EXPANSION OF BRITISH SUPREMACY MCQS SET 18

EXPANSION OF BRITISH SUPREMACY MCQS SET 18

171) The first Governor General of India was appointed in
A) 1774
B) 1833
C) 1858
D) 1911

Answer: 1833
   
172) Which one among the following statements is true about Lord Curzon?
A) He had full sympathy for the Congress
B) He introduced the Subsidiary Alliance
C) He succeeded Lord Canning as the Viceroy of India
D) He separated the divisions of Dacca, Chittagong and Rajshahi from the province of Bengal and annexed them to Assam .

Answer: He separated the divisions of Dacca, Chittagong and Rajshahi from the province of Bengal and annexed them to Assam .
   
173) Who was the Governor General when the first Anglo-Burmese War was started?
A) George Barlow
B) Lord Hastings
C) Lord Minto
D) Lord Amherst

Answer: Lord Amherst
   
174) Consider the following statements
1. Robert Clive was the first Governor General of Bengal.
2. William Bentinck was the first Governor General of India.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: Only 2
   
175) When did Queen Victoria declare the taking over oi Indian administration under British crown?
A) 1st November, 1858
B) 31st December, 1857
C) 6th January, 1958
D) 17th November, 1857

Answer: 1st November, 1858

176) Consider the following statements and mark the correct option.
1. Lord Warren Hastings introduced the system of Subsidiary Alliance.
2. Lord Cornwallis introduced Cornwallis code based on principle of separation of powers in 1793.
3. Robert Clive forbade the servants of the company from indulging in private trade and made payments of Internal duties obligatory.

A) 1 and 3
B) Only 1
C) 2 and 3
D) All of these

Answer: 2 and 3
   
177) Dalhousie has ben regarded as the maker of modern India because he brought about reforms and made a beginning in many fields. Which one among the following was not one of his schemes of reforms?
A) Educational reforms
B) Construction of railways and introduction of telegraph and postal services
C) Establishment of a public works department
D) Factories Act to improve the condition of Indian labour

Answer: Factories Act to improve the condition of Indian labour
   
178) Match the following
ListI       List II
A. 1889       1. Gave Indian Magistrates the right to trial Europeans
B. Ilbert Bill       2. Codification of Indian laws and procedures
C. 1879       3. Imperial Darbar in Delhi
D. 1905       4. Partition of Bengal

Below the codes are given in the A B C D order
A) 2 1 3 4
B) 4 3 2 1
C) 1 2 3 4
D) 3 2 1 4

Answer: 2 1 3 4
   
179) Consider the following statements about Government of India Act of 1919
1. It declared for the first time, that the objective of the Act was the gradual introduction of responsible government in India.
2. It provided for the appointment of a statutory commission to enquire into and report on its working after 10 years of its oomming into force.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither 1 nor2

Answer: Both 1 and 2
   
180) Consider the following statements
1. 1st Statistical survey was conducted under the Chairmanship of WW Hunter during Lord Mayo's vice royality in 1872.
2. Hunter Committee is related to primary and secondary education in India.
Which of the statement(s) given above iS/are correct?
A) Only1
B) Only2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither 1 nor2

Answer: Both 1 and 2