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All British India Questions(1–40 of 40)

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Q1mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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Who was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of Subsidiary Alliance?
Q2mediummcqGeneral AwarenessSSC Selection Post 2018 Higher Secondary Level2026
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1878 में वर्ना क्यूलर प्रेस एक्ट की शुरुआत कि सने की , जि सने भा रती य भा षा ओं में प्रका शि त हो ने वा ले अखबा रों को सेंसरशि प के अधी न कर दि या ?
Q3mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exams2026
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Whom did Lord Curzon entrust as architect for Victoria Memorial Hall?
Q4mediummcqIndian HistoryWBCS Prelims 20182026
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Who among the following was associated with the French?
Q5mediummcqHistorySSC CGL2026
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The decision to effect the Partition of Bengal was announced in 1905 by?
Q6mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam Mock2026
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Who was the Governor-General of Bengal when the Asiatic Society was founded ?
Q7mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam Practice Paper2026
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During whose Governor-Generalship, Indian Civil Service (I.C.S.) was introduced?
Q8mediummcqHistoryGeneral Practice2026
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Who introduced the railways and telegraphs in India?
Q9mediummcqHistoryGeneral Practice2026
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Who passed the 'Vernacular Press Act'?
Q10mediummcqHistoryIndian Competitive Exam Prep2026
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The Chamber of Princes (Narendra Mandal) was established in which year?
Q11mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam Mock2026
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Who introduced the Ryotwari settlement in Madras?
Q12mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam Mock2026
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Which incident prompted the appointment of the Hunter Committee?
Q13mediummcqGeneral AwarenessSSC CGL2026
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Gandhi Irwin pact happened in which year?
Q14mediummcqHistorySSC CGL2026
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Who was the First Governor General of Bengal?
Q15mediummcqGeneral KnowledgeCompetitive Exam2026
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Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of the Quit India Movement in 1942?
Q16mediummcqIndian HistorySSC CGL2026
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What is the original name of the Empress of India Act and when was it instituted?
Q17mediummcqGeneral StudiesIndian Freedom Struggle2026
Which of these did not contribute to growing cleavage between Hindus and Muslims?
Q18mediummcqHistorySSC CGL2026
Who among the following was the last Viceroy of India?
Q19mediummcqHistoryStaff Selection Commission2026
The annexation of Awadh by Lord Dalhousie took place in the year:
Q20mediummcqHistoryGeneral Studies2026
New Delhi, the new Capital of India was inaugurated by Lord Irwin in the year:
Q21mediummcqIndian Polity & EconomyIndian Competitive Exams2026
Which landmark British parliamentary legislation provided for the establishment of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Calcutta?
Q22mediummcqModern Indian HistoryCompetitive Exam2026
Who was not among the participants at the first Round Table Conference?
Q23mediummcqHistoryIndian Competitive Exams2026
Who is called the 'Father of Indian National Congress'?
Q24mediummcqHistoryPrepp2026
Under the Charter Act of 1833 in British India, the East India Company’s monopoly on trade with which of the following countries was abolished?
Q25mediummcqBritish Land Revenue SystemsCivil Services Exam2026
Under the Ryotwari system, after how many years could there be a reassessment of revenue demand?
Q26mediummcqGeneral StudiesState Public Service Commission2026
In which year was the Treaty of Salbai signed?
Q27mediummcqGeneral StudiesIndian Polity History2026
Which of the following was true of the India Councils Act of 1892?
Q28mediummcqIndian History & LawCivil Services Exam2026
In which year did the Indian Penal Code come into effect?
Q29mediummcqGeneral AwarenessSSC CGL2026
In which of the following years was the Indian Universities Act passed during the tenure of Lord Curzon?
Q30mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam2026
First Train started in India:
Q31mediummcqIndian HistoryCompetitive Exam2026
The 'Hindu Patriot' was edited by:
Q32mediummcqHistoryGeneral Studies2026
Who among the following annulled the Partition of Bengal?
Q33mediummcqGeneral AwarenessSSC CGL2026
In which year did Lord Dalhousie introduce the railway line in British India?
Q34mediummcqModern Indian HistoryGeneral Studies Mock Test2026
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio, a teacher at Hindu College, Calcutta, in the 1820s, promoted radical ideas and encouraged his pupils to question all authority. Referred to as the _____, his students attacked tradition and custom, demanded education for women and campaigned for the freedom of thought and expression.
Q35mediummcqGeneral KnowledgePractice Test2026
Who was the last Nawab (King) of Awadh?
Q36mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
First Governor General of India was _________.
Q37mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
In which of the following years, the Nawab of Awadh accepted the subsidiary alliance initiated by Lord Wellesley, the Governor General of British India?
Q38mediummcqGeneral KnowledgeCompetitive Exam Paper2026
Who was the first de facto Governor- General of India from 1773 to 1785?
Q39mediummcqHistorySSC CGL2026
Whom did Lord Minto send to Ranjit Singh to make a peace immediate before the Treaty of Amritsar (1809)?
Q40mediummcqHistoryCompetitive Exam2026
When the Indian Councils Act 1909 was enacted, the Viceroy of India was:

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