EXPANSION OF BRITISH SUPREMACY MCQS SET 24

EXPANSION OF BRITISH SUPREMACY MCQS SET 24

231) Which one among the following was not a feature of the provincial executive according to the Government of India Act, 1935?
A) The executive authority of the province was vested in the Governor
B) There was a Council of Ministers to advise the Governor
C) Dyarchy established by the Government of India Act, 1919 was abolished at the provincial level
D) The Governor could be removed by a vote of no-confidence of the Provincial Legislature

Answer: The Governor could be removed by a vote of no-confidence of the Provincial Legislature
   
232) Consider the following statements
1. Warren, Hastings was the first Governor General who established a regular Police Force in India on the British pattern.
2. A Supreme Court was established at Calcutta bythe Regulating Act, 1773.
3. The lndian Penal Code came into effect in the year 1860.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
A) 1 and 2
B) 2 and 3
C) 1 and 3
D) All of these

Answer: 2 and 3
   
233) Consider the following statements
1. Nizam of Hyderabad was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of subsidiary alliance.
2. The Gurkha regiment was raised by Lord Cornwallis.
3. Lord Canning withdrew Doctrine of Lapse introduced by Lord Dalhousie.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A) 1 and 2
B) Only 3
C) 1 and 3
D) None of these

Answer: 1 and 3
   
234) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.
ListI       List II
(Names of the Governor General of lndia)      (Year in Which Appointed)
A. Lord Cornwallis       1.1786
B. Lord Dalhousie       2.1798
C. Lord Mornington(Wellesley)       3.1828
D. Lord William Bentinck       4. 1848

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

Answer: 1 4 2 3
   
235) Who among the following Governor Generals created the Covenanted Civil Service of lndia which later came to be known as the Indian Civil Service?
A) Warren Hastings
B) Wellesley
C) Cornwallis
D) William Bentinck

Answer: Cornwallis

236) Consider the following statements about Doctrine of Lapse .
1. It was introduced by Lord Dalhousie.
2. Satara was the first state to be annexed.
3. Annexation of Awadh in 1856 was on Charges of mal administration.
4. Jaipur, Sambhalpur, Udaipur, Jhansi and Nagpur were some of the other states annexed through this doctrine.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
A) 1 and 2
B) 2, 3 and 4
C) 1, 3 and 4
D) All of these

Answer: All of these
   
237) Who among the following was the first Governor General of India?
A) Lord Amherst
B) Lord William Bentinck
C) Sir Charles Metcalfe
D) Robert Clive

Answer: Lord William Bentinck
   
238) At a time whene empires in Europe were crumbling before the might of Napoleon which
one of the following Governors General kept the British flag flying high in lndia?
A) Warren Hastings
B) Lord Cornwallis
C) Lord Wellesley
D) Lord Hastings

Answer: Lord Hastings
   
239) Which of the following statement(s) regarding the British administration in India is /are correct?
1. The Policy of Ring Fence referred to the setting up of a ring of buffer states.
2. The Subsidiary Alliance Policy was nothing but the diplomatic tactics of the British to extend the British supremacy in India.
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: Both 1 and 2
   
240) Which of the following statements about the Montague Chelmsford Reforms is/are correct?
1. It was approved by King George V.
2. It made the Central Legislature bicameral.
3. The Act explicitly mentioned the appointment of three lndian members to the council.
A) 1, 2 and 3
B) 1 and 2
C) Only 2
D) 1 and 3

Answer: 1, 2 and 3