Governor, Governor General and Viceroy Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 26 [Arunachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2017]

Who was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of the subsidiary alliance?

a) Sindhia of Gwalior

b) Nizam of Hyderabad

c) Dalip Singh of Punjab

d) Gaikwad of Baroda

Question : 27 [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2013]

Public Works Department was organised in 1845-1855 by

a) Lord Dalhousie

b) Lord Cornwallis

c) George Auckland

d) Warren Hastings

Question : 28 [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 1998]

Which one of the following is correctly matched?

a) Lord Cornwallis - Permanent Settlement

b) Lord Wellesley - Masterly Inactivity

c) Lord Dalhousie - Subsidiary Alliance

d) Lord Canning - Foundation of Indian National Congress

Question : 29 [UPPCS (Mains) 2014]

Consider the following which concluded the subsidiary alliances with Lord Wellesley and finds the correct chronological order of their treaties from the code given below.

1. Hyderabad
2. Mysore
3. Awadh
4. Sindhia

a) 1, 2, 3, 4

b) 1, 3, 4, 2

c) 4, 3, 2, 1

d) 3, 2, 1, 4

Question : 30 [47th BPSC (Pre) 2005]

Who among the following abolished ‘Dual Government’ system in Bengal?

a) Robert Clive

b) Lord Cornwallis

c) Warren Hastings

d) None of the above