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Governor generals & viceroy - Test Set 1

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  1. Question 1

    Which British Governor-General of India was in power during the Young Husband Expedition to Tibet?
    1. Lord Curzon
    2. Lord Minto II
    3. Lord Lytton
    4. Lord Ripon
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  2. Question 2

    The Dual System of Government in Bengal was introduced by:
    1. Warren Hastings
    2. Lord Wellesley
    3. Robert Clive
    4. Lord Cornwallis
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  3. Question 3

    Which Act designated the Governor of Bengal as the ‘Governor-General of Bengal’?
    1. Pitt’s India Act, 1784
    2. The Regulating Act, 1773
    3. Charter Act, 1793
    4. Charter Act, 1813
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  4. Question 4

    Who was the first Governor-General of Bengal?
    1. Robert Clive
    2. Lord Cornwallis
    3. Lord Wellesley
    4. Warren Hastings
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  5. Question 5

    Who established the Calcutta Madrasa in 1781?
    1. Lord Cornwallis
    2. Warren Hastings
    3. Lord Wellesley
    4. Jonathan Duncan
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  6. Question 6

    The policy of Subsidiary Alliance was introduced by:
    1. Lord Cornwallis
    2. Lord Wellesley
    3. Lord Hastings
    4. Lord Dalhousie
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  7. Question 7

    Fort William College was established in Calcutta by which Governor-General?
    1. Warren Hastings
    2. Lord Cornwallis
    3. Lord Wellesley
    4. Lord Minto I
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  8. Question 8

    Which Governor-General abolished Sati in 1829?
    1. Lord Hastings
    2. Lord Amherst
    3. Lord Auckland
    4. Lord William Bentinck
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  9. Question 9

    The English Education Act 1835 was passed during the tenure of which Governor-General, based on Macaulay's Minute?
    1. Lord Auckland
    2. Lord Hardinge I
    3. Lord William Bentinck
    4. Lord Ellenborough
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  10. Question 10

    Wood's Despatch of 1854, related to educational reforms, was sent during the tenure of:
    1. Lord William Bentinck
    2. Lord Hardinge I
    3. Lord Dalhousie
    4. Lord Canning
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  11. Question 11

    Who was the Governor-General of India during the Sepoy Mutiny/Revolt of 1857?
    1. Lord Dalhousie
    2. Lord Canning
    3. Lord Elgin I
    4. Lord Lawrence
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  12. Question 12

    The Government of India Act, 1858, transferred the power from the East India Company to the British Crown and changed the designation of Governor-General of India to:
    1. Secretary of State for India
    2. Commander-in-Chief of India
    3. Viceroy of India
    4. President of the Board of Control
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  13. Question 13

    Which Viceroy was assassinated in the Andaman Islands in 1872?
    1. Lord Lawrence
    2. Lord Northbrook
    3. Lord Lytton
    4. Lord Mayo
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  14. Question 14

    The Vernacular Press Act, 1878, which imposed restrictions on newspapers published in Indian languages, was enacted during the viceroyalty of:
    1. Lord Lytton
    2. Lord Northbrook
    3. Lord Ripon
    4. Lord Dufferin
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  15. Question 15

    Which Viceroy repealed the controversial Vernacular Press Act in 1882?
    1. Lord Lytton
    2. Lord Ripon
    3. Lord Dufferin
    4. Lord Lansdowne
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  16. Question 16

    The first synchronous census in India was conducted in 1881 during the tenure of:
    1. Lord Lytton
    2. Lord Dufferin
    3. Lord Ripon
    4. Lord Lansdowne
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  17. Question 17

    Who is known as the 'Father of Local Self-Government' in India?
    1. Lord Lytton
    2. Lord Mayo
    3. Lord Curzon
    4. Lord Ripon
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  18. Question 18

    The Ilbert Bill controversy arose during the viceroyalty of:
    1. Lord Lytton
    2. Lord Ripon
    3. Lord Dufferin
    4. Lord Lansdowne
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  19. Question 19

    The Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 during the viceroyalty of:
    1. Lord Ripon
    2. Lord Lansdowne
    3. Lord Dufferin
    4. Lord Elgin II
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  20. Question 20

    Who established the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on a permanent footing and passed the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904?
    1. Lord Ripon
    2. Lord Lansdowne
    3. Lord Curzon
    4. Lord Minto II
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