14000+ MCQs Modern History (The British Governor-Generals and Viceroys)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 29/07/2026
1. The conquest of Sindh by British was completed during the period of
2. Who laid down the foundation of Modern Postal system?
3. Consider the following statements about Warren Hastings.
I. He was the last Governor of Bengal. II. He wrote introduction to the first English translation of ‘Gita’ by Charles Wilkins. III. He started Diwani and Faujdari Adalats at the district level and Sadar Diwani and Nizamat Adalats (Appellate Courts) at Calcutta. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
4. Who was the last Viceroy of independent India?
5. 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?
6. Which of the following is not correctly matched
7. Separate electorates for Muslims in India were introduced by which one of the following Acts?
8. The first Factory Act restricting the working hours of women and children, and authorising local governments to make necessary rules was adopted during whose time?
9. Which of the following event did not occur during the Viceroyship of Lord Wavell?
10. Who was the first Governor of Bengal?
11. Which one of the following mutiny took place during the reign of Lord Clive?
12. In which year did dual government start by Lord Clive in Bengal?
13. Which one of the following Viceroy of India was murdered by a convict in Andaman and Nicobar Island while he was on tour?
14. Who succeeded Robert Clive to lead the East India Company?
15. The most important aspect of Dalhousie’s administration is related to the policy of annexation. His great annexations included
I. Punjab II. Lower Burma III. Awadh IV. Major Central Provinces Choose the correct answer from the following codes.
16. Who was the founder of British Empire in India?
17. Shimla Conference was held during the reign of which of the following Viceroy?
18. Wellesley established the Fort William College at Calcutta because
19. Who was the First Governor-General of Independent India?
20. 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?
21. Which of the following events did not occur during the reign of Lord Linlithgow?
22. The Viceroy, upon whom a bomb was thrown but he did not change his attitude towards the Indians was
23. 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
24. In which of the following place Indian Military Academy was established in 1932, during the viceroyship of Lord Willingdon?
25. The first census was conducted at the time of
26. Who among the following was only Jewish Viceroy of India?
27. 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.
28. Which of the following events took place during the reign of Lord Irwin?
29. Which one among the following statements is true about Lord Curzon?
30. First Maratha Sardar to accept the subsidiary alliance of Lord Wellesley was
31. At the time of the establishment of Asiatic Society in Calcutta, who was the Governor-General of Bengal?
32. Who declared ‘Sati’ illegal?
33. Under whose vice-royalty the White mutiny occurred?
34. Which one of the following statements does not apply to the system of subsidiary alliance introduced by the Lord Wellesley?
35. The policy of ‘Security Cell’ is related with
36. In which year Sati System was abolished by William Bentinck?
37. 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?
38. Public Works Department was organised in 1845-1855 by
39. Who of the following was the first Viceroy of India?
40. Who among the following finally removed the Maratha Peshwa from his position, captured his territories and sent him off to a distant place?
41. Which one of the following event occured during the Viceroyship of Lord Wavell?
42. 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
43. Anglo-Nepal war took place during the reign of
44. During the tenure of which Governor-General was the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was passed
45. The Younghusband Mission to Tibet was sent by which Viceroy?
46. The Archaeological Survey of India was established in the period of
47. Which one among the following pairs is not correctly matched?
48. Which Governor-General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse?
49. Who among the following Governor-Generals created the covenanted Civil Service of India which later came to be known as the Indian Civil Service?
50. Which one of the following events was characterised by Montague as ‘Preventive Murder’?