More Questions on British Rule
- Q. During the Viceroyalty of Sir John Lawrence the bone of contention between India and Bhutan was
A)Jalpaiguri
B)Duars
C)Goalpara
D)Cooch Behar
Answer: Duars
- Q. Charles Wood’s Despatch__________
A)1684
B)1554
C)1784
D)1854
Answer: 1854
- Q. Who made remarkable contribution to the development of Local government?
A)Gladstone
B)Lord Ripon
C)W.W Hunter
D)Hastings
Answer: Lord Ripon
- Q. Who was the prime minister of Britain at the time of commencement of the Government of India Act, 1858?
A)Russell II
B)Lord Palmerston
C)Edward Smith-Stanley
D)Benjamin Disraeli
Answer: Lord Palmerston
- 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. Rani Laxmi Bai died fighting the British in the Battle of
A)Kanpur
B)Jhansi
C)Gwalior
D)Kalpi
Answer: Gwalior
- Q. The first Indian Governor of a British Province (Bihar) in India was
A)Sir Shaukat Hayat
B)Sir SP Sinha
C)Sir Hari Singh Gaur
D)VJ Patel
Answer: Sir SP Sinha
- Q. The first Bengali Drama, written to highlight the brutality of the British indigo planters, was
A)Neel Darpan
B)Rast Goftar
C)Shome Prakash
D)None of the above
Answer: Neel Darpan
- Q. Who put on the statute book two obnoxious measures the Vernacular press Act and the Indian Arms Act
A)Lytton
B)Lord Ripon
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Queen Victoria
Answer: Lytton
- Q. The Permanent Settlement was enforced on__________
A)1793
B)1693
C)1893
D)1933
Answer: 1793
- Q. The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was passed during the viceroyalty of
A)Curzon
B)Ripon
C)Hastings
D)Dalhousie
Answer: Curzon
- Q. The policy of Doctrine of lapse was introduced by __________
A)Lord William Bentinck
B)Lord Wellesley
C)Lord Macaulay
D)Lord Dalhousie
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. The First Opium War started__________
A)1736
B)1729
C)1839
D)1939
Answer: 1839
- Q. The Simla Conference called by Viceroy Lord Wavell (to discuss the so-called Wavell Plan) in June 1945 failed on account of
A)the demand of the Congress to include the members of all communities in their quota to the Executive Council
B)Jinnah's demand that the Muslim League alone would nominate Muslim members to the Executive Council
C)the demand of the Scheduled Castes to reserved seats in the Executive Council in Proportion to their population
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Select the correct chronological sequence of the following events? I. Appointment of the Simon Commission. II. Formation of the first Labour Government in Britain. III. Submission of the Nehru report. IV. Inauguration of the First Round Table Conference
A)I, III, IV & II
B)II, I, III & IV
C)I, II, IV & III
D)II, IV, I & III
Answer: II, I, III & IV
- 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. In 1650 Gabriel Boughton, an employee of the Company obtained a license for trade in __________
A)Orissa
B)Bengal
C)Mysore
D)Surat
Answer: Bengal
- Q. Seringapatnam was the capital of __________
A)Tipu Sultan
B)Pazhassi Raja
C)Kurumbranad Raja
D)Srimoolam Tirunal
Answer: Tipu Sultan
- Q. The correct Chronological order in which the British established their trading centre in the places mentioned below is
A)Bombay, Madras, Surat, Calcutta
B)Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Surat
C)Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta
D)Surat, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay
Answer: Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta
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