British Rule History

Q. __________ , the viceroy of India decided to partition Bengal for administrative purposes, creating a new province of East Bengal and Assam, with a population of 31 million people and with its capital at Dhaka

A
Lord Rippon
B
Lord Curzon
C
Lord Hastings
D
Wellesley

Correct Answer

Lord Curzon

More Questions on British Rule

  • 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. 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. Who of the following Governor General is associated with Subsidiary Alliance System?
    A)Lord Wellesley
    B)Lord Cornwallies
    C)Lord Mayo
    D)Lord Delhousie
    Answer: Lord Wellesley
  • 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. The Treaty of Lahore was signed between the Sikhs and the British in India in the year
    A)1846
    B)1836
    C)1856
    D)1866
    Answer: 1846
  • Q. We do not seek our independence out of Britain’s ruin’ said
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Gokhale
    D)Rabindranath Tagore
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. The arrival of Vasco da Gama in Calicut, India on __________
    A)1495
    B)1398
    C)1496
    D)1498
    Answer: 1498
  • 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. 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. In which year was the title of Governor general chanced to that of the Viceroy?
    A)1861
    B)1858
    C)1878
    D)1885
    Answer: 1858
  • Q. In 1661 the company obtained __________ from Charles II
    A)Madras
    B)Bombay
    C)Kannur
    D)Calcutta
    Answer: Bombay
  • 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. During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Bengal to grow__________
    A)Tea
    B)Jute
    C)Sugarcane
    D)Wheat
    Answer: Jute
  • Q. Which of the following British official associated with the local self-government?
    A)Lord Dufferin
    B)Lord Mayo
    C)Lord Northbrook
    D)Lord Ripon
    Answer: Lord Ripon
  • 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 Treaty of Surat was in the year __________
    A)1575
    B)1475
    C)1675
    D)1775
    Answer: 1775
  • Q. The United East India Company refers to the company in India formed by the
    A)Dutch
    B)Portuguese
    C)French
    D)British
    Answer: Dutch
  • Q. The first strategically placed factory that the Britishers had fortified was at
    A)Bombay
    B)Surat
    C)Masulipatnam
    D)Madras
    Answer: Madras
  • Q. The First Opium War started__________
    A)1736
    B)1729
    C)1839
    D)1939
    Answer: 1839
  • 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

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