More Questions on British Rule
- Q. Who defeated the Spanish Armada?
A)Elizabeth II
B)Elizabeth I
C)Henry VIII
D)James I
Answer: Elizabeth I
- Q. When the East India Company was formed, the Mughal emperor in India was
A)Humayun
B)Jahangir
C)Aurangzeb
D)Akbar
Answer: Akbar
- Q. The Hindu Widows Remarriage Act __________
A)1858
B)1856
C)1865
D)1946
Answer: 1856
- Q. India became independent during the vice royalty of
A)Wellesley
B)William Bentinck
C)Wavell
D)Mountbatten
Answer: Mountbatten
- Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct related to the Revolt of the Bhils? I. The Bhils revolted in 1818 due to the occupation of their territory by the British. II. They defied British authority for 50 years from 1818. III. Their revolt was finally ended by the British through military operations as well as conciliatory measures. IV. The leader of the Bhil revolt was Ram Charan
A)II & III
B)I & II
C)I & III
D)II & IV
Answer: II & III
- 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 Indian Civil Service Act was passed during the Viceroyalty of
A)Canning
B)Elgin
C)Minto
D)Lytton
Answer: Canning
- Q. Which of the following is not among the regions where the Britishers had first set up trading posts?
A)Goa
B)Bengal
C)Coromandel Coast
D)Gujarat
Answer: Goa
- Q. Regulating Act was in the year of__________
A)1673
B)1573
C)1773
D)1873
Answer: 1773
- Q. Who among the following who fought against British in 1857 Revolt? I. Kunwar Singh II. Tantia Tope III. Nana Saheb IV. Maulavi Ahmaduallah
A)I, III and IV
B)All of the above
C)I, II and III
D)II, III and IV
Answer: All of the above
- Q. The British colonial policies in India proved most ruinous for Indian
A)trade
B)agriculture
C)industry
D)handicrafts
Answer: handicrafts
- Q. In November 1781, Sir Eyre Coote defeated __________ at Porto Nova
A)Marthanda Verma
B)Hyder Ali
C)British
D)Tipu Sultan
Answer: Hyder Ali
- 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. The Company lost all its administrative powers__________
A)By the Government of India Act of 1758
B)By the Government of India Act of 1658
C)By the Government of India Act of 1858
D)By the Government of India Act of 1958
Answer: By the Government of India Act of 1858
- 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. During the Second World War the British forces were defeated at __________
A)Dunkirk
B)London
C)Paris
D)Liverpool
Answer: Dunkirk
- Q. Which of the following Government of India Act introduced the diarchy system in the provinces of India?
A)Government of India Act, 1919
B)Government of India Act, 1909
C)Government of India Act, 1935
D)None of these
Answer: Government of India Act, 1919
- Q. Who among the following British persons admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a national revolt?
A)Lord Canning
B)Lord Dalhousie
C)Lord Ellenborough
D)Disraeli
Answer: Disraeli
- Q. Despite holding a monopoly, the East India Company had faced competition from what it had termed as the ‘interlopers’ represented by the
A)Indigenous merchants
B)Portuguese
C)British free merchants
D)Dutch
Answer: British free merchants
- Q. The Permanent Settlement was enforced on__________
A)1793
B)1693
C)1893
D)1933
Answer: 1793
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