British Rule History

Q. The Governor General of India who initiated the introduction of English in India was

A
Lord Macaulay
B
Lord Curzon
C
Lord Bentinck
D
Lord Hastings

Correct Answer

Lord Bentinck

More Questions on British Rule

  • Q. The Permanent Settlement was enforced on__________
    A)1793
    B)1693
    C)1893
    D)1933
    Answer: 1793
  • 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 was the Governor General of India during the Civil Disobedience Movement?
    A)Lord Reading
    B)Lord Chelmsford
    C)Lord Irwin
    D)Lord Wavell
    Answer: Lord Irwin
  • Q. By which Charter Act, the East India Company’s monopoly of trade with China come to an end?
    A)Charter Act of 1813
    B)Charter Act of 1793
    C)Charter Act of 1833
    D)Charter Act of 1853
    Answer: Charter Act of 1833
  • Q. Who among the following Indian cracks the British Indian Civil Services Examination in the first time of Indian History?
    A)R. C. Dutt
    B)Satyendranath Tagore
    C)Behari Lal Gupta
    D)Surendranath Banerjee
    Answer: Satyendranath Tagore
  • 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. In March 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill appointed the Cripps Mission to resolve Indian political crisis because
    A)of the gravity of the Japanese war menace on India's borders
    B)he was under pressure from the US President Roosevelt
    C)both A and B above
    D)of INA's initial success on India's eastern borders
    Answer: both A and B above
  • Q. During the Viceroyalty of Sir John Lawrence the bone of contention between India and Bhutan was
    A)Jalpaiguri
    B)Duars
    C)Goalpara
    D)Cooch Behar
    Answer: Duars
  • Q. As the unrest continued unabatedly, the Madras government appointed . . . . . . the collector of Malabar as special commissioner to enquire into the causes of the uprisings and recommend remedial measures.
    A)William Logan
    B)Connolly
    C)S. N. Banerjee
    D)Gokahale
    Answer: William Logan
  • Q. The Company lost all its administrative powers__________
    A)By the Government of India Act of 1758
    B)By the Government of India Act of 1658
    C)By the Government of India Act of 1858
    D)By the Government of India Act of 1958
    Answer: By the Government of India Act of 1858
  • Q. The privileges of free trade granted to the English East India Company were confirmed in 1717 by Emperor
    A)Farrukh-Siyar
    B)Bahadur Shah
    C)Muhammad Shah
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Farrukh-Siyar
  • Q. British Indian Association was founded on October 29, 1851 at__________
    A)Pune
    B)Calcutta
    C)Madras
    D)Bombay
    Answer: Calcutta
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Charter Act of 1793? I. Renewed the Charter of the Company for 20 more years. II. Regulated the finances of the Company. III. Lay down that the salaries of the Board of Control and their staffs were to be paid from the British revenues. IV. Prohibited the Commander-in-Chief from being a member of the Governor General’s Council
    A)I, II & IV
    B)I, II & III
    C)I & II
    D)II & III
    Answer: I, II & IV
  • 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 only Viceroy to be assassinated in India was
    A)Lord Northbrook
    B)Lord Harding
    C)Lord Ellenborough
    D)Lord Mayo
    Answer: Lord Mayo
  • Q. Who set up the dual system of administration in Bengal?
    A)Lord Wellesley
    B)Robert Clive
    C)Dupleix
    D)Lord Macaulay
    Answer: Robert Clive
  • Q. During the Second World War the British forces were defeated at __________
    A)Dunkirk
    B)London
    C)Paris
    D)Liverpool
    Answer: Dunkirk
  • Q. The ‘Sepoy Mutiny’ was in the year __________
    A)1757
    B)1657
    C)1765
    D)1857
    Answer: 1857
  • Q. Which of the following is not the provision of the government of India Act, 1858?
    A)The Queen's Principal Secretary of State received the powers and duties of the Company's Court of Directors
    B)India was to be governed in the Queen's name
    C)Provision for the creation of an Indian Civil Service under the control of the Secretary of State
    D)The British Parliament was empowered to appoint a Governor-General and the Governors of the Presidencies
    Answer: The British Parliament was empowered to appoint a Governor-General and the Governors of the Presidencies
  • Q. Which of the following British Prime Minister headed the First Round Table Conference in London?
    A)Ramsay McDonald
    B)Churchill
    C)Chamberlain
    D)Disraeli
    Answer: Ramsay McDonald

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