British Rule History

Q. What did the Rowlatt Act, 1919 empower the British government to do

A
Shut down any industrial unit at will
B
Foment class and caste strife
C
Extend the period of imprisonment for Indians
D
Detain a person for any duration without a trial

Correct Answer

Detain a person for any duration without a trial

More Questions on British Rule

  • Q. The Treaty of Lahore was signed between the Sikhs and the British in India in the year
    A)1846
    B)1836
    C)1856
    D)1866
    Answer: 1846
  • 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 Peshwaship was abolished by the British at the time of Peshwa
    A)Narayan Rao
    B)Raghunath Rao
    C)Madhav Rao-II
    D)Baji Rao-II
    Answer: Baji Rao-II
  • Q. Who among the following Indian cracks the British Indian Civil Services Examination in the first time of Indian History?
    A)R. C. Dutt
    B)Satyendranath Tagore
    C)Behari Lal Gupta
    D)Surendranath Banerjee
    Answer: Satyendranath Tagore
  • Q. The Company lost all its administrative powers__________
    A)By the Government of India Act of 1758
    B)By the Government of India Act of 1658
    C)By the Government of India Act of 1858
    D)By the Government of India Act of 1958
    Answer: By the Government of India Act of 1858
  • 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. In Bengal, the East India Company’s headquarters were located at
    A)Fort william
    B)Fort St George
    C)Fort St David
    D)Shantiniketan
    Answer: Fort william
  • 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. 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. The Governor General of India who initiated the introduction of English in India was
    A)Lord Macaulay
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Lord Bentinck
    D)Lord Hastings
    Answer: Lord Bentinck
  • Q. The title of ‘Viceroy’ was added to the centre of the Governor-General of India for the first time in
    A)1858 A.D.
    B)1848 A.D.
    C)1862 A.D.
    D)1856 A.D.
    Answer: 1858 A.D.
  • Q. The greatest contribution of the British rule to the growth of India nationalism was the __________
    A)Racial arrogance of the British
    B)Introduction of western education in India
    C)Denial of Higher Jobs to deserving Indians
    D)Queen's proclamation of 1858
    Answer: Introduction of western education in India
  • Q. The privileges of free trade granted to the English East India Company were confirmed in 1717 by Emperor
    A)Farrukh-Siyar
    B)Bahadur Shah
    C)Muhammad Shah
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Farrukh-Siyar
  • Q. In 1612 __________established a trading post in Gujarat
    A)French
    B)British
    C)Spain
    D)Dutch
    Answer: British
  • Q. The term of office fixed by Regulating Act for Governor General was
    A)5 years
    B)4 years
    C)3 years
    D)2 years
    Answer: 5 years
  • Q. Indian Mutiny began in __________
    A)1657
    B)1557
    C)1857
    D)1957
    Answer: 1857
  • Q. When were Morley-Minto reforms taken place?
    A)1909
    B)1905
    C)1919
    D)1857
    Answer: 1909
  • Q. Bengal British India Society founded in Calcutta on 20 April 1843, was the __________ political public association to be formed in British India, the first being the zamindari association (1837)
    A)Second
    B)First
    C)Third
    D)Fourth
    Answer: Second
  • Q. Consider the following on the chronology of appointment of Viceroys I. Reading II. Irwin III. Wellingdon IV. Linlithgow
    A)III, II, IV, II
    B)I, II, III , IV
    C)IV, III, II, I
    D)II, IV, III, I
    Answer: I, II, III , IV
  • Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about the provisions of the Government of India Act,1858?
    A)A council of fifteen members was appointed to assist the Secretary of State for India
    B)The Queen's Principal Secretary of State received the powers and duties of the Company's Court of Directors
    C)For all the communications between Britain and India, the Secretary of State became the real channel
    D)All the above statements are incorrect
    Answer: All the above statements are incorrect

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