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Q.1
An ambassador of the British King James I, who secured favourable privileges for the East India Company from Emperor Jahangir, was
Hawkins
Henry Middleton
Thomas Roe
Josiah Child
Q.2
In which region did Birsa Munda operate against the British?
Punjab
Chhota Nagpur
Tarai
Manipur
Q.3
The single biggest item of British capital investment in India was
Railways
Plantations and mines
Banking and insurance
Shipping
Q.4
Which of the Act made the governor of Bengal as Governor General of India?
Pitt's India Act, 1784
Charter Act, 1813
Charter Act, 1833
Regulating Act, 1773
Q.5
According to the terms of the treaty of Srirangapattanam, . . . . . . was ceded to the British
Malabar
Cochi
Travancore
Mysore
Q.6
The Vernacular Press Act was repealed by __________
Lord Ripon
Lord Lytton
Lord William Bentic
Gladstone
Q.7
By which Charter Act, the East India Company's monopoly of trade with China come to an end?
Charter Act of 1793
Charter Act of 1813
Charter Act of 1833
Charter Act of 1853
Q.8
When the East India Company was formed, the Mughal emperor in India was
Jahangir
Humayun
Aurangzeb
Akbar
Q.9
The British India Society was formed in __________
1832
1833
1839
1874
Q.10
Who was the first Governor General of India?
Warren Hastings
William Bentick
Lord Delhousie
Lord Canning
Q.11
Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
Robert Clive
William Bentinck
Warren Hasting
Col. Sanders
Q.12
British Crown assumed sovereignty over Indian from the East Indian Company in the year
1857
1858
1859
1860
Q.13
The Treaty between Ranjit Singh and the British was signed at
Allahabad
Amritsar
Kashmir
Agra
Q.14
When the East India Company came into existence, England was ruled by the__________
Hanoverians
Stuarts
Normans
Tudors
Q.15
Which of the following is not among the regions where the Britishers had first set up trading posts?
Bengal
Goa
Coromandel Coast
Gujarat
Q.16
Who propounded the theory of 'Economic Drain of India' during British imperialism?
W. C. Bannerji
Dadabhai Naroji
Gopalkrishna Gokhale
Gandhiji
Q.17
Who among the following who fought against British in 1857 Revolt?
I. Kunwar Singh
II. Tantia Tope
III. Nana Saheb
IV. Maulavi Ahmaduallah
All of the above
I, III and IV
I, II and III
II, III and IV
Q.18
When the Congress Ministries were formed in the provinces in June 1937, the Viceroy of India was
Lord Willingdon
Lord Irwin
Lord Linlithgow
Viscount Wavell
Q.19
The first Viceroy of India was
Lord Canning
Lord Hardinge
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Elgin
Q.20
After the year 1853, a substantial amount of British capital had been invested in
Tea Plantations
The Railways
Coal Mining
Jute Mills
Q.21
__________ , 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
Lord Curzon
Lord Rippon
Lord Hastings
Wellesley
Q.22
Indian Mutiny began in __________
1557
1657
1857
1957
Q.23
The first Mysore War Fought between the British and Hyder Ali in 1767- 1769 A.D., came to an end by the
Treaty of Pondicherry
Treaty of Madras
Treaty of Mysore
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Q.24
The British Government intervened in the affairs of the Company and passed an Act in 1773 A.D., known as the
Regulating Act
Pitt's India Act
Charter Act
Company Act
Q.25
The British Governor General and Viceroy who served for the longest period in India was
Lord Irwin
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Curzon
Lord Linlithgow
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