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

Governor General and Viceroy MCQ Questions
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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

View Answer
(C) Lord Ripon 

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

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

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

View Answer
(C) Lord Ellenborough – Annexation of Sindh

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

View Answer
(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

View Answer
(C) Lord Curzon  

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

View Answer
(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

View Answer
(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

View Answer
(A) Alexander Cunningham 

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

View Answer
(C) Establishment of Indian National Congress 

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

View Answer
(C) Lord Curzon 

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

View Answer
(C) Lord Curzon 

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

View Answer
(B) G.K. Gokhale

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

View Answer
(C) W.W. Hunter 

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

(A) Lord Curzon

(B) Lord Minto

(C) Lord Dalhousie

(D) Lord Wellesley

View Answer
(A) Lord Curzon 

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.
 List-I  List-II
(a) Governor-General of Presidency of Fort William in Bengal

(Under Regulating Act, 1773)

1. Archibald/Percival Wavell, Viscount and Earl Wavell
(b) Governor-General of India (Under Charter Act, 1833)2. James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, Earl and Marquess of Dalhousie
(c) Governor-General and Viceroy of India (Under Indian Councils Act, 1858)3. Charles Cornwallis 2nd Earl and first Marquess of Cornwallis
(d) Governor-General and Crown Representative (Under Government of India Act, 1935)4. Gibert John Elliot-MurrayKynynmond, Earl of Minto
5. Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma

Code

 (a) (b) (c) (d)
  (A) 3  2  4  1
  (B)3  4  1  5
  (C)2  3  4  5
  (D)4  2  3  1

View Answer
(A) 3  2  4  1 

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

View Answer
(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. 
 List-I  List-II
(a) Lord Dalhousie1. Prohibition of Sati
(b) Lord William Bentinck 2. Local Self-Government
(c) Lord Rippon 3. Division of Bengal
(d) Lord Curzon4. Doctrine of Lapse

Code

 (a) (b) (c) d)
(A) 4  1  2  3
  (B) 4  2  1  3
  (C) 1  2  2  4
  (D) 1  3  3  4

View Answer
(A) 4  1  2  3 

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

View Answer
(B) Only 2 

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

 List-I  List-II
(a) Clive 1. Removal of press restriction
(b) Bentinck 2. Partition of Bengal
(c) Charles Metcalfe3. Dual Govt. in Bengal
(d) Curzon4. English Education

Code

 (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3  4  1  2
  (B) 4  1  3  2
  (C) 2  4  3  1
  (D) 3  2  1  4

View Answer
  (A) 3  4  1  2 

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

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

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

 List-I  List-II
(a) Doctrine of Lapse 1. Curzon
(b) Partition of Bengal 2. Clive
(c) Dual Government in Bengal3. Dalhousie
(d) Social Reforms4. Bentinck

Code

 (a) (b) (c) (d)
  (A) 2  3  1  4
  (B) 3  1  4  2
  (C)3  1  2  4
  (D)2  3  4  1

View Answer
(C) 3  1  2  4 

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

View Answer
(C) Only 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

Code:

(A) 1, 2, 3, 4

(B) 1, 3, 4, 2

(C) 4, 3, 2, 1

(D) 3, 2, 1, 4

View Answer
(A) 1, 2, 3, 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

View Answer
(A) 1, 2, 3, 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

View Answer
(C) 3, 2, 1

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

View Answer
(B) Only 2 
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