British Rule in India MCQs

Question 1

What did the Hunter Commission appointed by the Viceroy probe?

Accepted Answer

Jallianwala Bagh tragedy

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Bardoli Satyagraha

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Khilafat Agitation

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Chauri Chaura incident

Question 2

The British colonial policies in India proved most ruinous for Indian

Accepted Answer

handicrafts

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agriculture

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trade

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industry

Question 3

The first Indian Governor of a British Province (Bihar) in India was

Accepted Answer

Sir SP Sinha

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Sir Shaukat Hayat

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Sir Hari Singh Gaur

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VJ Patel

Question 4

Which of the following is not the provision of The Act of 1892?

Accepted Answer

Support of the annexation of Upper Burma

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A simultaneous examination of ICS to be held in England and India

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Reforms of the legislative council and adoption of the principle of election in place of nomination

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Reduction in the Military expenditure

Question 5

August Offer 1940 was made by the Viceroy

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Linlithgow

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Willingdon

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Minto

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Lytton

Question 6

The British introduced the railways in India in order to

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Facilitate British commerce and adminitstrative control

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Promote heavy industries in India

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More foodstuff in case of famine

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Enable Indians to move freely within the country

Question 7

Consider the following according to the correct chronological order of the Governors-General during British India I. Wellesley II. Marquess of Hastings III. Amherst IV. Bentinck

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I, II, III & IV

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II, I, IV & III

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I, III, II & IV

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III, I, II & IV

Question 8

The violent Mappilas stormed the bungalow of the District Magistrate . . . . . . and murdered him in 1855

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H.V. Connolly

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William Logan

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Lord Ripond

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Gladstone

Question 9

The Treaty of Surat was in the year __________

Accepted Answer

1775

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1475

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1575

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1675