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

Question : 1

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 : 2

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 : 3

Prior to 1813, which among the following measures, was not adopted by the British to exploit the Indians economically ?

a) Monopolising the trade of raw goods wherever possible and selling them at high rates

b) Forcing Indiancraftsman to produce quality products in fixed quantity and at fixed price

c) Free Trade Policy

d) Elimination of Indian traders from competition by every means

Question : 4

“The greater the number of the forts you hold the weaker will be your power. Let our forces be on the sea, because if we should not be powerful at sea, everything will be at once against it” whose words are these?

a) Vasco-da-Gama

b) Albuquerque

c) Da Almeida

d) Duarte Pacheo

Question : 5

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 : 6

The Cape of Good Hope was discovered by

a) Vasco-da-Gama

b) Dc almeida

c) Albuquerque Diaz

d) Bartholomew