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BRITISH RULE IN INDIA MCQs

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Question 1. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
  1.    William Bentinck
  2.    Warren Hasting
  3.    Col. Sanders
  4.    Robert Clive
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Warren Hasting
Question 2. The British Governor General and Viceroy who served for the longest period in India was
  1.    Lord Irwin
  2.    Lord Linlithgow
  3.    Lord Curzon
  4.    Lord Dalhousie
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Lord Dalhousie
Question 3. Who was the first Governor General of India?
  1.    Warren Hastings
  2.    Lord Delhousie
  3.    Lord Canning
  4.    William Bentick
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Warren Hastings
Question 4. The first Viceroy of India was
  1.    Lord Hardinge
  2.    Lord Elgin
  3.    Lord Dalhousie
  4.    Lord Canning
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Lord Canning
Question 5. After the year 1853, a substantial amount of British capital had been invested in
  1.    Jute Mills
  2.    Tea Plantations
  3.    Coal Mining
  4.    The Railways
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> The Railways
Question 6. When the East India Company was formed, the Mughal emperor in India was
  1.    Akbar
  2.    Aurangzeb
  3.    Jahangir
  4.    Humayun
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Akbar
Question 7. The British India Society was formed in __________
  1.    1839
  2.    1832
  3.    1833
  4.    1874
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 1839
Question 8. The British Government intervened in the affairs of the Company and passed an Act in 1773 A.D., known as the
  1.    Company Act
  2.    Charter Act
  3.    Pitt's India Act
  4.    Regulating Act
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Regulating Act
Question 9. When the Congress Ministries were formed in the provinces in June 1937, the Viceroy of India was
  1.    Lord Linlithgow
  2.    Viscount Wavell
  3.    Lord Willingdon
  4.    Lord Irwin
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Lord Linlithgow
Question 10. The first Mysore War Fought between the British and Hyder Ali in 1767- 1769 A.D., came to an end by the
  1.    Treaty of Pondicherry
  2.    Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
  3.    Treaty of Madras
  4.    Treaty of Mysore
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Treaty of Madras

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