governor, governor general and viceroy of india MCQs set 3 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

The first railway line in India was started in the year

a) 1853

b) 1850

c) 1840

d) 1890

Question : 2

The first Indian ruler who joined the Subsidiary Alliance was

a) The Nawab of Awadh

b) The Nizam of Hyderabad

c) Peshwa Bajirao II

d) The King of Travancore

Question : 3

The Archaeological Survey of India was established in the period of

a) Warren Hastings

b) Lord Wellesley

c) Lord Curzon

d) Lord William Bentinck

Question : 4

Consider the following statements.

1. The Factories Act, 1881 was passed with a view to fix the wages of industrial workers and to allow the workers to form trade unions.
2. N.M. Lokhande was a pioneer in organizing the labour movement in British India

a) Only 1

b) Only 2

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Question : 5

Who among the following was the only Jewish Viceroy of India?

a) Lord Curzon

b) Lord Canning

c) Lord Irwin

d) Lord Reading

Question : 6

Which of the following is not correctly matched?

a) Lord Cornwallis - Permanent Settlement

b) Lord Wellesley - Subsidiary Alliance System

c) Lord Hastings - Second AngloMaratha War

d) Lord William Bentinck - Seventeenth Regulation of 1829