More Questions on British Rule
- 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 decisive battle of the third Carnatic War was waged between the French and the British at
A)Jhansi
B)Arcot
C)Plassey
D)Wandiwash
Answer: Wandiwash
- Q. Dyer was __________ by the Government of Britain
A)Sentenced to death
B)Sentenced for life
C)Rewarded with honour
D)Relieved of his service
Answer: Relieved of his service
- 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. Year of the Battle of Wandiwash is __________
A)1660
B)1560
C)1760
D)1860
Answer: 1760
- Q. Lord __________ is regarded to have been the father of local self-government in India
A)Bentinck
B)Ripon
C)Curzon
D)Mayo
Answer: Ripon
- 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. Which of the following act of India ensured the partition of India?
A)Government of India Act, 1919
B)Government of India Act, 1909
C)Government of India Act, 1935
D)None of these
Answer: Government of India Act, 1935
- Q. Who was the supreme body in the Britain at the time of commencement of the Government of India Act- 1858?
A)The British Parliament
B)Queen Victoria
C)Government of Britan
D)None of these
Answer: The British Parliament
- Q. Diu was the colony of the __________
A)English
B)Portuguese
C)Dutch
D)French
Answer: Portuguese
- Q. During the Second World War the British forces were defeated at __________
A)Dunkirk
B)London
C)Paris
D)Liverpool
Answer: Dunkirk
- Q. The First Opium War started__________
A)1736
B)1729
C)1839
D)1939
Answer: 1839
- 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 correct Chronological order in which the British established their trading centre in the places mentioned below is
A)Bombay, Madras, Surat, Calcutta
B)Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Surat
C)Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta
D)Surat, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay
Answer: Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta
- 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. 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. In 1831 Bentinck signed a treaty with Ranjit Singh to protect the British territories from
A)Pindari menace
B)Russian menace
C)Rohelas
D)Attack by Burmese
Answer: Russian menace
- Q. British Crown assumed sovereignty over Indian from the East Indian Company in the year
A)1858
B)1857
C)1859
D)1860
Answer: 1858
- 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. The Treaty between Ranjit Singh and the British was signed at
A)Amritsar
B)Allahabad
C)Kashmir
D)Agra
Answer: Amritsar
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