More Questions on British Rule
- Q. Punjab was annexed to the British empire during the reign of Governor General
A)Lord Dalhousie
B)Lord Bentinck
C)Lord Cornwallis
D)Lord Canning
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. Assertion (A): In some places artisans and craftsmen participated in the Revolt of 1857. Reason (R): The British policy of ‘one-way’ free trade destroyed village industries and handicrafts in India
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: A is true but R is false
- Q. An ambassador of the British King James I, who secured favourable privileges for the East India Company from Emperor Jahangir, was
A)Henry Middleton
B)Hawkins
C)Thomas Roe
D)Josiah Child
Answer: Thomas Roe
- 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
Answer: Lord Linlithgow
- Q. Despite holding a monopoly, the East India Company had faced competition from what it had termed as the ‘interlopers’ represented by the
A)Indigenous merchants
B)Portuguese
C)British free merchants
D)Dutch
Answer: British free merchants
- Q. During the first hundred years of the British rule in India, people’s resentment and opposition to the British policies mainly surfaced in the form of
A)Peasant uprisings
B)Tribal uprisings
C)Civil uprisings
D)Both A and B above
Answer: Both A and B above
- Q. The first interim government during the British rule in India was formed in
A)November, 1945
B)September, 1945
C)September, 1946
D)January, 1947
Answer: September, 1946
- Q. During British rule, who was instrumental for the introduction of the Ryotwari system in the then Madras Presidency?
A)Elphinstone
B)Macaulay
C)Thomas Munro
D)John Lawrence
Answer: Thomas Munro
- Q. Who among the following who fought against British in 1857 Revolt? I. Kunwar Singh II. Tantia Tope III. Nana Saheb IV. Maulavi Ahmaduallah
A)I, III and IV
B)All of the above
C)I, II and III
D)II, III and IV
Answer: All of the above
- 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. Who was the monarch of Britain at the time of commencement of the Government of India Act, 1858?
A)Victoria
B)William IV
C)Edward VII
D)George V
Answer: Victoria
- Q. The East India Company had taken Bombay from
A)Charles I
B)The Dutch
C)Charles II
D)The Portuguese
Answer: Charles II
- Q. Assertion (A): The announcement of the Simon Commission aroused widespread Indian resentment. Reason (R): The British Government in defiance of the opinion of all parties in India had deliberately decided to appoint an all British Commission
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Q. Who of the following Governor General is associated with Subsidiary Alliance System?
A)Lord Wellesley
B)Lord Cornwallies
C)Lord Mayo
D)Lord Delhousie
Answer: Lord Wellesley
- Q. Charles Wood’s Despatch__________
A)1684
B)1554
C)1784
D)1854
Answer: 1854
- Q. The Simla Conference called by Viceroy Lord Wavell (to discuss the so-called Wavell Plan) in June 1945 failed on account of
A)the demand of the Congress to include the members of all communities in their quota to the Executive Council
B)Jinnah's demand that the Muslim League alone would nominate Muslim members to the Executive Council
C)the demand of the Scheduled Castes to reserved seats in the Executive Council in Proportion to their population
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Which of the following British official intiated the Doctrine of Lapse?
A)Lord Auckland
B)Lord Wellesley
C)Lord Dalhousie
D)Warren Hastings
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. The Treaty of Surat was in the year __________
A)1575
B)1475
C)1675
D)1775
Answer: 1775
- Q. Diu was the colony of the __________
A)English
B)Portuguese
C)Dutch
D)French
Answer: Portuguese
- Q. Which of the following charter act ended the monopoly of trade of east India Company with china and sea route also?
A)The charter Act, 1813 AD
B)Pitt's India Act, AD 1784
C)Charter Act, 1833 AD
D)The Regulating Act, AD 1773
Answer: Charter Act, 1833 AD
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