British Rule History

Q. In 1661 the company obtained __________ from Charles II

A
Madras
B
Bombay
C
Kannur
D
Calcutta

Correct Answer

Bombay

More Questions on British Rule

  • Q. Joseph François Dupleix was the commander of the __________ forces in India
    A)British
    B)French
    C)American
    D)Dutch
    Answer: French
  • 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. Who among the following revolutionaries was executed by the British
    A)Chandrashekhar Azad
    B)Jitin Das
    C)Rajguru
    D)Kalpana - Dutt
    Answer: Rajguru
  • Q. When the East India Company came into existence, England was ruled by the__________
    A)Stuarts
    B)Hanoverians
    C)Normans
    D)Tudors
    Answer: Stuarts
  • Q. Who had, while fasting in the prison, written to the British governor, The individual must die so that the nation may live. Today, I must die so that India may win freedom and glory?
    A)Lala Lajpat Rai
    B)Jatin Das
    C)MK Gandhi
    D)SC Bose
    Answer: Jatin Das
  • Q. Lord __________ is regarded to have been the father of local self-government in India
    A)Bentinck
    B)Ripon
    C)Curzon
    D)Mayo
    Answer: Ripon
  • Q. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
    A)William Bentinck
    B)Robert Clive
    C)Warren Hasting
    D)Col. Sanders
    Answer: Warren Hasting
  • Q. Who was the Viceroy when the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place?
    A)Chelmsford
    B)Hardinge-II
    C)Reading
    D)Irwin
    Answer: Chelmsford
  • 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  • Q. The Vernacular Press Act was repealed by __________
    A)Lord Lytton
    B)Lord Ripon
    C)Lord William Bentic
    D)Gladstone
    Answer: Lord Ripon
  • Q. Lytton held an Imperial Durbar at Delhi in 1877 to announce __________ as the Empress of India at a time when a large part of the country was in the grip of a severe famine
    A)Queen Victoria
    B)Queen Elizabeth
    C)Queen Anne
    D)Queen Marie
    Answer: Queen Victoria
  • Q. Select the correct chronological sequence of the following events? I. Appointment of the Simon Commission. II. Formation of the first Labour Government in Britain. III. Submission of the Nehru report. IV. Inauguration of the First Round Table Conference
    A)I, III, IV & II
    B)II, I, III & IV
    C)I, II, IV & III
    D)II, IV, I & III
    Answer: II, I, III & IV
  • Q. Who was the supreme body in the Britain at the time of commencement of the Government of India Act- 1858?
    A)The British Parliament
    B)Queen Victoria
    C)Government of Britan
    D)None of these
    Answer: The British Parliament
  • Q. The first Indian to be elected as a member of the British House of Commons was
    A)Surendra Nath Banerjee
    B)Dadabhai Naoroji
    C)Dr. BR Ambedkar
    D)C. R. Das
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • 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. Which of the following is not the provision of The Act of 1892?
    A)Reforms of the legislative council and adoption of the principle of election in place of nomination
    B)A simultaneous examination of ICS to be held in England and India
    C)Support of the annexation of Upper Burma
    D)Reduction in the Military expenditure
    Answer: Support of the annexation of Upper Burma
  • Q. British Prime Minister Attlee made the historic announcement of the end of British rule in India (and transfer of power to responsible Indian hands by a date not later than June1948) on
    A)February 20, 1947
    B)May 16, 1946
    C)March 10, 1946
    D)December 31, 1946
    Answer: February 20, 1947
  • Q. On imprisonment in 1908 by the British, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was in
    A)Rangoon
    B)Andaman and Nicobar
    C)Singapore
    D)Mandalay
    Answer: Mandalay
  • Q. Dadabhai Naoroji’s book ‘poverty and un British rule in India’ published in __________ analysed the nature of the British rule in India
    A)1901
    B)1898
    C)1908
    D)1946
    Answer: 1901
  • Q. The First Opium War started__________
    A)1736
    B)1729
    C)1839
    D)1939
    Answer: 1839

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