British Rule History

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

Correct Answer

S. N. Banerjee

More Questions on British Rule

  • 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. Consider the following according to the correct chronological order of the Governors-General during British India I. Wellesley II. Marquess of Hastings III. Amherst IV. Bentinck
    A)II, I, IV & III
    B)I, II, III & IV
    C)I, III, II & IV
    D)III, I, II & IV
    Answer: I, II, III & IV
  • Q. The Mutiny was brought to an end with the fall of __________ into the hands of the British in India
    A)Awadh
    B)Meerut
    C)Gwalior
    D)Rohilkhand
    Answer: Gwalior
  • 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. Which of the following statement is not correct about the provisions of the Government of India Act,1858?
    A)A council of fifteen members was appointed to assist the Secretary of State for India
    B)The Queen's Principal Secretary of State received the powers and duties of the Company's Court of Directors
    C)For all the communications between Britain and India, the Secretary of State became the real channel
    D)All the above statements are incorrect
    Answer: All the above statements are incorrect
  • Q. Assertion (A): In some places artisans and craftsmen participated in the Revolt of 1857. Reason (R): The British policy of ‘one-way’ free trade destroyed village industries and handicrafts in India
    A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: A is true but R is false
  • 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. Consider the following on the chronology of appointment of Viceroys I. Reading II. Irwin III. Wellingdon IV. Linlithgow
    A)III, II, IV, II
    B)I, II, III , IV
    C)IV, III, II, I
    D)II, IV, III, I
    Answer: I, II, III , IV
  • 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. During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Bengal to grow__________
    A)Tea
    B)Jute
    C)Sugarcane
    D)Wheat
    Answer: Jute
  • Q. As a result of the partition of Bengal announced by Lord Curzon in 1905, Bengal was partitioned into two provinces of
    A)Bengal and Eastern Bengal & Assam
    B)East Bengal and West Bengal
    C)Bengal and Assam
    D)Bengal and Odisha and East Bengal and Assam
    Answer: Bengal and Eastern Bengal & Assam
  • Q. The Permanent Settlement was enforced on__________
    A)1793
    B)1693
    C)1893
    D)1933
    Answer: 1793
  • Q. Indian Mutiny began in __________
    A)1657
    B)1557
    C)1857
    D)1957
    Answer: 1857
  • 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 writers of the East India Company had their training in the college at __________ in England
    A)Manchester
    B)London
    C)Liverpool
    D)Haileybury
    Answer: Haileybury
  • Q. Who said that the exploitative nature of British rule was ‘Bleeding India White’?
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)Tilak
    C)Hume
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. When the Simon Commission visited India the Viceroy was
    A)Lord Irwin
    B)Lloyd George
    C)Lord Reading
    D)Lord Ripon
    Answer: Lord Irwin
  • Q. The Indian naval mutiny against the British took place in the year
    A)1919
    B)1857
    C)1946
    D)1947
    Answer: 1946
  • 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. By which Charter Act, the East India Company’s monopoly of trade with China come to an end?
    A)Charter Act of 1813
    B)Charter Act of 1793
    C)Charter Act of 1833
    D)Charter Act of 1853
    Answer: Charter Act of 1833

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