More Questions on British Rule
- Q. Despite holding a monopoly, the East India Company had faced competition from what it had termed as the ‘interlopers’ represented by the
A)Indigenous merchants
B)Portuguese
C)British free merchants
D)Dutch
Answer: British free merchants
- Q. After the year 1853, a substantial amount of British capital had been invested in
A)The Railways
B)Tea Plantations
C)Coal Mining
D)Jute Mills
Answer: The Railways
- Q. The island of Bombay had been given to the British Prince Charles II as dowry by the
A)Portuguese
B)Dutch
C)Danish
D)French
Answer: Portuguese
- 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 said that he had not become His Majesty’s first Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire?
A)Churchill
B)Attlee
C)Disraeli
D)Loyd George
Answer: Churchill
- Q. British Indian Association was founded on October 29, 1851 at__________
A)Pune
B)Calcutta
C)Madras
D)Bombay
Answer: Calcutta
- Q. The ‘Sepoy Mutiny’ was in the year __________
A)1757
B)1657
C)1765
D)1857
Answer: 1857
- 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
- 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. The Permanent Settlement was enforced on__________
A)1793
B)1693
C)1893
D)1933
Answer: 1793
- Q. Madras was returned by the French to the British in 1748 by the Treaty of
A)Delhi
B)Paris
C)London
D)Aix-la-Chapelle
Answer: Aix-la-Chapelle
- Q. In which year was the title of Governor general chanced to that of the Viceroy?
A)1861
B)1858
C)1878
D)1885
Answer: 1858
- Q. Which of the following charter act ended the monopoly of trade of east India Company with china and sea route also?
A)The charter Act, 1813 AD
B)Pitt's India Act, AD 1784
C)Charter Act, 1833 AD
D)The Regulating Act, AD 1773
Answer: Charter Act, 1833 AD
- Q. The transfer of Government from the ‘Company’ to the ‘Crown’ was pronounced by Lord Canning (November 1, 1858) at
A)Delhi
B)Calcutta
C)Patna
D)Allahabad
Answer: Allahabad
- Q. When the Simon Commission visited India the Viceroy was
A)Lord Irwin
B)Lloyd George
C)Lord Reading
D)Lord Ripon
Answer: Lord Irwin
- Q. August Offer 1940 was made by the Viceroy
A)Linlithgow
B)Willingdon
C)Minto
D)Lytton
Answer: Linlithgow
- Q. Diu was the colony of the __________
A)English
B)Portuguese
C)Dutch
D)French
Answer: Portuguese
- Q. The violent Mappilas stormed the bungalow of the District Magistrate . . . . . . and murdered him in 1855
A)William Logan
B)H.V. Connolly
C)Lord Ripond
D)Gladstone
Answer: H.V. Connolly
- Q. The first Mysore War Fought between the British and Hyder Ali in 1767- 1769 A.D., came to an end by the
A)Treaty of Madras
B)Treaty of Pondicherry
C)Treaty of Mysore
D)Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Answer: Treaty of Madras
- 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
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