More Questions on British Rule
- Q. August Offer 1940 was made by the Viceroy
A)Linlithgow
B)Willingdon
C)Minto
D)Lytton
Answer: Linlithgow
- 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. 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. 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
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. The Treaty of Surat was in the year __________
A)1575
B)1475
C)1675
D)1775
Answer: 1775
- Q. Who propounded the theory of ‘Economic Drain of India’ during British imperialism?
A)Dadabhai Naroji
B)W. C. Bannerji
C)Gopalkrishna Gokhale
D)Gandhiji
Answer: Dadabhai Naroji
- 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
- Q. Sir Thomas Roe came to India with a letter from the British Monarch
A)Queen Elizabeth
B)Queen Mary
C)James I
D)Queen Anne
Answer: James I
- Q. Lord Lytton had lowered the age limit for Indian for the ICS from 21 year to
A)19 years
B)20 years
C)18 years
D)17 years
Answer: 19 years
- Q. Which of the following counterpart of British in the Treaty of Salbai?
A)The Marathas
B)The French
C)Tipu Sultan
D)The Nizam of Hyderabad
Answer: The Marathas
- Q. The Treaty between Ranjit Singh and the British was signed at
A)Amritsar
B)Allahabad
C)Kashmir
D)Agra
Answer: Amritsar
- Q. As per ‘August Offer’ the British objective for India was __________
A)Puma Swaraj
B)Dominion Status
C)Responsible Government
D)Provincial Authority
Answer: Dominion Status
- Q. Lord Cornwallis had introduced the __________ land tenure system
A)Ryotwari
B)Zamindari
C)Mahalwari
D)Inamdari
Answer: Zamindari
- Q. Which of the following British official intiated the Doctrine of Lapse?
A)Lord Auckland
B)Lord Wellesley
C)Lord Dalhousie
D)Warren Hastings
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- 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. In the 18th Century the Royal prerogative in the affairs of the East India Company was controlled by
A)The Indian Legislature
B)The Viceroy's Council
C)The Parliament in England
D)The Secretary of State
Answer: The Parliament in England
- 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 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 first Mysore War Fought between the British and Hyder Ali in 1767- 1769 A.D., came to an end by the
A)Treaty of Madras
B)Treaty of Pondicherry
C)Treaty of Mysore
D)Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Answer: Treaty of Madras
- Q. Who was the Governor General of India during the Civil Disobedience Movement?
A)Lord Reading
B)Lord Chelmsford
C)Lord Irwin
D)Lord Wavell
Answer: Lord Irwin
- Geography
- History
- Indian Culture
- Indian Economy
- Indian Politics
- Indian Railway
- Sports
- State