British Rule History

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

Correct Answer

Mayo

More Questions on British Rule

  • Q. Who had, while fasting in the prison, written to the British governor, The individual must die so that the nation may live. Today, I must die so that India may win freedom and glory?
    A)Lala Lajpat Rai
    B)Jatin Das
    C)MK Gandhi
    D)SC Bose
    Answer: Jatin Das
  • Q. The British introduced the railways in India in order to
    A)Facilitate British commerce and adminitstrative control
    B)Promote heavy industries in India
    C)More foodstuff in case of famine
    D)Enable Indians to move freely within the country
    Answer: Facilitate British commerce and adminitstrative control
  • 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. 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. Who among the following analysed the causes of the uprising of 1857 advocating a reconciliation between the British and the Muslims?
    A)Shah Waliullah
    B)Sayyed Ahmad Brelvi
    C)Sayyed Ahmad Khan
    D)Sayyed Amir Ali
    Answer: Sayyed Ahmad Khan
  • 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
    Answer: Lord Bentinck
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi gave up the title of Kaiser-i-Hind and returned all the war medals which were awarded to him by the British for his war services (during the First World War)
    A)during the Non-Cooperation Movement
    B)in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
    C)in support of the Khilafat demand when the Central Khilafat Committee organised a general all-India hartal on August 1, 1920
    D)during the Champaran Satyagraha
    Answer: in support of the Khilafat demand when the Central Khilafat Committee organised a general all-India hartal on August 1, 1920
  • Q. The Viceroy who wanted to train Indian in the art of selfgovernment was
    A)Ripon
    B)Mountbatten
    C)Northbrook
    D)Curzon
    Answer: Ripon
  • Q. Queen Victoria’s famous proclamation, transferring authority from the East India Company to the Crown , was made from
    A)Calcutta
    B)London
    C)Delhi
    D)Allahabad
    Answer: Allahabad
  • 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. Under the Government of India __________, the British Crown assumed direct administration of India in the new British Raj
    A)Act of 1758
    B)Act of 1658
    C)Act of 1858
    D)Act of 1947
    Answer: Act of 1858
  • 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. 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. 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. Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance against the East India Company dominated in __________
    A)Kerala
    B)Gujarat
    C)Karnataka
    D)Bengal
    Answer: Bengal
  • Q. Which of the following Act, ensured the establishment of the supreme court in India?
    A)The Regulating Act, AD 1773
    B)Pitt's India Act, AD 1784
    C)Charter Act, 1793 AD
    D)Charter Act, 1813 AD
    Answer: The Regulating Act, AD 1773
  • Q. The Vernacular Press Act was passed in __________
    A)1881
    B)1878
    C)1888
    D)1898
    Answer: 1878
  • Q. British Crown assumed sovereignty over Indian from the East Indian Company in the year
    A)1858
    B)1857
    C)1859
    D)1860
    Answer: 1858
  • Q. Gandhi had been provoked into crusading for the lot of the Asians in South Africa by the British law called the Act
    A)Blacks' Registration
    B)Apartheid
    C)cl Asiatic Registration
    D)Subcitizens' Licence
    Answer: cl Asiatic Registration
  • 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

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