Governor, Governor General and Viceroy MCQ Quiz 4: Modern History of India

Question 1. The first Factory Act for restricting the working hours of women and children and authorizing local government to make necessary rules was adopted during whose time?

(A) Lord Lytton

(B) Lord Bentinck

(C) Lord Ripon

(D) Lord Canning

Question 2. The Ilbert Bill controversy was related to the?

(A) Imposition of certain restriction to carry by the Indians

(B) Imposition of restrictions on newspapers and magazines published in Indian language

(C) Removal of disqualifications imposed on the Indian Magistrates about the trial of the Europeans

(D) Removal of duty on imported cotton cloth

Question 3. Which one of the following pairs (G.G. and Event) is properly matched?

(A) Lord Cornwallis – Regulating Act

(B) Lord Wellesley – Permanent Settlement

(C) Lord Ellenborough – Annexation of Sindh

(D) Lord Dalhousie – First Afghan War

Question 4. Who amongst the following is considered to be the Father of ‘Local Self-Government’ in India? 

(A) Lord Dalhousie

(B) Lord Canning

(C) Lord Curzon

(D) Lord Ripon

Question 5. The Archaeological Survey of India was established in the period of?

(A) Warren Hastings

(B) Lord Wellesley

(C) Lord Curzon

(D) Lord William Bentinck

Question 6. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(A) Hector Munro – Battle of Buxar

(B) Lord Hastings – Anglo-Nepal War

(C) Lord Wellesely – Fourth Anglo Mysore War

(D) Lord Cornwallis – Third AngloMaratha War

Question 7. Who among the following was the only Jewish Viceroy of India?

(A) Lord Curzon

(B) Lord Canning

(C) Lord Irwin

(D) Lord Reading

Question 8. Who is called the ‘Father of Indian Archaeology’?

(A) Alexander Cunningham

(B) John Marshall

(C) Mortimer Wheeler

(D) James Prinsep

Question 9. An important event of Lord Dufferin’s tenure as Viceroy was?

(A) Establishment of Ramakrishna Mission

(B) Establishment of Muslim League in Dhaka

(C) Establishment of Indian National Congress

(D) Beginning of the first Census

Question 10. During the tenure of which Governor-General was the ‘Ancient Monuments Preservation Act’ passed?

(A) Lord Minto

(B) Lord Linlithgow

(C) Lord Curzon

(D) Lord Canning

Question 11. ‘‘In my belief, Congress is to tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise’’. Who wrote it?

(A) Lord Lytton

(B) Lord Dufferin

(C) Lord Curzon

(D) Lord Minto

Question 12. Who compared Curzon’s administration in India to that of Aurangzeb?

(A) B.G. Tilak

(B) G.K. Gokhale

(C) Dadabhai Naoroji

(D) Annie Besant

Question 13. ‘‘The Muslims, if contented and satisfied, would become the greatest bulwark of British power in India’’. Who wrote it?

(A) Herbert Risley

(B) Lord Lytton

(C) W.W. Hunter

(D) H.N. Brailsford

Question 14. The strategy of ‘Divide and Rule’ was adopted by?

(A) Lord Curzon

(B) Lord Minto

(C) Lord Dalhousie

(D) Lord Wellesley

Question 15. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer.

List-I:

• (a)
  
• (b)
  
• (c)
  
• (d)
  

List-II

• 1.
  
• 2.
  
• 3.
  
• 4.
  
• 5.
  

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Question 16. Which of the following GovernorGeneral used the system of Separate electoral college to conquer Muslims and make them against Congress?

(A) Lord Curzon

(B) Lord Dufferin

(C) Lord Hardinge

(D) Lord Minto

Question 17. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

• List-I: (a)  (b)(c)(d)
  
• List-II: 1. 2. 3. 4. 
  

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Question 18. Consider the following statements.

1. Robert Clive was the first Governor-General of Bengal
   
2. William Bentinck was the first Governor-General of India
   

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) Only 1

(B) Only 2

(C) Both 1 and 2

(D) Neither 1 nor 2

Question 19. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

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Question 20. Which one of the following statements is not true?

(A) The foundation of the system of civil administration, was firmly laid down by Warren Hastings on which the superstructure was raised by Cornwallis

(B) Clive was responsible for reforming the East India Company’s Civil and Military Services

(C) Lord William Bentinck was one of the greatest British rulers as he consolidated the British Empire in India

(D) Lord Dalhousie added rich lemitones to the British Empire on the basis of the Doctrine of Lapse

Question 21. Match the following and select the correct answer from the code given below.

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Question 22. Who among the following was/were associated with the introduction of Ryotwari Settlement in India during the British rule?

1. Lord Cornwallis
   
2. Alexander Read
   
3. Thomas Munro
   

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(A) Only 1

(B) Only 1 and 3

(C) Only 2 and 3

(D) 1, 2 and 3

Question 23. Consider the following which concluded the subsidiary alliances with Lord Wellesley and finds the correct chronological order of their treaties from the code given below.

1. Hyderabad
2. Mysore
3. Awadh
4. Sindhia
   

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(A) 1, 2, 3, 4

(B) 1, 3, 4, 2

(C) 4, 3, 2, 1

(D) 3, 2, 1, 4

Question 24. Consider the following Viceroys of India during the British rule.

1. Lord Curzon
2. Lord Hardinge
3. Lord Chelmsford
4. Lord Irwin
   

Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of their tenure?

(A) 1, 2, 3, 4

(B) 2, 4, 1, 3

(C) 1, 4, 2, 3

(D) 2, 3, 1, 4

Question 25. Consider the following princely States of the British rule in India.

1. Jhansi
2. Sambalpur
3. Satara
   

The correct chronological order in which they were annexed by the British is? 

(A) 1, 2, 3

(B) 1, 3, 2

(C) 3, 2, 1

(D) 3, 1, 2

Question 26. Consider the following statements.

1. The Factories Act, 1881 was passed with a view to fix the wages of industrial workers and to allow the workers to form trade unions.
2. N.M. Lokhande was a pioneer in organizing the labour movement in British India.
   

Which of the above statements is/ are correct?

(A) Only 1

(B) Only 2

(C) Both 1 and 2

(D) Neither 1 nor 2