More Questions on British Rule
- 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. 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. Arrange the following in chronological order: I. Viceroy Lytton II. Viceroy Mayo III. Viceroy Lansdowne IV. Viceroy Linlithgow
A)II, I, III, IV
B)II, III, I, IV
C)IV, III, II, I
D)III, IV, I, II
Answer: II, I, III, IV
- Q. In 1877 the entrance age to ICS was reduced from 21 to __________
A)18
B)17
C)19
D)20
Answer: 19
- Q. The process of the introduction of education in English had been initiated in India by Lord
A)Bentick
B)Curzon
C)Hastings
D)Macaulay
Answer: Macaulay
- Q. Where had civil rebellions against the British initially started?
A)Bengal and Bihar
B)Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
C)Odisha
D)Madras and Calcutta
Answer: Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
- Q. The British Government intervened in the affairs of the Company and passed an Act in 1773 A.D., known as the
A)Pitt's India Act
B)Regulating Act
C)Charter Act
D)Company Act
Answer: Regulating Act
- Q. The Act constituting the first legislative interference by the British Parliament in the affairs of India was the
A)Pitt's India Act, 1784
B)Fox's India Act, 1783
C)Regulating Act, 1773
D)Declaratory Act, 1781
Answer: Regulating Act, 1773
- Q. The British attitude towards granting India independence changed partly owing to the
A)Impact of World War II
B)Change in the government of the UK
C)Growing tide of Indian Nationalism
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. In 1661 the company obtained __________ from Charles II
A)Madras
B)Bombay
C)Kannur
D)Calcutta
Answer: Bombay
- 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 British colonial policies in India proved most ruinous for Indian
A)trade
B)agriculture
C)industry
D)handicrafts
Answer: handicrafts
- 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. Who established the Sadr-Di-wani-Adalat during the British East India Company’s rule?
A)Warren Hastings
B)Wellesley
C)Dalhousie
D)Cornwallis
Answer: Warren Hastings
- 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 policy of Doctrine of lapse was introduced by __________
A)Lord William Bentinck
B)Lord Wellesley
C)Lord Macaulay
D)Lord Dalhousie
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. Who was the Viceroy when the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place?
A)Chelmsford
B)Hardinge-II
C)Reading
D)Irwin
Answer: Chelmsford
- Q. The Governor of the East India Company was
A)Appointed by the British Parliament
B)Appointed by the monarch of England
C)Elected by the members of the East India Company
D)Nominated by the Mughal Emperor
Answer: Elected by the members of the East India Company
- Q. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
A)William Bentinck
B)Robert Clive
C)Warren Hasting
D)Col. Sanders
Answer: Warren Hasting
- Q. Dadabhai Naoroji’s book ‘poverty and un British rule in India’ published in __________ analysed the nature of the British rule in India
A)1901
B)1898
C)1908
D)1946
Answer: 1901
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