british period MCQs set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

In which year were Factories opened for the first time in Orissa.

a) 1613 A.D.

b) 1632 A.D.

c) 1639 A.D.

d) 1663 A.D.

Question : 2

Who was the architect of Communal Award?

a) Lord Linlithgow

b) Lord Reading

c) Lord Irwin

d) Ramsay Macdonald

Question : 3

Which of the following is wrongly matched?

a) The Pitt’s India Act (1784)—Board of Control to guide and control Company affairs.

b) Charter Act of 1813—Company’s monopoly of trade with India ended.

c) Charter Act of 1833—Company’s debt taken over by the Government of India.

d) Charter Act of 1853—To regulate Company’s affairs.

Question : 4

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

Question : 5

Who of the following Governor-Generals realised the importance of Rajput alliance and entered into treaties with a number of Rajput states?

a) Warren Hastings

b) Lord Cornwallis

c) Lord Wellesley

d) Lord Hastings

Question : 6

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