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Question 21. At the time of the establishment of Asiatic Society in Calcutta, who was the Governor-General of Bengal?
  1.    Lord Cornwallis
  2.    Lord Warren Hastings
  3.    Lord Wellesley
  4.    Lord Bentinck
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Lord Warren Hastings
Answer: (b)
Question 22. Awadh was annexed to British Empire in India by
  1.    Policy of subsidiary alliance
  2.    Doctrine of Lapse
  3.    By declaring the State as maladministered
  4.    By waging war
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> By declaring the State as maladministered
Answer: (c)
Question 23. The right to adopt heir in place of own son was reestablished by
  1.    Government of India Act of 1858
  2.    Lord Canning
  3.    Release of Charter in 1860
  4.    Queen’s announcement of 1858
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Queen’s announcement of 1858
Answer: (d)
Question 24. Sir Thomas Munro was Governor of Madras during years
  1.    1820-1827 A.D.
  2.    1819-1826 A.D.
  3.    1822-1829 A.D.
  4.    1818-1825 A.D.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 1820-1827 A.D.
Answer: (a)
Question 25. Who introduced Subsidiary Alliance System in the administration to establish the British power over the Indian States?
  1.    Warren Hastings
  2.    Lord Wellesley
  3.    Lord Cornwallis
  4.    Lord Dalhousie
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Lord Wellesley
Answer: (b)
Question 26. The export of slaves from Bengal was banned in which year?
  1.    1764
  2.    1789
  3.    1858
  4.    1868
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1789
Answer: (b)
Question 27. Who among the following was the only Jewish Viceroy of India?
  1.    Lord Curzon
  2.    Lord Canning
  3.    Lord Irwin
  4.    Lord Reading
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Lord Reading
Answer: (d)
Question 28. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
  1.    Lord Cornwallis - Permanent Settlement
  2.    Lord Wellesley - Subsidiary Alliance System
  3.    Lord Hastings - Second AngloMaratha War
  4.    Lord William Bentinck - Seventeenth Regulation of 1829
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Lord Hastings - Second AngloMaratha War
Answer: (c)
Question 29. Who had the longest tenure as the Viceroy of India?
  1.    Lord Curzon
  2.    Lord Dufferin
  3.    Lord Hardinge
  4.    Lord Mayo
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Lord Curzon
Answer: (a)
Question 30. Which of the following GovernorGeneral used the system of Separate electoral college to conquer Muslims and make them against Congress?
  1.    Lord Curzon
  2.    Lord Dufferin
  3.    Lord Hardinge
  4.    Lord Minto
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Lord Minto
Answer: (d)

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