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• Queen Victoria's famous proclamation, transferring authority from the East India Company to the Crown , was made from
  ক

  London

  খ

  Calcutta

  গ

  Delhi

  ঘ

  Allahabad
• Which of the following charter act ended the monopoly of trade of east India Company with china and sea route also?
  ক

  Pitt's India Act, AD 1784

  খ

  The charter Act, 1813 AD

  গ

  Charter Act, 1833 AD

  ঘ

  The Regulating Act, AD 1773
• The Non-Cooperation Movement under Gandhi was in full swing during the Viceroyalty of
  ক

  Chelmsford

  খ

  Irwin

  গ

  Reading

  ঘ

  Hardinge
• Who was Lord Morley?
  ক

  Secretary of the state

  খ

  Viceroy of India

  গ

  Governor General of India

  ঘ

  None of the above
• On account of severe British repression the Civil Disobedience movement was again suspended In July 1933 and people were asked to offer Satyagraha
  ক

  individually

  খ

  in groups

  গ

  locally

  ঘ

  against liquor shops
• Consider the following on the chronology of appointment of Viceroys<br>I. Reading<br>II. Irwin<br>III. Wellingdon<br>IV. Linlithgow
  ক

  I, II, III , IV

  খ

  III, II, IV, II

  গ

  IV, III, II, I

  ঘ

  II, IV, III, I
• Seringapatnam was the capital of __________
  ক

  Pazhassi Raja

  খ

  Tipu Sultan

  গ

  Kurumbranad Raja

  ঘ

  Srimoolam Tirunal
• Who was the Viceroy when the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place?
  ক

  Hardinge-II

  খ

  Chelmsford

  গ

  Reading

  ঘ

  Irwin
• When the Simon Commission visited India the Viceroy was
  ক

  Lloyd George

  খ

  Lord Irwin

  গ

  Lord Reading

  ঘ

  Lord Ripon
• Who among of the following was the Viceroy of India when Indian University Act, 1904 was passed?
  ক

  Lord Dufferin

  খ

  Lord Lansdowne

  গ

  Lord Minto

  ঘ

  Lord Curzon
• Who made remarkable contribution to the development of Local government?
  ক

  Lord Ripon

  খ

  Gladstone

  গ

  W.W Hunter

  ঘ

  Hastings
• The Governor General of India who initiated the introduction of English in India was
  ক

  Lord Curzon

  খ

  Lord Macaulay

  গ

  Lord Bentinck

  ঘ

  Lord Hastings
• Regulating Act was in the year of__________
  ক

  1573

  খ

  1673

  গ

  1773

  ঘ

  1873
• As a result of the partition of Bengal announced by Lord Curzon in 1905, Bengal was partitioned into two provinces of
  ক

  East Bengal and West Bengal

  খ

  Bengal and Eastern Bengal &amp; Assam

  গ

  Bengal and Assam

  ঘ

  Bengal and Odisha and East Bengal and Assam
• In 1831 Bentinck signed a treaty with Ranjit Singh to protect the British territories from
  ক

  Russian menace

  খ

  Pindari menace

  গ

  Rohelas

  ঘ

  Attack by Burmese
• In what way did the early nationalists undermine the moral foundations of the British rule with great success?
  ক

  By their agitation for Constitutional reforms

  খ

  By advocating open revolt

  গ

  By seeking foreign help against the British

  ঘ

  By seeking the support of the Indians living abroad
• The master stroke of Lord Wellesley to establish British paramountcy in India was
  ক

  Doctrine of Lapse

  খ

  Subsidiary Alliance

  গ

  Mediatisation

  ঘ

  Annexation of Indian States
• Which of the following counterpart of British in the Treaty of Salbai?
  ক

  The French

  খ

  The Marathas

  গ

  Tipu Sultan

  ঘ

  The Nizam of Hyderabad
• Madras was returned by the French to the British in 1748 by the Treaty of
  ক

  Paris

  খ

  Delhi

  গ

  London

  ঘ

  Aix-la-Chapelle
• On imprisonment in 1908 by the British, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was in
  ক

  Andaman and Nicobar

  খ

  Rangoon

  গ

  Singapore

  ঘ

  Mandalay
• Assertion (A): In some places artisans and craftsmen participated in the Revolt of 1857.<br>Reason (R): The British policy of 'one-way' free trade destroyed village industries and handicrafts in India
  ক

  Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A

  খ

  Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A

  গ

  A is true but R is false

  ঘ

  A is false but R is true
• By the Act of 1773, Parliament granted a loan of __________ to the East India Company
  ক

  Rs. 480,000

  খ

  Rs. 400,000

  গ

  Rs. 500,000

  ঘ

  Rs. 300,000
• The Charter for the establishment of the East India Company was granted by
  ক

  Queen Elizabeth I

  খ

  Queen Anbolin

  গ

  Queen Mary

  ঘ

  Queen Victoria
• Year of the Battle of Wandiwash is __________
  ক

  1560

  খ

  1660

  গ

  1760

  ঘ

  1860
• Which of the following British official associated with the local self-government?
  ক

  Lord Mayo

  খ

  Lord Dufferin

  গ

  Lord Northbrook

  ঘ

  Lord Ripon
• The Viceroy who wanted to train Indian in the art of selfgovernment was
  ক

  Mountbatten

  খ

  Ripon

  গ

  Northbrook

  ঘ

  Curzon
• 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
  ক

  May 16, 1946

  খ

  February 20, 1947

  গ

  March 10, 1946

  ঘ

  December 31, 1946
• Nana Sahib the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II had become a great enemy of the British because
  ক

  The Queen had humiliated him

  খ

  He had lost his title

  গ

  The British had stopped his pension

  ঘ

  His estate had been snatched from him
• Which of the following Government of India Act introduced the diarchy system in the provinces of India?
  ক

  Government of India Act, 1909

  খ

  Government of India Act, 1919

  গ

  Government of India Act, 1935

  ঘ

  None of these
• Which of the following events made the English East India Company the legitimate masters of the Bengal Suba?
  ক

  Battle of Buxar, 1764

  খ

  Battle of Plassey, 1757

  গ

  Farrukh Siyar's Farman, 1717

  ঘ

  Ibrahim Khan's Farman, 1690