British Rule History

Q. Before the Regulating Act was passed in 1773, there was __________ at home to administer the East India Company

A
A Secretary
B
A Committee of 24
C
A Council of Lords
D
A Board of Revenue

Correct Answer

A Committee of 24

More Questions on British Rule

  • 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. Which of the following act of India ensured the partition 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, 1935
  • Q. The single biggest item of British capital investment in India was
    A)Plantations and mines
    B)Railways
    C)Banking and insurance
    D)Shipping
    Answer: Railways
  • 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. During colonial period, British capital was mainly invested in
    A)Industry
    B)Infra structure
    C)Agriculture
    D)Services
    Answer: Agriculture
  • 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. 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. 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. Who among the following analysed the causes of the uprising of 1857 advocating a reconciliation between the British and the Muslims?
    A)Shah Waliullah
    B)Sayyed Ahmad Brelvi
    C)Sayyed Ahmad Khan
    D)Sayyed Amir Ali
    Answer: Sayyed Ahmad Khan
  • Q. Who among the British Governor- General shown great interest in the preservation of ancient monuments?
    A)Lord Ripon
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Lord Lytton
    D)Lord Irwin
    Answer: Lord Curzon
  • Q. The Vernacular Press Act was repealed by __________
    A)Lord Lytton
    B)Lord Ripon
    C)Lord William Bentic
    D)Gladstone
    Answer: Lord Ripon
  • Q. The exclusive right of trading between __________ was granted to the East India Company
    A)Red Sea and Caspian Sea
    B)North America and South America
    C)The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan
    D)France and Poland
    Answer: The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan
  • 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. 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. 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 British attitude towards granting India independence changed partly owing to the
    A)Impact of World War II
    B)Change in the government of the UK
    C)Growing tide of Indian Nationalism
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. Who propounded the theory of ‘Economic Drain of India’ during British imperialism?
    A)Dadabhai Naroji
    B)W. C. Bannerji
    C)Gopalkrishna Gokhale
    D)Gandhiji
    Answer: Dadabhai Naroji
  • Q. Which of the following events made the English East India Company the legitimate masters of the Bengal Suba?
    A)Battle of Plassey, 1757
    B)Battle of Buxar, 1764
    C)Farrukh Siyar's Farman, 1717
    D)Ibrahim Khan's Farman, 1690
    Answer: Battle of Buxar, 1764
  • Q. Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance against the East India Company dominated in __________
    A)Kerala
    B)Gujarat
    C)Karnataka
    D)Bengal
    Answer: Bengal
  • Q. When were Morley-Minto reforms taken place?
    A)1909
    B)1905
    C)1919
    D)1857
    Answer: 1909

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