The shifting of the capital of British India from Calcutta to Delhi was announced at the Delhi Durbar of
- A.1877
- B.1903
- C.1911
- D.1919
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, 1911. At the Delhi Durbar held on 12 December 1911, King George V, who had come to India for his coronation durbar, announced that the capital of British India would be moved from Calcutta to Delhi. The reasons were that Delhi lay closer to the centre of the empire's Indian territories and had been the seat of earlier rulers, and that Bengal had become the storm centre of the national movement after the partition of 1905.
Option A, 1877, was the durbar at which Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India, held under Lord Lytton during a famine. Option B, 1903, was Lord Curzon's durbar for the coronation of Edward VII. Option D, 1919, is the year of the Rowlatt Act, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms, and no durbar was held then.
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- A.Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway
- B.Singapore Mass Rapid Transit
- C.Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
- D.London Underground
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Read the full explanation →Which Constitutional Amendment Act gave Delhi a Legislative Assembly and named it the National Capital Territory?
- A.The Sixty-ninth Amendment Act, 1991
- B.The Seventy-third Amendment Act, 1992
- C.The Sixty-first Amendment Act, 1988
- D.The Seventy-fourth Amendment Act, 1992
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It inserted Articles 239AA and 239AB into the Constitution, renamed the union territory of Delhi as the National Capital Territory of Delhi and gave it a legislative assembly and a council of ministers, with the arrangement coming into force in February 1992.
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- A.60
- B.70
- C.90
- D.40
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- A.Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker
- B.Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
- C.Charles Correa and B V Doshi
- D.Otto Koenigsberger and Albert Mayer
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Read the full explanation →Which monument of Delhi was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2007?
- A.Qutub Minar
- B.Humayun's Tomb
- C.Red Fort Complex
- D.Jantar Mantar
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