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

Question : 1 [UPPCS (Mains) 2011]

Who among the following formulated and implemented the ‘Doctrine of Lapse’?

a) Wellesley

b) Hastings

c) Dalhousie

d) Clive

Question : 2 [MPPCS (Pre) 2017]

An important event of Lord Dufferin’s tenure as Viceroy was

a) Establishment of Ramakrishna Mission

b) Establishment of Muslim League in Dhaka

c) Establishment of Indian National Congress

d) Beginning of the first Census

Question : 3 [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013]

Awadh was amalgamated into the British dominion in year

a) 1853

b) 1854

c) 1855

d) 1856

Question : 4 [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2010]

Which viceroy was murdered in his tenure?

a) Lord Curzon

b) Lord Mayo

c) Lord Ripon

d) Lord Wellesley

Question : 5 [IAS (Pre) 1999]

The Governor-General who followed a spirited ‘Forward’ policy towards Afghanistan was

a) Minto

b) Dufferin

c) Elgin

d) Lytton