EXPANSION OF BRITISH SUPREMACY MCQS SET 29

EXPANSION OF BRITISH SUPREMACY MCQS SET 29

281) What is the correct chronological sequence of the following?
1. Wood's Education Despatch
2. Macaulay's Committee on Education
3. The Sargent Education Report
4. Indian Education (Hunter Commission)
A) 2,1,4,3
B) 2,1,3,4
C) 1,2,4,3
D) 4,3,1,2

Answer: 2,1,4,3
   
282) Which one of the following Acts of British India strengthened the Viceroy's authority over his executive council by substituting 'portfolio' or departmental system for corporate functioning?
A) Indian Councils Act, 1861
B) Government of India Act, 1858
C) Indian Councils Act, 1892
D) Indian Councils Act, 1909

Answer: Indian Councils Act, 1861
   
283) To which among the following the residuary powers were conferred by the federation established by the Act of 1935?
A) Federal Legislature
B) Provincial Legislatures
C) Governor General
D) Provincial Governors

Answer: Governor General
   
284) The most important aspect of Dalhousie's administration is related to the policy of Annexation. His great annexations included
1. Punjab
2. Lower Burma
3. Awadh
4. Major Central Provinces
Choose the correct answer from the following codes
A) 3and4
B) 1,2,3and4
C) 1 and 3
D) Only 4

Answer: 1,2,3and4
   
285) Separate electorates for Muslims in India were introduced by which one of the following Acts?
A) Government of India Act,1909
B) Indian Councils Act, 1892
C) Rowlatt Act, 1919
D) Government of India Act, 1935

Answer: Government of India Act,1909

286) Consider the following statement and identify with the help of the codes given below the
Viceroy who made the statement and when In my belief, Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise.
A) Lord Curzon, in a letter to the Secretary of States in 1900
B) Lord Curzon, while announcing the partition of Bengal
C) Lord Dufferin, during the farewell speech at Calcutta
D) Lord Minto, while addressing the Muslim delegation which met him at Shimla in 1906

Answer: Lord Curzon, in a letter to the Secretary of States in 1900
   
287) Lord Mountbatten came to India as Viceroy along with specific instruction to
A) Balkanise the Indian sub continent
B) keep India united if possible
C) accept Jinnah's demand for Pakistan
D) persuade the Congress to accept partition

Answer: keep India united if possible
   
288) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
List I      ListII
(Period)       (Event)
A. 1883       1. Announcement of Communal Award from Whitehall.
B. 1906      2. Formation of the All India State People's Conference
C. 1927      3. Foundation of Muslim League at Dhaka
D. 1932      4. First Session of National Conference at Calcutta

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

Answer: 4 3 2 1
   
289) Which of the following is/are the states, annexed under the Doctrine of Lapse Scheme?
1. Satara
2. Jaitpur
3. Lower Burma
4. Udaipur
Choose the right answer from the following codes.
A) 1,2and4
B) 1,2and3
C) 3and4
D) 1,2,3and4

Answer: 1,2and4
   
290) Assertion (A) William Bentinck introduced English as the medium of instruction in India.
Reason (R) William Bentinck wanted to promote Western Culture in India. Codes
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is true, but R is false
D) A is false, but R is true

Answer: A is true, but R is false