14000+ MCQs Modern History (The British Governor-Generals and Viceroys)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 30/07/2026
1. Which plan became the platform of Indian Independence?
2. At the time of the establishment of Asiatic Society in Calcutta, who was the Governor-General of Bengal?
3. During the tenure of which Governor-General was the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was passed
4. By which one of the following Acts did the Governor-General of Bengal become the Governor-General of India?
5. Who among the following Governor-Generals of Bengal was associated with third Anglo-Mysore war?
6. Who was the Governor-General of India at the time of the outbreak of the Revolt of 1857?
7. Who of the following was the first Viceroy of India?
8. The policy of ‘Security Cell’ is related with
9. In which Governor tenure, Diwani rights of Bengal, Bihar and Odisha had granted to East India Company by emperor Shah Alam?
10. The tomb of Lord Cornwallis is situated at
11. Consider the following which concluded the subsidiary alliances with Lord Wellesley and find the correct chronological order of the treaties from the codes given below.
I. Hyderabad II. Mysore III. Awadh IV. Sindhia
12. 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?
13. Who was the founder of British Empire in India?
14. Third Anglo-Maratha war is related to
15. Who succeeded Robert Clive to lead the East India Company?
16. Which one among the following is not correct about the subsidiary alliance?
17. Simon Commission came to India in the reign of which Viceroy?
18. The Younghusband Mission to Tibet was sent by which Viceroy?
19. The Archaeological Survey of India was established in the period of
20. First Maratha Sardar to accept the subsidiary alliance of Lord Wellesley was
21. 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?
22. Who laid down the foundation of Modern Postal system?
23. Who was the Governor-General during the annulment of ‘Sati’?
24. Who was the First Governor-General of Independent India?
25. From the following Britishers, who is credited for removal or banned on newspapers?
26. Under whose Governor-Generalship, the Railways were introduced in India?
27. Who is rightly called the ‘Father of Local Self Government’ in India?
28. The conquest of Sindh by British was completed during the period of
29. Who had merged Sikkim in India?
30. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of Gandhiji’s Dandi March?
31. The first Indian ruler who joined the subsidiary alliance was
32. Which of the following is not correctly matched
33. Who laid the foundation of women’s University at Poona in 1916?
34. Who among the following was only Jewish Viceroy of India?
35. Lord Mountbatten came to India as a Viceroy along with specific instruction to
36. In which year was the Regulating Act passed?
37. What was the reign of Lord Willingdon as a Viceroy?
38. The subsidiary alliance was not accepted by
39. Which one among the following statements is true about Lord Curzon?
40. Consider the following statements.
I. Nizam of Hyderabad was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of subsidiary alliance. II. The Gurkha regiment was raised by Lord Cornwallis. III. Lord Canning withdrew Doctrine of Lapse introduced by Lord Dalhousie. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
41. Under whose vice-royalty the White mutiny occurred?
42. Who was the Viceroy to be murdered in office?
43. During whose Governorship was Shimla made the summer capital and army headquarters?
44. The last major extension of British Indian territory took place during the time of
45. Who was the first Governor-General of Bengal?
46. “In my belief, Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my greatest ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise.” Who wrote it?
47. Which one of the following Viceroy of India was murdered by a convict in Andaman and Nicobar Island while he was on tour?
48. Which of the following events took place during the reign of Lord Irwin?
49. Who compared Curzon’s administration in India to that of Aurangzeb?
50. Which one of the following statements does not apply to the system of subsidiary alliance introduced by the Lord Wellesley?
