Questions and answers for exam Preparation

MCQs

Total Questions : 66 | Page 3 of 7 pages

Question 21. “The greater the number of the forts you hold the weaker will be your power. Let our forces be on the sea, because if we should not be powerful at sea, everything will be at once against it” whose words are these?

Vasco-da-Gama
Albuquerque
Da Almeida
Duarte Pacheo

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> Da Almeida
Answer: (c)

Question 22. Which one of the following statements related to the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773 during the American War of Independence is correct?

The revolutionaries stealthily entered into the ships and threw all the chests of tea into the water
The revolutionaries hosted a Tea Party in the honour of Charles Townshend, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer in order to place their grievances before him
It marked a celebration when Lord North, the successor of Townshend, repealed some of the duties imposed by Townshend
It was a protest against the Quebec Act

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> The revolutionaries stealthily entered into the ships and threw all the chests of tea into the water
Answer: (a)

Question 23. Railways were introduced in India when the Governor- General of India was

Curzon
Dalhousie
Hardinge
Ripon

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Answer: Option B. -> Dalhousie
Answer: (b)

Question 24. Why was Bombay handed over to the British by the Portuguese?

The Portuguese handed it over to the British after a peace-treaty in Europe
The marriage of Charles II with The Portuguese princes Catherine of Braganza
The defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British in 1588
Due to Portuguese independence from Spain

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> The marriage of Charles II with The Portuguese princes Catherine of Braganza
Answer: (b)

Question 25. To which of the following governor general goes the credit of taking steps to stop the human sacrifices practiced by the Khonds in Orissa under the erroneous belief that there by the fertility of the land was increased?

Lord Ellenborough
First Lord Hardinge
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Canning

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Answer: Option B. -> First Lord Hardinge
Answer: (b)

Question 26. The title of ‘Viceroy’ was added to the centre office of the GovernorGeneral of India for the first-time in

1848 A.D.
1858 A.D.
1862 A.D.
1856 A.D.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> 1858 A.D.
Answer: (b)

Question 27. Prior to 1813, which among the following measures, was not adopted by the British to exploit the Indians economically ?

Monopolising the trade of raw goods wherever possible and selling them at high rates
Forcing Indiancraftsman to produce quality products in fixed quantity and at fixed price
Free Trade Policy
Elimination of Indian traders from competition by every means

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> Free Trade Policy
Answer: (c)

Question 28. After his return to Britain, Robert Clive died in 1774 due to

A dreadful disease
Committed suicide
Was assassinated
Died under mysterious circumstances

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> Committed suicide
Answer: (b)

Question 29. Which British military officer defeated Tipu Sultan in India, Napolean Bonaparte in Europe and eventually, became the Duke of Wellington?