British Rule History

Q. The master stroke of Lord Wellesley to establish British paramountcy in India was

A
Subsidiary Alliance
B
Doctrine of Lapse
C
Mediatisation
D
Annexation of Indian States

Correct Answer

Subsidiary Alliance

More Questions on British Rule

  • 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
  • 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 Bengali Drama, written to highlight the brutality of the British indigo planters, was
    A)Neel Darpan
    B)Rast Goftar
    C)Shome Prakash
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Neel Darpan
  • Q. The Vernacular Press Act was passed in __________
    A)1881
    B)1878
    C)1888
    D)1898
    Answer: 1878
  • 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. In 1661 the company obtained __________ from Charles II
    A)Madras
    B)Bombay
    C)Kannur
    D)Calcutta
    Answer: Bombay
  • Q. India was granted freedom during the British Prime Minister
    A)Winston Churchill
    B)Clement Attlee
    C)Ramsay Mac Donald
    D)William Pitt
    Answer: Clement Attlee
  • Q. Nana Sahib the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II had become a great enemy of the British because
    A)He had lost his title
    B)The Queen had humiliated him
    C)The British had stopped his pension
    D)His estate had been snatched from him
    Answer: The British had stopped his pension
  • 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. Which of the following is not correct about Montegu- Chelmsford’s Reform & Government of India Act, 1919?
    A)In this Act the central legislative council was replaced by two houses-the imperial legislative assembly and the council of state
    B)It changed the administrative system in India
    C)Education and public health were placed under charge of ministers responsible to the legislature
    D)All of the above are incorrect
    Answer: All of the above are incorrect
  • 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. 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
  • Q. Rani Laxmi Bai died fighting the British in the Battle of
    A)Kanpur
    B)Jhansi
    C)Gwalior
    D)Kalpi
    Answer: Gwalior
  • Q. The Treaty between Ranjit Singh and the British was signed at
    A)Amritsar
    B)Allahabad
    C)Kashmir
    D)Agra
    Answer: Amritsar
  • Q. The East India Association was founded by __________ in 1866
    A)Raja radhakanta dev
    B)Lord Lyveden
    C)Debendranath Tagore
    D)Dadabhai Naoroji
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • 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. 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. Who defeated the Spanish Armada?
    A)Elizabeth II
    B)Elizabeth I
    C)Henry VIII
    D)James I
    Answer: Elizabeth 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 tried to rediscover India’s past?
    A)Max Muller
    B)Lord Lytton
    C)S. N. Banerjee
    D)Gokahale
    Answer: Max Muller

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