British Rule History

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

Correct Answer

All the above statements are incorrect

More Questions on British Rule

  • 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. The British Government intervened in the affairs of the Company and passed an Act in 1773 A.D., known as the
    A)Pitt's India Act
    B)Regulating Act
    C)Charter Act
    D)Company Act
    Answer: Regulating Act
  • Q. Which of the following authorised the British Government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law
    A)Government of India Act of 1935
    B)Rowlatt Act of 1919
    C)Indian Council Act of 1909
    D)Government of India Act of 1919
    Answer: Rowlatt Act of 1919
  • Q. When did the British Govt. start ruling India directly?
    A)After the Battle of Panipat
    B)After the Battle of Plassey
    C)After the war of Mysore
    D)After Sepoy Mutiny
    Answer: After Sepoy Mutiny
  • Q. The first Indian to contest an election to the British House of Commons was
    A)Womesh Chandra Banerjee
    B)Dadabhai Naoroji
    C)Surendranath Banerjee
    D)Pheroze Shah Mehta
    Answer: Womesh Chandra Banerjee
  • Q. Joseph François Dupleix was the commander of the __________ forces in India
    A)British
    B)French
    C)American
    D)Dutch
    Answer: French
  • Q. __________ started an all-India campaign for restoring the entrance age of 21 and for simultaneous ICS examination in India
    A)S. N. Banerjee
    B)Gokahale
    C)Tilak
    D)William Logan
    Answer: S. N. Banerjee
  • 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
    Answer: Subsidiary Alliance
  • Q. The correct Chronological order in which the British established their trading centre in the places mentioned below is
    A)Bombay, Madras, Surat, Calcutta
    B)Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Surat
    C)Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta
    D)Surat, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay
    Answer: Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta
  • Q. Who among the British Governor- General shown great interest in the preservation of ancient monuments?
    A)Lord Ripon
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Lord Lytton
    D)Lord Irwin
    Answer: Lord Curzon
  • Q. The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was passed during the viceroyalty of
    A)Curzon
    B)Ripon
    C)Hastings
    D)Dalhousie
    Answer: Curzon
  • Q. When the East India Company came into existence, England was ruled by the__________
    A)Stuarts
    B)Hanoverians
    C)Normans
    D)Tudors
    Answer: Stuarts
  • Q. Before the Regulating Act was passed in 1773, there was __________ at home to administer the East India Company
    A)A Secretary
    B)A Committee of 24
    C)A Council of Lords
    D)A Board of Revenue
    Answer: A Committee of 24
  • Q. The Indian Civil Service Act was passed during the Viceroyalty of
    A)Canning
    B)Elgin
    C)Minto
    D)Lytton
    Answer: Canning
  • 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. When the Congress Ministries were formed in the provinces in June 1937, the Viceroy of India was
    A)Lord Irwin
    B)Lord Willingdon
    C)Lord Linlithgow
    D)Viscount Wavell
    Answer: Lord Linlithgow
  • Q. Assertion (A): British excluded the Indian middle and upper classes from the high administrative and military posts. Reason (R): Many of the traditional zamindars lost their zamindaris to the new class of urban-based absentee landlords
    A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: A is false but R is true
  • 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. Who was the first Governor General of India?
    A)William Bentick
    B)Warren Hastings
    C)Lord Delhousie
    D)Lord Canning
    Answer: William Bentick
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    A)British
    B)French
    C)Portuguese
    D)Dutch
    Answer: British

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