More Questions on British Rule
- Q. By the Act of 1773, Parliament granted a loan of __________ to the East India Company
A)Rs. 400,000
B)Rs. 480,000
C)Rs. 500,000
D)Rs. 300,000
Answer: Rs. 400,000
- Q. In 1661 the company obtained __________ from Charles II
A)Madras
B)Bombay
C)Kannur
D)Calcutta
Answer: Bombay
- Q. During the Second World War the British forces were defeated at __________
A)Dunkirk
B)London
C)Paris
D)Liverpool
Answer: Dunkirk
- 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. 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. 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. The new proletariat class which emerged in India on account of the British economic policies, consisted of
A)Landlords
B)Money lenders
C)Traders
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. The first Viceroy of India was
A)Lord Hardinge
B)Lord Canning
C)Lord Dalhousie
D)Lord Elgin
Answer: Lord Canning
- Q. __________, a judge of the Supreme Court founded the Asiatic society of Bengal in 1784 A.D.
A)Warren Hastings
B)Sir William Jones
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Lord Macaulay
Answer: Sir William Jones
- Q. The British India Society was formed in __________
A)1833
B)1832
C)1839
D)1874
Answer: 1839
- Q. Gandhi had been provoked into crusading for the lot of the Asians in South Africa by the British law called the Act
A)Blacks' Registration
B)Apartheid
C)cl Asiatic Registration
D)Subcitizens' Licence
Answer: cl Asiatic Registration
- 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 privileges of free trade granted to the English East India Company were confirmed in 1717 by Emperor
A)Farrukh-Siyar
B)Bahadur Shah
C)Muhammad Shah
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Farrukh-Siyar
- 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. __________ started an all-India campaign for restoring the entrance age of 21 and for simultaneous ICS examination in India
A)S. N. Banerjee
B)Gokahale
C)Tilak
D)William Logan
Answer: S. N. Banerjee
- Q. Rani Laxmi Bai died fighting the British in the Battle of
A)Kanpur
B)Jhansi
C)Gwalior
D)Kalpi
Answer: Gwalior
- Q. Who tried to rediscover India’s past?
A)Max Muller
B)Lord Lytton
C)S. N. Banerjee
D)Gokahale
Answer: Max Muller
- Q. On imprisonment in 1908 by the British, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was in
A)Rangoon
B)Andaman and Nicobar
C)Singapore
D)Mandalay
Answer: Mandalay
- Q. Which of the following authorised the British Government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law
A)Government of India Act of 1935
B)Rowlatt Act of 1919
C)Indian Council Act of 1909
D)Government of India Act of 1919
Answer: Rowlatt Act of 1919
- Q. The first Indian to be elected as a member of the British House of Commons was
A)Surendra Nath Banerjee
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Dr. BR Ambedkar
D)C. R. Das
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
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