.
Ans – In 1817.
41.) Where is Ramakrishna Math located?
1.) In Belur.
2.) In Bali.
3.) In Dakhineswar.
4.) In Uttarpara.
Ans – In Belur.
42.) Who founded the School Book Society?
1.) Radhakanta Deb.
2.) John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune.
3.) David Hare.
4.) Tarini Charan Mitra.
Ans –David Hare.
43.) During whose, Governor Generalship was the Calcutta Medical College established?
1.) Warren Hastings.
2.) Lord Canning.
3.) William Bentinck.
4.) Lord Dalhousie.
Ans – William Bentinck.
44.) When was ‘Bamabodhoni’ published?
1.) In 1862.)
2.) In 1863.)
3.) In 1864.)
4.) In 1861.)
Ans – In 1863.)
45.) Who is called ‘Bharat Pathik’?
1.) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
2.) Ram Mohan Roy.
3.) Swami Vivekananda.
4.) Radhakanta Deb.
Ans – Ram Mohan Roy.
46.) Name a journal published by the Brahmo Samaj.
1.) Somprakash.
2.) Sulabh Samachar.
3.) Samachar Darpan.
4.) Digdarshan.
Ans – Sulabh Samachar.
47.) Name a newspapers published by Rammohan Roy.
1.) Samachar Darpan.
2.) Digdarshan.
3.) Sambad Kaumudi.
4.) Somprakash.
Ans – Sambad Kaumudi.
48.) Who started the movement in favor of widow remarriage?
1.) Ram Mohan Roy.
2.) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
3.) Rabindranath Tagore.
4.) Radhakanta Deb.
Ans – Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
49.) Who was the editor of Tattwabodhini Patrika?
1.) Rabindranath Tagore.
2.) Dwarkanath Tagore.
3.) Debendranath Tagore.
4.) Rathindranath Tagore.
Ans –Debendranath Tagore.
50.) Name the college established by Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar.
1.) Metropolitan College.
2.) Bengabasi College.
3.) Bethune College.
4.) Surendranath College.
Ans – Metropolitan College.
51.) Who founded the Hindu Female School (Bethune Girls’ School)?
1.) John Drinkwater Bethune.
2.) Mother Teresa.
3.) Sister Nivedita.
4.) John Drinkwater.
Ans – John Drinkwater Bethune.
52.) ‘Go back to the Vedas’ Who said this?
1.) Swami Vivekananda.
2.) Swami Dayananda Saraswati.
3.) Ramkrishna Paramhansa.
4.) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
Ans – Swami Dayananda Saraswati.
53.) Who founded a girls’ school at Poona in 1851?
1.) Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar.
2.) Mahatma Gandhi.
3.) Rammohan Roy.
4.) Jyotiba Phule.
Ans – Jyotiba Phule.
54.) When was the first girls’ school established at Poona?
1.) In 1852.)
2.) In 1850.
3.) In 1853.)
4.) In 1854.)
Ans – In 1850.
55.) Where was the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College established?
1.) Aligarh.
2.) Lucknow.
3.) Agra.
4.) Prayagraj.
Ans – Aligarh.
56.) Who was the editor of Bengal Gazette?
1.) Lord William Bentinck.
2.) Charles John Canning.
3.) Augustus Hickey.
4.) Rabindranath Tagore.
Ans – Augustus Hickey.
57.) Who was the editor of Hindu Patriot?
1.) Girish Chandra Ghosh.
2.) Harish Chandra Mukharjee.
3.) Madhusudhan Roy.
4.) Veer Savarkar.
Ans –Harish Chandra Mukharjee.
58.) Who was the editor of Amrita Bazar Patrika?
1.) Sisir Kumar Ghosh.
2.) Moti lal Ghosh.
3.) James Augustus Hickey.
4.) Hari Narayan Ghosh.
Ans –Sisir Kumar Ghosh.
59.) When did Lord Bentinck establish Medical College in Calcutta?
1.) In 1836.
2.) In 1834.)
3.) In 1835.
4.) In 1833.)
Ans – In 1835.
60.) Who was the first graduate of Calcutta University?
1.) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
2.) Jodu Nath Bose.
3.) Kadambini Ganguly.
4.) Amartay Sen.
Ans – Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
61.) When was the Indian Education Commission (Hunter Commission) appointed?
1.) In 1883.
2.) In 1882.
3.) In 1881.
4.) In 1884.
Ans – In 1882.)
62.) Who wrote ‘Bartaman Bharat’?
1.) Bhupendranath Dutta.
2.) Aurobindo Ghosh.
3.) Swami Vivekananda.
4.) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Ans – Swami Vivekananda.
63.) Who built Gurukul Ashram Vidyalaya in Haridwar?
1.) Swami Sradhananda.
2.) Swami Sivananda.
3.) Mahatma Hansraj.
4.) Dayananda Saraswati.
Ans – Swami Sradhananda.
64.) Who was the leading personality of Adi Brahma Samaj?
1.) Rabindranath Tagore.
2.) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
3.) Debendranth Tagore.
4.) Surendranath Tagore.
Ans – Debandranth Tagore.
65.) Who was the founder of Indian Brahma Samaj?
1.) Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
2.) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
3.) Debendranth Tagore.
4.) Keshab Chandra Sen.
Ans – Keshab Chandra Sen.
66.) Who was the founder of Nababidhan Samaj?
1.) Rabindranath Tagore.
2.) Keshab Chandra Sen.
3.) Dabendranath Tagore.
4.) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
Ans – Keshab Chandra Sen.
67.) Who gave the title ‘Raja’ to Ram Mohan Roy?
1.) Akbar Shah.
2.) Shah Alam.
3.) Alamgir.
4.) Jahandar Shah.
Ans – Akbar Shah.
68.) When did the Sanskrit College start functioning?
1.) 1st January 1883.)
2.) 1st January 1884.)
3.) 1st January 1885.
4.) 1st January 1886.
Ans – 1st January 1884.)
69.) Name the school established by Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar.
1.) Anglo Sanskrit Free School.
2.) Calcutta Madrasa.
3.) St. Thomas School.
4.) Hindu School.
Ans – Anglo Sanskrit Free School.
70.) Gram Barta’ is a –
1.) Hindi Magazine.
2.) Sanskrit Magazine.
3.) Bengali Magazine.
4.) Tamil Magazine.
Ans – Sanskrit Magazine.
71.) The ideal of religious harmony was of –
1.) Ramkrishna Paramhansa.
2.) Swami Vivekananda.
3.) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
4.) Raja Rammohan Roy.
Ans – Ramkrishna Paramhansa.
72.) When was the ‘Bengal Gazette’ published?
1.) In 1781.)
2.) In 1779.
3.) In 1780.
4.) In 1782.)
Ans – In 1780.
73.) Who founded the Benaras Sanskrit College?
1.) Jonathan Duncan.
2.) Charles Wilkins.
3.) Charles Jhon.
4.) Truman Michelson.
Ans – Jonathan Duncan.
74.) Calcutta School Society was founded in –
1.) In 1819.
2.) In 1818.
3.) In 1820.
4.) In 1817.
Ans – In 1818.
75.) Sati Prohibition Act is also known as –
1.) Regulation XV
2.) Regulation XVI.
3.) Regulation XVII.
4.) Regulation XVIII.
Ans – Regulation XVII.
76.) Samachar darpan was a –
1.) Monthly magazine.
2.) Weekly newspaper.
3.) Monthly newspaper.
4.) Weekly magazine.
Ans – Weekly newspaper.
77.) When was Charter Act passed –
1.) In 1812.
2.) In 1811.
3.) In 1813.
4.) In 1814.
Ans – In 1813.
78.) Who founded Gendaria Ashrama at Dhaka?
1.) Bijoy Krishna Goswami.
2.) Bhaktivinoda Thakur.
3.) Brahmananda Saraswati.
4.) Bhakti Tirtho Swami.
Ans – Bijoy Krishna Goswami.
79.) Who was the author of the book ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’?
1.) Satyajit Roy.
2.) Dadabhai Naoroji.
3.) Gopal Krishna Gokhale.
4.) Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
Ans – Dadabhai Naoroji.
80.) Name a European philosopher who influenced Rammohan Roy.
1.) Immanuel Kant.
2.) John Locke.
3.) Thomas Hobbes.
4.) Rousseau.
Ans – Rousseau.
81.) When was the Committee of Public Instruction first appointed in Bengal?
1.) In 1824.)
2.) In 1823.)
3.) In 1825.
4.) 1826.
Ans – In 1823.)
82.) When did the Atmiya Sabha come to be known as the Brahmo Samaj or Brahmo Sabha?
1.) In 1815.
2.) In 1816.
3.) In 1817.
4.) In 1818.
Ans – In 1815.
83.) When was English education officially introduced in India?
1.) In 1824.)
2.) In 1823.)
3.) In 1822.)
4.) In 1821.)
Ans – In 1823.)
84.) Name an Orientalist supporter?
1.) Sutherland.
2.) Maurice Adrey.
3.) Luigi Acquarone.
4.) Simon Agopyan.
Ans – Sutherland.
85.) Name an Anglicist supporter?
1.) Thomas Babington.
2.) James’s mill.
3.) Saunders.
4.) Charles Trevelyan.
Ans – Saunders.
86.) When was ‘Madras Courier’ published?
1.) In 1780.
2.) In 1781.)
3.) In 1769.
4.) In 1782.)
Ans – In 1780.
87.) Who was the founder of ‘Tattwabodhini Patrika’?
1.) Rabindranath Tagore.
2.) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
3.) Dabendranath Tagore.
4.) Ram Mohan Roy.
Ans – Dabendranath Tagore.
88.) When was the practice of Sati declared illegal?
1.) In 1830.
2.) In 1828.
3.) In 1829.
4.) In 1827.
Ans – In 1829.
89.) By what name were the followers of Derozio known?
1.) Young Bengal.
2.) East India Association.
3.) Indian National Association.
4.) Bengal British India Society.
Ans – Young Bengal.
90.) When was Ramakrishnadeva born?
1.) In 1835.
2.) In 1837.
3.) In 1836.
4.) In 1838.
Ans – In 1836.
91.) Who founded the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College?
1.) Shibli Nomani.
2.) Shah Waliullah Dehlawi.
3.) Mohammad Iqbal.
4.) Sir SyedAhmed Khan.
Ans – Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.
92.) Where was the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College founded?
1.) Aligarh.
2.) Agra.
3.) Allahabad.
4.) Lucknow.
Ans – Aligarh.
93.) When was the Widow Remarriage Association founded in Maharashtra?
1.) In 1851.
2.) In 1850.
3.) In 1852.
4.) In 1849.
Ans – In 1850.
94.) Who addressed an open letter to the graduates of Calcutta University in 1883?
1.) Dadabhai Naoroji.
2.) Joseph Hume.
3.) A. O. Hume.
4.) Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee.
Ans – A. O. Hume.
95.) When was the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College founded at Aligarh?
1.) In 1876.
2.) In 1880.
3.) In 1872.)
4.) In 1875.
Ans – In 1875.
96.) In which year was the Sanskrit College of Calcutta founded?
1.) In 1823.)
2.) In 1824.)
3.) In 1820.
4.) In 1825.
Ans – In 1824.)
97.) Who was the founder of ‘Bamabodhini’?
1.) Umesh Chandra.
2.) Dabendranath Tagore.
3.) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
4.) Girish Chandra Sen.
Ans – Umesh Chandra.
98.) Where was Anglo Sanskrit Free School established?
1.) Balur.
2.) Virsingha Village.
3.) Uttarpara.
4.) Kolkata.
Ans – Virsingha Village.
99.) Which Medical College came into being at the initiative of Lord Bentinck?
1.) The Calcutta Medical College.
2.) Burdwan Medical College.
3.) Madras Medical College.
4.) Chennai Medical College.
Ans – The Calcutta Medical College.
100.) Who was the first woman graduated from Calcutta University?
1.) Anandi Gopal Joshi.
2.) Chandramukhi Basu.
3.) Kadambini Ganguly.
4.) Kamini Roy.
Ans – Kadambini Ganguly.
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