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51. The prime minister of Britain at the time of India’s independence was:
(a) Clement Attlee
(b) Winston Churchil
(c) Lord Mountabatton
(d) Ramsay McDonald
Answer: a
52. General Dyer who was responsible for Jallianwala Bagh massacre was shot dead
by:
(a) Udham Singh
(b) Hasrat Mohani
(c) Sohan Singh
(d) Kirpan Singh
Answer: a
53. The Home Rule Movement started by Annie Besant aimed at:
(a) Educating the Indian masses
(b) Agitating against the British monopoly
(c) Attaining self-rule for India
(d) Boycotting foreign goods
Answer: c
55. The capital of India was shifted to Delhi during the reign of:
(a) Lord Minto
(b) Lord Chelmsford
(c) Lord Hardinge
(d) Lord Curzon
Answer: c
58. Who was responsible for the introduction of English as the official language in
India?
(a) Sir Charles Wood
(b) Lord William Bentick
(c) A. O. Hume
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Answer: a
(d) 1890
Answer: b
65. The Cripps Mission visited India during the regime of:
(a) Lord Wavel
(b) Lord Linlithgow
(c) Lord Mountbatton
(d) Lord Curzon
Answer: b
66. The system of budget was introduced in India during the viceroyalty of:
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Elgin
(d) Lord Rippon
Answer: b
68. Who was the governor-general when the Great Mutiny of 1857 broke out?
(a) Lord Rippon
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord Dolhousie
(d) Lord Harding
Answer: b
69. The first fort which the British constructed in India was:
(a) Hoogly Fort
(b) St. George Fort
(c) Agra Fort
(d) Delhi Fort
Answer: b
71. Between which periods were the three Round Table conferences held in
London?
(a) 1906-1909
(b) 1915-1917
(c) 1930-1932
(d) 1935-1937
Answer: c
(a) Lahore
(b) Amritsar
(c) Delhi
(d) Agra
Answer: b
73. Who, among the following were popularly known as Red Shirts?
(a) Congress
(b) Khudai Khidmatgar
(c) Socialists
(d) Democrats
Answer: b
74. Who among the following analysed the cause of uprising of 1857 advocating a
reconciliation between the British and the Muslims?
(a) Syed Amir Ali
(b) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(c) Shah Waliullah
(d) Syed Ahmad Brailvi
Answer: b
75. Who was the viceroy of India when Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred?
(a) Lord Chelmsford
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Harding
(d) Lord Irvin
Answer: a
76. The first Indian woman president of the Indian National Congress was:
(a) Sarojni Naidu
(b) Kasturba Gandhi
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
Answer: a
77. When the monopoly of East India Company in trade brought under the control
of the British crown?
(a) 1773 AD
(b) 1770 AD
(c) 1775 AD
(d) 1780 AD
Answer: a
81. Which of the following movements truly reflected the spirit of Hindu-Muslim
unity?
(a) Khilafat Movement
(b) Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) Swadeshi Movement
(d) None of these
Answer: a
(b) 1937
(c) 1940
(d) 1945
Answer: b
86. The reform movement among the Muslims started by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as
____:
(a) Aligarh movement
(b) Khilafat movement
(c) Sufi movement
(d) Wahabi movement
Answer: a
87. During whose viceroyalty Queen Victoria was crowned with “Kaisar-i-Hind’ in
Delhi Darbar?
(a) Lord Lytton
(b) Hastings
(c) Elgin
(d) Lord Minto
Answer: a
88. In Bengal, the headquarters of East India Company were located at:
(a) Fort St. David
(b) Fort William
(c) Fort St. George
(d) None of these
Answer: b
94. Who was viceroy of India at the time of Quit India Movement?
(a) Lord Linlithgow
(b) Lord Wavell
(c) Lord Willington
(d) None of these
Answer: a
95. Who was the British prime minister at the time of Second Round Table
Conference?
(a) Ramsay MacDonald
(b) Clement Attlee
(c) Chambalain
(d) Curzon
Answer: a
96. Who was viceroy when prime minister Attlee showed intention to transfer power
to Indians?
(a) Lord Wavell
(b) Lord Irwin
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Linlithgo
Answer: a
97. Which of the following was East India Company’s most significant
parliamentary act:
(a) Regulation Act
(b) Charter Act, 1813
(c) Rowlatt Act
(d) None of these
Answer: a
99. Who amongst the following is associated with the Local Self-Government Act?
(a) Lord Rippon
(b) William Bentic
(c) Lord Cornwallis
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Answer: b
101. Indian Civil Services was introduced during the rule of:
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Minto
(d) Lord Mountbatton
Answer: b
102. During whose viceroyalty the capital was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?
(a) Lord Harding
(b) Lord Clive
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Lord Lytton
Answer: a
104. The provision for separate electrorate for Hindus and Muslims was made in:
(a) Minto-Morley Reforms
(b) Mountbatton Plan
(c) Government of India Act
(d) Montague Chelmsford Reforms
Answer: a