BRITISH RULE IN INDIA QUIZ

Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Charter Act of 1793? I. Renewed the Charter of the Company for 20 more years.II. Regulated the finances of the Company.III. Lay down that the salaries of the Board of Control and their staffs were to be paid from the British revenues.IV. Prohibited the Commander-in-Chief from being a member of the Governor General's Council

I, II & III

I, II & IV

II & III

I & II

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In which year was the title of Governor general chanced to that of the Viceroy?

1878

1885

1861

1858

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Throughout the 19th century intermittent uprisings occurred in Malabar, especially in the __________ and Valluvanad taluks.Twenty two such riots were reported from different parts of Malabar

Travancore

Cochi

Kannur

Ernad

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Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?

Dadabhai Naoroji

Bipin Chandra Pal

GopalaKrishna Gokhale

Lala Lajpat Rai

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During the first hundred years of the British rule in India, people's resentment and opposition to the British policies mainly surfaced in the form of

Both (a) and (b) above

Tribal uprisings

Civil uprisings

Peasant uprisings

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'We do not seek our independence out of Britain's ruin' said

Mahatma Gandhi

Gokhale

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

Rabindranath Tagore

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The East India Company was established in the year

1700 AD

1669 AD

1607 AD

1600 AD

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Which of the following Government of India Act/Indian Council Act brought three separate presidencies (Madras, Bombay and Bengal) into a common system?

Government of India Act, 1919

Indian Council Act of 1861

Indian Council Act of 1909

Government of India Act, 1935

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Which of the following authorised the British Government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law

Government of India Act of 1935

Rowlatt Act of 1919

Government Of India Act of 1919

Indian Council Act of 1909

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In March 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill appointed the Cripps Mission to resolve Indian political crisis because

he was under pressure from the US President Roosevelt

both (a) and (b) above

of INA's initial success on India's eastern borders

of the gravity of the Japanese war menace on India's borders

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