Modern Indian History
Why was the Simon Commission boycotted?

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

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Modern Indian History
Assertion (A): English was taken as the medium of instruction in India by the William Bentinck. Reason (R): William Bentinck wanted to promote western culture in India

Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
A is false but R is true
A is true but R is false
Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A

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Modern Indian History
In 1867, the British government prepared to accept the demand of the Hindu communities of the United Provinces and Bihar to change the Perso-Arabic script of the official language Urdu to Devanagari and adopt Hindi as the second official language. This gave rise to a Hindi-Urdu controversy. Who among the following was the most vocal opponent of this change?

Mohsin-ul-Mulk
Syed Ahmed Khan
Maulana Hali
Syed Mahmood

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