QUIZ ON BRITISH GOVERNOR GENERALS

Directions: In the questions given below, four options have been given. Click on the option which you think is the RIGHT ANSWER to the question.

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Question

1. Who was the Governor-General of India during the launch of Civil Disobedience Movement?

2. 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?

3. ‘Sati’ was abolished by -

4. The Treaty of Sreerangapattam was between Tipu Sultan and -

5. Under whose administration did the Archaeological Survey of India start functioning?

6. Which one of the following universities was not established by Lord Dalhousie?

7. Who was the British Governor General in India in whose reign a part of Charter Act read like this, "No native of India nor natural born subject of His Majesty, should be disabled from holding any place, office of employment by reason of his religion, place of birth, descent or colour. "

8. The partition of Bengal in 1905 was effected by :


9. Who was the last British Viceroy of India?

10. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

11. With which of the following did Mahatma Gandhi sign a pact to suspend the Civil Disobedience Movement and take part in the Round Table Conference?

12. Indian Railways and telegraph services were started during the reign of :

13. Who among the following was associated with the Permanent Settlement of Bengal?




Question

14. Who among the following is known as the Maker of Modern India?

15. Who among the following Governor-Generals formed the Triple Alliance against Tipu Sultan?


16. Who of the following took keen interest in the construction of Viceregal Lodge in Shimla and also became its first occupant in 1888?

17. Dalhousie has been regarded as the maker of modern India because he brought about reforms and made a beginning in many fields. Which one among the following was not one of his schemes of reforms?

18. Who among the following is known as the Father of Local Self Government in India?

19. Under whose Governor Generalship was the hated Vernacular Press Act passed in 1878?

20. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below:

List I
Building
List-II
Associated with
A. Viceregal Lodge1. Lord Curzon
B. Victoria Memorial2. Lord Ripon
C. Bombay Municipal Corporation3. Lord Dufferin

21. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below:

List I
Visit of
List-II
Associated with
A. King George V1. Lord Wavell
B. Cripps Mission2. Lord Hardinge
C. Cabinet Mission3. Lord Irwin
D. Simon Commission4. Lord Linlithgow

22. Who of the following was the target of an assassination attempt in the Delhi conspiracy case headed by Rash Bihari Bose in 1911?

23. Rowlatt Act which authorised the Government to detain people without trial for an indefinite period was passed during the tenure of -

24. When Gandhiji was imprisoned for the first time in India, the Governor General of India was -

25. The Vernacular Press Act, 1878 was repealed under the Governor-Generalship of -