British Rule History

Q. When the Congress Ministries were formed in the provinces in June 1937, the Viceroy of India was

A
Lord Irwin
B
Lord Willingdon
C
Lord Linlithgow
D
Viscount Wavell

Correct Answer

Lord Linlithgow

More Questions on British Rule

  • Q. Dyer was __________ by the Government of Britain
    A)Sentenced to death
    B)Sentenced for life
    C)Rewarded with honour
    D)Relieved of his service
    Answer: Relieved of his service
  • Q. __________, a judge of the Supreme Court founded the Asiatic society of Bengal in 1784 A.D.
    A)Warren Hastings
    B)Sir William Jones
    C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    D)Lord Macaulay
    Answer: Sir William Jones
  • Q. The Viceroy who wanted to train Indian in the art of selfgovernment was
    A)Ripon
    B)Mountbatten
    C)Northbrook
    D)Curzon
    Answer: Ripon
  • Q. As a result of the partition of Bengal announced by Lord Curzon in 1905, Bengal was partitioned into two provinces of
    A)Bengal and Eastern Bengal & Assam
    B)East Bengal and West Bengal
    C)Bengal and Assam
    D)Bengal and Odisha and East Bengal and Assam
    Answer: Bengal and Eastern Bengal & Assam
  • Q. The permanent settlement was made in Bengal in the sphere of revenue administration by
    A)Hastings
    B)William Pitt
    C)William Bentic
    D)Lord Cornwallis
    Answer: Lord Cornwallis
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Charter Act of 1793? I. Renewed the Charter of the Company for 20 more years. II. Regulated the finances of the Company. III. Lay down that the salaries of the Board of Control and their staffs were to be paid from the British revenues. IV. Prohibited the Commander-in-Chief from being a member of the Governor General’s Council
    A)I, II & IV
    B)I, II & III
    C)I & II
    D)II & III
    Answer: I, II & IV
  • Q. The ‘Sepoy Mutiny’ was in the year __________
    A)1757
    B)1657
    C)1765
    D)1857
    Answer: 1857
  • Q. The single biggest item of British capital investment in India was
    A)Plantations and mines
    B)Railways
    C)Banking and insurance
    D)Shipping
    Answer: Railways
  • Q. Who among the following Viceroys became a victim of one of the convicts during his visit to the Andamans?
    A)Mayo
    B)Curzon
    C)Ripon
    D)Lytton
    Answer: Mayo
  • Q. Lord Cornwallis had introduced the __________ land tenure system
    A)Ryotwari
    B)Zamindari
    C)Mahalwari
    D)Inamdari
    Answer: Zamindari
  • Q. By the Act of 1773, Parliament granted a loan of __________ to the East India Company
    A)Rs. 400,000
    B)Rs. 480,000
    C)Rs. 500,000
    D)Rs. 300,000
    Answer: Rs. 400,000
  • Q. British Prime Minister Attlee made the historic announcement of the end of British rule in India (and transfer of power to responsible Indian hands by a date not later than June1948) on
    A)February 20, 1947
    B)May 16, 1946
    C)March 10, 1946
    D)December 31, 1946
    Answer: February 20, 1947
  • Q. Which of the following counterpart of British in the Treaty of Salbai?
    A)The Marathas
    B)The French
    C)Tipu Sultan
    D)The Nizam of Hyderabad
    Answer: The Marathas
  • Q. Which of the following is not the part of Government of India Act, 1935
    A)Diarchy in the provinces was replaced by provincial autonomy
    B)This act provided for setting up of the federation of India comprising British Indian provinces
    C)The post of Indian council of secretary of state for India made permanent
    D)The diarchy was introduced at the centre
    Answer: The post of Indian council of secretary of state for India made permanent
  • Q. Which of the following act of India ensured the partition of India?
    A)Government of India Act, 1919
    B)Government of India Act, 1909
    C)Government of India Act, 1935
    D)None of these
    Answer: Government of India Act, 1935
  • Q. During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Assam to grow__________
    A)Tea
    B)Jute
    C)Sugarcane
    D)Wheat
    Answer: Tea
  • Q. Lytton held an Imperial Durbar at Delhi in 1877 to announce __________ as the Empress of India at a time when a large part of the country was in the grip of a severe famine
    A)Queen Victoria
    B)Queen Elizabeth
    C)Queen Anne
    D)Queen Marie
    Answer: Queen Victoria
  • Q. Dadabhai Naoroji’s book ‘poverty and un British rule in India’ published in __________ analysed the nature of the British rule in India
    A)1901
    B)1898
    C)1908
    D)1946
    Answer: 1901
  • Q. The transfer of Government from the ‘Company’ to the ‘Crown’ was pronounced by Lord Canning (November 1, 1858) at
    A)Delhi
    B)Calcutta
    C)Patna
    D)Allahabad
    Answer: Allahabad
  • Q. The British Governor General and Viceroy who served for the longest period in India was
    A)Lord Dalhousie
    B)Lord Irwin
    C)Lord Curzon
    D)Lord Linlithgow
    Answer: Lord Dalhousie

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