BRITISH RULE IN INDIA QUIZ

Who among the following British persons admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a national revolt?

Lord Canning

Lord Ellenborough

Disraeli

Lord Dalhousie

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Lord Mountbatten had replaced Lord __________ as the viceroy of India in 1947

Wavell

Cornwallis

Linlithgow

Lytton

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During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Bengal to grow__________

Sugarcane

Tea

Wheat

Jute

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When did the British Govt. start ruling India directly?

After Sepoy Mutiny

After the Battle of Plassey

After the war of Mysore

After the Battle of Panipat

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Under the Government of India __________, the British Crown assumed direct administration of India in the new British Raj

Act of 1658

Act of 1947

Act of 1858

Act of 1758

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Which of the following is not the provision of the government of India Act, 1858?

The British Parliament was empowered to appoint a Governor-General and the Governors of the Presidencies

India was to be governed in the Queen's name

The Queen's Principal Secretary of State received the powers and duties of the Company's Court of Directors

Provision for the creation of an Indian Civil Service under the control of the Secretary of State

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Which of the following act led to the introduction of dual system of government in India?

Charter Act, 1813 AD

The Regulating Act, AD 1773

Charter Act, 1793 AD

Pitt's India Act, AD 1784

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Seringapatnam was the capital of __________

Srimoolam Tirunal

Kurumbranad Raja

Tipu Sultan

Pazhassi Raja

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Which of the following is not correct about Montegu- Chelmsford's Reform & Government of India Act, 1919?

All of these

In this Act the central legislative council was replaced by two houses-the imperial legislative assembly and the council of state

Education and public health were placed under charge of ministers responsible to the legislature

It changed the administrative system in India

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The British colonial policies in India proved moat ruinous for Indian

trade

agriculture

handicrafts

industry

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