Modern History of India
Here are some of the very important questions and answers from Governor/Governor General/Viceroy section of Modern History of India. Only reading book is not sufficient for clear concept , we have to practice more and more questions for better understanding. I am sure after going through all the important questions you will feel more confident at the last.
1. Consider the following statements:
- Robert Clive was the first Governor- General of Bengal
- William Bentinck was the first Governor- General of India.
Which of the statement given above is/are correct?
[IAS PRE 2007]
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans:- (b) 2 only
- The first Governor- General of India was –
RAS/RTS (Pre) 1997
(a) Robert clive
(b) Warren Hasting
(c) lord Mayo
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Ans:- (b) Warren Hasting
- Which one of the following statement is not true?
(a) The foundation of the system of civil administration was firmly laid down by Warren Hasting on which the superstructure was raised by Cornwallis.
(b) Clive was responsible for reforming the East India Company ‘s civil and Military Services.
(c) Lord Williams Bentinck was one of the greatest British rulers as he consolidated the British Empire in India
(d) Lord Dalhousie added rich lemitones to the British Empire on the basis of the Doctrine of Lapse.
UPPSC (GIC) 2010
Ans:- (c) Lord Williams Bentinck was one of the greatest British rulers as he consolidated the British Empire in India
- At the time of the establishment of Asiatic Society in Calcutta, Who was the Governor- General of Bengal?
(a) Lord Cornnwallis
(b) Lord Warren Hastings
(c) Lord Wallesley
(d) Lord Bentinck
Ans:- (b) Lord Warren Hastings
- The policy of ‘Security cell’ is related with-
UPPCS (Pre) 2006
(a) Warren Hasting
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Henry Lawrence
(d) Lord Hastings
Ans:- (a) Warren Hasting
- ‘Ring Fence’ policy is associated with-
Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2013
(a) Warren Hasting
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Henry Lawrence
(d) Lord Hasting
Ans:- (a) Warren Hasting
- Who among the following abolished ‘Dual Government’ system in Bengal?
41st BPSC (Pre) 1996, 47 th BPSC (Pre) 2005
(a) Robert Clive
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Warren Hasting
(d) None of the above
Ans:- (c) Warren Hasting
8.Which Governor- General was prosecuted for impeachment?
MPPCS Pre 1992
(a) Warren Hasting
(b) Lord Clive
(c) Lord Cornwallis
(d) Lord Welleley
Ans:- (a) Warren Hasting
- Who among the following was prosecuted for impeachment by the British Parliament?
UPPSC GIC 2010, UPPCS Mains 2006
(a) Sir John Sore
(b) Lord Clive
(c) Warren Hasting
(d) Lord Bentinck
Ans:- (c) Warren Hasting
- Who established the judicial organization in India?
UPPCS Pre 1991
(a) Lord Mayo
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Attlee
(d) Lord Curzon
Ans:- (b) Lord Cornwallis
- Who among the following Governor – General created the Covenanted Civil Services of India which later came to be known as the Indian Civil Service?
(a) Warren Hasting
(b) Wellesley
(c) Cornwallis
(d) William Bentinck
Ans:- (c) Cornwallis
- The enforcement of the Public Service was done in-
UPPCS SPL MAINS 2004
(A) tenure of Bentinck
(b) tenure of Cornwallis
(c) tenure of Curzon
(d) tenure of Dalhousie
Ans:- (b) tenure of Cornwallis
- The Tomb of Cornwallis is situated at –
UPPCS Mains 2011
(a) Ghazipur
(b) Ballia
(c) Varanasi
(d) Gorakhpur
Ans:- (a) Ghazipur
- Between whom was the ‘Treaty of Bassin’ signed in 1802?
UPPCS (Mains) 2012
(a) English and Bajirao – I
(b) English and Bajirao –II
(c) French and Bajirao – I
(d) Dutch and Bajirao – II
Ans:- (b) English and Bajirao –II
- First Maratha Sardar to accept the subsidiary alliance of Lord Wellesley was –
41ST BPSC Pre 1996
(a) Peshwa Bajirao – II
(b) Raghuji Bhosle
(c) Daulat Rao Sciandia
(d) None of the above
Ans :- (a) Peshwa Bajirao – II
- Which one of the following statement does not apply to the system of Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Lord Wellesley ?
IAS PRE 2018
(a) To maintain a large standing army at others expense
(b) To keep India safe from Napoleonic danger
(c) To secure a fixed income for the company
(d) To establish British paramountcy over the Indian States
Ans :- (c) To secure a fixed income for the company
- Subsidiary Alliance was implemented during the reign of-
UPPCS Mains 2011
(a) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Sir John Shore
(d) Lord Auckland
Ans :- (b) Lord Wellesley
- Who was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of the subsidiary alliance?
Chhattisgarh PCS Pre 2013
(a) Scindia of Gwalior
(b) Nizam of Hyderabad
(c) Duleep Singh of Punjab
(d) Bhonslas of Nagpur
Ans :- (b) Nizam of Hyderabad
- Consider the following which concluded the subsidiary alliance with Lord Wellesley and finds the correct chronological order of their treaties from the code given below:
- Hyderabad
- Mysore
- Oudh
- Sindhia
Code :
(a) 1,2,3,4
(b) 1,3,4,2
(c) 4,3,2,1
(d) 3,2,1,4
Ans:- (a) 1,2,3,4
- The first India Ruler who joined the Subsidiary Alliance was-
IAS Pre 1994
(a) The Nawab of Oudh
(b) The Nizam of Hyderabad
(c) Peshwa Bajirao II
(d) The King of Travancore
Ans:- (a) The Nawab of Oudh
- The Subsidiary Alliance was not accepted by-
UPPCS SPL MAINS 2004
(a) The Nizam of Hyderabad
(b) The Holkar state of Indore
(c) The Rajput State of Jodhpur
(d) The Ruler of Mysore
Ans:- The Holkar state of Indore
- Who introduced the subsidiary alliance system in the administration to established British Power over the Indian States ?
UPPCS Mains 2016
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord Cornwallis
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Ans:- (b) Lord Wellesley
- The main aim of East India Company to make a subsidiary alliance in Rajput states was-
RAS/RTS Pre 1992
(a) Receiving military support against enemies
(b) Protecting these states from Maratha – Pindari invasion
(c) To receive funds in the form of Khiraj
(d) To establish the sovereignty of the British
Ans:- (d) To establish the sovereignty of the British
- Who among the following negotiated Subordinate Alliance of 1817-18 with the Princely States of Rajputana?
RAS/RTS Pre 2018
(a) David Ochterlony
(b) Chrales Metcalf
(c) Arthur Wellesley
(d) John George
Ans:- (b) Chrales Metcalf
- At a time when empires in Europe were crumbling before the might of Napoleon, which one of the following Governors – General kept the British Flag flying high in India?
IAS Pre 1999
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord Hasting
Ans:- (c) Lord Wellesley
- The revolt of Vellore occur during the regime of which Governor?
Chhatisgarh PCS Pre 2016
(a) Wellesley
(b) Lord Minto
(c) Lord Cornwallis
(d) Sir George Barlow
(e) None of the these
Ans:- (d) Sir George Barlow
- Anglo-Nepal War took place during the reign of –
UPPOCS Mains 2010
(a) Lord Corneallis
(b) Lord Hasting
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Warren Hastings
Ans:- (b) Lord Hasting
- The Treaty of Sagauli took place in the year
UTTRAKHAND PCS Pre 2016
(a) 1800 AD
(b) 1803 AD
(c) 1805 AD
(d) 1815 AD
Ans:- (d) 1815 AD
- Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
UPUDA/LDA Mains 2010
(a) Hector Munro : Battle of Buxar
(b) Lord Hasting : Anglo – Nepal War
(c) Lord Wellesley : Fourth Anglo – Mysore War
(d) Lord Cornwallis : Third Anglo Maratha War
Ans :- (d) Lord Cornwallis : Third Anglo Maratha War
- Third Anglo Maratha War is related to-
UPUDA /LDA Pre 2013
(a) Sir John Shore
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord Hastings
(d) Lord Cornwallis
Ans:- (c) Lord Hastings
- Sir Thomas Munro was Governor of Madras during yers
UPPCS Pre 2016
(a) 1820-1827 AD
(b) 1819-1826 AD
(c) 1822-1829 AD
(d) 1818-1825 AD
Ans :- (a) 1820-1827 AD
- Who among the following was/were associated with the introduction of Ryotwari Settlement in India during the British rule?
IAS Pre 2017
- Lord Cornwallis
- Alexender Read
- Thomas Munro
Select the correct answer using the code given below
(a) 1 Only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1,2 and 3
Ans :- (c) 2 and 3 only
- On the basis of alleged maladministration which Governor – General had taken the administration of Mysore state?
UP LOWER SUB Pre 2004, UPPCS Pre 2003
(a) Lord Wellesley
(b) Lord Hasting
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Lord Harding
Ans :- (c) Lord William Bentinck
- Who among the following Governor General of Bengal was associated with Third Anglo Mysore War ?
UPPCS Mains 2013
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Sir John Shore
(d) Lord William Cavendish Bentinck
Ans :- (b) Lord Cornwallis
- Who among the following was associated with suppression of thugs?
IAS Pre 1997
(a) General Henry Prendergast
(b) Captain Sleeman
(c) Alexender Burres
(d) Captain Robert Pemberton
Ans :- (b) Captain Sleeman
- Under whose leadership was the suppression of thugs achieved?
65th BPSC Pre 2019
(a) Lord Clive
(b) Captain Sleeman
(c) Lord Minto
(d) Alexender Burnes
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans:- (b) Captain Sleeman
- Sati system was abolished by-
UPPCS Mains 2012, MPPCS Pre 1998, MPPCS Pre 1993, UPPCS Pre 1990
(a) Lord Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Lord Ripon
Ans :- (c) Lord William Bentinck
- In which year Sati System was abolished by William Bentinck?
MPPCS Pre 2015
(a) 1825 AD
(b) 1827 AD
(C) 1829 AD
(D) 1830 AD
Ans:- (C) 1829 AD
- ‘Hill Assebbly Plan, was set up for the development of Adivasi by
JHARKHAND PCS Pre 2016
(a) T Wilkinson
(b) Cleveland
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Lord Macaulay
Ans: – (b) Cleveland
- The export of slaves from Bengal was banned in which year?
Jharkhand PCS Pre 2013
(a) 1764
(b) 1789
(c) 1858
(d) 1868
Ans:- (b) 1789
- Awadh was annexed to British Empire in India by:
UPPCS Pre 1994, UPPCS PRE 1991, UPPCS Pre 1990
(a) Policy of subsidiary Alliance
(b) Doctrine of Lapse
(c) By declaring the State as maladministered
(d) By waging war
Ans:- (c) By declaring the State as maladministered
- Oudh was amalgamated the British dominion in the year-
UPUDA/LDA Pre 2013, UPPCS Mains 2010
(a) 1853
(b) 1854
(c) 1855
(d) 1856
Ans:- (d) 1856
- James Andrew Ramsay was the real name of which Government – General of India?
Uttrakhand PCS Pre 2016
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord North
(d) Lord Curzon
Ans:- (a) Lord Dalhousie
- Which of the underwritten pairs is correctly matched?
UPPCS Mians 2002
(a) 1849 AD – Merger of Satara
(b) 1848 AD – Merger of Punjab
(c) 1856 AD – Merger of Awadh
(d) 1855 AD – Merger of Jhansi
Ans:- (c) 1856 AD – Merger of Awadh
- Who among the following formulated and implemented the ‘Doctrine of Lapsa’?
UPPCS Mains 2011
(a) Wellesley
(b) Hasting
(c) Dalhousie
(d) Clive
Ans:- (c) Dalhousie
- The ruler of which one of the following states was removed from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernment?
IAS PRE2007
(a) Awadh
(b) Jhansi
(c) Nagpur
(d) Satara
Ans:- (a) Awadh
- Which of the following was the forst victim of Lord Dalhousie’s policy of doctrine of Lapse?
UPPCS Pre 2016
(a) Jhansi
(b) Satara
(c) Karauli
(d) Sambhalpur
Ans:- (b) Satara
- The conquest of Sindh by British was completed during the period of –
UPPCS Mains 2012
(a) Lord Ellenborough
(b) Lord Harding
(c) Lord Aukland
(d) Lord Amherst
Ans:- (d) Lord Amherst
- Sindh was annexed by the British in –
UPPCS Mains 2015
(a) 1843
(b) 1845
(c) 1849
(d) 1854
Ans:- (a) 1843
- The princely State of Baghat was annexed to the British in
Jharkhand PCS Pre 2016
(a) 1848
(b) 1850
(c) 1852
(d) 1853
Ans :- (b) 1850
- Who among the following was the British residence in Awadh at the time of its annexation into British Dominion?
UPPCS MAINS 2011
(a) James Outram
(b) W. H. Sleeman
(c) Bishop R. Heber
(d) General Low
Ans:- (a) James Outram
- The first railway in India was laid down during the period of –
48TH TO 52 BPSC PRE 2008
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Wlellesley
(d) Lord Lytton
Ans:- (a) Lord Dalhousie
- The first railway line was opened in India between-
UP LOWER SUB PRE 2004, UPPCS PRE 2001
(a) Howrah and Serampur
(b) Bombay and Thane
(c) Madras and Guntur
(d) Delhi and Agra
Ans:- (b) Bombay and Thane
- The first railway line in India was started in the year-
UTTRAKHAND PCS PRE 2010
(a) 1853
(b) 1850
(c) 1840
(d) 1890
Ans:- (a) 1853
- Which company started the First Railway Service in India?
Chhattisgarh PCS Pre 2011
(a) Eastern Railway
(b) Great Indian Peninsula railway
(c) Madras railway
(d) Awadh Tirhut Railway
Ans:- (b) Great Indian Peninsula railway
- The Last major extension of British Indian territory took place during the time of:-
IAS PRE 2000
(a) Dufferin
(b) Dalhousie
(c) Lytton
(d) Curzon
Ans:- (a) Dufferin
- Public Works Department was organized in 1845-1855 by :-
Jharkhand PCS Pre 2013
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) George Auckland
(d) Warren Hasting
Ans:- (a) Lord Dalhousie
- In whose rule the Widow Remarriage Act was implemented in –
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Sir Henry Harding
(d) Lord Lawrence
Ans:- (b) Lord Canning
- Queen Victoria’s manifesto was read in Allahabad on November 1 , 1858 by:-
(a) Lord William Bentinck
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord Burnham
(d) Sir Harcourt Butler
Ans:- (b) Lord Canning
- Who of the following was the first viceroy of India?
UPPSC GIC 2010
(a) Lord Clive
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord canning
(d) Lord Ripon
Ans:- (c) Lord canning
- Queen Victoria’s Proclamation was read out by Lord Canning on 1st November 1858 at :-
UPPCS MAINS 2009
(a) Allahabad
(b) Calcutta
(c) Bombay
(d) Madras
Ans:- (a) Allahabad
- The right to adopt heir in place of own son was reestablished by :-
(a) Government of India Act of 1858
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Release of Charter in 1860
(d) Queen’s announcement of 1858
Ans:- (d) Queen’s announcement of 1858
- Queen Victoria was appointed the Empress of India in –
38th BPSC pre 1992
(a) 1858
(b) 1876
(c) 1877
(d) 1885
Ans:- (a) 1858
- Which Governor General had abolished slavery?
UPPCS MAINS 2011
(a) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Lord Ellenborough
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Sir John Shore
Ans:- (b) Lord Ellenborough
- Which one of the following is correctly matched?
UP LOWER SUB PRE 1998
(a) Lord Cornwallis – Permanent Settlement
(b) Lord Wellesley – Masterly Inactivity
(c) Lord Dalhousie – Subsidiary Alliance
(d) Lord Canning – Foundation of Indian National Congress
Ans:- (a) Lord Cornwallis – Permanent Settlement
- Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched?
UPPCS Pre 1998
(a) Lord Cornwallis – Permanent Settlement
(b) Lord Wellesley – Subsidiary Alliance
(c) Lord Dalhousie – Doctrine of Lapse
(d) lord Canning – Masterly Inactivity
Ans:- (d) lord Canning – Masterly Inactivity
- ‘Permanent Settlement’ was introduced during the tenure of –
UP LOWER SUB Pre 2008
(a) Warren hasting
(b) lord Cornwallis
(c) Sir John Shore
(d) Lord Wellesley
Ans:- (b) lord Cornwallis
- When was Peshwaship abolished?
UPPCS Mains 2015
(a) In 1858
(b) In 1818
(c) In 1861
(d) In 1802
Ans:- (b) In 1818
- Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
UPRO/ARO 2017
(a) Local Self Government – Lord Lytton
(b) Subsidiary Alliance – Lord Wellesley
(c) Doctrine of Lapse – Lord Dalhousie
(d) Permanent Settlement – Lord Cornwallis
Ans:- (a) Local Self Government – Lord Lytton
- Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
UPPCS Mains 2014
(a) Lord Cornwallis – Permanent Settlement
(b) Lord Wellesley – Subsidiary Alliance System
(c) Sir John Shore – Anglo Nepal War
(d) Lord hasting – Third Anglo Maratha War
Ans:- (c) Sir John Shore – Anglo Nepal War
- Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
UPPCS Mains 2013
(a) Lord Ellenborough – Annexetaion of Awadh
(b) Lord Dalhousie – Annexetaion of Sindh
(c) Lord Wellesly – Fourth Anglo Mysore war
(d) Sir John Shore – Third Anglo – Maratha War
Ans :- (c) Lord Wellesly – Fourth Anglo Mysore war
- Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
UP Lower Sub Pre 2013
(a) Lord Dalhousie – Annexation of Awadh
(b) Lord Dufferin – Establishment of Indian
(c) Lord William Bentinck- Passing of the charter Act, 1833
(d) Lord Lytton – Beginning of first Anglo Afghan War
Ans:- (d) Lord Lytton – Beginning of first Anglo Afghan War
- The Viceroy who followed aggressive policy towards Afghanistan was
65th BPSC Pre 2019
(a) Lord Maya
(b) Lord Lytton
(c) Lord Dufferin
(d) lord canning
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans:- (b) Lord Lytton
- Who among the following is associated with the policy of ‘Masterly inactive’?
UPPCS Pre 1997
(a) William Bentinck
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord Mayo
(d) John Lawrence
Ans:- (d) John Lawrence
- The 1st census in India during the British period was held during the tenure of –
UP Lower Sub Pre 2004, UPPCS Pre 2000
(a) Lord Dufferin
(b) Lord Lytton
(c) lord Mayo
(d) Lord Ripon
Ans:- (c) lord Mayo
- Who was the person to conduct Census in India for the first time?
Uttarakhand PCS Mains 2006
(a) Ripon
(b) Lytton
(c) Dufferin
(d) Lord Mayo
Ans:- (d) Lord Mayo
- Which one of the following Viceroy of India was murdered by a convict in Andaman and Nicobar Island while he was on tour?
UPPCS Pre 2004
(a) lord Curzon
(b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Mayo
(d) Lord Minto
Ans:- (c) Lord Mayo
- Which viceroy was murdered in his tenure?
Uttrakhand PCS Pre 2010
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord mayo
(c) Lord Ripon
(d) Lord Wellesley
Ans:- (b) Lord mayo
- The Governor General who followed a spirited “Forward policy towards Afghanistan was
IAS PRE 1999
(a) Minto
(b) Dufferin
(c) Elgin
(d) Lytton
Ans:- (d) Lytton
- Which among the following viceroy’s period the title of ‘Rai Bahadur’ and ‘Khan Bahadur’ began to confer to India?
60th to 62nd BPSC Pre 2016
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Lytton
(c) Lord Mayo
(c) Lord dufferin
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans:- (e) None of the above/More than one of the above
- Who had the longest tenure as the Viceroy of India?
UPPCS (Mains) 2009
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Dufferin
(c) Lord Harding
(d) Lord Mayo
Ans:- (a) Lord Curzon
- Local Self Government institutions in India were strengthened in 1882 by:
UPPCS Pre 1994
(a) George Barlow
(b) lord Rippon
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) lord Lytton
Ans:- (b) lord Rippon
- Who was responsible for encouraging the local self Govt in India?
UPPCS Pre 2010, Uttrakhand PCS Mains 2002, UPPCS Pre 1996
(a) Lord Mayo
(b) Lord Lytton
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Lord Ripon
Ans:- (d) Lord Ripon
84.The First Factory Act for restricting the working hours of women and children, and authorizing local government to make necessary rules was adopted during whose time?
IAS Pre 2007
(a) lord Lytton
(b) Lord Bentinck
(c) Lord Ripon
(d) Lord Canning
Ans:- (c) Lord Ripon
- Consider the following statements:-
IAS PRE 2017
- The Factories Act, 1881 was passed with a view to fix the wages of industrial workers and to allow the workers to form trade unions.
- NM Lokhande was a pioneer in organizing the labour movement in British India.
Which of the above statement is/are correct?
(a) 1 Only
(b) 2 Only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans:- (b) 2 Only
- Who among the following is considered to be the Father of “Local Self-Government in India?
UPPCS Pre 2018
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Ripon
Ans:- (d) Lord Ripon
- Which one of the following pairs (GG and Event) is properly matched?
Chhattisgarh PCS Pre 2008
(a) Lord Cornwallis – Regulating Act
(b) Lord Wellesley – Permanent settlement
(c) Lord Ellenborough – Annexation of Sindh
(d) Lord Dalhousie – First Afghan War
Ans:- (c) Lord Ellenborough – Annexation of Sindh
- Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
UPPCS pre 2017
(a) Hector Munro – Battle of Buxar
(b) Lord Hasting – Anglo Nepal War
(c) Lord Wellesley – Fourth Anglo Mysore War
(d) Lord Cornwallis – Third Anglo Maratha War
Ans:- (d) Lord Cornwallis – Third Anglo Maratha War
- The Archaeological Survey of India was established in the period of-
UP Lower Pre 2009
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord William Bentinck
Ans:- (c) Lord Curzon
- Who is called the ‘father of India Archeaology’?
MPPCS Pre 2017
(a) Alexander Cunningham
(b) John Marshall
(c) Mortimer Wheeler
(d) James Prinsep
Ans:- (a) Alexander Cunningham
- The Archeological Survey of India was established during the period of
UPPCS Mains 2010
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Warren Hastings
Ans:- (a) Lord Curzon
- Who among the following established the department of Archeological Survey?
Chhatisgarh PCS Pre 2018
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Minto
(c) Lord Harding
(d) Lord Chelmsford
Ans:- (a) Lord Curzon
- During the tenure of which Governor – General was the “Ancient Monuments Preservation Act’ passed-
UPYDA/LDA SPL Mains 2010, UPPCS Mains 2005
(a) Lord Minto
(b) Lord Linlithgow
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Canning
Ans:- (c) Lord Curzon
- An Important event of Lord Dufferins tenure as Viceroy was
MPPCS Pre 2017
(a) Establishment of Ramkrishna Mission
(b) Establishment of Muslim league in Dhaka
(c) Establishment of Indian national Congress
(d) Beginning of the First Census
Ans:- (c) Establishment of Indian national Congress
- Who among the following Governor-Generals rididuled Congress as representing only a’Microscopic minority’ of People?
UPPCS Pre 2018
(a) Lord Dufferin
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Minto
(d) Lord Lansdown
Ans:- (a) Lord Dufferin
- Who compared Curzon’s administration in India to that of Aurangzeb?
UPPCS Mains 2012
(a) BG Tilak
(b) GK Gokhale
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Annie Besant
Ans:- (b) GK Gokhale
- “In My belief, Congress is to tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise.” Who wrote it?
60th to 62nd BPSC Pre 2016
(a) Lord Lytton
(b) lord Dufferin
(c) lord Curzon
(d) lord Minto
(e)None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans:- (c) lord Curzon
- Consider the following Viceroys of India during the British rule:
IAS Pre 2004
- Lord Curzon
- Lord Harding
- Lord Chelmsford
- Lord Irwin
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of their tenure?
(a) 1,2,3,4 (b) 2,4,1,3 (c) 1,4,2,3 (d) 2,3,1,4
Ans:- (a) 1,2,3,4
- The strategy of ‘Divide and Rule was adopted by
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Minto
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord Wellesley
Ans:- (a) & (b)
- “The Muslims, if contented and satisfied, would become the greatest of British power in India.” Who wrote it?
60th to 62nd BPSC Pre 2016
(a) Herbert Risley
(b) Lord Lytton
(c) WW Hunter
(d) HN Brailsford
(e)None of the above/More than one of the above
Ans:- (c) WW Hunter
- Which of the following Governor General used the system of Separate Electoral College to conquer Muslims and make them against Congress?
MPPCS Pre 1997
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Dufferin
(c) Lord Harding
(d) Lord Minto
Ans:- (d) Lord Minto
- Who among the following was the only Jewish Viceroy of India?
UPRO/ARO Mains 2014
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord Irwin
(d) Lord Reading
Ans:- (d) Lord Reading
- Which one of the following pairs ios not correctly matched?
IAS Pre 2004
(a) Pitts India Act – Warren Hasting
(b) Doctrine of Lapse – Dalhousie
(c) Vernacular Press Act- Curzon
(d) Ilbert Bill – Ripon
Ans:- (c) Vernacular Press Act- Curzon
- Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
RAS/RTS Pre 2016
(a) Suppression of Thuggee – William Bentinck
(b) Ilbert Bill – Ripon
(c) Ring Fence policy – Warren Hasting
(d) Vernacular Press Act – Curzon
Ans:- (d) Vernacular Press Act – Curzon
- The Transfer of the capital of British India from Calcutta to Delhi was affected during the period of –
UPUDA/IDA Pre 2006
(a) Lord Minto
(b) Lord Harding
(c) Lord Chelmsford
(d) Lord Reading
Ans:- (b) Lord Harding