Chronology of British India Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 11

Why did British resort to the ‘Downward Filtration Theory’ till 1854

a) To justify their social policy in India

b) To justify their education policy in India

c) To justify their industrial policy in India

d) To justify their commercial policy in India

Question : 12

Why was Bombay handed over to the British by the Portuguese?

a) The Portuguese handed it over to the British after a peace-treaty in Europe

b) The marriage of Charles II with The Portuguese princes Catherine of Braganza

c) The defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British in 1588

d) Due to Portuguese independence from Spain

Question : 13

Who was the first Portuguese Viceroy in India?

a) Vasco-da-Gama

b) Albuquerque

c) Da Almeida

d) Duarte Pacheo

Question : 14

“White Mutiny” by the European soldiers, was staged during the period of:

a) Canning

b) Ripon

c) Dalhousie

d) Mayo

Question : 15

By which Governor General and when was the Carnatic state annexed?

a) Lord Minto-1808

b) Lord Wellesly-1801

c) Sir John Shore-1797

d) Lord Cornwallis-1792