British Rule History

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

Correct Answer

Tea

More Questions on British Rule

  • 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. Which of the following British official associated with the local self-government?
    A)Lord Dufferin
    B)Lord Mayo
    C)Lord Northbrook
    D)Lord Ripon
    Answer: Lord Ripon
  • 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
  • Q. Rani Laxmi Bai died fighting the British in the Battle of
    A)Kanpur
    B)Jhansi
    C)Gwalior
    D)Kalpi
    Answer: Gwalior
  • 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. 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. Who among the following had been the leader of a number of anti-British revolts in Sambalpur?
    A)Surendra Sai
    B)Kattabomman
    C)Utirat Singh
    D)Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi
    Answer: Surendra Sai
  • Q. In 1877 the entrance age to ICS was reduced from 21 to __________
    A)18
    B)17
    C)19
    D)20
    Answer: 19
  • Q. Which British Governor General introduced Postage Stamp in India?
    A)Lord Auckland
    B)Lord Dalhousie
    C)Lord Canning
    D)Lord William Bentinck
    Answer: Lord Dalhousie
  • Q. When the East India Company was formed, the Mughal emperor in India was
    A)Humayun
    B)Jahangir
    C)Aurangzeb
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Akbar
  • 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. Which war lord is also known as ‘little corporal’
    A)Julius Caesar
    B)Alexander
    C)Napoleon Bonaparte
    D)Genghis Khan
    Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Q. Indian Mutiny began in __________
    A)1657
    B)1557
    C)1857
    D)1957
    Answer: 1857
  • 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 first constitutional measure introduced by the British in India which worked till the framing of the Indian Constitution was
    A)the Act of 1935
    B)the Act of 1919
    C)Indian Independence Bill
    D)Cabinet Mission Plan
    Answer: the Act of 1935
  • Q. Subsidiary Alliance was introduced by __________
    A)Sir John Shore
    B)Lord Wellesley
    C)Robert Clive
    D)Lord Dalhousie
    Answer: Lord Wellesley
  • 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. “Treaty of Rajpurghat” was signed on December 25, 1805 between Holkar and __________
    A)British
    B)French
    C)Portuguese
    D)Dutch
    Answer: British
  • Q. When were Morley-Minto reforms taken place?
    A)1909
    B)1905
    C)1919
    D)1857
    Answer: 1909
  • Q. The master stroke of Lord Wellesley to establish British paramountcy in India was
    A)Subsidiary Alliance
    B)Doctrine of Lapse
    C)Mediatisation
    D)Annexation of Indian States
    Answer: Subsidiary Alliance

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