More Questions on British Rule
- Q. The inauguration of the Ganapati and Shivaji Festivals was done by
A)1821
B)1721
C)1895
D)1921
Answer: 1895
- Q. Subsidiary Alliance was introduced by __________
A)Sir John Shore
B)Lord Wellesley
C)Robert Clive
D)Lord Dalhousie
Answer: Lord Wellesley
- Q. Which Governor General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar?
A)William Bentinck
B)Minto-I
C)Hastings
D)Auckland
Answer: William Bentinck
- Q. Which Government of India Act/Charter Act generated the post of Governor-General of India?
A)Charter Act-1833
B)Government of India Act-1858
C)Charter Act-1853
D)Charter Act-1813
Answer: Charter Act-1833
- Q. By the Act of 1773, Parliament granted a loan of __________ to the East India Company
A)Rs. 400,000
B)Rs. 480,000
C)Rs. 500,000
D)Rs. 300,000
Answer: Rs. 400,000
- Q. On which day had premier Attlee conceded that the British would quit India by June, 1948?
A)August 15, 1947
B)January 26, 1947
C)January 26, 1948
D)February 20, 1947
Answer: February 20, 1947
- 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 viceroy of India decided to partition Bengal for administrative purposes, creating a new province of East Bengal and Assam, with a population of 31 million people and with its capital at Dhaka
A)Lord Rippon
B)Lord Curzon
C)Lord Hastings
D)Wellesley
Answer: Lord Curzon
- Q. The English East Company achieved a major victory over the Portuguese in the Battle of __________ in 1612
A)Plassey
B)Buxar
C)Swally
D)Trafalgar
Answer: Swally
- Q. In 1831 Bentinck signed a treaty with Ranjit Singh to protect the British territories from
A)Pindari menace
B)Russian menace
C)Rohelas
D)Attack by Burmese
Answer: Russian menace
- Q. Consider the following according to the correct chronological order of the Governors-General during British India I. Wellesley II. Marquess of Hastings III. Amherst IV. Bentinck
A)II, I, IV & III
B)I, II, III & IV
C)I, III, II & IV
D)III, I, II & IV
Answer: I, II, III & IV
- Q. Which Indian ruler had requested Napoleon for help in driving the British away from India?
A)Jai Singh
B)Shivaji
C)Tipu Sultan
D)Rani of Jhansi
Answer: Tipu Sultan
- Q. Lord Lytton had lowered the age limit for Indian for the ICS from 21 year to
A)19 years
B)20 years
C)18 years
D)17 years
Answer: 19 years
- Q. Which of the following is not the provision of government of India act, 1935?
A)The structure for "Federation of India" was established for both British India and some or all of the "princely states"
B)This act ended the system of diarchy
C)Burma became the part of India
D)The introduction of direct elections, thus increasing the franchise from seven million to thirty-five million people
Answer: Burma became the part of India
- Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct related to the Revolt of the Bhils? I. The Bhils revolted in 1818 due to the occupation of their territory by the British. II. They defied British authority for 50 years from 1818. III. Their revolt was finally ended by the British through military operations as well as conciliatory measures. IV. The leader of the Bhil revolt was Ram Charan
A)II & III
B)I & II
C)I & III
D)II & IV
Answer: II & III
- Q. Sir Thomas Roe came to India with a letter from the British Monarch
A)Queen Elizabeth
B)Queen Mary
C)James I
D)Queen Anne
Answer: James I
- 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 among the following Viceroys became a victim of one of the convicts during his visit to the Andamans?
A)Mayo
B)Curzon
C)Ripon
D)Lytton
Answer: Mayo
- Q. The only Viceroy to be assassinated in India was
A)Lord Northbrook
B)Lord Harding
C)Lord Ellenborough
D)Lord Mayo
Answer: Lord Mayo
- 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
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