More Questions on British Rule
- Q. When the East India Company was established India was ruled by
A)A Gupta Emperor
B)A Mughal Emperor
C)A Mauryan Emperor
D)A Sunga Emperor
Answer: A Mughal Emperor
- Q. Who had, while fasting in the prison, written to the British governor, The individual must die so that the nation may live. Today, I must die so that India may win freedom and glory?
A)Lala Lajpat Rai
B)Jatin Das
C)MK Gandhi
D)SC Bose
Answer: Jatin Das
- 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. By the Charter Act of 1813 the Indian trade except in __________ was thrown open to all British subjects
A)Spices
B)Tea
C)Coffee
D)Cotton
Answer: Tea
- Q. The East India Company was established in the year
A)1600 AD
B)1607 AD
C)1700 AD
D)1669 AD
Answer: 1600 AD
- Q. Who among the British Governor- General shown great interest in the preservation of ancient monuments?
A)Lord Ripon
B)Lord Curzon
C)Lord Lytton
D)Lord Irwin
Answer: Lord Curzon
- Q. In which year was the title of Governor general chanced to that of the Viceroy?
A)1861
B)1858
C)1878
D)1885
Answer: 1858
- Q. When the East India Company came into existence, England was ruled by the__________
A)Stuarts
B)Hanoverians
C)Normans
D)Tudors
Answer: Stuarts
- Q. Lord Mountbatten had replaced Lord __________ as the viceroy of India in 1947
A)Lytton
B)Wavell
C)Linlithgow
D)Cornwallis
Answer: Wavell
- Q. Consider the following according to the correct chronological order of the Governors-General during British India I. Wellesley II. Marquess of Hastings III. Amherst IV. Bentinck
A)II, I, IV & III
B)I, II, III & IV
C)I, III, II & IV
D)III, I, II & IV
Answer: I, II, III & IV
- Q. The ‘Sepoy Mutiny’ was in the year __________
A)1757
B)1657
C)1765
D)1857
Answer: 1857
- 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. The Indian Civil Service Act was passed during the Viceroyalty of
A)Canning
B)Elgin
C)Minto
D)Lytton
Answer: Canning
- Q. The writers of the East India Company had their training in the college at __________ in England
A)Manchester
B)London
C)Liverpool
D)Haileybury
Answer: Haileybury
- Q. Which one of the following events did not take place during the Viceroyalty of Lord Curzon?
A)Second Delhi Durbar
B)Establishment of the department of Archaeology
C)Formation of Indian National Congress
D)Partition of Bengal
Answer: Formation of Indian National Congress
- Q. The first Indian Governor of a British Province (Bihar) in India was
A)Sir Shaukat Hayat
B)Sir SP Sinha
C)Sir Hari Singh Gaur
D)VJ Patel
Answer: Sir SP Sinha
- Q. At which place in Bengal was the East India Company given permission to trade and build a factory by the Mughals in 1651 ?
A)Qasim Bazar
B)Calcutta
C)Singur
D)Burdwan
Answer: Qasim Bazar
- Q. During the Viceroyalty of Sir John Lawrence the bone of contention between India and Bhutan was
A)Jalpaiguri
B)Duars
C)Goalpara
D)Cooch Behar
Answer: Duars
- 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. In 1661 the company obtained __________ from Charles II
A)Madras
B)Bombay
C)Kannur
D)Calcutta
Answer: Bombay
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