CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge Modern Indian History Quiz 7 - MCQExams.com

Consider the following statements: 
1) Nizam of Hyderabad was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of a subsidiary alliance.
2) The Gurkha regiment was raised by Lord Cornwallis.
3) Lord Canning withdrew Doctrine of Lapse introduced by Lord Dalhousie.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • 1 and 2
  • Only 3
  • 1 and 3
  • None of these
Which one of the following pair is correctly matched?
  • Warren Hastings : The Battle of Plassey
  • Lord Cornwallis : The permanent settlement of Bengal
  • Lord Wellesley : The prohibition of Sati
  • Lord Dalhousie : Local Self-Government
Which of the following statements about the Montague-Chelmsford  Reforms is/are correct?
1) It was approved by King George V.
2) It made the central legislature bicameral.
3) The Act explicitly mentioned the appointment of three Indian members to the council.
  • 1, 2 and 3
  • 1 and 2
  • Only 2
  • 1 and 3
Who among the following was the first Governor General of India?
  • Lord Amherst
  • Lord William Bentinck
  • Sir Charles Metcalfe
  • Robert Clive
At a time when empires in Europe were crumbling before the might of Napoleon, which one of the following Governors-General kept the British flag flying high in India?
  • Warren Hastings
  • Lord Cornwallis
  • Lord Wellesley
  • Lord Hastings
Which one among the following pairs is not correctly matched?
  • Lord Wellesley : Subsidiary Alliance
  • Lord William : English Education
  • Warren Hastings : Local Self Government
  • Lord Lytton : Vernacular Press Act
Which one of the following provisions was not made in the Charter Act of 1833? 
  • The trading activities of the East India Company were to be abolished
  • The designation of the supreme authority was to be changed as the Governor-General of Indian Council
  • All law-making powers to be conferred on Governor-Generals in Council
  • An Indian was to be appointed as a law member in Governor-Generals Council
Which Act for the first time made it possible for Indians to lake some share in the administration of their country?
  • Charter Act, 1833
  • Charter Act, 1853
  • Government of India Act, 1858
  • Indian Councils Act, 1861
Which one among the following is not correct about the Subsidiary Alliance? 
  • It was formulated by Wellesley
  • British army was posted in the subsidiary state
  • It did not recognise an adopted heir to a subsidiary state
  • A British resident was posted in the subsidiary state
Consider the following statements about Doctrine of Lapse:
1) It was introduced by Lord Dalhousie. 
2) Satara was the first state to be annexed.
3) Annexation of Awadh in 1856 was on charges of maladministration.
4) Jaipur, Sambhalpur, Udaipur, Jhansi and Nagpur were some of the order states annexed through this doctrine.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
  • 1 and 2
  • 2, 3 and 4
  • 1, 3 and 4
  • All of these
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
  • Pitt's India Act : Warren Hastings
  • Doctrine of Lapse : Dalhousie
  • Venacular Press Act : Curzon
  • Ilbert Bill : Ripon
Which of the following statement(s) regarding the British administration in India is/are correct?
1) The Policy of Ring Fence referred to the setting up of a ring buffer states.
2) The Subsidiary Alliance Policy was nothing but the diplomatic tactics of the British to extend the British supremacy in India.
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
Consider the following events.
1) Introduction of State Railways 
2) Bhutan War
3) Durand Commission
4) Partition of Bengal
The chronological sequence of these events is _________.
  • 2, 1, 3 and 4
  • 3, 1, 4 and 2
  • 2, 1, 4 and 3
  • 4, 3, 1 and 2
Consider the following statements, regarding the Regulating Act, 1773.
1) The right to vote in the court of proprietors was raised from 500 to 1000.
2) The court of directors, hitherto elected every year, was henceforth to be elected for five years.
3) The number of directors was fixed at 24, one-fourth retiring every three years.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • 2 and 3
  • 1 and 2
  • All of these
The first Factory Act restricting the working hours of women and children and authorized local governments to make necessary rules was adopted during whose time?
  • Lord Lytton
  • Lord Bentinck
  • Lord Ripon
  • Lord Canning
Who among the following were the councillors of Governor-General, named in the Act of 1773?
1) Philip Francis 
2) Clavering 
3) Monson
4) EH Lecky
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
  • 1 and 3
  • 1, 2 and 3
  • 2, 3 and 4
  • All of these
Who among the following was associated with supression of thugs?
  • General Henry Predergast
  • Captain Steeman
  • Alexander Burnes
  • Caption Robert Pemberton
Consider the following statements about the Charter Act of 1833:
1) Company's monopoly over trade with China ended.
2) Bengal, Madras, Bombay and all other territories were placed under the complete control of the Government General.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
Which one among the following is correct about the Doctrine of Lapse?
  • It did not allow the Indian rulers to adopt any heir
  • It did not allow an adopted heir to rule a state after the death of the ruler
  • It made the annexation of Indian State compulsory after the death of a ruler
  • It made the annexation of India State compulsory if the adoption of heir had not been approved by the British authorities
Consider the following statements.
The Regulating Act, 1773 was passed by the British Parliment in order to:
1) establish Parliamentary control over the administration of the East India Company's territories in India.
2) make the Governor of Bengal as the Governor-General of Bengal.
3) end the dual system of administration in India.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • 1, 2 and 3
  • 1 and 2
  • 2 and 3
  • 1 and 3
Which of the following reforms was not introduced during the tenure of Lord Canning?
  • The (Hindu) Remarriage Act
  • Introduction of 'Paper Currency' in India
  • Indian Penal Codes and Criminal Procedure Code
  • Indo-European Telegraph Link
Consider the following statements:
1) Warren Hastings had established the dual system of government in Bengal in 1765.
2) He had established a Board of Revenue at Calcutta to supervise the collection of revenue.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • None of these
Consider the following statements:
1) The Charter Act, 1853 abolished East India Company's monopoly of Indian trade.
2) Under the Government of India Act, 1858, the British Parliament abolished the East India Company altogether and undertook the responsibility of ruling India directly.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
Who was the President of the Board of Revenue established by Warren Hastings?
  • Sir John Shore
  • Sir A Clarke
  • Sir George Baslow
  • Sir Charles Metcalfe
By a regulation in 1793, the district collector was deprived of his judicial powers and made the collecting agent only. What was the reason for such regulation?
  • Lord Cornwallis felt that the district collector's efficiency of revenue collection would enormously increase without the burden of other work.
  • Lord Cornwallis felt that judicial power should compulsorily be in the hands of Europeans while Indians can be given the job of revenue collection in the districts.
  • Lord Cornwallis was alarmed at the extent of power concentrated in the district collector and felt that such absolute power was undesirable in one person.
  • The judicial work demanded a deep knowledge of India and a good training in law and Lord Cornwallis felt that district collector should be only a revenue collector should be only a revenue collector.
Who started the construction of Grand Trunk Road from Calcutta to Delhi in 1839?
  • Lord Cornwallis
  • Lord Wellesley
  • Lord Auckland
  • None of them
The last major extension of British Indian territory took place during the time of ___________.
  • Dufferin
  • Dalhousie
  • Lytton
  • Curzon
The Governor-General who followed a spirited forward policy towards Afghanistan was ___________.
  • Minto
  • Dufferin
  • Elgin
  • Lytton
Consider the following statements:
Some of the main features of the Government of India Act, 1935 were:
1) abolition of dyarchy in the Governor's provinces.
2) power of Governors to veto legislative action and to legislate on their own.
3) abolition of the principle of communal representation.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • 1 and 2
  • Both 2 and 3
  • All of these
Who among the following was the first European to initiate the policy of taking part in the quarrels of Indian princes with a view to acquire territories?
  • Clive
  • Dupleix
  • Albuquerque
  • Warren Hastings
In 1856, Awadh would not have been annexed with the British Empire if the Nawab of Awadh had ____________.
  • allied with the British
  • not refused to introduce reforms as suggested by the British
  • fought against the British
  • a natural heir
Who was the Viceroy of India when British-India's capital was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?
  • Lord Curzon
  • Lord Hardinge
  • Lord Dalhousie
  • Lord William Bentinck
Which of the following statements relating to the Government of India Act, 1935 are correct?
1) It introduced provincial autonomy.
2) It proposed a federation of India.
3) It proposed for the establishment of a Federal Court.
  • 1, 2 and 3
  • 1 and 2
  • 2 and 3
  • 1 and 3
What was the purpose with which Sir William Wedderburn and WS Caine had set up the Indian Parliamentary Committee in 1893?
  • To agitate for Indian political reforms in the House of Commons
  • To campaign for the entry of Indians into the imperial judiciary
  • To facilitate a discussion on India's independence in the British Parliament
  • To agitate for the entry of eminent into the British Parliament
Which of the following Acts of British India strengthened the Viceroy's authority over his executive council by substituting 'portfolio' or departmental system for corporate functioning?
  • Indian Councils Act, 1861
  • Government of India Act, 1858
  • Indian Councils Act, 1892
  • Indian Councils Act, 1909
The most important aspect of Dalhousie's administration is related to the policy of annexation. His great annexations included:
1) Punjab
2) Lower Burma
3) Awadh
4) Major Central Provinces
Choose the correct answer from the following codes.
  • 3 and 4
  • 1 , 2 , 3 and 4
  • 1 and 3
  • Only 4
Consider the following statements regarding the Charter Act, 1853:
1) The number of the members of the Court of Director was reduced from 24 to 16 out of which 6 were to be nominated by the crown.
2) The law member was made a full member of the Governor-General's executive council and this council while sitting in its legislative capacity was enlarged by the addition of 12 members. 
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
Consider the following statement regarding the Pitts India Act, 1784:
1) In India, the chief government was placed in the hands of a Governor-General and a council of four
2) The court of proprietors lost the right to rescind, suspend or revoke any resolution of the directors which was approved by the Board of Control
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
When Congress leaders condemned the Montague-Chelmsford Report, many moderates left the party to form the ___________.
  • Swarajya Party
  • Indian Freedom Party
  • Independence Federation of India
  • Indian Liberal Federation
To which among the following, the residuary powers were conferred by the federation established by the Act of 1935?
  • Federal Legislature
  • Provincial Legislatures
  • Governor General
  • Provincial Governors
Consider the following statements:
1) Morley-Minto Reforms (1909) enlarged the powers of legislators.
2) The Government of India Act, 1858 vested the secretary of state for India with supreme control over the Government of India. 
3) Vernacular Press Act was repealed during the Viceroyalty of Lord Ripon.
4) The Montague-Chelmsford Report formed the basis of the Government of India Act, 1919.
5) The most short-lived of all the Britains constitutional experiments in India was the Indian Councils Act, 1909.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • 1 and 2
  • 2, 3 and 4
  • 1, 2, 3 and 5
  • All of the above
Consider the following statements regarding Act of 1784:
1) The Governor-General was empowered to disregard he did so in a formal way accepting the responsibility for his own action 
2) Under the Act the presidencies of Madras and Bombay were subordinated to the Governor-General and Council of Bengal in all matters of diplomacy , revenue and war.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
Who among the following was not a member of the Royal Commission on the Public Services in India, 1912?
  • Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  • Valentine Chirof
  • Abdur Rehim
  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Consider the following statements:
1) The foundation of Mohammedan Anglo-oriental college was laid by Lord Lytton in 1874 at Aligarh.
2) He proposed the plan of statutory civil services in 1878-79 and lowered the maximum age limit for civil services from 21 to 19 years.
Choose the right answer from the following codes.
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • None of these
Separate electorates for Muslims in India were introduced by which one of the following Acts?
  • Government of India Act , 1909
  • Indian Councils Act , 1892
  • Rowlatt Act , 1919
  • Government of Indian Act , 1935
Consider the following statements:
The objective of the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 was:
1) to give more power to the local government.
2) to establish dyarchy in the provisions .
3) the extension of provincial government.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
  • 1 and 2
  • 1, 2 and 3
  • 2 and 3
  • 1 and 3
Which of the following is/are the states annexed under the Doctrine of Lapse Scheme?
1) Satara 
2) Jaitapur
3) Lower Burma
4) Udaipur
Choose the right answer from the following codes.
  • 1, 2 and 4
  • 1, 2 and 3
  • 3 and 4
  • 1, 2, 3 and 4
Consider the following statements:
1) Lord Mountbatten was the Viceroy when Shimla Conference took place.
2) Indian Navy Revolt, 1946 took place when the Indian sailors in the Royal Indian Navy at Bombay and Karachi rose against the Government.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
Who was the Viceroy to be murdered in office?
  • Sir John Lawrence
  • Lord Elgin I
  • Lord Elgin II
  • Lord Mayo
Consider the following statements and identify with the help of the codes given below, the Viceroy who made the statement and when.
In my belief, Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise.
  • Lord Curzon in a letter to the Secretary of State in 1900
  • Lord Curzon while announcing the partition of Bengal
  • Lord Dufferin during the farewell speech at Calcutta
  • Lord Minto while addressing the Muslim delegation which met him at Shimla in 1906
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