History of India | Modern History | Governor, Governor General and Viceroy

History of India | Modern History | Governor, Governor General and Viceroy

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1. The policy of 'Security cell' is related with

Warren Hastings
Lord Dalhousie
Henry Lawrence
Lord Hastings

2. 'Ring Fence' policy is associated with

Henry Lawrence
Dalhousie
Warren Hastings
Lord Clive

3. The first Governor-General of India was

Robert Clive
Warren Hastings
Lord Mayo
Lord Dalhousie

4. At the time of the establishment of Asiatic Society in Calcutta, who was the Governor-General of Bengal?

Lord Cornwallis
Lord Warren Hastings
Lord Wellesley
Lord Bentinck

5. Who among the following abolished 'Dual Government' system in Ben- gal?

Robert Clive
Lord Cornwallis
Warren Hastings
None of the above

6. Which Governor-General was pros- ecuted for impeachment?

Warren Hastings
Lord Clive
Lord Cornwallis
Lord Wellesley

7. The transfer of capital of British India from Calcutta to Delhi was affected during the period of

Lord Minto
Lord Hardinge
Lord Chelmsford
Lord Reading

8. Who established the judicial organization in India?

Lord Mayo
Lord Cornwallis
Lord Attlee
Lord Curzon

9. Who among the following Governor- Generals created the Covenanted Civil Service of India which later came to be known as the Indian Civil Service?

Warren Hastings
Wellesley
Cornwallis
William Bentinck

10. The enforcement of the Public Service was done in

tenure of Bentinck
tenure of Cornwallis
tenure of Curzon
tenure of Dalhousie

11. The Tomb of Lord Cornwallis is situated at

Ghazipur
Ballia
Varanasi
Gorakhpur

12. Between whom was the Treaty of Bassein' signed in 1802?

English and Bajirao I
English and Bajirao II
French and Bajirao I
Dutch and Bajirao II

13. First Maratha Sardar to accept the subsidiary alliance of Lord Wellesley was

Peshwa Bajirao II
Raghuji Bhosle
Daulatrao Sindhia
None of the above

14. Subsidiary Alliance was implemented during the reign of

Lord Cornwallis
Lord Wellesley
Sir John Shore
Lord Auckland

15. Who was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of the subsidiary alliance?

Sindhia of Gwalior
Nizam of Hyderabad
Dalip Singh of Punjab
Gaikwad of Baroda

16. The first Indian ruler who joined the Subsidiary Alliance was

The Nawab of Awadh
The Nizam of Hyderabad
Peshwa Bajirao II
The King of Travancore

17. The Subsidiary Alliance was not accepted by

The Nizam of Hyderabad
The Holkar state of Indore
The Rajput state of Jodhpur
The Ruler of Mysore

18. Who introduced Subsidiary Alliance System in the administ-ration to establish the British power over the Indian States?

Warren Hastings
Lord Wellesley
Lord Cornwallis
Lord Dalhousie

19. The revolt of Vellore occur during the regime of which Governor?

Wellesley
Lord Minto
Lord Cornwallis
Sir George Barlow

20. Anglo-Nepal War took place during the reign of

Lord Cornwallis
Lord Hastings
Lord Wellesley
Warren Hastings

21. The Treaty of Sigauli took place in the year

1800 A.D.
1803 A.D.
1805 A.D.
1816 A.D.

22. Third Anglo-Maratha war is related to

Sir John Shore
Lord Wellesley
Lord Hastings
Lord Cornwallis

23. Sir Thomas Munro was Governor of Madras during years

1820-1827 A.D.
1819-1826 A.D.
1822-1829 A.D.
1818-1825 A.D.

24. On the basis of alleged maladminis- tration which Governor-General had taken the administration of Mysore state?

Lord Wellesley
Lord Hastings
Lord William Bentinck
Lord Harding

25. Who among the following Governor- Generals of Bengal was associated with Third Anglo-Mysore War?

Warren Hastings
Lord Cornwallis
Sir John Shore
Lord William Cavendish Bentinck

26. Who among the following was associated with suppression of thugs?

General Henry Prendergast
Captain Sleeman
Alexander Burres
Captain Robert Pemberton

27. Sati system was abolished by

Lord Warren Hastings
Lord Wellesley
Lord William Bentinck
Lord Ripon

28. In which year Sati System was abolished by William Bentinck?

1825 A.D.
1827 A.D.
1829 A.D.
1830 A.D.

29. 'Hill Assembly Plan' was set up for the development of Adivasi by

T. Wilkinson
Cleveland
Lord William Bentinck
Lord Macaulay

30. The export of slaves from Bengal was banned in which year?

1764
1789
1858
1868

31. James Andrew Ramsay was the real name of which Governor-General of India?

Lord Dalhousie
Lord Canning
Lord North
Lord Curzon

32. Awadh was amalgamated into the British dominion in year

1853
1854
1855
1856

33. Who among the following formulated and implemented the 'Doctrine of Lapse'?

Wellesley
Hastings
Dalhousie
Clive

34. The ruler of which one of the following states was removed from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance?

Awadh
Jhansi
Nagpur
Satara

35. Which of the following was the first victim of Lord Dalhousie's policy of doctrine of lapse?

Jhansi
Satara
Karauli
Sambhalpur

36. The conquest of Sindh by British was completed during the period of

Lord Ellenborough
Lord Hardinge
Lord Aukland
Lord Amherst

37. Sindh was annexed by the British in

1843
1845
1849
1854

38. The princely state of Baghat was annexed to the British in

1848
1850
1852
1853

39. Who among the following was the British residence in Awadh at the time of its annexation into British Dominion?

James Outram
W.H. Sleeman
Bishop R. Heber
General Low

40. The first railway in India was laid down during the period of

Lord Dalhousie
Lord Curzon
Lord Wellesley
Lord Lytton

41. The first railway line was opened in India between

Howrah and Serampore
Bombay and Thane
Madras and Guntur
Delhi and Agra

42. The first railway line in India was started in the year

1853
1850
1840
1890

43. Which company started the First Railway Service in India?

Eastern Railway
Great Indian Peninsula Railway
Madras Railway
Awadh-Tirhut Railway

44. The last major extension of British Indian territory took place during the time of

Dufferin
Dalhousie
Lytton
Curzon

45. In whose rule the Widow Remarriage Act was implemented in

Lord Dalhousie
Lord Canning
Sir Henry Hardinge
Lord Lawrence

46. Queen Victoria's manifesto was read out in Allahabad on November 1, 1858 by

Lord William Bentinck
Lord Canning
Lord Burnham
Sir Harcourt Butler

47. Who of the following was the first Viceroy of India?

Lord Clive
Lord Cornwallis
Lord Canning
Lord Ripon

48. Queen Victoria's Proclamation was read out by Lord Canning on 1st November, 1858 at

Allahabad
Calcutta
Bombay
Madras

49. The right to adopt heir in place of own son was reestablished by

Government of India Act of 1858
Lord Canning
Release of Charter in 1860
Queen's announcement of 1858

50. Queen Victoria was appointed the Empress of India in

1858
1876
1877
1885

51. 'Permanent Settlement' was introduced during the tenure of

Warren Hastings
Lord Cornwallis
Sir John Shore
Lord Wellesley

52. When was Peshwaship abolished?

1858
1818
1861
1802

53. The 1st census in India during the British period was held during the tenure of

Lord Dufferin
Lord Lytton
Lord Mayo
Lord Ripon

54. Which one of the following Viceroy of India was murdered by a convict in Andaman and Nicobar Island while he was on tour?

Lord Curzon
Lord Ripon
Lord Mayo
Lord Minto

55. Which viceroy was murdered in his tenure?

Lord Curzon
Lord Mayo
Lord Ripon
Lord Wellesley

56. The Governor-General who followed a spirited 'Forward' policy towards Afghanistan was

Minto
Dufferin
Elgin
Lytton

57. Which among the following viceroy period the title of 'Rai Bahadur and 'Khan Bahadur' were began to conferred to Indian?

Lord Ripon
Lord Lytton
Lord Mayo
Lord Dufferin

58. Who had the longest tenure as the Viceroy of India?

Lord Curzon
Lord Dufferin
Lord Hardinge
Lord Mayo

59. Local Self-Government institutions in India were strengthened in 1882 by

George Barlow
Lord Rippon
Lord Curzon
Lord Lytton

60. 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?

Lord Lytton
Lord Bentinck
Lord Ripon
Lord Canning

61. Who amongst the following is considered to be the Father of 'Local Self-Government' in India?

Lord Dalhousie
Lord Canning
Lord Curzon
Lord Ripon

62. The Archaeological Survey of India was established in the period of

Warren Hastings
Lord Wellesley
Lord Curzon
Lord William Bentinck

63. Who is called the 'Father of Indian Archaeology'?

Alexander Cunningham
John Marshall
Mortimer Wheeler
James Prinsep

64. Who among the following was the only Jewish Viceroy of India?

Lord Curzon
Lord Canning
Lord Irwin
Lord Reading

65. During the tenure of which Governor-General was the 'Ancient Monuments Preservation Act' passed?

Lord Minto
Lord Linlithgow
Lord Curzon
Lord Canning

66. An important event of Lord Dufferin's tenure as Viceroy was

Establishment of Ramakrishna Mission
Establishment of Muslim League in Dhaka
Establishment of Indian National Congress
Beginning of the first Census

67. Who compared Curzon's admin-istration in India to that of Aurangzeb?

B.G. Tilak
G.K. Gokhale
Dadabhai Naoroji
Annie Besant