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. The arrival of Vasco da Gama in Calicut, India on __________
    A)1495
    B)1398
    C)1496
    D)1498
    Answer: 1498
  • Q. The privileges of free trade granted to the English East India Company were confirmed in 1717 by Emperor
    A)Farrukh-Siyar
    B)Bahadur Shah
    C)Muhammad Shah
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Farrukh-Siyar
  • 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 llbert Bill controversy during the period of Lord Ripon exposed the racial bitterness of the British and united the Indians
    A)Lord Ripon
    B)Lytton
    C)Queen Elizabeth
    D)Queen Anne
    Answer: Lord Ripon
  • 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. Who said that he had not become His Majesty’s first Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire?
    A)Churchill
    B)Attlee
    C)Disraeli
    D)Loyd George
    Answer: Churchill
  • Q. Who among the following had been the leader of a number of anti-British revolts in Sambalpur?
    A)Surendra Sai
    B)Kattabomman
    C)Utirat Singh
    D)Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi
    Answer: Surendra Sai
  • 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. __________, a judge of the Supreme Court founded the Asiatic society of Bengal in 1784 A.D.
    A)Warren Hastings
    B)Sir William Jones
    C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    D)Lord Macaulay
    Answer: Sir William Jones
  • Q. Under the Government of India __________, the British Crown assumed direct administration of India in the new British Raj
    A)Act of 1758
    B)Act of 1658
    C)Act of 1858
    D)Act of 1947
    Answer: Act of 1858
  • Q. Gandhi had been provoked into crusading for the lot of the Asians in South Africa by the British law called the Act
    A)Blacks' Registration
    B)Apartheid
    C)cl Asiatic Registration
    D)Subcitizens' Licence
    Answer: cl Asiatic Registration
  • Q. By which Charter Act, the East India Company’s monopoly of trade with China come to an end?
    A)Charter Act of 1813
    B)Charter Act of 1793
    C)Charter Act of 1833
    D)Charter Act of 1853
    Answer: Charter Act of 1833
  • 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. 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. 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. 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. The East India Company had taken Bombay from
    A)Charles I
    B)The Dutch
    C)Charles II
    D)The Portuguese
    Answer: Charles II
  • 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 Act constituting the first legislative interference by the British Parliament in the affairs of India was the
    A)Pitt's India Act, 1784
    B)Fox's India Act, 1783
    C)Regulating Act, 1773
    D)Declaratory Act, 1781
    Answer: Regulating Act, 1773
  • Q. The ‘Sepoy Mutiny’ was in the year __________
    A)1757
    B)1657
    C)1765
    D)1857
    Answer: 1857

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