Modern Indian History - Study Mode

[#166] The High Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom must be appointed by __________
Correct Answer

(B) The Government of India

Explanation

Solution: The High Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom must be appointed by The Government of India.

[#167] Commissioners for the Affairs of India were known as
Correct Answer

(C) Board of Control

Explanation

Solution: The Right Honourable Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India (commonly known as the India Board or the Board of Control) was an arm of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for managing the Government's interest in British India and the East India Company between 1784 and 1858.

[#168] Which one of the following was not a French settlement in India?
Correct Answer

(C) Goa

Explanation

Solution: Goa is a former Portuguese colony, the Portuguese overseas territory of Portuguese India existed for about 450 years until it was annexed by India in 1961. In 1510, the Portuguese defeated the ruling Bijapur kings with the help of a local ally, Timayya, leading to the establishment of a permanent settlement in Velha Goa (or Old Goa).

[#169] Who contemptuously referred to Mahatma Gandhi as a halfnaked fakir?
Correct Answer

(D) Winston Churchill

Explanation

Solution: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once called Mahatma Gandhi "a seditious Middle Temple lawyer, now posing as a fakir... striding half-naked up the steps of the Viceregal Palace."

[#170] Who called Sree Narayana Guru as 'The Second Buddha'?
Correct Answer

(A) G. Sankara Kurup

Explanation

Solution: G.Sankara Kurup called Shri Narayana Guru as Second Buddha.