14000+ MCQs Modern History (The British Governor-Generals and Viceroys)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 03/11/2025
1. Which Governor-General introduced the permanent land revenue system in India?
2. The reforms of which one of the following Acts are popularly known as Morley-Minto Reforms?
3. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?
4. Who among the following was the first Governor-General of India?
5. By which one of the following Acts did the Governor-General of Bengal become the Governor-General of India?
6. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of Gandhiji’s Dandi March?
7. In which of the following place Indian Military Academy was established in 1932, during the viceroyship of Lord Willingdon?
8. Who compared Curzon’s administration in India to that of Aurangzeb?
9. Who laid the foundation of women’s University at Poona in 1916?
10. Match List I (Name of the Governor-General of India) with List II (Year in which Appointed).
| List I (Governor-General) | List II (Year in which Appointed) |
| A. Lord Cornwallis | 1. 1786 |
| B. Lord Dalhousie | 2. 1798 |
| C. Lord Mornington (Wellesley) | 3. 1828 |
| D. Lord William Bentinck | 4. 1848 |
11. Match the following (Events) with the associated Governor-General/Viceroy.
| List I (Events) | List II (Governor General/Viceroy) |
| A. Coronation (Delhi Durbar, 1911) | 1. Willingdon |
| B. Visit of the Prince of Wales (1921) | 2. Chelmsford |
| C. The Rowlatt Act (1919) | 3. Reading |
| D. Second Round Table Conference (1931) | 4. Hardinge II |
12. Who among the following Governor-Generals created the covenanted Civil Service of India which later came to be known as the Indian Civil Service?
13. Assertion (A) The Vernacular Press Act, 1878 was brought with a view to prevent the criticism of the government policies and the Act excluded English language publications. Reason (R) Lord Ripon repealed the Vernacular Press Act, 1878.
14. Consider the following Viceroys of India during the British rule?
I. Lord Curzon II. Lord Chelmsford III. Lord Hardinge IV. Lord Irwin Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of their tenure?
15. During whose Governorship was Shimla made the summer capital and army headquarters?
16. Which of the following statements is correct?
17. Which one of the following statements does not apply to the system of subsidiary alliance introduced by the Lord Wellesley?
18. Which of the following statements about the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms is/are correct?
I. It was approved by King George V. II. It made the Central Legislature Bicameral. III. The Act explicitly mentioned the appointment of three Indian members to the council.
19. In which Governor tenure, Diwani rights of Bengal, Bihar and Odisha had granted to East India Company by emperor Shah Alam?
20. Which of the following event did not occur during the Viceroyship of Lord Wavell?
21. Consider the following which concluded the subsidiary alliances with Lord Wellesley and find the correct chronological order of their treating from the code given below.
I. Hyderabad II. Mysore III. Awadh IV. Sindhia
22. From the following Britishers, who is credited for removal or banned on newspapers?
23. Which of the following is not correctly matched
24. Consider the following statements and mark the correct answer.
I. Hindu Widow Remarriage Act was passed during Lord Dalhousie’s Governorship. II. Foundation of the universities at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras was laid during Lord Canning’s tenure. III. During the times of Lord Ripon the First Factory Act for the welfare of child was passed. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
25. Which one of the following mutiny took place during the reign of Lord Clive?
26. The Archaeological Survey of India was established in the period of
27. Who was responsible for the creation of new province called as the North-West Frontier Province?
28. Which among the following Viceroys was associated with the ‘Ilbert Bill Controversy’?
29. Under whose Governor-Generalship, the Railways were introduced in India?
30. ‘Dyarchy’ was first introduced in India under
31. King George V visited India during the viceroyalty of
32. What is the correct sequence of the following?
I. Wavell Plan II. Radcliffe Award III. Cripps Mission IV. Cabinet Mission Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
33. The Viceroy who followed aggressive policy towards Afghanistan was
34. Consider the following statements about Doctrine of Lapse.
I. It was introduced by Lord Dalhousie. II. Satara was the first state to be annexed. III. Annexation of Awadh in 1856 was on charges of mal administration. IV. Jaipur, Sambhalpur, Udaipur, Jhansi and Nagpur were some of the other states annexed through this doctrine. Which of the statements given above are correct?
35. Consider the following statements.
I. The foundation of Mohammaden Anglo-Oriental College was laid by Lord Lytton in 1874 at Aligarh. II. 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.
36. Under whose vice-royalty the White mutiny occurred?
37. Which one among the following statements is true about Lord Curzon?
38. Who among the following was only Jewish Viceroy of India?
39. Who introduced subsidiary alliance system in the administration to establish the British power over the Indian states?
40. The subsidiary alliance was not accepted by
41. Consider the following statements.
I. Warren Hastings had established the Dual System of Government in Bengal in 1765. II. He had established a Board of Revenue at Calcutta to supervise the collection of revenue. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
42. Who was the first Governor of Bengal?
43. Who of the following was the first Viceroy of India?
44. Who among the following abolished ‘Dual Government’ system in Bengal
45. Who among the following annulled the Partition of Bengal?
46. Which of the following was the first victim of Lord Dalhousie’s policy of ‘Doctrine of Lapse’?
47. Consider the following statements.
I. Lord Cornwallis laid the foundation of a new judicial system in British India through a hierarchy of Civil and Criminal Courts. II. Lord Cornwallis separated the posts of the Civil Judge and the Revenue Collector in a district in British India. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
48. Queen Victoria was appointed the empress of India in
49. Local self government institutions in India were strengthened in 1882 by
50. The Younghusband Mission to Tibet was sent by which Viceroy?
