chronology of british india MCQs set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Find out the wrongly matched one/ones

1. Lytton-Lee Commission
2. Mayo-Scholarship scheme
3. Ripon-Repeal of Vernacular Press Act
4. Canning-Queen Victoria’s Proclamation

a) 2, 3, 4

b) 1 and 2

c) 2 and 4

d) 4 only

Question : 2

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 : 3

The Supreme Court at Calcutta was established by

a) North’s Regulating Act of 1773

b) Pitt’s India Act of 1784

c) Charter Act of 1793

d) Charter Act of 1813

Question : 4

Who was the architect of Communal Award?

a) Lord Linlithgow

b) Lord Reading

c) Lord Irwin

d) Ramsay Macdonald

Question : 5

Which British military officer defeated Tipu Sultan in India, Napolean Bonaparte in Europe and eventually, became the Duke of Wellington?

a) Arthur Wellesley

b) Robert Clive

c) Warren Hastings

d) Richard Wellesley

Question : 6

The Portuguese established their first business centre at

a) Calicut

b) Surat

c) Goa

d) Cochin