Question : Who started the first English newspaper in India ?
Option 1: Bal Gangadhar Tilak .
Option 2: Raja Rammohan Roy .
Option 3: J.A.Hickey.
Option 4: Lord William Bentinck.
Correct Answer: J.A.Hickey.
Solution : Correct Answer is J.A.Hickey.
A two-sheet newspaper, it was published weekly. The Bengal Gazette, the first Indian newspaper, was published in India by James Augustus Hicky in 1780. Even though it was also known as the Calcutta General Advertiser, it was often referred to as Hicky's Gazette. To emphasize that his newspaper was founded first, Hicky changed the name of his publication from Hicky's Bengal Gazette—or, Calcutta General Advertiser—to Hicky's Bengal Gazette.
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Question : The governer -General of India who initiated the introduction of English in India was
Option 1: Lord Curzon.
Option 2: Lord Macaulay.
Option 3: Lord Bentinck .
Option 4: Lord Hastings .
Question : Which Governor General abolished the 'Sati System' in India?
Option 1: Lord Canning
Option 2: Lord Rippon
Option 3: Lord William Bentinck
Option 4: Lord Dalhousie
Question : Who among the following Governor-General enacted the law against the Sati practice in December 1829?
Option 2: Lord William Bentinck
Option 3: Lord Dalhousie
Option 4: Lord Warren Hastings
Question : Who introduced a permanent settlement policy in 1793 to fix the revenue between East India Company and landlords?
Option 1: Lord Ripon
Option 3: Lord Wellesley
Option 4: Lord Cornwallis
Question : Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?
Option 1: Mula Shankar
Option 2: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Option 3: Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Option 4: Rabindranath Tagore
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