British Rule History

Q. During British rule, who was instrumental for the introduction of the Ryotwari system in the then Madras Presidency?

A
Elphinstone
B
Macaulay
C
Thomas Munro
D
John Lawrence

Correct Answer

Thomas Munro

More Questions on British Rule

  • 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 Treaty of Surat was in the year __________
    A)1575
    B)1475
    C)1675
    D)1775
    Answer: 1775
  • Q. Till the end of the 17th Century the growth of the executive and legislative powers of the East india Company depended on
    A)Governor-General
    B)Governor
    C)Parliament
    D)Crown
    Answer: Crown
  • Q. Which of the following act led to the introduction of dual system of government in India?
    A)The Regulating Act, AD 1773
    B)Pitt's India Act, AD 1784
    C)Charter Act, 1793 AD
    D)Charter Act, 1813 AD
    Answer: Pitt's India Act, AD 1784
  • Q. Throughout the 19th century intermittent uprisings occurred in Malabar, especially in the __________ and Valluvanad taluks.Twenty two such riots were reported from different parts of Malabar
    A)Cochi
    B)Ernad
    C)Travancore
    D)Kannur
    Answer: Ernad
  • Q. Joseph François Dupleix was the commander of the __________ forces in India
    A)British
    B)French
    C)American
    D)Dutch
    Answer: French
  • Q. Who was the Viceroy when the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place?
    A)Chelmsford
    B)Hardinge-II
    C)Reading
    D)Irwin
    Answer: Chelmsford
  • 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. The first Indian to contest an election to the British House of Commons was
    A)Womesh Chandra Banerjee
    B)Dadabhai Naoroji
    C)Surendranath Banerjee
    D)Pheroze Shah Mehta
    Answer: Womesh Chandra Banerjee
  • Q. Consider the following on the chronology of appointment of Viceroys I. Reading II. Irwin III. Wellingdon IV. Linlithgow
    A)III, II, IV, II
    B)I, II, III , IV
    C)IV, III, II, I
    D)II, IV, III, I
    Answer: I, II, III , IV
  • Q. According to the terms of the treaty of Srirangapattanam, . . . . . . was ceded to the British
    A)Cochi
    B)Malabar
    C)Travancore
    D)Mysore
    Answer: Malabar
  • Q. The English rounded Calcutta after obtaining the zamindari of three villages, viz Sutanuti, Kalikata and Govindpur, from the Mughal Viceroy of Bengal in 1698. The nucleus of the British settlement in Calcutta was
    A)Victoria Memeorial
    B)San Thome
    C)Fort William
    D)Howrah Port
    Answer: Fort William
  • Q. During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Assam to grow__________
    A)Tea
    B)Jute
    C)Sugarcane
    D)Wheat
    Answer: Tea
  • Q. Who said that the exploitative nature of British rule was ‘Bleeding India White’?
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)Tilak
    C)Hume
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Where had civil rebellions against the British initially started?
    A)Bengal and Bihar
    B)Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
    C)Odisha
    D)Madras and Calcutta
    Answer: Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
  • Q. Who tried to rediscover India’s past?
    A)Max Muller
    B)Lord Lytton
    C)S. N. Banerjee
    D)Gokahale
    Answer: Max Muller
  • Q. The Vernacular Press Act was passed in __________
    A)1881
    B)1878
    C)1888
    D)1898
    Answer: 1878
  • Q. Rani Laxmi Bai died fighting the British in the Battle of
    A)Kanpur
    B)Jhansi
    C)Gwalior
    D)Kalpi
    Answer: Gwalior
  • Q. At which place in Bengal was the East India Company given permission to trade and build a factory by the Mughals in 1651 ?
    A)Qasim Bazar
    B)Calcutta
    C)Singur
    D)Burdwan
    Answer: Qasim Bazar
  • Q. What was the motive of Lord Wellesley to introduced the system of Subsidiary Alliance?
    A)Prevent disloyalty towards the British
    B)Improve the administration of the Indian States
    C)Tone up the British Indian administration
    D)Prevent the French influence in the Indian States
    Answer: Prevent the French influence in the Indian States

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