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

Question : 16 [UPPCS (Pre) 2016]

Which of the following was the first victim of Lord Dalhousie’s policy of doctrine of lapse?

a) Jhansi

b) Satara

c) Karauli

d) Sambhalpur

Question : 17 [IAS (Pre) 1997]

Who among the following was associated with suppression of thugs?

a) General Henry Prendergast

b) Captain Sleeman

c) Alexander Burres

d) Captain Robert Pemberton

Question : 18 [Orissa PSC (Pre) 2019]

‘‘In my belief, Congress is to tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise’’. Who wrote it?

a) Lord Lytton

b) Lord Dufferin

c) Lord Curzon

d) Lord Minto

Question : 19 [UPPCS (Mains) 2013]

Which one of the following is correctly matched?

a) Lord Ellenborough - Annexation of Awadh

b) Lord Dalhousie - Annexation of Sindh

c) Lord Wellesley - Fourth AngloMysore War

d) Sir John Shore - Third AngloMaratha War

Question : 20 [Karnataka PSC (Pre) 2019]

At the time when empires in Europe were crumbling before the might of Napoleon,
Which one of the following Governors-General kept the British flag flying high in India?

a) Lord Dalhousie

b) Lord Cornwallis

c) Lord Wellesley

d) Lord Hastings