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Q.1
The Indian Civil Service Act was passed during the Viceroyalty of
Elgin
Canning
Minto
Lytton
Q.2
The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was passed during the viceroyalty of
Ripon
Curzon
Hastings
Dalhousie
Q.3
The English rounded Calcutta after obtaining the zamindari of three villages, viz Sutanuti, Kalikata and Govindpur, from the Mughal Viceroy of Bengal in 1698. The nucleus of the British settlement in Calcutta was
San Thome
Victoria Memeorial
Fort William
Howrah Port
Q.4
The inauguration of the Ganapati and Shivaji Festivals was done by
1721
1821
1895
1921
Q.5
Throughout the 19th century intermittent uprisings occurred in Malabar, especially in the __________ and Valluvanad taluks.Twenty two such riots were reported from different parts of Malabar
Ernad
Cochi
Travancore
Kannur
Q.6
During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Bengal to grow__________
Jute
Tea
Sugarcane
Wheat
Q.7
Who established the Sadr-Di-wani-Adalat during the British East India Company's rule?
Wellesley
Warren Hastings
Dalhousie
Cornwallis
Q.8
In 1612 __________established a trading post in Gujarat
British
French
Spain
Dutch
Q.9
Who convinced the British in 1829 to outlaw Sati?
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Lokmanya Tilak
Bhagat Singh
Q.10
The Vernacular Press Act was passed in __________
1878
1881
1888
1898
Q.11
The violent Mappilas stormed the bungalow of the District Magistrate . . . . . . and murdered him in 1855
H.V. Connolly
William Logan
Lord Ripond
Gladstone
Q.12
The Treaty of Surat was in the year __________
1475
1575
1675
1775
Q.13
Which of the following is not the provision of The Act of 1892?
A simultaneous examination of ICS to be held in England and India
Reforms of the legislative council and adoption of the principle of election in place of nomination
Support of the annexation of Upper Burma
Reduction in the Military expenditure
Q.14
August Offer 1940 was made by the Viceroy
Willingdon
Linlithgow
Minto
Lytton
Q.15
What was the motive of Lord Wellesley to introduced the system of Subsidiary Alliance?
Improve the administration of the Indian States
Prevent disloyalty towards the British
Tone up the British Indian administration
Prevent the French influence in the Indian States
Q.16
Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?
Dadabhai Naoroji
GopalaKrishna Gokhale
Bipin Chandra Pal
Lala Lajpat Rai
Q.17
When did the British Govt. start ruling India directly?
After the Battle of Plassey
After the Battle of Panipat
After the war of Mysore
After Sepoy Mutiny
Q.18
Diu was the colony of the __________
Portuguese
English
Dutch
French
Q.19
__________, a judge of the Supreme Court founded the Asiatic society of Bengal in 1784 A.D.
Sir William Jones
Warren Hastings
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Lord Macaulay
Q.20
The Ilbert Bill introduced In Lord Ripon's reign is significant because
it limited the Britishers political authority
it put restrictions on the vernacular press
it debarred Indians from entering the civil services
it removed racial discrimination from the judicial services
Q.21
What did the Rowlatt Act, 1919 empower the British government to do
Foment class and caste strife
Shut down any industrial unit at will
Extend the period of imprisonment for Indians
Detain a person for any duration without a trial
Q.22
In 1614 Sir Thomas Roe was instructed by __________ to visit the court of Jahangir, the Mughal emperor of India
James I
Babur
Shajahan
Humayun
Q.23
After the commencement of the government of India Act-1858, what name was to British Governor-General of India?
Governor-General of India
Governor of the state
Viceroy of the state
None of these
Q.24
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)
in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
during the Non-Cooperation Movement
in support of the Khilafat demand when the Central Khilafat Committee organised a general all-India hartal on August 1, 1920
during the Champaran Satyagraha
Q.25
Arrange the following in chronological order:
I. Viceroy Lytton
II. Viceroy Mayo
III. Viceroy Lansdowne
IV. Viceroy Linlithgow
II, III, I, IV
II, I, III, IV
IV, III, II, I
III, IV, I, II
Q.26
The Hindu Widows Remarriage Act __________
1856
1858
1865
1946
Q.27
Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance against the East India Company dominated in __________
Gujarat
Kerala
Karnataka
Bengal
Q.28
Assertion (A): The announcement of the Simon Commission aroused widespread Indian resentment.
Reason (R): The British Government in defiance of the opinion of all parties in India had deliberately decided to appoint an all British Commission
Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
A is false but R is true
Q.29
Which Government of India Act/Charter Act generated the post of Governor-General of India?
Government of India Act-1858
Charter Act-1833
Charter Act-1853
Charter Act-1813
Q.30
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
Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
A is false but R is true
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