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Q: 1 During Revolt of 1857, the most trusted advisor of Emperor  Bahadur Shah was

A.    Prince Bakht Khan

B.     Prince Zawan Bakht

C.    Hakim Ahsanullah

D.    Queen Zeenat Mahal

 Q: 2 First railway Bombay to thane 1853 by

A.    Bentinck

B.     Dalhousie

C.     Canning

D.    Hastings

Q: 3 Who among the following Governor Generals created the Conenated Civil Service of india which later came to be known as the indian Civil Service?

A.    William Bentnck

B.     Cornwallis

C.     Wellesley

D.    Warren Hastings

Q:  4 Who among the following repealed the vernacular pressure act

A.    Lord Ripon

B.     Lord Hardinge

C.     Lord Dufferin

D.    Lord Curzon

 Q: 5 At the time of which viceroy grand delhi durbar was organized?

A.    Lord mayo

B.     Lord curzon

C.    Lord lytton

D.    Lord canning

 Q: 6 Indian National Congress was formed during the viceroy of which of the following?

A.    Lord Curzon

B.     Lord Cornwallis

C.     Lord rippon

D.    Lord Dufferin

 Q: 7 Who is the author of the book The Last Mughal. The fall of a Dynasty Delhi 1857 ?

A.    William Dalrymple

B.     John Kirkland

C.     Simon Digby

D.    Thomas Wilson

 Q: 8 Who started exam for civil services

A.    Dalhousie

B.     Canning

C.     Harding

D.    Hashtags

 Q: 9 Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the Revolt of 1857 at-

A.    Barrackpore

B.     Kanpur

C.     Jhansi

D.    Meerut

 Q: 10 The National Anthem, was first sung in the year 1911 at the Annual session of the Indian National Congress held at

A.    Pune

B.     Mumbai

C.    Kolkata.

D.    Lucknow

Q: 11 Which among the following was NOT the viceroy of India

A.    Lord Wellesley

B.     Lord lytton

C.     Lord Hardinge

D.    None

 Q: 12 Who was the Governor General of India during the sepoy Mutiny ?

A.    Lord Dalhousie

B.     Lord Canning

C.     Lord Hastings

D.    Lord Lytton

 Q: 13 Which one of the following territories was not affected by the Revolt of 1857?

A.    Chittor

B.     Lucknow

C.     Jagdishpur

D.    Jhansi

 Q: 14 Subsidary alliancewas a system devised by

A.    Wellesley

B.     Winston churchill

C.     Henry Harding

D.    Mountbatten

 Q: 15......... Is not a feature of Rowaltt Act

A.    No gathering offestivals & marriagee

B.     Led to jallianwala bagh

C.     Led to the arrest of said ur din Ketchlu & Dr Satyapal

D.    Established the dyarchy system of govt and gave reservation to muslims.

E.     No indian can possess weapons

 Q: 16 Grand darbar was organised to honor King George V in 1911 under lord

A.    Harding

B.     Irwin

C.     Cirzon

D.    Minto

 Q: 17 Charles willkins translate Bhagwadagita and its introduction was written by _____

A.    Dalhousie

B.     Cornwallis

C.    Warren hashtag

D.    Clive

 Q: 18 Who was the Viceroy of India when Quit India Movement Break Out

A.    Lord Linlithgow

B.     Lord Irwin

C.     Lord Mountbatten

D.    Lord Willington

Q: 19 Who among the following introduced the subsidiary alliance system in India?

A.    Lord Wellesley

B.     Lord Canning

C.     Lord Cunningham

D.    Lord Clive

 Q: 20 Gagging act or vernacular press act came under

A.    Curzon

B.     Canning

C.    Lytton

D.    Ripon

 Q: 21 Who said Ripon was greatest and most beloved viceroy of india

A.    Jawhar lal nehru

B.     Arbando Gosh

C.    Madan mohan malviya

D.    CR Dass

Q: 22  The Doctrine of Lapse was devised by the British as an annexation policy. It was aggressively followed by ?

A.    C. Lord Dalhousie

B.     D. All of the above

C.     B. Lord Wellesley

D.    A. Lord William Bentick

 Q: 23 Which Governor-General of India, in 17, introduced two courts in each district- a criminal court faujdari adalat) and a diwani adalat

A.    Robert Clive

B.     Lord Dalhousie

C.     Warren Hastings

D.    Richard Wellesley

Q: 24 Which one of the following Commissions is associated with the Army Re-organisation after the suppression of the Revolt of 1857 ?

A.    Peal Commission

B.     Simon Commission

C.     Public Service Commission

D.    Hunter Commission

 Q: 25 The partitionof bengal proposedin 1903 officiallycame into force on

A.    26 January 1907

B.     21 September 1904

C.     25 Nov 1905

D.    16 October1906

 Q: 26 Who established high courts at calcutta Bombay and madras

A.    Lytton

B.     Lawrence

C.     Ripon

D.    Mayo

 Q: 27 Kunwar Singh led the revolt of 1857 in -

A.    Maharastra

B.     Bengal

C.     Punjab

D.    Bihar

 Q: 28............ Leaded the crowd in kanpur during revolt of 1857?

A.    General bhakat khan

B.     Nana sahib, tantia tope, Azimillah khan

C.     Hazrat mahal

D.    Maulvi ahamdullah

 Q: 29 Which of the following is not a feature of Govt of act 1935 ?

A.    Provincial autonomy

B.     Communal electorate

C.     All india federation

D.    Federal cout & federal bank

 Q: 30 Who established first medical college at calcutta

A.    Hashtags

B.     Dalhousie

C.    Bentinck

D.    Wellesley

 Q: 31 Widow remarriage act 1856

A.    Mayo

B.     Ripon

C.     Bentinck

D.    Dalhousie

 Q: 32 Who was known as the Liberator of the Press?

A.    Bentinck

B.     Macaulay

C.     Hastings

D.    Metcalfe

Q: 33 Wood's Dispatch on education was an act of 1854 implemented by____ in india

A.    Hashtags

B.     Wellesley

C.    Dalhousie

 Q: 34 Who was the founder of ‘Ghadar party

A.    Sachindra Nath Sanyal

B.     Chandrashekhar Azad

C.    Lala Har Dayal

D.    Batukeshwar Dutt

Q: 35 The period between 1885-1905 is known as the period of

A.    Communalists

B.     Extremists

C.     Liberals

D.    Moderates

 Q: 36 The first Governor general of Bengal was

A.    Lord Cornwallis

B.     Lord Wellesley

C.     Lord Clive

D.    Warren Hastings

 Q: 37 Viceroy from 1916 to 1921

A.    Harding

B.     Chelmsford

C.     Reading

D.    Minto

 Q: 38 Who became the first Viceroy after the revolt of 1857?

A.     Lord Canning

B.      Warren Hastings

C.     . Lord Dalhousie

D.     Lord Wellesley

 Q: 39 Who is the only viceroy which was murdered in office by convict in Andaman

A.    Lord Mayo

B.     Lord Linlithgow

C.     Lord lytton

D.    Lord canning

 Q: 40 Partition of Bengal came into force at the time of

A.    Minto

B.     Dufferin

C.     Harding

D.    Curzon

Q:  41 Shimla became summer capital of india under

A.    Canning

B.     Dalhousie

C.     Bentinck

D.    Harding

 Q: 42 Revolt 1857 took started on 10th of may 1857 due to several causes n at many centers of different leaders were proclaimed , at BAREILLY who was the leader to b proclaimed?

A.    Liyaqat Ali Khan

B.     Khan Bahadur Khan

C.     Tantiya tope

D.    Kunwar sing

 Q: 43............ Leaded the crowd in Faizabad during revolt of 1857?

A.    Bahadur shah ii & general bhakat khan

B.     Maulvi ahamdullah

C.     Khan bahadur khan

D.    Kunwar singh

 

 

 

 Q: 44 Who Suppressed revolt of 1857 in lucknow

A.    John Nicholson

B.     Hugh rose

C.    Havelook, outram, & campbell

D.    William taylor & Edgre

 Q: 45 The administrative consequence of the Revolt of 1857 was transfer to power from

A.    East India Company to the Governor General

B.     East India Company to the British Crown

C.     British Crown to the East India Company

D.    British Crown to the Board of Directors

 Q: 46 Who is known as father of western education in India and English as official language of India was declared 1835) during his tenure ?

A.    Lord Dalhousie

B.     Lord Hasting

C.     Lord canning

D.    Lord Willam Bentinck

 Q: 48 With reference to the revolt of the year 1857 who of the following was betrayed by a friend captured and put to death by the British ?

A.    Kunwar Singh

B.     Khan Bahadur Khan

C.    Tantiya Tope

D.    Nana Sahib

 Q: 49 The Bengal before partition was made up of which states?

A.    Bengal + Orissa + Parts of Chattisgarh

B.     Bengal + Assam

C.    All of the Above

D.    Bengal + Bihar + Assam

 Q: 50 Partition of Bengal was reversed by whom and in which year?

A.    Lord Curzon 1911

B.     Lord Canning 1913

C.     Lord Wellesley 1912

D.    Lord Hardinge 1911

 Q: 51 Who established first medical college at calcutta

A.    Wellesley

B.     Bentinck

C.     Hashtags

D.    Dalhousie

 Q: 52 Sati was abolished by the viceroy of William Bentinckin which of the following yr

A.    1832

B.     1930

C.     1934

D.    1829

 Q: 53 The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 occurred during the Governor Generalship of

A.    Lord Dalhousie

B.     Lord Lytton

C.     Lord William Bentinck

D.    Lord Canning

Q: 54 Who Suppressed revolt of 1857 in Arrah

A.    John nicholson

B.     William taylor & Edgre

C.     Hugh rose

D.    Campbell, outram, havelook

 Q: 55 Who introduced the Ryotwari Syatem in India?

A.    Munro and Charles Reed

B.     Lord Cornwallis

C.     John shore

D.    None of these

Q: 56 The Revolt of 1857 was started by

A.    The Plantations workers

B.     The Peasants

C.     The Zamindars

D.    The Sepoy

 Q: 57 The first woman President of Indian National congress was

A.    Kamala Devi Chattopadhyaya

B.     Sarojini Naidu

C.    Annie Besant

D.    Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

 Q: 59 The revolt of 1857 at Lucknow was lead by

A.    Tantiya tope

B.     Laxmi bhai

C.     Nana sahib

D.    Begum Hazrat Mahal

Q: 60 Indian panel court 1858 was by

A.    Lawrence

B.     Lord canning

C.     Ripon

D.    Mayo

Q: 61 The first modern regular census in India, was started in 1881 by ?

A.    Lord Ripon

B.     Lord Lytton

C.     Lord Powell

D.    Lord Clive

Q: 62 Which governor general of bengal called himself as the " tiger of Bengal"

A.    Lord william bentinck

B.     Lord Cornwallis

C.    Lord Wellesley

D.    Sir George Barlow

 Q: 63 Deoband movement founders doesn't include

A.    Ashraf ali thanvi

B.     Rashid ahmad Gangoi

C.     All of the above

D.    Mohd qasim nanutavi

Q: 64 in which division of the British Indian army, Manual Pandey was inducted as a soldier?

A.    5 th royal Gurkha rifles

B.     34 th Bengal native infantry

C.     none of the above

D.    Madras light cavalry

 Q: 65 728 Which is not correct

A.     UP______ krishna kumar mitra

B.     . Punjab_____ lala lajpat ray

C.      Kolkatta ____Aurobindo ghosh

D.     Bombay_____ B.G tilak

 Q: 66 Who organized Grand Delhi darbar in 1877 for Queen Victoria

A.    Lord Myo

B.     Lord Wellesley

C.     Lord Dufferain

D.    Lord Lytton

Q: 67 Capital of India was transferred from Calcutta to New Delhi in 1911 during whch viceroy

A.    Lord Chelmsford

B.     Lord Curzon

C.     Lord Minto II

D.    Lord Harding-ii

Q: 68 Who withdraw doctrine of lapse?

A.    Lord canning

B.     Lord mayo

C.     Lord ripon

D.    Lord curzon

Q: 69 Who described Laxmi Bai as the best and bravest of the Rebels

A.    Mountbatten

B.     Lord canning

C.     Lord Dalhousie

D.    Sir Hugh Rose

 

Q: 70 Who was selected by the Mahatma Gandhi as the first individual Satya Grahi.

A.    Guru Bhakash Singh Delon

B.     Shanawaz khan

C.     TK Sehgal

D.    Acharya vinoba Bhave

 Q: 71 Who was the president first session of Muslim league held on 30 December 1907?

A.    Agha khan

B.     Adamjee Peerbhoy

C.     Nawab Salimmullah

D.    Movli Ahmadulah

 Q: 72 Madras labour union was formed by.

A.    Ashok mehata

B.     R. S. Ruikar

C.    B P wadia

D.    V. S mathur

 Q: 73 Who kill Lord curzon

A.    Khudiram boss

B.     Rasabihari boss

C.    Madan lal Dhingra

D.    Lala Hardiyal

 Q: 74 During Revolt of 1857, the most trusted advisor of Emperorn Bahadur Shah was

A.    Prince Bakht Khan

B.     Hakim Ahsanullah

C.     Queen Zeenat Mahal

D.    Prince Zawan Bakht

 Q: 75 Who said Congress represents Microscopic Minority

A.    Lord Dufferin

B.     Lord Ripon

C.     Lord Harding

D.    Lord Curzon

 Q:76  Which one of the following territories was not affected by the Revolt of 1857?

A.    Chittor

B.     Jhansi

C.     Lucknow

D.    Jagdishpur

 Q: 77 Vellore Mutiny before 1875 happened at what place.

A.    Tamil Nadu

B.     Delhi

C.     West bengal

D.    Lucknow

 Q: 78 Pagal Panthi Uprising was against.

A.    Durand Commission

B.     Permanent settlement

C.     Vernacular press act

D.    Indian universities act

 Q: 79 Where did the first signs of unrest appear in 1857?

A.    Meerut

B.     Awadh

C.    Bengal

D.    Upper Provinces

Q: 80 Which of the following statements about warren Hastings is are correct

1. He was last governor of Bengal

2. He wrote introduction to the first English translation of Gita' by Charles Wikins.

 3. He started Diwani and Faujidari Adalats at the district Level

A.    2 and 3

B.     All of these

C.     Only 1

D.    1 and 3

 Q: 81 Which of the following pair is correctly matched

A.    Cornwallis permanent settlement of Bengal

B.     Warren Hastings The Battle of Plassey

C.    Wellesley Prohibition of Sati

D.    Dalhousie local Self Government

 Q: 82 Which of the following statement about Lord Dalhousie is correct

A.    He abolished titles and pensions

B.     All the above

C.     He recommended  Thromsonian system and Vernacular education act

D.    During his tenure roorkee engineer college was established.

 Q: 83 Which of the following is not correct about subsidiary Alliance?

A.    It was formulated by Wellesley

B.     A British resident was posted in the subsidiary state

C.     It did not recognise an adopted heir to a subsidiary state.

D.    British army was posted in the subsidiary state

Q: 84 Who among the following Governor Generals created the Conenated Civil Service of india which later came to be known as the indian Civil Service?

A.    Cornwallis

B.     Warren Hastings

C.     Wellesley

D.    William Bentnck

 Q: 85 Who among the following Governor Generals formed the Triple Alliance against Tipu Sultan

A.    Lord Cornwallis

B.     Warren Hastings

C.     Lord william bentinck

D.    Lord wellesely

 Q: 86 which GGs tenure Queen Victoria was given a title "Kaiser-i-Hind" or "Queen Empress of india" at imperial durbar at Delhi in 1877

A.    Lord lytton

B.     Lord Ripon

C.     Lord Northbrook

D.    Lord Mayo

 Q: 87 Father of Local Self Government in India

A.    Lord Curzon

B.     Lord Dufferin

C.     Lord lytton

D.    Lord Ripon

 Q: 88 Father of Judicial Reforms in India

A.    Lord Hastings

B.     Lord Cornwallis

C.    Warren Hastings

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