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Q.1
India was granted freedom during the British Prime Minister
Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill
Ramsay Mac Donald
William Pitt
Q.2
The decisive battle of the third Carnatic War was waged between the French and the British at
Arcot
Jhansi
Plassey
Wandiwash
Q.3
Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Charter Act of 1793?
I. Renewed the Charter of the Company for 20 more years.
II. Regulated the finances of the Company.
III. Lay down that the salaries of the Board of Control and their staffs were to be paid from the British revenues.
IV. Prohibited the Commander-in-Chief from being a member of the Governor General's Council
I, II & III
I, II & IV
I & II
II & III
Q.4
Who among the following analysed the causes of the uprising of 1857 advocating a reconciliation between the British and the Muslims?
Sayyed Ahmad Brelvi
Shah Waliullah
Sayyed Ahmad Khan
Sayyed Amir Ali
Q.5
Lytton held an Imperial Durbar at Delhi in 1877 to announce __________ as the Empress of India at a time when a large part of the country was in the grip of a severe famine
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Victoria
Queen Anne
Queen Marie
Q.6
Which of the following act of India ensured the partition of India?
Government of India Act, 1909
Government of India Act, 1919
Government of India Act, 1935
None of these
Q.7
Which of the following British official intiated the Doctrine of Lapse?
Lord Wellesley
Lord Auckland
Lord Dalhousie
Warren Hastings
Q.8
In the 18th Century the Royal prerogative in the affairs of the East India Company was controlled by
The Viceroy's Council
The Indian Legislature
The Parliament in England
The Secretary of State
Q.9
Which British Governor General introduced Postage Stamp in India?
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Auckland
Lord Canning
Lord William Bentinck
Q.10
Who among the following British persons admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a national revolt?
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Canning
Lord Ellenborough
Disraeli
Q.11
By the Charter Act of 1813 the Indian trade except in __________ was thrown open to all British subjects
Tea
Spices
Coffee
Cotton
Q.12
Before the Regulating Act was passed in 1773, there was __________ at home to administer the East India Company
A Committee of 24
A Secretary
A Council of Lords
A Board of Revenue
Q.13
The correct Chronological order in which the British established their trading centre in the places mentioned below is
Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Surat
Bombay, Madras, Surat, Calcutta
Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta
Surat, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay
Q.14
Punjab was annexed to the British empire during the reign of Governor General
Lord Bentinck
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Cornwallis
Lord Canning
Q.15
During British rule, who was instrumental for the introduction of the Ryotwari system in the then Madras Presidency?
Macaulay
Elphinstone
Thomas Munro
John Lawrence
Q.16
The East India Company was established in the year
1607 AD
1600 AD
1700 AD
1669 AD
Q.17
The exclusive right of trading between __________ was granted to the East India Company
North America and South America
Red Sea and Caspian Sea
The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan
France and Poland
Q.18
Despite holding a monopoly, the East India Company had faced competition from what it had termed as the 'interlopers' represented by the
Portuguese
Indigenous merchants
British free merchants
Dutch
Q.19
In March 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill appointed the Cripps Mission to resolve Indian political crisis because
he was under pressure from the US President Roosevelt
of the gravity of the Japanese war menace on India's borders
both A and B above
of INA's initial success on India's eastern borders
Q.20
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.
Connolly
William Logan
S. N. Banerjee
Gokahale
Q.21
Who of the following Governor General is associated with Subsidiary Alliance System?
Lord Cornwallies
Lord Wellesley
Lord Mayo
Lord Delhousie
Q.22
The greatest contribution of the British rule to the growth of India nationalism was the __________
Introduction of western education in India
Racial arrogance of the British
Denial of Higher Jobs to deserving Indians
Queen's proclamation of 1858
Q.23
Which Indian ruler had requested Napoleon for help in driving the British away from India?
Shivaji
Jai Singh
Tipu Sultan
Rani of Jhansi
Q.24
During the first hundred years of the British rule in India, people's resentment and opposition to the British policies mainly surfaced in the form of
Tribal uprisings
Peasant uprisings
Civil uprisings
Both A and B above
Q.25
The 'Sepoy Mutiny' was in the year __________
1657
1757
1765
1857
Q.26
The Act constituting the first legislative interference by the British Parliament in the affairs of India was the
Fox's India Act, 1783
Pitt's India Act, 1784
Regulating Act, 1773
Declaratory Act, 1781
Q.27
Which of the following British Prime Minister headed the First Round Table Conference in London?
Churchill
Ramsay McDonald
Chamberlain
Disraeli
Q.28
In 1661 the company obtained __________ from Charles II
Bombay
Madras
Kannur
Calcutta
Q.29
When were Morley-Minto reforms taken place?
1905
1909
1919
1857
Q.30
Which Governor General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar?
Minto-I
William Bentinck
Hastings
Auckland
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