British Rule in India MCQs

Question 1

Diu was the colony of the __________

Accepted Answer

Portuguese

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English

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Dutch

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French

Question 2

Lord Mountbatten had replaced Lord __________ as the viceroy of India in 1947

Accepted Answer

Wavell

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Lytton

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Linlithgow

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Cornwallis

Question 3

The First Opium War started__________

Accepted Answer

1839

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1729

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1736

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1939

Question 4

Which of the following act led to the introduction of dual system of government in India?

Accepted Answer

Pitt's India Act, AD 1784

Answer

The Regulating Act, AD 1773

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Charter Act, 1793 AD

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Charter Act, 1813 AD

Question 5

What was the motive of Lord Wellesley to introduced the system of Subsidiary Alliance?

Accepted Answer

Prevent the French influence in the Indian States

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Improve the administration of the Indian States

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Prevent disloyalty towards the British

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Tone up the British Indian administration

Question 6

Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?

Accepted Answer

Dadabhai Naoroji

Answer

GopalaKrishna Gokhale

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Bipin Chandra Pal

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Lala Lajpat Rai

Question 7

Which of the following events made the English East India Company the legitimate masters of the Bengal Suba?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Buxar, 1764

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Battle of Plassey, 1757

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Farrukh Siyar's Farman, 1717

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Ibrahim Khan's Farman, 1690

Question 8

Which of the following Government of India Act introduced the diarchy system in the provinces of India?

Accepted Answer

Government of India Act, 1919

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Government of India Act, 1909

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Government of India Act, 1935

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None of these

Question 9

Nana Sahib the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II had become a great enemy of the British because

Accepted Answer

The British had stopped his pension

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The Queen had humiliated him

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He had lost his title

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His estate had been snatched from him