Governor Generals -Mcq-
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GOVERNOR GENERALS
Who was the first Governor General
of Bengal?
a) Warren Hastings
b) Cornwallis
c) Lord Curzon
d) William Bentinck
Ans: ( a )
The company offical who played
key role in suppression of
Thugs?
a) Charles woods
b) William Sleeman
c) Macaulay
d) Hunter
Ans: ( b )
Who introduced the English
education in India?
a) Lord William Bentinck
b) Lord Hastings
c) Lord Minto
d) Lord Ripon
Ans: ( a )
The Governor General whose
expansionist policy was
responsible
for the 1857 revolt?
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) William Bentinck
c) Lord Carnwallis
d) Lord Hastings
Ans: ( a )
Telegraphs were introduced in
India in
a) 1822
b) 1853
c) 1834
d) 1876
Ans: ( b )
The Governor General who
introduced the Doctrine of Lapse?
a) Lord Dalousie
b) William Bentinck
c) Cornwallis
d) Warren Hastings
Ans: ( a )
What was the period of Lord
Dalhousie as Governor General?
a) 1856-1876
b) 1845-1866
c) 1848-1856
d) 1859-1866
Ans: ( c )
Which of the following were
annexed as per the Doctrine of
Lapse?
a) Satara
b) Sambalpur
c) Nagpur and Jhansi
d) All the above
Ans: ( d )
Who introduced Telegraphs and
Postal system in India?
a) William Bentinck
b) Cornwallis
c) Lord Hastings
d) Lord Dalhousie
Ans: ( d )
What were the social reforms
introduced by the Lord William
Bentinck?
a Abolition of Sati
b) Eradication of Female
Infanticide
c) Suppression of Thugs
d) All the above
Ans: ( c )
The Governor General who
established Public Works
Department?
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) Lord William Bentinck
c) Lord Ripon
d) Lord Lytton
Ans: ( a )
The Governor General who
abolished pension for Nana Saheb,
who
was the adopted son of Baji Rao II?
a) Lord Hastings
b) Lord Curzon
c) Lord Minto
d) Lord Dalhousie
Ans: ( d )
Who was called as 'Company Akbar'?
a) Lord Canning
b) Lord Wellesley
c) Lord Linlithgow
d) Lord Conwallis
Ans: ( b )
Who was the first native ruler
entered in to subsidiary alliance?
a) Nawab of Oudh
b) Peshwa
c) Bhonsle
d) Nizam of Hyderabad
Ans: ( d )
The Mughal emperor who
concluded Subsidiary Alliance with
British
a) Bahadur Shah I
b) Shah Alam
c) Bahadur Shah II
d) Jahandar Shah
Ans: ( b )
Which of the following districts
ceded to British by Nizam Ali?
a) Cuddapa
b) Kurnool
c) Anantapur and Bellari
d) All the above
Ans: ( d )
Who was the Governor General
fought in Forth Mysore War with
Tipu Sultan?
a) Lord Minto
b) Lord Ripon
c) Lord Wellesley
d) Lord hastings
Ans: ( c )
Who among the following entered
in to Subsidiary Alliance?
a) Peshwa, Scindhia and Bhonsle
b) Sadath Ali
c) Krishna Raja Wadayar
d) All the above
Ans: ( d )
Who started Fort William college at
Calcutta?
a) Lord Cornwallis
b) Lord Wellesley
c) Wlliam Bentinck
d) Warren Hastings
Ans: ( b )
The Governor General who fought
in the Second Maratha War
a) Lord Wellesley
b) Lord Linlithgow
c) Lord Lytton
d) Lord Canning
Ans: ( a )
What was the period of William
Bentinck as Governor General of
India?
a) 1800-1810
b) 1805-1832
c) 1809-1822
d) 1828-1835
Ans: ( d )
Who was the first Governor General
of India?
a) Lord Canning
b) Lord Minto
c) William Bentinck
d) Lord Reading
Ans: ( c )
The Governor General who
introduced regional languages in
courts?
a) Lord Hastings
b) Lord Canning
c) William Bentinck
d) Lord Hardinge
Ans: ( c )
Who abolished the Circuit Courts
established by the Lord Cornwallis?
a) Lord William Bentinck
b) Lord Linglithgow
c) Lord Ripon
d) Lord Lytton
Ans: ( a )
Railways were introduced in India
in
a) 1821
b) 1853
c) 1823
d) 1850
Ans: ( b )
The Governor General who
abolished Sati in 1829?
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) Lord Hastings
c) William Bentinck
d) Cornwallis
Ans: (c )
The Governor General who
suppressed robbers called 'Thugs'?
a) William Bentinck
b) Lord Minto
c) Lord Curzon
d) Warren Hastings
Ans: ( a )
Warren Hastings fought with
a) Maratas
b) Rohillas
c) Mysore Sultan
d) All the above
Ans: ( d )
What was the period of Warren
Hastins as Governor General of
Bengal?
a) 1773-1786
b) 1756-1782
c) 1759-1767
d) 1766-1778
Ans: ( a )
Warren Hasting was made Governor
General of Bengal in
a) 1723
b) 1734
c) 1773
d) 1792
Ans: ( c )
The Governor General who made
treaty of Benaras with Nawab of
Oudh in 773
a) Warren Hastings
b) Cornwallis
c) William Bentinck
d) Lord Hastings
Ans: ( b )
When was Cornwallis appointed
has Governor General of Bengal?
a) 1775
b) 1786
c) 1772
d) 1761
Ans: ( b )
Who shifted the company treasury
from Murshirabad Calcutta?
a) Lord Hasting
b) Lord Curzon
c) Warren Hastings
d) Lord Lytton
Ans: ( c )
Who abolished dual Government in
Bengal?
a) Robert Clive
b) Cornwallis
c) Warren Hastings
d) Lord Minto
Ans: ( c )
Who established civil and criminal
courts in each district?
a) Warren Hastings
b) Lord Hastings
c) Lord Mayo
d) Cornwallis
Ans: ( a )
Who suparated judical and police
powers from the collector?
a) Lord Ripon
b) Lord Wellesley
c) Cornwallis
d) William Bentinck
Ans: ( d )
Who brought district collector
under the purview of Judiciary?
a) Lord Hastings
b) Warren Hastings
c) Lord Minto
d) Cornwallis
Ans: ( d )
Circuit courts were established in
a) Patna
b) Murshidabad and Calcutta
c) Ducca
d) All the above
Ans: ( d )
The Governor General who
established circuit courts?
a) William Bentinck
b) Cornwallis
c) Lord Hatings
d) Lord Reading
Ans: ( b )
Who supressed Bundelkand revolt?
a) Lord Mayo
b) Lord Minto
c) Lord Curzon
d) Lord Ripon
Ans: ( b )
The judicial system introduced by
cornwallis was called
a) Judicial code
b) Wavell code
c) Equity code
d) Cornwallis code
Ans: ( d )
The Governor General who made
treaty of Amrisar with Ranjitsing in
1809
a) Lord Irwin
b) Lord Wellington
c) Lord Minto
d) Lord Linlithgow
Ans: ( c )
The Governor General who
supressed Robbers called
'Pindaris'?
a) Lord Minto
b) Lord Hestings
c) Lord Wavell
d) Lord Ripon
Ans: ( b )
Who was the Governor General at
the time of Third Maratha war?
a) Lord Hestings
b) Lord Linlithgow
c) Lord Curzon
d) Lord Irwin
Ans: ( a )
Who was the Architect of
permanent land revenue system?
a) William Sleeman
b) Hunter
c) Charles Woods
d) SirJohmshore
Ans: ( d )
Who introduced permanent land
revenue system?
a) Warren hastings
b) William Bentinck
c) Cornwallis
d) Lord Irwin
Ans: ( c )
The Governor General who fought
with Tipu Sultan in Third Mysore
War
a) Cornwallis
b) Lord Hastings
c) Warren Hastings
d) Lord Curzon
Ans: ( a )
What was the period of Lord
Wellesley as Governor General?
a) 1789-1800
b) 1765-1789
c) 1798-1805
d) 1800-1810
Ans: ( c )
The Governor General who formed
Bombay Presidency in 1818
a) Lord Hastings
b) William Bentinck
c) Lord Dalhousie
d) Lord Minto
Ans: ( a )
Who greatly implemented the
system of subsidiary alliance?
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) Lord Wellesley
c) William Bentinck
d) Lord Ripon
Ans: ( b )
The Governor General who fought
with Tipu Sultan in Third Mysore
War
a) Cornwallis
b) Lord Hastings
c) Warren Hastings
d) Lord Curzon
Ans: ( a )
The Governor General who
introduced regional languages in
courts?
a) Lord Hastings
b) Lord Canning
c) William Bentinck
d) Lord Hardinge
Ans: ( c )
The first Railway Line was laid
between
a) Bombay and Thane
b) Bombay and Hyderabad
c) Calcutta and Bombay
d) Delhi and Calcutta
Ans: ( a )
During the whose Viceroyality the
the first census of Indian took place
a) Lord Ripon
b) Mayo
c) Lord Curzon
d) Lord Minto
And: ( b )
During the whose Viceroyality
Indian Gate in Delhi was built
a) William Bentinck
b) Lord Lytton
c) Hardinge II
d) Linlithgo
Ans: ( c )
What was the committee
appointed by the Lord Curzon to
reform police department
a) Fraizer Committee
b) Thomas Committee
c) Releigh Committee
d) Hunter Commission
Ans: ( a )
The incident of Nandakumar took
place during the period of
a) Cornwallis
b) Warren Hesting
c) Lord Ripon
d) Lytton
Ans: ( b )
The kingdoms occupied by the
Bentinck with Doctrne of Lapse
a) Jansi and Sambalpur
b) Satara
c) Jayapur
d) All the above
Ans: ( d )
The first Railway Line was laind
between
a) Bombay and Thane
b) Bombay and Hyderabad
c) Calcutta and Bombay
d) Delhi and Calcutta
Ans: ( a )
What were the social reforms
introduced by the Lord William
Bentinck?
a) Abolition of Sati
b) Eradication of Female Infanticide
c) Suppression of Thugs
d) All the above
Ans: ( d )
Telegraphs were introduced in
India in
a) 1822
b) 1853
c) 1834
d) 1876
Ans: ( b )
The Governor General whose
expansionist policy was
responsible for the 1857 revolt?
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) William Bentinck
c) Lord Carnwallis
d) Lord Hastings
Ans: ( a )
Universities were established in
Calcutta, Mardras and Bombay as
per
a) Hunter Report
b) Mecaulay Report
c) Woods Despatch
d) Thamos Report
Ans: ( c )
The Governor General who
established Public Works
Department?
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) Lord William Bentinck
c) Lord Ripon
d) Lord Lytton
Ans: ( a )
The Governor General who
abolished pension for Nana Saheb,
who was the adopted son of Baji
Rao II?
a) Lord Hastings
b) Lord Curzon
c) Lord Minto
d) Lord Dalhousie
Ans: ( d )
Who was called as 'Company Akbar'?
a) Lord Canning
b) Lord Wellesley
c) Lord Linlithgow
d) Lord Conwallis
Ans: ( b )
The first railway train in India
steamed off in 1853 from
a) Bombay to Thane
b) Delhi to Meerut
c) Howrah to Burdwan
d) Bombay to Delhi
Ans: ( a )
The first railway line opened in
India in 1853 was between Bombay
and
a) Surat
b) Aurangabad
c) Thana
d) Diu
Ans: ( c )
Woods Despatch was prepared in
the year
a) 1835
b) 1850
c) 1852
d) 1854
Ans: ( d )
When did the office of the District
Collector was created?
a) 1748
b) 1756
c) 1772
d) 1801
Ans: ( c )