Q. Who among the following has started the Public Works Department in India in AD 1848? (a) Lord William Bentinck (b) Lord Dalhousie (c) Lord Wellesley (d) Lord Cornwallis Ans: (b) Lord Dalhousie Explanation: The correct answer is (b) Lord Dalhousie. Lord Dalhousie started the ...

Q. The Treaty of Amritsar was concluded between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and who of the following? (a) Lord Cornwallis (b) Lord Dalhousie (c) Lord Hastings (d) Lord Minto Ans: (d) Lord Minto

Q. Separate electorates for Muslims in India were introduced by which one of the following Acts? (a) Government of India Act of 1909 (b) Indian Councils Act of 1892 (c) Rowlatt Act of 1919 (d) Government of India Act of 1935 Ans: (a) Government of India Act of 1909 Explanation: ...

Q. Who among the following was the Viceroy of India at the time of the formation of Indian National Congress?  (a) Lord Mayo (b) Lord Ripon (c) Lord Dufferin (d) Lord Lansdowne Ans: (c) Lord Dufferin Explanation: The correct answer is (c) Lord Dufferin. Lord Dufferin was ...

Q. Who among the following was the first Governor General of India? (a) Lord Amherst (b) Lord William Bentinck (c) Sir Charles Metcalfe (d) Robert Clive Ans: (b) Lord William Bentinck Explanation: The correct answer is (b) Lord William Bentinck. Lord William Bentinck was the ...

Q. 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? (a) Lord Ellenborough (b) First Lord Hardinge (c) Lord Dalhousie ...

Q. Which of the following is regarded as the Magna Carta of western education system in India? (a) The report of the Committee of Public Instruction, 1823 (b) The Charter Act of 1833. (c) Despatch of Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of State, 1854 (d) Report of the Hunter Commission, 1862 ...

Q. Which of the following governor general was responsible for passing the famous Regulation XVII of 1829 which declared sati illegal and punishable by courts? (a) John Adam (b) Amherst (c) William Bentinck (d) Auckland Ans: (c) William Bentinck Explanation: The correct answer is ...

Q. Which of the following was not one of the social reform measures introduced by William Bentinck? (a) Abolition of sati (b) Abolition of slavery (c) Removal of disabilities due to change of religion (d) Suppression of the organized bands of thugs Ans: (b) Abolition of slavery

Q. Identify the Acts passed by the British Government in 1856. (i) Religious disabilities Act (ii) General Service Enlistment Act (iii) Hindu Widow Remarriage Act (iv) Abolition of the Sati (Regulation XVII) (a) i, ii, iii (b) i, iii, iv (c) ii, iii, iv (d) All of them Ans: ...

Q. Who was the architect of Communal Award? (a) Lord Linlithgow (b) Lord Reading (c) Lord Irwin (d) Ramsay Macdonald Ans: (d) Ramsay Macdonald Explanation: The correct answer is (d) Ramsay Macdonald. Ramsay Macdonald, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was the architect ...

Q. After 1880, Railways were built during British rule in India through– (a) Indian merchants or money-lenders (b) Private enterprise (c) State Agency (d) A and B both Ans: (d) A and B both