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. When the East India Company came into existence, England was ruled by the__________
    A)Stuarts
    B)Hanoverians
    C)Normans
    D)Tudors
    Answer: Stuarts
  • Q. Which Indian ruler had requested Napoleon for help in driving the British away from India?
    A)Jai Singh
    B)Shivaji
    C)Tipu Sultan
    D)Rani of Jhansi
    Answer: Tipu Sultan
  • Q. What was meant by the secretary of State of India during the British?
    A)A Secretary level official appointed in each Presidency of India
    B)An official who worked as the Secretary to the Viceroy of India
    C)A British minister given full control over the Government of India
    D)A senior officer appointed the Viceroy to look into his internal administration in India
    Answer: A British minister given full control over the Government of India
  • 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. During the Second World War the British forces were defeated at __________
    A)Dunkirk
    B)London
    C)Paris
    D)Liverpool
    Answer: Dunkirk
  • 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. Which one of the following events did not take place during the Viceroyalty of Lord Curzon?
    A)Second Delhi Durbar
    B)Establishment of the department of Archaeology
    C)Formation of Indian National Congress
    D)Partition of Bengal
    Answer: Formation of Indian National Congress
  • Q. The ‘Sepoy Mutiny’ was in the year __________
    A)1757
    B)1657
    C)1765
    D)1857
    Answer: 1857
  • 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. Who defeated the Spanish Armada?
    A)Elizabeth II
    B)Elizabeth I
    C)Henry VIII
    D)James I
    Answer: Elizabeth I
  • 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. Which of the following is not the provision of government of India act, 1935?
    A)The structure for "Federation of India" was established for both British India and some or all of the "princely states"
    B)This act ended the system of diarchy
    C)Burma became the part of India
    D)The introduction of direct elections, thus increasing the franchise from seven million to thirty-five million people
    Answer: Burma became the part of India
  • Q. Who was the monarch of Britain at the time of commencement of the Government of India Act, 1858?
    A)Victoria
    B)William IV
    C)Edward VII
    D)George V
    Answer: Victoria
  • Q. Assertion (A): On 25th April, 1809, the Treaty of Amritsar was signed between Ranjit Singh and East India Company. Reason (R): Ranjit Singh wanted to increase the realm of his empire with the help of the company
    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. Which war lord is also known as ‘little corporal’
    A)Julius Caesar
    B)Alexander
    C)Napoleon Bonaparte
    D)Genghis Khan
    Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Q. Charles Wood’s Despatch__________
    A)1684
    B)1554
    C)1784
    D)1854
    Answer: 1854
  • Q. The exclusive right of trading between __________ was granted to the East India Company
    A)Red Sea and Caspian Sea
    B)North America and South America
    C)The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan
    D)France and Poland
    Answer: The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan
  • Q. Lord Cornwallis had introduced the __________ land tenure system
    A)Ryotwari
    B)Zamindari
    C)Mahalwari
    D)Inamdari
    Answer: Zamindari
  • Q. Which of the following is not correct about Montegu- Chelmsford’s Reform & Government of India Act, 1919?
    A)In this Act the central legislative council was replaced by two houses-the imperial legislative assembly and the council of state
    B)It changed the administrative system in India
    C)Education and public health were placed under charge of ministers responsible to the legislature
    D)All of the above are incorrect
    Answer: All of the above are incorrect
  • 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

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