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BRITISH RULE IN INDIA MCQs

Total Questions : 235 | Page 6 of 24 pages
Question 51. The momentous decision to transfer the capital from Calcutta to Delhi, to annul the partition of Bengal and to abolish Indian indentured labour were taken during the Viceroyalty of Lord
  1.    Minto
  2.    Hardinge
  3.    Reading
  4.    Chelmsford
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Hardinge
Question 52. The Company lost all its administrative powers__________
  1.    By the Government of India Act of 1758
  2.    By the Government of India Act of 1858
  3.    By the Government of India Act of 1958
  4.    By the Government of India Act of 1658
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> By the Government of India Act of 1858
Question 53. The English East Company achieved a major victory over the Portuguese in the Battle of __________ in 1612
  1.    Swally
  2.    Plassey
  3.    Buxar
  4.    Trafalgar
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Swally
Question 54. Till the end of the 17th Century the growth of the executive and legislative powers of the East india Company depended on
  1.    Governor-General
  2.    Crown
  3.    Parliament
  4.    Governor
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Crown
Question 55. In November 1781, Sir Eyre Coote defeated __________ at Porto Nova
  1.    British
  2.    Tipu Sultan
  3.    Hyder Ali
  4.    Marthanda Verma
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Hyder Ali
Question 56. The first Indian to be elected as a member of the British House of Commons was
  1.    Dadabhai Naoroji
  2.    Dr BR Ambedkar
  3.    Surendra Nath Banerjee
  4.    C R Das
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Dadabhai Naoroji
Question 57. The privileges of free trade granted to the English East India Company were confirmed in 1717 by Emperor
  1.    Muhammad Shah
  2.    Aurangzeb
  3.    Farrukh-Siyar
  4.    Bahadur Shah
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Farrukh-Siyar
Question 58. The first Bengali Drama, written to highlight the brutality of the British indigo planters, was
  1.    Shome Prakash
  2.    None of these
  3.    Rast Goftar
  4.    Neel Darpan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Neel Darpan
Question 59. The first Indian to contest an election to the British House of Commons was
  1.    Surendranath Banerjee
  2.    Womesh Chandra Banerjee
  3.    Pheroze Shah Mehta
  4.    Dadabhai Naoroji
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Womesh Chandra Banerjee
Question 60. The Treaty of Lahore was signed between the Sikhs and the British in India in the year
  1.    1866
  2.    1846
  3.    1836
  4.    1856
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1846

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