chronology of british india MCQs set 2 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Which one of the following statements related to the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773 during the American War of Independence is correct?

a) The revolutionaries stealthily entered into the ships and threw all the chests of tea into the water

b) The revolutionaries hosted a Tea Party in the honour of Charles Townshend, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer in order to place their grievances before him

c) It marked a celebration when Lord North, the successor of Townshend, repealed some of the duties imposed by Townshend

d) It was a protest against the Quebec Act

Question : 2

Who among the following has started the Public Works Department in India in AD 1848?

a) Lord William Bentinck

b) Lord Dalhousie

c) Lord Wellesley

d) Lord Cornwallis

Question : 3

Which of the following governor general was responsible for passing the famous Regulation XVII of 1829 which declared sati illegal and punishable by courts?

a) John Adam

b) Amherst

c) William Bentinck

d) Auckland

Question : 4

Which one of the following was not a result of British colonial rule in India?

a) Ruin of Indian agriculture

b) Ruin of Indian industries

c) Ruin of Indian trade

d) Ruin of Indian feudalism

Question : 5

The Cape of Good Hope was discovered by

a) Vasco-da-Gama

b) Dc almeida

c) Albuquerque Diaz

d) Bartholomew

Question : 6

The suppression of Indian language newspapers under the Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was caused by the criticism of

a) lavish lifestyle of the English officials

b) ill-treatment given to Indigo workers by their English masters

c) inhuman approach of English officials towards the victims of the famine of 1876-77

d) misuse of religious places of India by English officials