British Rule History

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

Correct Answer

Lord Dalhousie

More Questions on British Rule

  • 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
  • Q. After the commencement of the government of India Act-1858, what name was to British Governor-General of India?
    A)Governor of the state
    B)Governor-General of India
    C)Viceroy of the state
    D)None of these
    Answer: Viceroy of the state
  • Q. The Seven Years’ War (1756-1763) resulted in the defeat of the__________ forces
    A)British
    B)American
    C)French
    D)Russian
    Answer: French
  • Q. Till the end of the 17th Century the growth of the executive and legislative powers of the East india Company depended on
    A)Governor-General
    B)Governor
    C)Parliament
    D)Crown
    Answer: Crown
  • Q. The arrival of Vasco da Gama in Calicut, India on __________
    A)1495
    B)1398
    C)1496
    D)1498
    Answer: 1498
  • 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. Which Government of India Act/Charter Act generated the post of Governor-General of India?
    A)Charter Act-1833
    B)Government of India Act-1858
    C)Charter Act-1853
    D)Charter Act-1813
    Answer: Charter Act-1833
  • Q. The Treaty of Surat was in the year __________
    A)1575
    B)1475
    C)1675
    D)1775
    Answer: 1775
  • Q. The ‘Sepoy Mutiny’ was in the year __________
    A)1757
    B)1657
    C)1765
    D)1857
    Answer: 1857
  • 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. On which day had premier Attlee conceded that the British would quit India by June, 1948?
    A)August 15, 1947
    B)January 26, 1947
    C)January 26, 1948
    D)February 20, 1947
    Answer: February 20, 1947
  • Q. Regulating Act was in the year of__________
    A)1673
    B)1573
    C)1773
    D)1873
    Answer: 1773
  • 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. August Offer 1940 was made by the Viceroy
    A)Linlithgow
    B)Willingdon
    C)Minto
    D)Lytton
    Answer: Linlithgow
  • Q. The English rounded Calcutta after obtaining the zamindari of three villages, viz Sutanuti, Kalikata and Govindpur, from the Mughal Viceroy of Bengal in 1698. The nucleus of the British settlement in Calcutta was
    A)Victoria Memeorial
    B)San Thome
    C)Fort William
    D)Howrah Port
    Answer: Fort William
  • Q. Which of the following is not the provision of The Act of 1892?
    A)Reforms of the legislative council and adoption of the principle of election in place of nomination
    B)A simultaneous examination of ICS to be held in England and India
    C)Support of the annexation of Upper Burma
    D)Reduction in the Military expenditure
    Answer: Support of the annexation of Upper Burma
  • Q. Which of the following Act, ensured the establishment of the supreme court 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: The Regulating Act, AD 1773
  • Q. The capital of British India was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in the year
    A)1912
    B)1911
    C)1920
    D)1925
    Answer: 1911
  • 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. When the Congress Ministries were formed in the provinces in June 1937, the Viceroy of India was
    A)Lord Irwin
    B)Lord Willingdon
    C)Lord Linlithgow
    D)Viscount Wavell
    Answer: Lord Linlithgow

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