More Questions on British Rule
- Q. In 1650 Gabriel Boughton, an employee of the Company obtained a license for trade in __________
A)Orissa
B)Bengal
C)Mysore
D)Surat
Answer: Bengal
- 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. Which of the following statement is not correct about the provisions of the Government of India Act,1858?
A)A council of fifteen members was appointed to assist the Secretary of State for India
B)The Queen's Principal Secretary of State received the powers and duties of the Company's Court of Directors
C)For all the communications between Britain and India, the Secretary of State became the real channel
D)All the above statements are incorrect
Answer: All the above statements are incorrect
- Q. Lord Cornwallis had introduced the __________ land tenure system
A)Ryotwari
B)Zamindari
C)Mahalwari
D)Inamdari
Answer: Zamindari
- 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. Indian Mutiny began in __________
A)1657
B)1557
C)1857
D)1957
Answer: 1857
- Q. Who put on the statute book two obnoxious measures the Vernacular press Act and the Indian Arms Act
A)Lytton
B)Lord Ripon
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Queen Victoria
Answer: Lytton
- Q. The term of office fixed by Regulating Act for Governor General was
A)5 years
B)4 years
C)3 years
D)2 years
Answer: 5 years
- Q. The East India Company was established in the year
A)1600 AD
B)1607 AD
C)1700 AD
D)1669 AD
Answer: 1600 AD
- Q. Arrange the following in chronological order: I. Viceroy Lytton II. Viceroy Mayo III. Viceroy Lansdowne IV. Viceroy Linlithgow
A)II, I, III, IV
B)II, III, I, IV
C)IV, III, II, I
D)III, IV, I, II
Answer: II, I, III, IV
- Q. Year of the Battle of Wandiwash is __________
A)1660
B)1560
C)1760
D)1860
Answer: 1760
- 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. Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance against the East India Company dominated in __________
A)Kerala
B)Gujarat
C)Karnataka
D)Bengal
Answer: Bengal
- Q. The Treaty between Ranjit Singh and the British was signed at
A)Amritsar
B)Allahabad
C)Kashmir
D)Agra
Answer: Amritsar
- 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 State Jhansi was made a part of the British Empire in India through
A)Policy of Subsidiaty Alliance
B)Doctrine of Lapse
C)War against Rani Lakshmi Bai
D)None of the above
Answer: Doctrine of Lapse
- Q. The Hindu Widows Remarriage Act __________
A)1858
B)1856
C)1865
D)1946
Answer: 1856
- Q. The British Governor General and Viceroy who served for the longest period in India was
A)Lord Dalhousie
B)Lord Irwin
C)Lord Curzon
D)Lord Linlithgow
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. Who was Lord Morley?
A)Viceroy of India
B)Secretary of the state
C)Governor General of India
D)None of the above
Answer: Secretary of the state
- 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
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