More Questions on British Rule
- Q. What was the motive of Lord Wellesley to introduced the system of Subsidiary Alliance?
A)Prevent disloyalty towards the British
B)Improve the administration of the Indian States
C)Tone up the British Indian administration
D)Prevent the French influence in the Indian States
Answer: Prevent the French influence in the Indian States
- 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
Answer: Detain a person for any duration without a trial
- Q. The Charter for the establishment of the East India Company was granted by
A)Queen Anbolin
B)Queen Elizabeth I
C)Queen Mary
D)Queen Victoria
Answer: Queen Elizabeth I
- Q. Before the Regulating Act was passed in 1773, there was __________ at home to administer the East India Company
A)A Secretary
B)A Committee of 24
C)A Council of Lords
D)A Board of Revenue
Answer: A Committee of 24
- Q. Which of the following act led to the introduction of dual system of government in India?
A)The Regulating Act, AD 1773
B)Pitt's India Act, AD 1784
C)Charter Act, 1793 AD
D)Charter Act, 1813 AD
Answer: Pitt's India Act, AD 1784
- Q. By which Charter Act, the East India Company’s monopoly of trade with China come to an end?
A)Charter Act of 1813
B)Charter Act of 1793
C)Charter Act of 1833
D)Charter Act of 1853
Answer: Charter Act of 1833
- 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 Viceroy who wanted to train Indian in the art of selfgovernment was
A)Ripon
B)Mountbatten
C)Northbrook
D)Curzon
Answer: Ripon
- Q. The First Opium War started__________
A)1736
B)1729
C)1839
D)1939
Answer: 1839
- Q. Who among the following revolutionaries was executed by the British
A)Chandrashekhar Azad
B)Jitin Das
C)Rajguru
D)Kalpana - Dutt
Answer: Rajguru
- Q. The Ilbert Bill introduced In Lord Ripon’s reign is significant because
A)it put restrictions on the vernacular press
B)it limited the Britishers political authority
C)it debarred Indians from entering the civil services
D)it removed racial discrimination from the judicial services
Answer: it removed racial discrimination from the judicial services
- Q. Queen Victoria’s famous proclamation, transferring authority from the East India Company to the Crown , was made from
A)Calcutta
B)London
C)Delhi
D)Allahabad
Answer: Allahabad
- Q. The Vernacular Press Act was passed in __________
A)1881
B)1878
C)1888
D)1898
Answer: 1878
- Q. Who convinced the British in 1829 to outlaw Sati?
A)Swami Dayananda Saraswati
B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C)Lokmanya Tilak
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Q. Who said that he had not become His Majesty’s first Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire?
A)Churchill
B)Attlee
C)Disraeli
D)Loyd George
Answer: Churchill
- Q. British Indian Association was founded on October 29, 1851 at__________
A)Pune
B)Calcutta
C)Madras
D)Bombay
Answer: Calcutta
- Q. The first strategically placed factory that the Britishers had fortified was at
A)Bombay
B)Surat
C)Masulipatnam
D)Madras
Answer: Madras
- 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. The British introduced the railways in India in order to
A)Facilitate British commerce and adminitstrative control
B)Promote heavy industries in India
C)More foodstuff in case of famine
D)Enable Indians to move freely within the country
Answer: Facilitate British commerce and adminitstrative control
- Q. Who propounded the theory of ‘Economic Drain of India’ during British imperialism?
A)Dadabhai Naroji
B)W. C. Bannerji
C)Gopalkrishna Gokhale
D)Gandhiji
Answer: Dadabhai Naroji
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