Quiz: Governor , governor general and viceroy of India

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Number of Questions: 25

Question: 21 -

Awadh was annexed to British Empire in India by

Options:
  1. By declaring the State as maladministered

  2. Doctrine of Lapse

  3.  By waging war

  4. Policy of subsidiary alliance

  5. Answer:

    By declaring the State as maladministered

    Solution not available.

Question: 22 -

Sir Thomas Munro was Governor of Madras during years

Options:
  1. 1820-1827 A.D.

  2. 1818-1825 A.D.

  3. 1822-1829 A.D.

  4. 1819-1826 A.D.

  5. Answer:

    1820-1827 A.D.

    Solution not available.

Question: 23 -

Who compared Curzon’s administration in India to that of Aurangzeb?

Options:
  1. Annie Besant

  2. B.G. Tilak

  3. G.K. Gokhale

  4. Dadabhai Naoroji

  5. Answer:

    G.K. Gokhale

    Solution not available.

Question: 24 -

The right to adopt heir in place of own son was reestablished by

Options:
  1. Queen’s announcement of 1858

  2.  Lord Canning

  3. Government of India Act of 1858

  4. Release of Charter in 1860

  5. Answer:

    Queen’s announcement of 1858

    Solution not available.

Question: 25 -

Who introduced Subsidiary Alliance System in the administration to establish the British power over the Indian States?

Options:
  1. Lord Cornwallis

  2. Lord Dalhousie

     

  3.  Lord Wellesley

  4. Warren Hastings

  5. Answer:

     Lord Wellesley

    Solution not available.