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Indian HistoryMediumAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2023, GAT

At which one of the following places did the Danes establish their settlement in India?

  1. A.Chinsura
  2. B.Karaikal
  3. C.Mahe
  4. D.Tranquebar

Correct answer

D. Tranquebar

Explanation

The correct answer is D, Tranquebar. The Danish East India Company set up its first settlement at Tranquebar, now Tharangambadi, on the Tamil Nadu coast in 1620.

The Danish East India Company was formed in 1616. Its men built Fort Dansborg at Tranquebar, and in 1676 the Danes also settled at Serampore (Frederiknagore) in Bengal. Serampore later became famous for the Baptist missionaries William Carey, Joshua Marshman and William Ward, who ran a printing press and Serampore College there. The Danes sold their Indian settlements to the British in 1845.

A is wrong because Chinsura in Bengal was a Dutch settlement.

B is wrong because Karaikal, on the Tamil Nadu coast, was a French settlement and is now part of Puducherry.

C is wrong because Mahe, on the Malabar coast, was also a French settlement and is now part of Puducherry.

Exam tip: Danes at Tranquebar (1620) and Serampore; Dutch at Chinsura and Pulicat; French at Pondicherry, Chandernagore, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam.

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Q1.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2021, Paper IMedium

Who among the following founded the Dharma Sabha?

  1. A.Krishna Mohan Banerjee
  2. B.Keshab Chandra Sen
  3. C.Radhakanta Deb
  4. D.Akshay Kumar Datta
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Correct answer: C. Radhakanta Deb

Raja Radhakanta Deb founded the Dharma Sabha in Calcutta in 1830 to defend orthodox Hindu customs against reformers. The Dharma Sabha was set up mainly to oppose Lord William Bentinck's regulation of 1829 that banned sati, which Raja Rammohan Roy had campaigned for.

Q2.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2021, Paper IMedium

Initially, what was the purpose of setting up of the hill stations during the colonial period in India?

  1. A.To serve as winter capitals for the British
  2. B.To serve the needs of the British army
  3. C.To source timber from forests
  4. D.To set up sanatoria
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Correct answer: B. To serve the needs of the British army

The first hill stations grew out of military needs: cantonments for troops and places where soldiers could be kept healthy.

Q3.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2021, Paper IMedium

Consider the following statements : 1. The growth of socialist tendency in the national movement led to the foundation of the Congress Socialist Party in 1934 under the leadership of Acharya Narendra Deva and Jayaprakash Narayan. 2. In 1936, Jawaharlal Nehru urged the Congress to accept socialism as its goal and to bring itself closer to the peasantry and the working class. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: C. Both 1 and 2

The Congress Socialist Party was formed in 1934 by Acharya Narendra Deva and Jayaprakash Narayan, and in 1936 Nehru asked the Congress to adopt socialism.

Q5.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2022, GATEasy

Who among the following invented the flying shuttle?

  1. A.James Hargreaves
  2. B.John Kay
  3. C.Richard Arkwright
  4. D.Humphry Davy
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Correct answer: B. John Kay

He patented the flying shuttle in England in 1733. The flying shuttle let a single weaver send the thread across the loom by pulling a cord, so wider cloth could be woven much faster.