It was because of the efforts made by Raja Rammohan Roy that …………… , the Governor-General of India, passed a law in 1829 making the practice of sati illegal and punishable by law.

1. Lord Dalhousie
2. Lord Wellesley
3. Lord William Bentinck
4. Lord Canning

To benefit British industry, British rule pursued a policy of free trade in India. The nationalists were generally concerned about the lack of public investment in agriculture and argued that the British were trying to turn India into a valuable source of raw materials and a consumer of British-manufactured goods to make India an extension of the British economy.

(Source: History of Modern India by Bipin Chandra.)

Discuss how the British empire deindustrialised India.

Read the excerpt given below and answer the question that follows:

News outlets played a big role in instigating the dispute around the bill, sparking outrage in Britain and India, as the political press "to influence government legislation for India" for the first time. The Gazette, the Times, and other newspapers continued to release statements condemning the bill and criticising the desire to "please the native community at any cost". The widespread news reports invoked more opposition from those in Britain regarding the need to bring in judicial equality.
Source: Wikipedia

Which Bill is being referred to in the above passage? What was its implication on the Indian judicial system?

Choose the options that DO NOT apply to the immediate objectives of the Indian National Congress.

P- To prevent national workers from all parts of India from becoming personally known to each other.
Q- To end all racial, religious, and provincial prejudices to promote national unity.
R- To formulate popular demands on vital Indian problems and their presentation before the government.
S- To manipulate the public opinion.

1. P and Q
2. Q and R
3. P and S
4. R and S