Governors-General and Viceroys of British India - 02
101. Widow Remarriage Act (1856) was introduced during the period of:(a) Warren Hastings(b) Cornwallis (c)
Wellesley (d) Dalhousie
Answer: (d)
102. Who was Viceroy during the Pune Pact?
(a) Wellington (b) Wavell
(c) Linlithgo (d) Mountbatten
Answer: (a)
103. Appointment of an Educational Commission under Sir William Hunter in 1882 was during the period of:
(a) Lytton (b) Ripon
(c) Mayo (d) Dufferin
Answer: (b)
104.The Governor-General when the Treaty of Seringapatam was signed in 1792 between Tipu and the British:
(a) Warren Hastings(b) Cornwallis
(c) Wellesley (d) Dalhousie
Answer: (b)
105. Division of the Civil Services into Imperial, Provincial and Subordinate were done during the period of:
(a) Lord Lansdowne(b) Minto
(c) Dufferin (d) Curzon
Answer: (a)
106. Who was the Viceroy during the establishment of the High Courts at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1865?
(a) Lord John Lawrence (b) Dalhousie
(c) Canning (d) Mayo
Answer: (a)
107. Who was the Viceroy when the communal reservation was introduced for Muslims?
(a) Minto II (b) Hardinge II
(c)Chelmsford (d) Reading
Answer: (a)
108. Who was appointed as the Governor-General after the Regulating Act of 1773?
(a) Cornwallis (b) Wellesley
(c) Dalhousie (d) Warren Hastings
Answer: (d)
109.The Governor-General who inaugurated New Delhi on 18th January 1927:
(a) Reading (b) Irwin
(c) Linlithgo (d) Wellington
Answer: (b)
110. Who was the Governor-General when the Supreme Court was established at Kolkata?
(a) Wellesley (b) Cornwallis
(c) Warren Hastings (d) William Bentick
Answer: (c)
111. Department of Agriculture and Commerce was during the period of:
(a) John Lawrence (b) Minto
(c) Mayo (d) Ripon
Answer: (c)
112.The Viceroy who resigned in 1876 over the Afghan question:
(a) Northbrook (b) Mayo
(c) Dufferin (d) Curzon
Answer: (a)
113.The Viceroy during the Second Afghan War of (1878-80):
(a) Lytton (b) Ripon
(c) Mayo (d) Dufferin
Answer: (a)
114. Second Factory Act of 1891 was introduced during the period of:
(a) Lord Lansdowne(b) Mayo
(c) Dufferin (d) Ripon
Answer: (a)
115.The Viceroy who repealed the Rowlatt Act:
(a) Chelmsford (b) Reading
(c) Irwin (d) Wellington
Answer: (b)
116.The Viceroy who made the ‘Deepavali Declaration’:
(a) Wellington (b) Chelmsford
(c) Linlithgo (d) Irwin
Answer: (d)
117. Santhal uprising (1855-56) held during the period of:
(a) Dalhousie (b) Canning
(c) William Bentick (d) Lord Amherst
Answer: (a)
118.The Governor-General when ‘Wood’s Despatch’ was proposed:
(a) Canning (b) Dalhousie
(c) William Bentick (d) Wellesley
Answer: (b)
119. India Councils Act of 1861 was passed during the tenure of:
(a) Dufferin (b) Dalhousie
(c) Canning (d) Mayo
Answer: (c)
120. Who was the Viceroy when the Ancient Monument Protection Act was passed?
(a) Curzon (b) Mayo
(c) Minto II (d) Hardinge II
Answer: (a)
121. Who was the Viceroy when the Archaeological Survey of India was established?
(a) Lytton (b) Dufferin
(c) Curzon (d) Ripon
Answer: (c)
122. Who was the Viceroy when the grand coronation of George V was held at Delhi?
(a) Hardinge I (b) Hardinge II
(c) Minto II (d) Chelmsford
Answer: (b)
123. Government of India Act of 1935 was introduced when .... was the Viceroy:
(a) Chelmsford (b) Reading
(c) Irwin (d) Wellington
Answer: (d)
124. Simla Conference (1945) was held during the period of:
(a) Linlithgo (b) Wavell
(c) Mountbatten (d) Irwin
Answer: (b)
125. Who was the Viceroy when the Naval Mutiny (1946) was held?
(a) Wavell (b) Mountbatten
(c) Irwin (d) Linlithgo
Answer: (a)
126.The Viceroy who introduced the Budget system in India:
(a) Canning (b) Dufferin
(c) Mayo (d) Curzon
Answer: (a)
127.The Viceroy who ruled for the longest period:
(a) Wellington (b) Irwin (c)
Linlithgo (d) Mayo
Answer: (c)
128.The Viceroy who resigned after the Ilbert Bill controversy:
(a) Dufferin (b) Lytton
(c) Ripon (d) Canning
Answer: (c)
129.The Viceroy who formed the ‘Safety Valve Theory
(a) Canning (b) Mayo
(c) Curzon (d) Dufferin
Answer: (d)
130. Postal System was introduced in 1853 by:
(a) Canning (b) Dalhousie
(c) Dufferin (d) Wellesley
Answer: (b)
131. Who was the Viceroy when the First World War was ended?
(a) Reading (b) Hardinge II
(c) Chelmsford (d) Minto II
Answer: (c)
132.The only jew to become the Viceroy of India:
(a) Minto II (b) Hardinge II
(c) Chelmsford (d) Reading
Answer: (d)
133. Who was Popularly known as the ‘Christian Viceroy’?
(a) Wellington (b) Irwin
(c) Wavell (d) Linlithgo
Answer: (b)
134. Who was the first to rule India with the designation of ‘Governor-General of India’, which was introduced in 1833 as complete authority all over India was granted?
(a) William Bentick (b) Dalhousie
(c) Canning (d) Hardinge I
Answer: (a)
135.The Viceroy who established two colleges for the education and political training of the Indian Princes:
(a) Dufferin (b) Mayo
(c) Minto (d) Curzon
Answer: (b)
136. Simon Commission was appointed during the reign of:
(a) Hardinge II (b) Chelmsford
(c) Reading (d) Irwin
Answer: (d)
137.The Viceroy when Sharda Act, which raised the marriageable age, was passed?
(a) Irwin (b) Reading
(c) Chelmsford (d) Linlithgo
Answer: (a)
138. Who was the Viceroy when Reserve Bank of India was formed in 1935?
(a) Reading (b) Irwin
(c) Wellington (d) Wavell
Answer: (c)
139.The Governor-General who laid the foundation of the Police force in India:
(a) Cornwallis (b) William Bentick
(c) Dalhousie (d) Wellesley
Answer: (a)
140.The Governor-General who ruled for the longest period:
(a) Wellesley (b) Cornwallis
(c) Warren Hastings (d) William Bentick
Answer: (c)
141.The Viceroy who followed ‘Forward Policy’:
(a) Dufferin (b) Ripon
(c) Mayo (d) Lytton
Answer: (d)
142. The Federal Court of India was brought into existence in 1937 during the reign of:
(a) Wavell (b) Reading
(c) Linlithgo (d) Mountbatten
Answer: (c)
143.The Viceroy when the Second World War was started:
(a) Mountbatten (b) Linlithgo
(c) Wavell (d) Reading
Answer: (b)
144.The Viceroy when the Second World War was ended:
(a) Mountbatten (b) Wavell
(c) Reading (d) Linlithgo
Answer: (b)
145.The Viceroy who faced the Famine of 1943?
(a) Wavell (b) Irwin
(c) Chelmsford (d) Mountbatten
Answer: (a)
146. Name the Viceroy who was the supreme commander of the Allied Forces in South East Asia during the Second World War:
(a) Irwin (b) Wavell
(c) Mountbatten (d) Linlithgo
Answer: (c)
147.The Viceroy who headed the interim government assumed office on 2nd September 1946:
(a) Wavell (b) Linlithgo
(c) Irwin (d) Mountbatten
Answer: (a)
148.The first and last Indian to become the Governor-General of independent India:
(a) Mountbatten (b) Rajendraprasad
(c) Rajagopalachari (d) S Radhakrishnan
Answer: (c)
149.The first occupant of ‘Viceregal Palace’:
(a) Reading (b) Irwin
(c) Chelmsford (d) Wellington
Answer: (b)
150.The last Viceroy of British India:
(a) Wavell (b) Linlithgo
(c) Wellington (d) Mountbatten
Answer: (d)
151. What was the name of the British Viceroy responsible for involving Indians in the Second World War?
A. Canning B. Dalhousie
C. Linlithgow D. Litton
Answer: (C)
152. The Governor-General who followed a spirited " Forward" policy towards Afghanistan was
A) Lord Curzon B) Lytton
C) Lord Dalhousie D) Lord Linlithgow
Answer: (B)
153. The British Governor-General and Viceroy who served for the longest period in India was
A) Lord Curzon B) Lord Irwin
C) Lord Dalhousie D) Lord Linlithgow
Answer: (D)
154. Lord Curzon announced the partition of Bengal on :
A. 16 October 1911 B. 16 October 1896
C. 16 October 1907 D. 16 October 1905
Answer: (D)
155. 10. Who was the only Governor-General/Viceroy to be assassinated in India
A). Lord Minto, I B). Lord Mountbatten
C). Lord Mayo D). Lord Cornwallis
Answer: (C)
(a) Canning (b) Dufferin
(c) Mayo (d) Curzon
Answer: (a)
127.The Viceroy who ruled for the longest period:
(a) Wellington (b) Irwin (c)
Linlithgo (d) Mayo
Answer: (c)
128.The Viceroy who resigned after the Ilbert Bill controversy:
(a) Dufferin (b) Lytton
(c) Ripon (d) Canning
Answer: (c)
129.The Viceroy who formed the ‘Safety Valve Theory
(a) Canning (b) Mayo
(c) Curzon (d) Dufferin
Answer: (d)
130. Postal System was introduced in 1853 by:
(a) Canning (b) Dalhousie
(c) Dufferin (d) Wellesley
Answer: (b)
131. Who was the Viceroy when the First World War was ended?
(a) Reading (b) Hardinge II
(c) Chelmsford (d) Minto II
Answer: (c)
132.The only jew to become the Viceroy of India:
(a) Minto II (b) Hardinge II
(c) Chelmsford (d) Reading
Answer: (d)
133. Who was Popularly known as the ‘Christian Viceroy’?
(a) Wellington (b) Irwin
(c) Wavell (d) Linlithgo
Answer: (b)
134. Who was the first to rule India with the designation of ‘Governor-General of India’, which was introduced in 1833 as complete authority all over India was granted?
(a) William Bentick (b) Dalhousie
(c) Canning (d) Hardinge I
Answer: (a)
135.The Viceroy who established two colleges for the education and political training of the Indian Princes:
(a) Dufferin (b) Mayo
(c) Minto (d) Curzon
Answer: (b)
136. Simon Commission was appointed during the reign of:
(a) Hardinge II (b) Chelmsford
(c) Reading (d) Irwin
Answer: (d)
137.The Viceroy when Sharda Act, which raised the marriageable age, was passed?
(a) Irwin (b) Reading
(c) Chelmsford (d) Linlithgo
Answer: (a)
138. Who was the Viceroy when Reserve Bank of India was formed in 1935?
(a) Reading (b) Irwin
(c) Wellington (d) Wavell
Answer: (c)
139.The Governor-General who laid the foundation of the Police force in India:
(a) Cornwallis (b) William Bentick
(c) Dalhousie (d) Wellesley
Answer: (a)
140.The Governor-General who ruled for the longest period:
(a) Wellesley (b) Cornwallis
(c) Warren Hastings (d) William Bentick
Answer: (c)
141.The Viceroy who followed ‘Forward Policy’:
(a) Dufferin (b) Ripon
(c) Mayo (d) Lytton
Answer: (d)
142. The Federal Court of India was brought into existence in 1937 during the reign of:
(a) Wavell (b) Reading
(c) Linlithgo (d) Mountbatten
Answer: (c)
143.The Viceroy when the Second World War was started:
(a) Mountbatten (b) Linlithgo
(c) Wavell (d) Reading
Answer: (b)
144.The Viceroy when the Second World War was ended:
(a) Mountbatten (b) Wavell
(c) Reading (d) Linlithgo
Answer: (b)
145.The Viceroy who faced the Famine of 1943?
(a) Wavell (b) Irwin
(c) Chelmsford (d) Mountbatten
Answer: (a)
146. Name the Viceroy who was the supreme commander of the Allied Forces in South East Asia during the Second World War:
(a) Irwin (b) Wavell
(c) Mountbatten (d) Linlithgo
Answer: (c)
147.The Viceroy who headed the interim government assumed office on 2nd September 1946:
(a) Wavell (b) Linlithgo
(c) Irwin (d) Mountbatten
Answer: (a)
148.The first and last Indian to become the Governor-General of independent India:
(a) Mountbatten (b) Rajendraprasad
(c) Rajagopalachari (d) S Radhakrishnan
Answer: (c)
149.The first occupant of ‘Viceregal Palace’:
(a) Reading (b) Irwin
(c) Chelmsford (d) Wellington
Answer: (b)
150.The last Viceroy of British India:
(a) Wavell (b) Linlithgo
(c) Wellington (d) Mountbatten
Answer: (d)
151. What was the name of the British Viceroy responsible for involving Indians in the Second World War?
A. Canning B. Dalhousie
C. Linlithgow D. Litton
Answer: (C)
152. The Governor-General who followed a spirited " Forward" policy towards Afghanistan was
A) Lord Curzon B) Lytton
C) Lord Dalhousie D) Lord Linlithgow
Answer: (B)
153. The British Governor-General and Viceroy who served for the longest period in India was
A) Lord Curzon B) Lord Irwin
C) Lord Dalhousie D) Lord Linlithgow
Answer: (D)
154. Lord Curzon announced the partition of Bengal on :
A. 16 October 1911 B. 16 October 1896
C. 16 October 1907 D. 16 October 1905
Answer: (D)
155. 10. Who was the only Governor-General/Viceroy to be assassinated in India
A). Lord Minto, I B). Lord Mountbatten
C). Lord Mayo D). Lord Cornwallis
Answer: (C)
156. During whose viceroyalty was the Railway Board set up?
Curzon
157. During the time of which Viceroy Jatin Das died of hunger strike?
Irwin
158. The Viceroy when the Ancient Monument Protection Act was passed? Curzon
159. The Viceroy when the first Factory Act was introduced?
Ripon
160. The Viceroy when the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly was held:
Wavell
161. The viceroy when the first regular census was held in 1881?
Ripon
162. The Viceroy when the First World War was ended?
Chelmsford
163. After 1857, who announced at a Durbar at Allahabad, the assumption of the Government of India by the Sovereign of Great Britain?
Canning
164. During whose reign Bihar and Orissa were separated from Bengal?
Hardinge II
165. Indian Evidence Act 1872 was passed during the period of:
Mayo
166. Labour Acts were introduced for the first time in India during the reign of:
Ripon
167. Mc Donnel Commission was appointed during the period of:
Lytton
168. During whose reign Khudiram Bose was hanged?
Minto II
169. Name the Viceroy during whose reign the age for entry in the Civil Services was once again raised to 21 years?
Ripon
170. Name the Viceroy during whose tenure categorisation of Civil Services as Imperial, Provincial and Subordinate occurred?
Lansdowne
171. Name the Viceroy during whose tenure provincial autonomy brought into practice-
Linlithgow
172. Who was the Governor-General when the Universities of Kolkata, Bombay and Madras were established?
Canning
173. Who was the India Viceroy when Clement Atlee announced
the decision to grant freedom to India:
Wavell
174. Who was the India Viceroy when the Second World War ended:
Wavell
175. Who was the ruler of British India when the income tax was introduced on an experimental basis?
Canning
176. Name the Viceroy of India who suppressed the mutiny of Wahabis:
Elgin I
177. Name the Viceroy when election to the Constituent Assembly was held:
Wavell
178. During whose tenure SP Sinha became the first Indian Member of Viceroy’s Executive Council?
Minto II
179. During whose tenure the first women’s university in India was established?
Chelmsford
180. Name the Viceroy when Muslim League observed ‘Direct Action Day’:
Wavell
181. Name the Viceroy when Saddler Commission was appointed in 1917:
Chelmsford
182. Who appointed a Famine Commission under Richard Strachy?
Lytton
183. Who appointed Boundary Commission to demarcate the boundary between India and Pakistan:
Mountbatten
184. Who appointed Raleigh Commission?
Curzon
185. Who introduced the Arms Act in 1878?
Lytton
Curzon
157. During the time of which Viceroy Jatin Das died of hunger strike?
Irwin
158. The Viceroy when the Ancient Monument Protection Act was passed? Curzon
159. The Viceroy when the first Factory Act was introduced?
Ripon
160. The Viceroy when the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly was held:
Wavell
161. The viceroy when the first regular census was held in 1881?
Ripon
162. The Viceroy when the First World War was ended?
Chelmsford
163. After 1857, who announced at a Durbar at Allahabad, the assumption of the Government of India by the Sovereign of Great Britain?
Canning
164. During whose reign Bihar and Orissa were separated from Bengal?
Hardinge II
165. Indian Evidence Act 1872 was passed during the period of:
Mayo
166. Labour Acts were introduced for the first time in India during the reign of:
Ripon
167. Mc Donnel Commission was appointed during the period of:
Lytton
168. During whose reign Khudiram Bose was hanged?
Minto II
169. Name the Viceroy during whose reign the age for entry in the Civil Services was once again raised to 21 years?
Ripon
170. Name the Viceroy during whose tenure categorisation of Civil Services as Imperial, Provincial and Subordinate occurred?
Lansdowne
171. Name the Viceroy during whose tenure provincial autonomy brought into practice-
Linlithgow
172. Who was the Governor-General when the Universities of Kolkata, Bombay and Madras were established?
Canning
173. Who was the India Viceroy when Clement Atlee announced
the decision to grant freedom to India:
Wavell
174. Who was the India Viceroy when the Second World War ended:
Wavell
175. Who was the ruler of British India when the income tax was introduced on an experimental basis?
Canning
176. Name the Viceroy of India who suppressed the mutiny of Wahabis:
Elgin I
177. Name the Viceroy when election to the Constituent Assembly was held:
Wavell
178. During whose tenure SP Sinha became the first Indian Member of Viceroy’s Executive Council?
Minto II
179. During whose tenure the first women’s university in India was established?
Chelmsford
180. Name the Viceroy when Muslim League observed ‘Direct Action Day’:
Wavell
181. Name the Viceroy when Saddler Commission was appointed in 1917:
Chelmsford
182. Who appointed a Famine Commission under Richard Strachy?
Lytton
183. Who appointed Boundary Commission to demarcate the boundary between India and Pakistan:
Mountbatten
184. Who appointed Raleigh Commission?
Curzon
185. Who introduced the Arms Act in 1878?
Lytton
186. Who repealed the Press Act of 1910:
Reading
187. Name Who wrote home these words after his first meeting with Mahatma Gandhi:
“Mr Gandhi’s religious and moral views are, I believe, admirable, but I confess that I find it difficult to understand the practice of them in politics.”
Lord Reading
188. Whose reign witnessed the deposition of Gaikwad of Baroda in 1875:
Northbrook
189. Sir Thomas Robertson Committee related to the administration and working of the railways was appointed during the Viceroyalty of:
Curzon
190. Statistical Survey of India was established during the reign of:
Mayo
191. Name the Viceroy when Subhas Chandra Bose founded Forward Bloc: Linlithgow
192. Name Who abolished income tax imposed since times of Canning: Northbrook
193. The Viceroy when Diarchy was introduced in provinces as per the Govt of India Act, 1919?
Chelmsford
194. The Viceroy when Edward VII was declared as the emperor of India?
Curzon
195. The Viceroy when Edward VIII abdicated British throne:
Linlithgow
196. The British Viceroy during the first Anglo-Burmese war?
Dufferin
197. Who gave up the policy of masterly inactivity towards Afghanistan followed by his predecessors Mayo, John Lawrence and North Brook and followed an aggressive policy:
Lytton
198. The decision to hold simultaneous examinations for the ICS in Delhi and London was brought into effect during the tenure of which Viceroy?
Reading
199. The first occupant of ‘Viceregal Palace’:
Irwin
200. Name Who introduced Bengal Rent Act:
Canning
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187. Name Who wrote home these words after his first meeting with Mahatma Gandhi:
“Mr Gandhi’s religious and moral views are, I believe, admirable, but I confess that I find it difficult to understand the practice of them in politics.”
Lord Reading
188. Whose reign witnessed the deposition of Gaikwad of Baroda in 1875:
Northbrook
189. Sir Thomas Robertson Committee related to the administration and working of the railways was appointed during the Viceroyalty of:
Curzon
190. Statistical Survey of India was established during the reign of:
Mayo
191. Name the Viceroy when Subhas Chandra Bose founded Forward Bloc: Linlithgow
192. Name Who abolished income tax imposed since times of Canning: Northbrook
193. The Viceroy when Diarchy was introduced in provinces as per the Govt of India Act, 1919?
Chelmsford
194. The Viceroy when Edward VII was declared as the emperor of India?
Curzon
195. The Viceroy when Edward VIII abdicated British throne:
Linlithgow
196. The British Viceroy during the first Anglo-Burmese war?
Dufferin
197. Who gave up the policy of masterly inactivity towards Afghanistan followed by his predecessors Mayo, John Lawrence and North Brook and followed an aggressive policy:
Lytton
198. The decision to hold simultaneous examinations for the ICS in Delhi and London was brought into effect during the tenure of which Viceroy?
Reading
199. The first occupant of ‘Viceregal Palace’:
Irwin
200. Name Who introduced Bengal Rent Act:
Canning
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