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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
*/*_Select the correct chronological sequence of the following events?I. Appointment of the Simon Commission.II. Formation of the first Labour Government in Britain.III. Submission of the Nehru report.IV. Inauguration of the First Round Table Conference? |
| A. | I, III, II & IV |
| B. | I, III, IV & II |
| C. | I, II, IV & III |
| D. | II, IV, I & III |
| Answer» B. I, III, IV & II | |
| 2. |
*/*_The Treaty of Lahore was signed between the Sikhs and the British in India in the year? |
| A. | 1836 |
| B. | 1846 |
| C. | 1856 |
| D. | 1866 |
| Answer» C. 1856 | |
| 3. |
*/*_In November 1781, Sir Eyre Coote defeated __________ at Porto Nova? |
| A. | Hyder Ali |
| B. | Marthanda Verma |
| C. | British |
| D. | Tipu Sultan |
| Answer» B. Marthanda Verma | |
| 4. |
*/*_The Seven Years' War (1756-1763) resulted in the defeat of the__________ forces? |
| A. | American |
| B. | British |
| C. | French |
| D. | Russian |
| Answer» D. Russian | |
| 5. |
*/*_Who among the following revolutionaries was executed by the British? |
| A. | Jitin Das |
| B. | Chandrashekhar Azad |
| C. | Rajguru |
| D. | Kalpana - Dutt |
| Answer» D. Kalpana - Dutt | |
| 6. |
%_The Governor General of India who initiated the introduction of English in India was_% |
| A. | Lord Curzon |
| B. | Lord Macaulay |
| C. | Lord Bentinck |
| D. | Lord Hastings |
| Answer» C. Lord Bentinck | |
| 7. |
%_Seringapatnam was the capital of ___________% |
| A. | Pazhassi Raja |
| B. | Tipu Sultan |
| C. | Kurumbranad Raja |
| D. | Srimoolam Tirunal |
| Answer» C. Kurumbranad Raja | |
| 8. |
%_Which of the following charter act ended the monopoly of trade of east India Company with china and sea route also?_% |
| A. | Pitt's India Act, AD 1784 |
| B. | The charter Act, 1813 AD |
| C. | Charter Act, 1833 AD |
| D. | The Regulating Act, AD 1773 |
| Answer» D. The Regulating Act, AD 1773 | |
| 9. |
%_The master stroke of Lord Wellesley to establish British paramountcy in India was_% |
| A. | Doctrine of Lapse |
| B. | Subsidiary Alliance |
| C. | Mediatisation |
| D. | Annexation of Indian States |
| Answer» C. Mediatisation | |
| 10. |
%_Who was the Viceroy when Delhi became the capital of British India?_% |
| A. | Load Curzon |
| B. | Lord Minto |
| C. | Lord Hardinge |
| D. | Lord Wavli |
| Answer» D. Lord Wavli | |
| 11. |
%_Punjab was annexed to the British empire during the reign of Governor General_% |
| A. | Lord Bentinck |
| B. | Lord Dalhousie |
| C. | Lord Cornwallis |
| D. | Lord Canning |
| Answer» C. Lord Cornwallis | |
| 12. |
%_When did the British Govt. start ruling India directly?_% |
| A. | After the Battle of Plassey |
| B. | After the Battle of Panipat |
| C. | After the war of Mysore |
| D. | After Sepoy Mutiny |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
%_What was the motive of Lord Wellesley to introduced the system of Subsidiary Alliance?_% |
| A. | Improve the administration of the Indian States |
| B. | Prevent disloyalty towards the British |
| C. | Tone up the British Indian administration |
| D. | Prevent the French influence in the Indian States |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
%_British Prime Minister Attlee made the historic announcement of the end of British rule in India (and transfer of power to responsible Indian hands by a date not later than June1948) on_% |
| A. | May 16, 1946 |
| B. | February 20, 1947 |
| C. | March 10, 1946 |
| D. | December 31, 1946 |
| Answer» C. March 10, 1946 | |
| 15. |
%_By the Charter Act of 1813 the Indian trade except in __________ was thrown open to all British subjects_% |
| A. | Tea |
| B. | Spices |
| C. | Coffee |
| D. | Cotton |
| Answer» B. Spices | |
| 16. |
%_Which of the following British Prime Minister headed the First Round Table Conference in London?_% |
| A. | Churchill |
| B. | Ramsay McDonald |
| C. | Chamberlain |
| D. | Disraeli |
| Answer» C. Chamberlain | |
| 17. |
%_The East India Company was established in the year_% |
| A. | 1607 AD |
| B. | 1600 AD |
| C. | 1700 AD |
| D. | 1669 AD |
| Answer» C. 1700 AD | |
| 18. |
%_Despite holding a monopoly, the East India Company had faced competition from what it had termed as the 'interlopers' represented by the_% |
| A. | Portuguese |
| B. | Indigenous merchants |
| C. | British free merchants |
| D. | Dutch |
| Answer» D. Dutch | |
| 19. |
%_Which British Governor General introduced Postage Stamp in India?_% |
| A. | Lord Dalhousie |
| B. | Lord Auckland |
| C. | Lord Canning |
| D. | Lord William Bentinck |
| Answer» B. Lord Auckland | |
| 20. |
%_The policy of Doctrine of lapse was introduced by ___________% |
| A. | Lord Wellesley |
| B. | Lord William Bentinck |
| C. | Lord Macaulay |
| D. | Lord Dalhousie |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
%_By the Act of 1773, Parliament granted a loan of __________ to the East India Company_% |
| A. | Rs 480,000 |
| B. | Rs 400,000 |
| C. | Rs 500,000 |
| D. | Rs 300,000 |
| Answer» C. Rs 500,000 | |
| 22. |
%_The first constitutional measure Introduced by the British in India which worked till the framing of the Indian Constitution was_% |
| A. | the Act of 1919 |
| B. | the Act of 1935 |
| C. | Indian Independence Bill |
| D. | Cabinet Mission Plan |
| Answer» C. Indian Independence Bill | |
| 23. |
%_What did the Hunter Commission appointed by the Viceroy probe?_% |
| A. | Bardoli Satyagraha |
| B. | Khilafat Agitation |
| C. | Jallianwala Bagh tragedy |
| D. | Chauri Chaura incident |
| Answer» D. Chauri Chaura incident | |
| 24. |
%_During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Assam to grow___________% |
| A. | Jute |
| B. | Tea |
| C. | Sugarcane |
| D. | Wheat |
| Answer» C. Sugarcane | |
| 25. |
%_In 1877 the entrance age to ICS was reduced from 21 to ___________% |
| A. | 17 |
| B. | 18 |
| C. | 19 |
| D. | 20 |
| Answer» D. 20 | |
| 26. |
%_The British introduced the railways in India in order to_% |
| A. | Promote heavy industries in India |
| B. | Facilitate British commerce and adminitstrativecontrol |
| C. | More foodstuff in case of famine |
| D. | Enable Indians to move freely within thecountry |
| Answer» C. More foodstuff in case of famine | |
| 27. |
%_The Vernacular Press Act was passed in ___________% |
| A. | 1878 |
| B. | 1881 |
| C. | 1888 |
| D. | 1898 |
| Answer» B. 1881 | |
| 28. |
%_What did the Rowlatt Act, 1919 empower the British government to do_% |
| A. | Foment class and caste strife |
| B. | Shut down any industrial unit at will |
| C. | Extend the period of imprisonment for Indians |
| D. | Detain a person for any duration without a trial |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
%___________, a judge of the Supreme Court founded the Asiatic society of Bengal in 1784 A.D_% |
| A. | Sir William Jones |
| B. | Warren Hastings |
| C. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| D. | Lord Macaulay |
| Answer» B. Warren Hastings | |
| 30. |
%_After the commencement of the government of India Act-1858, what name was to British Governor-General of India?_% |
| A. | Governor-General of India |
| B. | Governor of the state |
| C. | Viceroy of the state |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 31. |
%_The Treaty of Lahore was signed between the Sikhs and the British in India in the year_% |
| A. | 1836 |
| B. | 1846 |
| C. | 1856 |
| D. | 1866 |
| Answer» C. 1856 | |
| 32. |
%_Select the correct chronological sequence of the following events?I. Appointment of the Simon Commission.II. Formation of the first Labour Government in Britain.III. Submission of the Nehru report.IV. Inauguration of the First Round Table Conference_% |
| A. | I, III, II & IV |
| B. | I, III, IV & II |
| C. | I, II, IV & III |
| D. | II, IV, I & III |
| Answer» B. I, III, IV & II | |
| 33. |
%_The Seven Years' War (1756-1763) resulted in the defeat of the__________ forces_% |
| A. | American |
| B. | British |
| C. | French |
| D. | Russian |
| Answer» D. Russian | |
| 34. |
%_In November 1781, Sir Eyre Coote defeated __________ at Porto Nova_% |
| A. | Hyder Ali |
| B. | Marthanda Verma |
| C. | British |
| D. | Tipu Sultan |
| Answer» B. Marthanda Verma | |
| 35. |
%_Who among the following revolutionaries was executed by the British_% |
| A. | Jitin Das |
| B. | Chandrashekhar Azad |
| C. | Rajguru |
| D. | Kalpana - Dutt |
| Answer» D. Kalpana - Dutt | |
| 36. |
_ After the year 1853, a substantial amount of British capital had been invested in$? |
| A. | Tea Plantations |
| B. | The Railways |
| C. | Coal Mining |
| D. | Jute Mills |
| Answer» C. Coal Mining | |
| 37. |
_ Who was the prime minister of Britain at the time of commencement of the Government of India Act, 1858?$? |
| A. | Lord Palmerston |
| B. | Russell II |
| C. | Edward Smith-Stanley |
| D. | Benjamin Disraeli |
| Answer» B. Russell II | |
| 38. |
_ Which of the following is not the provision of government of India act, 1935?$? |
| A. | This act ended the system of diarchy |
| B. | The structure for "Federation of India" was established for both British India and some or all of the "princely states" |
| C. | Burma became the part of India |
| D. | The introduction of direct elections, thus increasing the franchise from seven million to thirty-five million people |
| Answer» D. The introduction of direct elections, thus increasing the franchise from seven million to thirty-five million people | |
| 39. |
_ Who among the following Indian cracks the British Indian Civil Services Examination in thr first time of Indian Histroy?$? |
| A. | Satyendranath Tagore |
| B. | R. C. Dutt |
| C. | Behari Lal Gupta |
| D. | Surendranath Banerjee |
| Answer» B. R. C. Dutt | |
| 40. |
_ Lord is regarded to have been the father of local selfgovernment in India$? |
| A. | Ripon |
| B. | Bentinck |
| C. | Curzon |
| D. | Mayo |
| Answer» B. Bentinck | |
| 41. |
_ MSP means means __________$? |
| A. | Malabar Special Police |
| B. | Mysore special police |
| C. | Madras special police |
| D. | Mappila Special Police |
| Answer» B. Mysore special police | |
| 42. |
_ The Mutiny was brought to an end with the fall of __________ into the hands of the British in India$? |
| A. | Meerut |
| B. | Awadh |
| C. | Gwalior |
| D. | Rohilkhand |
| Answer» D. Rohilkhand | |
| 43. |
_ Lytton was selected as Viceroy to India to fulfill the ambitious plans of Disraeli in __________$? |
| A. | Awadh |
| B. | Afghanistan |
| C. | Bengal |
| D. | Burma |
| Answer» C. Bengal | |
| 44. |
_ The island of Bombay had been given to the British Prince Charles II as dowry by the$? |
| A. | Dutch |
| B. | Portuguese |
| C. | Danish |
| D. | French |
| Answer» C. Danish | |
| 45. |
_ Who propounded the theory of 'Economic Drain of India' during British imperialism?$? |
| A. | W.C. Bannerji |
| B. | Dadabhai Naroji |
| C. | Gopalkrishna Gokhale |
| D. | Gandhiji |
| Answer» C. Gopalkrishna Gokhale | |
| 46. |
_ The first Mysore War Fought between the British and Hyder Ali in 1767- 1769 A.D., came to an end by the$? |
| A. | Treaty of Pondicherry |
| B. | Treaty of Madras |
| C. | Treaty of Mysore |
| D. | Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle |
| Answer» C. Treaty of Mysore | |
| 47. |
_ The Peshwaship was abolished by the British at the time of Peshwa$? |
| A. | Raghunath Rao |
| B. | Narayan Rao |
| C. | Madhav Rao-II |
| D. | Baji Rao-II |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
_ Which of the Act made the governor of Bengal as Governor General of India?$? |
| A. | Pitt's India Act, AD 1784 |
| B. | The charter Act, 1813 AD |
| C. | Charter Act, 1793 AD |
| D. | The Regulating Act, AD 1773 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
_ __________ , the viceroy of India decided to partition Bengal for administrative purposes, creating a new province of East Bengal and Assam, with a population of 31 million people and with its capital at Dhaka$? |
| A. | Lord Curzon |
| B. | Lord Rippon |
| C. | Lord Hastings |
| D. | Wellesley |
| Answer» B. Lord Rippon | |
| 50. |
_ The capital of British India was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in the year$? |
| A. | 1911 |
| B. | 1912 |
| C. | 1920 |
| D. | 1925 |
| Answer» B. 1912 | |