governor, governor general and viceroy of india MCQs set 2 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

When was Peshwaship abolished?

a) 1858

b) 1818

c) 1861

d) 1802

Question : 2

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.  

a) 3 4 1 2

b) 4 1 3 2

c) 2 4 3 1

d) 3 2 1 4

Question : 3

Local Self-Government institutions in India were strengthened in 1882 by

a) George Barlow

b) Lord Rippon

c) Lord Curzon

d) Lord Lytton

Question : 4

At the time when empires in Europe were crumbling before the might of Napoleon,
Which one of the following Governors-General kept the British flag flying high in India?

a) Lord Dalhousie

b) Lord Cornwallis

c) Lord Wellesley

d) Lord Hastings

Question : 5

Which one of the following is correctly matched?

a) Lord Ellenborough - Annexation of Awadh

b) Lord Dalhousie - Annexation of Sindh

c) Lord Wellesley - Fourth AngloMysore War

d) Sir John Shore - Third AngloMaratha War

Question : 6

‘‘In my belief, Congress is to tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise’’. Who wrote it?

a) Lord Lytton

b) Lord Dufferin

c) Lord Curzon

d) Lord Minto