1. With reference to cultural history of India, consider the following statements : 1. Most of the Tyagaraja Kritis are devotional songs in praise of Lord Krishna. 2. Tyagaraja created several new ragas. 3. Annamacharya and Tyagaraja are contemporaries. 4. Annamacharya kirtanas are devotional songs in praise of Lord Venkateshwara.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
1 and 3 only
2 and 4 only
1, 2 and 3
2, 3 and 4
2. The staple commodities of export by the English East India Company from Bengal in the middle of the 18th century were
Raw cotton, oil-seeds and opium
Sugar, salt, zinc and lead
Copper, silver, gold, spices and tea
Cotton, silk, saltpetre and opium
3. Which one of the following statements does not apply to the system of Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Lord Wellesley?
To maintain a large standing army at other's expense
To keep India safe from Napoleonic danger
To secure a fixed income for the Company
To establish British paramountcy over the Indian States
4. Economically, one of the results of the British rule in India in the 19th century was the
increase in the export of Indian handicrafts
growth in the number of Indian owned factories
commercialization of Indian agriculture
rapid increase in the urban population
5. Which among the following events happened earliest ?
Swami Dayanand established Arya Samaj.
Dinabandhu Mitra wrote Neeldarpan.
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote Anandmath.
Satyendranath Tagore became the first Indian to succeed in the Indian Civil Services Examination.