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1. Who was the first British Viceroy of India?
  1. Lord Canning
  2. Lord Wellesley
  3. William Bentinck
  4. Robert Clive

Answer: Lord Canning

2. Who among the following is popularly known as 'Father of Civil Services in India'?
  1. Cartier
  2. Harry Verelst
  3. Lord Cornwallis
  4. Warren Hastings

Answer: Lord Cornwallis

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3. Who among the following British Governor-General abolished the slavery in India?
  1. Lord Ellenborough
  2. Sir Charles (Lord) Metcalfe
  3. Lord Auckland
  4. Lord Amherst

Answer: Lord Ellenborough

4. Who was appointed as the Viceroy of India in 1880?
  1. Lord Dalhousie
  2. Lord Curzon
  3. Lord Ripon
  4. More than one of the above

Answer: Lord Ripon

5. Who was the first Governor-General of Bengal?
  1. Roger Drake
  2. Warren Hastings
  3. Lord Cornwallis
  4. Sir John Shore

Answer: Warren Hastings

6. The English was made the official language of India under the reign of which governor-general?
  1. Lord William Bentinck
  2. Lord Auckland
  3. Lord Metcalfe
  4. Lord Hardinge

Answer: Lord William Bentinck

7. In which year the office of Governor-General was created during British India?
  1. 1773 AD
  2. 1757 AD
  3. 1760 AD
  4. 1765 AD

Answer: 1773 AD

8. Who was the British Governor-General when Bombay was designated as Presidency?
  1. Lord Hastings
  2. Lord Amherst
  3. Lord Bentinck
  4. Lord Auckland

Answer: Lord Hastings

9. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of the partition of Bengal?
  1. Lord Curzon
  2. Lord Ripon
  3. Lord Dufferin
  4. More than one of the above

Answer: Lord Curzon

10. Lord Lytton is not associated with which of the following?
  1. The Strachey Commission
  2. The Ilbert Bill
  3. The Vernacular Press Act
  4. More than one of the above

Answer: The Ilbert Bill

11. Which British Governor-General founded the Public Work Department (P.W.D) in India?
  1. Lord Ellenborough
  2. Lord Auckland
  3. Lord Dalhousie
  4. Lord Hardinge

Answer: Lord Dalhousie

12. Which of the following is correct chronology of annexation under the Doctrine of Lapse by Lord Dalhousie?

I. Satara

II. Jaitpur and Sambalpur

III. Nagpur and Jhansi

IV. Tanjore and Arcot

V. Udaipur (Chhattisgarh)

Code:

  1. V, IV, III, II and I
  2. IV, V, III, I and II
  3. I, II, III, IV and V
  4. V, IV, I, II and III

Answer: I, II, III, IV and V

13. Who was the Viceroy of India at the times of the Dandi March initiated by Gandhiji?
  1. Lord Willingdon
  2. Lord Reading
  3. Lord Irwin
  4. Lord Linlithgow

Answer: Lord Irwin

14. Which Governor General of Bengal underwent impeachment proceedings in the British Parliament?
  1. Robert Clive
  2. Henry Vansittart
  3. Warren Hastings
  4. None of the above

Answer: Warren Hastings

15. Who was the governor general of India when Government of India Act (1935) was passed?
  1. Lord Willingdon
  2. Lord Wavell
  3. Lord Irwin
  4. Lord Reading

Answer: Lord Willingdon

16. Who among the following was the Viceroy of British India at the time of second round table conference?
  1. Lord Irwin
  2. Lord Willingdon
  3. Lord Linlithgow
  4. Lord Reading

Answer: Lord Willingdon

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