British Rule MCQ Question Answers

British Rule Gk (quiz) MCQ question and answers. Suitable for aspirants preparing for SSC-CGL and State Level Examinations of all states and also Bank, SSC, Railway, UPSC conducted NDA/ CDS/ IFS/ IES / CSE etc. examinations.

Q. __________ , the viceroy of India decided to partition Bengal for administrative purposes, creating a new province of East Bengal and Assam, with a population of 31 million people and with its capital at Dhaka

A.
Lord Rippon
B.
Lord Curzon
C.
Lord Hastings
D.
Wellesley

Answer

Correct Answer : Lord Curzon

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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

Correct Answer : S. N. Banerjee

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Q. __________, a judge of the Supreme Court founded the Asiatic society of Bengal in 1784 A.D.

A.
Warren Hastings
B.
Sir William Jones
C.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D.
Lord Macaulay

Answer

Correct Answer : Sir William Jones

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Q. “Treaty of Rajpurghat” was signed on December 25, 1805 between Holkar and __________

A.
British
B.
French
C.
Portuguese
D.
Dutch

Answer

Correct Answer : British

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Q. According to the terms of the treaty of Srirangapattanam, . . . . . . was ceded to the British

A.
Cochi
B.
Malabar
C.
Travancore
D.
Mysore

Answer

Correct Answer : Malabar

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Q. After the commencement of the government of India Act-1858, what name was to British Governor-General of India?

A.
Governor of the state
B.
Governor-General of India
C.
Viceroy of the state
D.
None of these

Answer

Correct Answer : Viceroy of the state

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Q. After the year 1853, a substantial amount of British capital had been invested in

A.
The Railways
B.
Tea Plantations
C.
Coal Mining
D.
Jute Mills

Answer

Correct Answer : The Railways

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Q. An ambassador of the British King James I, who secured favourable privileges for the East India Company from Emperor Jahangir, was

A.
Henry Middleton
B.
Hawkins
C.
Thomas Roe
D.
Josiah Child

Answer

Correct Answer : Thomas Roe

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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

Correct Answer : II, I, III, IV

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Q. As a result of the partition of Bengal announced by Lord Curzon in 1905, Bengal was partitioned into two provinces of

A.
Bengal and Eastern Bengal & Assam
B.
East Bengal and West Bengal
C.
Bengal and Assam
D.
Bengal and Odisha and East Bengal and Assam

Answer

Correct Answer : Bengal and Eastern Bengal & Assam

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