Modern Indian History
What was the Ilbert Bill intended for?

To enable India District Magistrates and Session Judges to try Europeans
To change the method of recruitment in the Indian Civil Service
To remove racial discrimination in employment
To save Indians from racial humiliation

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Modern Indian History
Why was the Simon Commission boycotted?

All the members of the commission were Englishmen
Simon was not known to be a great supporter of the Indian cause
Peaceful demonstrators were severely beaten by the police
It was appointed before the expiry of the statutory period

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Modern Indian History
Which of the following literary personalities made the greatest contribution in arousing patriotism in the 19th century?

Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850-85) through his plays, poems and journals advocating use of Swadeshi articles and use of Hindi in courts
Dinbandhu Mitra's exposure of Indigo planters in Nil Darpana
Bankim Chandra with his historical novels culminating with Ananda Math (1882)
Vishnu Krishna Chiplunkar's Journal Nibandhamaka (1874-81)

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Modern Indian History
Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah of Bengal was defeated by the English in the battle of Plassey, mainly

because of Clive's conspiracy with the Nawab's Commanderin- Chief Mir Jafar and rich bankers of Bengal
because the English forces were much stronger than those of the Nawab
because of Siraj-ud-Daulah's retirement from the battlefield
because of the capture of a band of Frenchmen under the Nawab's service by the English

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