More Questions on British Rule
- Q. The title of ‘Viceroy’ was added to the centre of the Governor-General of India for the first time in
A)1858 A.D.
B)1848 A.D.
C)1862 A.D.
D)1856 A.D.
Answer: 1858 A.D.
- Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about the provisions of the Government of India Act,1858?
A)A council of fifteen members was appointed to assist the Secretary of State for India
B)The Queen's Principal Secretary of State received the powers and duties of the Company's Court of Directors
C)For all the communications between Britain and India, the Secretary of State became the real channel
D)All the above statements are incorrect
Answer: All the above statements are incorrect
- 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 greatest contribution of the British rule to the growth of India nationalism was the __________
A)Racial arrogance of the British
B)Introduction of western education in India
C)Denial of Higher Jobs to deserving Indians
D)Queen's proclamation of 1858
Answer: Introduction of western education in India
- Q. Who convinced the British in 1829 to outlaw Sati?
A)Swami Dayananda Saraswati
B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C)Lokmanya Tilak
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Q. I. Bengal Nawab was captured and put to death by Mir Jafar in the Battle of Plassey, 1757. II. After Mir Qasim, Nizam-ud-daula was made the Nawab of Bengal. III. The same person acted as the deputy Dewan on behalf of the East Indian Company and as Deputy Subedar on behalf of the Bengal Nawab. IV. In 1767, British Government ordered the East India Company to pay £400,000 per year. Which of these statement(s) is/are correct related to the Bengal Politics during the 18th century?
A)I & III
B)I & II
C)II & IV
D)III & IV
Answer: 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. Which of the Act made the governor of Bengal as Governor General of India?
A)Charter Act, 1813
B)Pitt's India Act, 1784
C)Charter Act, 1833
D)Regulating Act, 1773
Answer: Charter Act, 1813
- Q. Which Governor General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar?
A)William Bentinck
B)Minto-I
C)Hastings
D)Auckland
Answer: William Bentinck
- Q. Which of the following is not the part of Government of India Act, 1935
A)Diarchy in the provinces was replaced by provincial autonomy
B)This act provided for setting up of the federation of India comprising British Indian provinces
C)The post of Indian council of secretary of state for India made permanent
D)The diarchy was introduced at the centre
Answer: The post of Indian council of secretary of state for India made permanent
- 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. The term of office fixed by Regulating Act for Governor General was
A)5 years
B)4 years
C)3 years
D)2 years
Answer: 5 years
- Q. Who was the Viceroy when Delhi became the capital of British India?
A)Lord Minto
B)Lord Curzon
C)Lord Hardinge
D)Lord Wavell
Answer: Lord Hardinge
- Q. By the Charter Act of 1813 the Indian trade except in __________ was thrown open to all British subjects
A)Spices
B)Tea
C)Coffee
D)Cotton
Answer: Tea
- 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. Which of the following British official associated with the local self-government?
A)Lord Dufferin
B)Lord Mayo
C)Lord Northbrook
D)Lord Ripon
Answer: Lord Ripon
- 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. The momentous decision to transfer the capital from Calcutta to Delhi, to annul the partition of Bengal and to abolish Indian indentured labour were taken during the Viceroyalty of Lord
A)Minto
B)Hardinge
C)Chelmsford
D)Reading
Answer: Hardinge
- 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. 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
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