More Questions on British Rule
- 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. The ‘Sepoy Mutiny’ was in the year __________
A)1757
B)1657
C)1765
D)1857
Answer: 1857
- Q. Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance against the East India Company dominated in __________
A)Kerala
B)Gujarat
C)Karnataka
D)Bengal
Answer: Bengal
- Q. What did the Rowlatt Act, 1919 empower the British government to do
A)Shut down any industrial unit at will
B)Foment class and caste strife
C)Extend the period of imprisonment for Indians
D)Detain a person for any duration without a trial
Answer: Detain a person for any duration without a trial
- Q. The arrival of Vasco da Gama in Calicut, India on __________
A)1495
B)1398
C)1496
D)1498
Answer: 1498
- 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. The Mutiny was brought to an end with the fall of __________ into the hands of the British in India
A)Awadh
B)Meerut
C)Gwalior
D)Rohilkhand
Answer: Gwalior
- Q. The East India Company was established in the year
A)1600 AD
B)1607 AD
C)1700 AD
D)1669 AD
Answer: 1600 AD
- Q. Lord Mountbatten had replaced Lord __________ as the viceroy of India in 1947
A)Lytton
B)Wavell
C)Linlithgow
D)Cornwallis
Answer: Wavell
- Q. In Bengal, the East India Company’s headquarters were located at
A)Fort william
B)Fort St George
C)Fort St David
D)Shantiniketan
Answer: Fort william
- Q. The Peshwaship was abolished by the British at the time of Peshwa
A)Narayan Rao
B)Raghunath Rao
C)Madhav Rao-II
D)Baji Rao-II
Answer: Baji Rao-II
- 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. 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. Who was the Governor General of India during the Civil Disobedience Movement?
A)Lord Reading
B)Lord Chelmsford
C)Lord Irwin
D)Lord Wavell
Answer: Lord Irwin
- Q. When the Congress Ministries were formed in the provinces in June 1937, the Viceroy of India was
A)Lord Irwin
B)Lord Willingdon
C)Lord Linlithgow
D)Viscount Wavell
Answer: Lord Linlithgow
- Q. The capital of British India was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in the year
A)1912
B)1911
C)1920
D)1925
Answer: 1911
- Q. In 1612 __________established a trading post in Gujarat
A)French
B)British
C)Spain
D)Dutch
Answer: British
- 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. 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 Vernacular Press Act was passed in __________
A)1881
B)1878
C)1888
D)1898
Answer: 1878
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