EXPANSION OF BRITISH SUPREMACY MCQS SET 25

EXPANSION OF BRITISH SUPREMACY MCQS SET 25

241) Which Act for the first time made it possible for Indians to take some share in the administration of their country?
A) Charter Act, 1833
B) Charter Act, 1853
C) Government of India Act, 1858
D) Indian Councils Act, 1861

Answer: Charter Act, 1833
   
242) Which one among the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A) Lord Wellesley : Subsidiary Alliance
B) Lord William : English Education
C) Warren Hastings : Local Self Government
D) Lord Lytton : Vernacular Press Act

Answer: Warren Hastings : Local Self Government
   
243) Which one among the following is not correct about the Subsidiary Alliance?
A) It was formulated by Wellesley
B) British army was posted in the subsidiary state
C) it did not recognise an adopted heir to a subsidiary state
D) A British resident was posted in the subsidiary state

Answer: British army was posted in the subsidiary state
   
244) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A) Pitts lndia Act : Warren Hastings
B) Doctrine of Lapse : Dalhousie
C) Vernacular Press Act : Curzon
D) Ilbert Bill : Ripon

Answer: Vernacular Press Act : Curzon
   
245) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.
ListI       List II
(Year)       (Event)
A. 1764      1. Wood's Despatch
B. 1829      2. Widow Ftemarriage Act
C. 1854      3. Abolition of Sati
D. 1859      4. Battle of Buxar
      5. Assumption of Diwani

Below the options are given in the A B C D order
A) 4 1 2 5
B) 5 4 1 2
C) 4 3 1 2
D) 1 3 2 5

Answer: 4 3 1 2

246) Which one of the following provisions was not made in the Charter Act Of 1833?
A) The trading activities of the East India Company were to be abolished
B) The designation of the supreme authority was to be changed as the Governor-General of lndia in Council
C) All law-making powers to be conferred on Governor General in Council
D) An Indian was to be appointed as a Law member in Governor-General's Council

Answer: An Indian was to be appointed as a Law member in Governor-General's Council
   
247) Who among the following was associated with surpression of Thugs?
A) General Henry Prendergast
B) Captain Sleeman
C) Alexander Burnes
D) Captain Robert Pemberton

Answer: Captain Sleeman
   
248) Which of the following reforms was not introduced during the tenure of Lord Canning?
A) The (Hindu) Remarriage Act
B) Introduction of 'Paper Currency' in India
C) Indian Penal Codes and Criminal Procedure Code
D) Indo European Telegraph Link

Answer: Indo European Telegraph Link
   
249) Consider the following statements, regarding the Regulating Act, 1773.
1. The right of vote in the court of proprietors was raised from 500 to 1000.
2. The court of directors, hitherto elected every year, was henceforth to be elected for five years.
3. The number of directors was fixed at 24, one-fourth retiring every three years.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A) Only 1
B) 2 and 3
C) 1 and 2
D) All of these

Answer: Only 1
   
250) Who among the following were the councilors of Governor General, named in the Act of 1773?
1. Philip Francis 2. Clavering
3. Monson 4. EH Lecky
Select the correct answer from the codes given below
A) 1 and3
B) 1,2and3
C) 2, 3 and 4
D) All of these

Answer: 1,2and3