1. The policy of ‘Security cell’ is related with
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Henry Lawrence
(d) Lord Hastings
Answer: (a) Warren Hastings
2. ‘Ring Fence’ policy is associated with
(a) Henry Lawrence
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) Lord Clive
Answer: (c) Warren Hastings
3. The first Governor General of India was
(a) Robert Clive
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Lord Mayo
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Answer: (b) Warren Hastings
4. At the time of establishment of Asiatic Society in Calcutta, who was the Governor General of Bengal?
(a) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Lord Warren Hastings
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord Bentinck
Answer: (b) Warren Hastings
5. Who among the following abolished ‘Dual Government’ system in Bengal?
(a) Robert Clive
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Warren Hastings
(d) None of the above
Answer: (c) Lord Warren Hastings
6. Which Governor General was prosecuted for impeachment?
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Clive
(c) Lord Cornwallis
(d) Lord Wellesley
Answer: (a) Warren Hastings
7. The transfer of capital of British India from Calcutta to Delhi was affected during the period of
(a) Lord Minto
(b) Lord Hardinge
(c) Lord Chelmsford
(d) Lord Reading
Answer: (b) Lord Hardinge
8. Who established the Judicial Organisation in India?
(a) Lord Mayo
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Attlee
(d) Lord Curzon
Answer: (b) Lord Cornwallis
9. Who among the following Governor Generals created the Covenanted Civil Service of India which later came to be known as Indian Civil Service?
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Wellesley
(c) Cornwallis
(d) William Bentinck
Answer: (c) Cornwallis
10. The enforcement of the Public Service was done in
(a) tenure of Bentinck
(b) tenure of Cornwallis
(c) tenure of Curzon
(d) tenure of Dalhousie
Answer: (b) tenure of Cornwallis
11. The Tomb of Lord Cornwallis is situated at
(a) Ghazipur
(b) Ballia
(c) Varanasi
(d) Gorakhpur
Answer: (a) Ghazipur
12. Between whom was the Treaty of Bassein signed in 1802?
(a) English and Bajirao-I
(b) English and Bajirao-II
(c) French and Bajirao-I
(d) Dutch and Bajirao-II
Answer: (b) English and Bajirao-II
13. First Maratha Sardar to accept the subsidiary alliance of Lord Wellesley was
(a) Peshva Bajirao-II
(b) Raghuji Bhosale
(c) Daulatrao Sindhia
(d) None of the above
Answer: (a) Peshva Bajirao-II
14. Subsidiary Alliance was implemented during the reign of
(a) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Sir John Shore
(d) Lord Auckland
Answer: (b) Lord Wellesley
15. Who was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of the subsidiary alliance?
(a) Sindhia of Gwalior
(b) Nizam of Hyderabad
(c) Dalip Singh of Punjab
(d) Gaikwad of Baroda
Answer: (b) Nizam of Hyderabad
16. The first Indian ruler who joined the Subsidiary Alliance was
(a) The Nawab of Awadh
(b) The Nawab of Hyderabad
(c) Peshva Bajirao-II
(d) The king of Travancore
Answer: (a) The Nawab of Awadh
17. The Subsidiary Alliance was not accepted by
(a) The Nizam of Hyderabad
(b) The Holkar state of Indore
(c) The Rajput state of Jodhpur
(d) The ruler of Mysore
Answer: (b) The Holkar state of Indore
18. Who introduced Subsidiary Alliance system in the administration to establish the British power over the Indian states?
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord Cornwallis
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Answer: (b) Lord Wellesley
19. The main aim of East India Company to make subsidiary alliance in Rajput States was
(a) receiving military support and against enemies
(b) protecting the states from Maratha-Pindari invasion
(c) to receive funds in the form of khiraj
(d) to establish the soverignty of the British
Answer: (d) to establish the soverignty of the British
20. At the time when empires in Europe were crumbling before the might of Napoleon, which one of the following Governor General kept the British flag flying high in India?
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord Hastings
Answer: (c) Lord Wellesley
21. The revolt of Vellore during occur during the regime of which Governor?
(a) Wellesley
(b) Lord Minto
(c) Lord Cornwallis
(d) Sir George Barlow
Answer: (d) Sir George Barlow
22. Anglo Nepal war took place during the reign of
(a) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Lord Hastings
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Warren Hastings
Answer: (b) Lord Hastings
23. The Treaty of Sigauli took place in the year
(a) 1800 AD
(b) 1803 AD
(c) 1805 AD
(d) 1816 AD
Answer: (d) 1816 AD
24. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Hector Munro- Battle of Buxar
(b) Lord Hastings- Anglo Nepal War
(c) Lord Wellesley -Fourth Anglo Mysore War
(d) Lord Cornwallis-Third Anglo Maratha War
Answer: (d) Lord Cornwallis-Third Anglo Maratha War
25. Third Anglo Maratha War is related to
(a) Sir John Shore
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord Hastings
(d) Lord Cornwallis
Answer: (c) Lord Hastings
26. Sir Thomas Munro was Governor of Madras during years
(a) 1820- 1827 AD
(b) 1819- 1826 AD
(c) 1822- 1829 AD
(d) 1818- 1825 AD
Answer: (a) 1820- 1827 AD
27. On the basis of alleged maladministration which Governor General had taken the administration of Mysore state?
(a) Lord Wellesley
(b) Lord Hastings
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Lord Harding
Answer: (c) Lord William Bentinck
28. Who among the following Governor Generals of Bengal was associated with third Anglo Mysore war?
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Sir John Shore
(d) Lord William Bentinck
Answer: (b) Lord Cornwallis
29. Who among the following was associated with suppression of thugs?
(a) General Henry Prendergast
(b) Captain Sleeman
(c) Alexander Burres
(d) Captain Robert Pemberton
Answer: (b) Captain Sleeman
30. Sati system was abolished by
(a) Lord Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Lord Ripon
Answer: (c) Lord William Bentinck
31. In which year Sati system was abolished by William Bentinck?
(a) 1825 AD
(b) 1827 AD
(c) 1829 AD
(d) 1830 AD
Answer: (c) 1829 AD
32. Hill Assembly Plan was set up for the development of Adivasi by
(a) T Wilkinson
(b) Cleveland
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Lord Macaulay
Answer: (b) Cleveland
33. The export of slaves from Bengal was banned in which year?
(a) 1764
(b) 1789
(c) 1858
(d) 1868
Answer: (b) 1789
34. Awadh was annexed to British Empire in India by
(a) policy of subsidiary alliance
(b) doctrine of lapse
(c) by declaring the state as maladministered
(d) by waging war
Answer: (c) by declaring the state as maladministered
35. James Andrew Ramsay was the real name of which Governor General of India?
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord North
(d) Lord Curzon
Answer: (a) Lord Dalhousie
36. Awadh was amalgamated into the British Dominion in year
(a) 1853
(b) 1854
(c) 1855
(d) 1856
Answer: (d) 1856
37. Which of the underwritten pairs is correctly matched?
(a) 1849 AD- Merger of Satara
(b) 1848 AD -Merger of Punjab
(c) 1856 AD -Merger of Awadh
(d) 1855 AD -Merger of Jhansi
Answer: (c) 1856 AD -Merger of Awadh
38. Who among the following formulated and implemented the Doctrine of Lapse?
(a) Wellesely
(b) Hastings
(c) Dalhousie
(d) Clive
Answer: (c) Dalhousie
39. The ruler of which one of the following states was removed from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance?
(a) Awadh
(b) Jhansi
(c) Nagpur
(d) Satara
Answer: (a) Awadh
40. Which of the following was the first victim of Dalhousie’s Policy of Doctrine of Lapse?
(a) Jhansi
(b) Satara
(c) Karauli
(d) Sambhalpur
Answer: (b) Satara
41. The conquest of Sindh by British was completed during the period of
(a) Lord Ellenborough
(b) Lord Hardinge
(c) Lord Auckland
(d) Lord Amherst
Answer: (a) Lord Ellenborough
42. Sindh was annexed by the British in
(a) 1843
(b) 1845
(c) 1849
(d) 1854
Answer: (a) 1843
43. The princely state of Baghat was annexed to the British in
(a) 1848
(b) 1850
(c) 1852
(d) 1853
Answer: (b) 1850
44. Who among the following was the British residence in Awadh at the time of its annexation into British Dominion?
(a) James Outram
(b) WH Sleeman
(c) Bishop R.Heber
(d) General Low
Answer: (a) James Outram
45. The first railway in India was laid during the period of
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord Lytton
Answer: (a) Lord Dalhousie
46. The first railway line was opened in India between
(a) Howrah and Serampore
(b) Bombay and Thane
(c) Madras and Guntur
(d) Delhi and Agra
Answer: (b) Bombay and Thane
47. The first railway line in India was started in the year
(a) 1853
(b) 1850
(c) 1840
(d) 1890
Answer: (a) 1853
48. Which company started the first railway service in India?
(a) Eastern Railway
(b) Great Indian peninsula Railway
(c) Madras Railway
(d) Awadh-Tirhut Railway
Answer: (b) Great Indian peninsula Railway
49. The last major expansion of British Indian territory took place during the time of
(a) Dufferin
(b) Dalhousie
(c) Lytton
(d) Curzon
Answer: (b) Dalhousie
50. Public Works Department was organised in 1845-1955 by
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) George Auckland
(d) Warren Hastings
Answer: (a) Lord Dalhousie
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