WBBSE For Class 10 History And Environment Chapter 2 Culture: Characteristics And Discussions MCQS

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Chapter 2 Culture: Characteristics And Discussion MCQs

Question 1. When was Bamabodhini magazine first published?

  1. 1863
  2. 1866
  3. 1880
  4. 1922

Answer: 1. 1863

Question 2. Bama in Bamabodhini means

  1. Widow
  2. Girl child
  3. Newly married woman
  4. All women

Answer: 4. All women

Question 3. When was Hindu Patriot first published?

  1. 1850
  2. 1853
  3. 1855
  4. 1863

Answer: 2. 1853

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Question 4. Who was the first editor of Hindu Patriot?

  1. Harish Chandra
  2. Shambhu Chandra
  3. Bankim Chandra
  4. Girish Chandra

Answer: 4. Girish Chandra

Question 5. Autumn Pyanchar Naksha was written by

  1. Kaliprasanna Singha
  2. Parichand Mitra
  3. Dinabandhu Mitra
  4. Shibnath Shastri

Answer: 1. Kaliprasanna Singha

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Question 6. When was Nil Darpan first played on stage?

  1. 1872
  2. 1878
  3. 1817
  4. 1892

Answer: 1. 1872

Question 7. Who was the first editor of Grambarta Prakashika?

  1. Kangal Harinath
  2. Dinabandhu
  3. Dwarkanath Ganguly
  4. Madhusudhan Dutta

Answer: 1. Kangal Harinath

Question 8. When was the Calcutta Madrasa established?

  1. 1761
  2. 1771
  3. 1781
  4. 1791

Answer: 3. 1781

Question 9. Who established the Calcutta School Book Society?

  1. Radhakanta Deb
  2. Ram Mohan Roy
  3. David Hare
  4. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Answer: 1. David Hare

Question 10. Who established the Sreerampore  Mission?

  1. Marshman
  2. Sir William Carrey
  3. Ward
  4. Colebrook

Answer: 2. Sir William Carrey

Question 11. Whose request led to the creation of Calcutta University?

  1. Wood
  2. Macaulay
  3. Elphinston
  4. Hardinge

Answer: 1. Wood

Question 12. Who is said to be India’s first modern man?

  1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  2. Derozio
  3. David Hare
  4. Rammohan Roy

Answer: 4. Rammohan Roy

Question 13. Who wrote Shabdakalpadum?

  1. Rammohan
  2. Radhkanta
  3. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  4. Swami Vivekananda

Answer: 2. Radhkanta

Question 14. When was Hindu College established?

  1. 1717
  2. 1817
  3. 1835
  4. 1835

Answer: 2. 1817

Question 15. Drinkwater Bethune belonged to which country?

  1. England
  2. Scotland
  3. Wales
  4. Ireland

Answer: 4. Ireland

Question 16. The foundation of universities was laid by Despatch in 1854.

  1. Curzon’s
  2. Hare’s
  3. Wood’s
  4. Macaulay’s

Answer: 3. Wood’s

Question 17. The Brahmo Samaj was founded by becoming the center of the reformist movement in Bengal.

  1. Keshab Chandra Sen
  2. Debendranath Tagore
  3. Iswarchandra Vidyasagar
  4. Rammohan Roy

Answer: 4. Rammohan Roy

Question 18. In 1855 a pamphlet on the issue of the remarriage of Hindu widows.

  1. Rammohan Roy
  2. Vidyasagar
  3. Henry L. Derozio
  4. Sirischandra Vidyalankar

Answer: 2. Vidyasagar

Question 19. Bethune School was founded in

  1. 1863
  2. 1849
  3. 1854
  4. 1857

Answer: 2. 1849

Question 20. When was Wood’s Despatch passed?

  1. 1847
  2. 1849
  3. 1851
  4. 1854

Answer: 4. 1854

Question 21. By whose initiative was Calcutta Medical College established?

  1. Lord Hastings
  2. Lord Cornwallis
  3. Lord William Bentinck
  4. Lord Dalhousie

Answer: 3. Lord William Bentinck

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Question 22. When was Regulation XVII passed?

  1. 1827
  2. 1829
  3. 1830
  4. 1855

Answer: 2. 1829

Question 23. What kind of magazine was Bamabodhini Patrika?

  1. Daily
  2. Weekly
  3. Monthly
  4. Annually

Answer: 3. Monthly

Question 24. When did the publication of Masik magazine start?

  1. 1850
  2. 1852
  3. 1854
  4. 1856

Answer: 3. 1854

Question 25. What was the language of Hindu patriots?

  1. Hindi
  2. Urdu
  3. English
  4. French

Answer: 3. English

Question 26. Who was the founder of the magazine Indian Field?

  1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  2. Krishna Das Pal
  3. Kishori Chandra Mitra
  4. Kali Prasanna Singha

Answer: 3. Kishori Chandra Mitra

Question 27. When did the Hindu Patriot turn into a daily newspaper?

  1. 1890
  2. 1891
  3. 1892
  4. 1894

Answer: 3. 1892

Question 28. Who wrote Nil Darpan

  1. Girish Chandra Ghosh
  2. Dinbandhu Mitra
  3. Madhusudan Dutta
  4. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Answer: 2. Dinbandhu Mitra

Question 29. When was the National Theatre established?

  1. 1870 A.D.
  2. 1871A.D.
  3. 1872 A.D.
  4. 1873 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1872 A.D.

Question 30. When was the Indigo Commission founded?

  1. 1857 A.D.
  2. 1858 A.D.
  3. 1859 A.D.
  4. 1860 A.D.

Answer: 4. 1860 A.D.

Question 31. What kind of magazine was Sambad Prabhakar?

  1. Daily
  2. Weekly
  3. Monthly
  4. Yearly

Answer: 2. Weekly

Question 32. When did the publication of Gramvarta Prakashika start?

  1. 1860 A.D.
  2. 1861 A.D.
  3. 1863 A.D.
  4. 1864 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1863 A.D.

Question 33. Which magazine first published the news of the death of Lalan Fakir?

  1. Somprakash
  2. Hindu Patriot
  3. Nil Darpan
  4. Gramvarta Prakashika

Answer: 4. Gramvarta Prakashika

Question 34. Who first established Madarsa in Calcutta?

  1. Warren Hastings
  2. Rober Clive
  3. Sir William Jones
  4. Lord Canning

Answer: 1. Warren Hastings

Question 35. Who established the Asiatic Society?

  1. Sir William Jones
  2. Lord Canning
  3. Lord Irwin
  4. Lord Ripon

Answer: 1. Sir William Jones

Question 36. Who was the pioneer of the modern education system in India?

  1. Lord Lytton
  2. Lord Ripon
  3. Charles Grant
  4. H.T.Princep

Answer: 3. Charles Grant

Question 37. When was Macaulay Minute introduced?

  1. 1830 A.D.
  2. 1832 A.D.
  3. 1835 A.D.
  4. 1840 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1835 A.D.

Question 38. When was Calcutta Medical College established?

  1. 1835 A.D.
  2. 1840 A.D.
  3. 1857 A.D.
  4. 1860 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1835 A.D.

Question 39. When was Engineering College established in Calcutta?

  1. 1856 A.D.
  2. 1860 A.D.
  3. 1862 A.D.
  4. 1863 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1856 A.D.

Question 40. When was Poona College established?

  1. 1850 A.D.
  2. 1851 A.D.
  3. 1852 A.D.
  4. 1853 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1851 A.D.

Question 41. Where was Grant Medical College established?

  1. Calcutta
  2. Bombay
  3. Madras
  4. Delhi

Answer: 2. Bombay

Question 42. Who founded Rurkee Engineering College?

  1. James Tomson
  2. Charles Grant
  3. William Bentinck
  4. Lord Dalhousie

Answer: 1. James Tomson

Question 43. Who wrote Varna Parichaya?

  1. Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
  2. Raja Rammohan Roy
  3. Debendranath Tagore
  4. Keshav Chandra Sen

Answer: 1. Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar

Question 44. Who passed the Widow Remarriage Act?

  1. Lord Dalhousie
  2. Lord Canning
  3. Lord Ripon
  4. Lord Lytton

Answer: 1. Lord Dalhousie

Question 45. When was the Widow Remarriage Act passed?

  1. 1855 A.D.
  2. 1856 A.D.
  3. 1857 A.D.
  4. 1858 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1856 A.D.

Question 46. Which of the following is called the Magna Carta of Indian education ]

  1. Macaulay Minute
  2. Wood’s Despatch
  3. Report of Hunter Commission
  4. Charter Act of 1913

Answer: 2. Wood’s Despatch

Question 47. When was the Calcutta School Book Society established?

  1. 1817 A.D.
  2. 1818 A.D.
  3. 1819 A.D.
  4. 1820 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1817 A.D.

Question 48. When was the Bose Institute established?

  1. 1910 A.D.
  2. 1915 A.D.
  3. 1920 A.D.
  4. 1917 A.D.

Answer: 4. 1917 A.D.

Question 49. When was the National Science Institute established?

  1. 1927 A.D.
  2. 1830 A.D.
  3. 1834 A.D.
  4. 1835 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1834 A.D.

Question 50. When was the first University established in Allahabad?

  1. 1882 A.D.
  2. 1885 A.D.
  3. 1887 A.D.
  4. 1902 A.D.
  5. Answer: 3. 1887 A.D.

Question 51. When was Raja Rammohan Roy born?

  1. 1770 A.D.
  2. 1772 A.D.
  3. 1775 A.D.
  4. 1776 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1772 A.D.

Question 52. When was Brahma Samaj established?

  1. 1825 A.D.
  2. 1826 A.D.
  3. 1827 A.D.
  4. 1828 A.D.

Answer: 4. 1828 A.D.

Question 53. When did Raja Rammohan Roy die?

  1. 1830 A.D.
  2. 1831A.D.
  3. 1833 A D.
  4. 1834 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1833 A.D.

Question 54. By whose initiative was the Brahma Marriage Act passed?

  1. Raja Rammohan Roy
  2. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  3. Keshab Chandra Sen
  4. Debendranath Tagore

Answer: 3. Keshab Chandra Sen

Question 55. Who was the founder of Sadharan Brahma Samaj?

  1. Anand Mohan Bose
  2. Keshav Chandra Sen
  3. Debendra Nath Tagore
  4. Raja Rammohan Roy

Answer: 1. Anand Mohan Bose

Question 56. Who was the founder of Young Bengal?

  1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  2. Derozio
  3. Raja Rammohan Roy
  4. Keshab Chandra Sen

Answer: 2. Derozio

Question 57. When was the Sati Prohibition Act passed?

  1. 1827 A.D.
  2. 1828 A.D.
  3. 1829 A.D.
  4. 1830 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1829 A.D.

Question 58. When was the first Women’s University established in Bombay?

  1. 1905 A.D.
  2. 1906 A.D.
  3. 1907 A.D.
  4. 1908 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1906 A.D.

Question 59. When was Widow Ashram established in Poona?

  1. 1890 A.D.
  2. 1894 A.D.
  3. 1895 A.D.
  4. 1899 A.D.

Answer: 4. 1899 A.D.

Question 60. Who founded the Widow Remarriage Association?

  1. Vishnu Shastri Pandit
  2. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  3. Veeresh Lingam Puntalu
  4. Raja Rammohan Roy

Answer: 1. Vishnu Shastri Pandit

Question 61. Who wrote the book Tuhfat-ul-Muhaddin?

  1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  2. Narayan Guru
  3. Raja Ahmad Khan
  4. Raja Rammohan Roy

Answer: 3. Raja Ahmad Khan

Question 62. What was the original name of Ram Krishna Paramhansa?

  1. Devendra Nath Chatterjee
  2. Gadadhar Chatterjee
  3. Narendra Nath Dutta
  4. Keshav Chandra Sen

Answer: 2. Gadadhar Chatterjee

Question 63. When was the Ramakrishna Mission established?

  1. 1893 A.D.
  2. 1894 A.D.
  3. 1897 A.D.
  4. 1899 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1897 A.D.

Question 64. Who participated in the Chicago World Religions Conference?

  1. Swami Vivekananda
  2. Swami Nityananda
  3. Swami Sankaracharya
  4. Ramaswami Ayyar

Answer: 1. Swami Vivekananda

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Question 1. ______ Was the most popular Bengali magazine of the 19th century which focussed on women’s issues.
Answer: Bamabodhini.

Question 2. _______ belonged to the aristocratic family of Sobhabazar.
Answer: Radhakanta Deb.

Question 3. The original name of the Bethune School was ______
Answer: The Native Female School.

Question 4. ______ was the first multi-discipline, western-style university in Asia.
Answer: Calcutta.

Question 5. The Young Bengal Association was formed by ________
Answer: Henry Louis Vivian Derozio.

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Question 6. Widow Remarriage Act was passed in ______
Answer: 1856.

Question 7. Radhanath Shikdar was a member of _______
Answer: Landholders’ Society.

Question 8. Imambada was built by _______
Answer: Nazi Mohammad.

Question 9. Hazi Mohammed constituted a Trustee in _____ to spend his wealth for the benefit of the general public.
Answer: 1806.

Question 10. Three Acts were passed in ______ AD.
Answer: 1872.

Question 11. ________  was seemed to be the father of modern education in India.
Answer: Charles Grant.

Question 12. Bamabodhini was a ________ magazine.
Answer: Monthly.

Question 13. Kishori Chandra Mitra established _________
Answer: Indian Field.

Question 14. National Theatre was founded by ________
Answer: Girish Chandra Ghosh

Question 15. In _________ A.D. Indigo Commission was established.
Answer: 1860 A.D.

Question 16. Harinath Majumdar was the founder of __________
Answer: Gramvarta Prakashika.

Question 17. Macaulay Minute was introduced in ______
Answer: 1835 A.D.

Question 18. Wood’s Despatch was passed in ___________
Answer: 1854 A.D.

Question 19. Calcutta Medical College was founded by _________
Answer: Lord William Bentinck.

Question 20. Asiatic Society was founded by _________
Answer: Sir William Bentinck.

Question 21. Calcutta School Society was founded in ________
Answer: 1818 A.D.

Question 22. Hindu College was later changed into ________
Answer: Presidency College.

Question 23. Sati Prohibition Act is also known as _________
Answer: Regulation XVII.

Question 24. Young Bengal was founded by _________
Answer: Derozio.

Question 25. Brahma Marriage Act was passed in _______
Answer: 1875 A.D.

Question 26. Anglo-Indian Hindu Association was established by _______
Answer: Derozio.

Question 27. Widow Remarriage Association was established by _________
Answer: Vishnu Shastri Pandit.

Question 28. The ideal of religious harmony was of _______
Answer: Ramakrishna Paramhansa.

Question 29. The propagator of New Vedanta was ________
Answer: Swami Vivekananda.

Chapter 2 Culture: Characteristics And Discussion True Or False

Question 1. The Asiatic Society was set up by Radhakanta Deb.
Answer: False

Question 2. After the passing of the Charter Act (1813), the Company agreed to spend one lakh rupees yearly on Indian education.
Answer: True

Question 3. Ecole de Medicine, Pondicherry was the first medical college of India.
Answer: True

Question 4. Swamiji said every religion has its path to reach God.
Answer: False

Question 5. Sri Ramakrishna said, ‘Let the New India awake through the plow’.
Answer: False

Question 6. Lalan Fakir is called the Baul Samrat.
Answer: True

Question 7. Bijoy Krishna Goswami was both a sage and a doctor.
Answer: True

Question 8.’Gram Barta’ is a Sanskrit magazine.
Answer: False

Question 9. It was not before 1813 that English education was introduced in India under the government initiative.
Answer: True

Question 10. The Evangelists were those who did not favor the introduction of English education in India.
Answer: False

Question 11. Bethune College emerged as an important institution for the higher education of women in Bengal.
Answer: False

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