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The document contains a series of multiple-choice questions and answers related to various British Governors-General in India, including Warren Husting, Lord Cornwallis, Sir John Shore, Lord Wellesley, William Bentinck, Lord Dalhousie, and Lord Canning. Each section highlights significant events and policies associated with these figures, such as impeachment, court establishments, and acts passed during their tenures. The questions cover topics like the Subsidiary Alliance, the Sati Prohibition Act, and the Doctrine of Lapse.

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The document contains a series of multiple-choice questions and answers related to various British Governors-General in India, including Warren Husting, Lord Cornwallis, Sir John Shore, Lord Wellesley, William Bentinck, Lord Dalhousie, and Lord Canning. Each section highlights significant events and policies associated with these figures, such as impeachment, court establishments, and acts passed during their tenures. The questions cover topics like the Subsidiary Alliance, the Sati Prohibition Act, and the Doctrine of Lapse.

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WARREN HUSTING

1)Which Governor General was prosecuted for impeachment?


a) Warren Husting
b) Lord Clive
c) Lord Cornwallis
d) Lord Wellesley
Ans: a)
2)Who was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court when Warren
Husting became the Governor General?
a) John Mosoon
b) Elijah Impey
c) Philip Francis
d) Robert Drake
Ans: b)
3)Who launched the prosecution of Warren Husting?
a) John Newton
b) Edmund Burke
c) William Cowper
d) Charles Impay
Ans: b)

LORD CORNWALLIS
1)Who was the Governor-General of Bengal defeated at Yorktown?
a) Lord Amherst
b) Lord Husting
c) Lord Cornwallis
d) William Bentinck
Ans: c)
2)Lord Cornwallis set up provincial courts at Dacca, Calcutta, Murshidabad and
a) Patna
b) Mysore
c) Madras
d) Bombay
Ans: a)
3)Lord Cornwallis reorganised the
a) Forest Department
b) Trade Department
c) Defence Department
d) Revenue Department
Ans: d)
SIR JOHN SHORE
1)Who succeeded Lord Cornwallis as the Governor-General of Bengal?
a) Sir John Shore
b) Warren Husting
c) Lord Wellesley
d) Lord Dalhousie
Ans: a)
2) Which of the following was introduced during Sir John Shore’s tenure as
Governor-General?
a) Parmanent Settlement
b) Regulating Act
c) Charter Act of 1813
d) Subsidiary Alliance
Ans: a)
3) Which administrative system was consolidated during Sir John Shore’s
tenure?
a) Ryotwari system
b) Mahalwari system
c) Zamindari system
d) Panchayati Raj system
Ans: c)
LORD WELLESLEY
1)Which Indian ruler was defeated in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War during
Lord Wellesley’s tenure?
a) Ranjit Singh
b) Tipu Sultan
c) Marathas
d) Nizam of Hyderabad
Ans: b)
2) What was the primary objective of Wellesley’s Subsidiary Alliance?
a) Promote Indian unit
b) Establish British paramountcy in India
c) Introduce land reforms
d) Foster trade between India and Britain
Ans: b)
3) Which Indian state was annexed as a result of Lord Wellesley’s Subsidiary
Alliance policy?
a) Awadh
b) Punjab
c) Hyderabad
d) Mysore
Ans: a)
LORD HUSTING
1)The Governor General who supressed Robbers called “ Pindaris”.
a) Lord Minto
b) Lord Husting
c) Lord Wavell
d) Lord Ripon
Ans: b)
2)Who was founded The Calcutta Madrasa in 1781?
a) Lord Minto
b) Lord Husting
c) Lord Wavell
d) Lord Ripon
Ans: b)
3)Who was the British Governor-General when Bombay was designated as
Presidency?
a) Lord Husting
b) Lord Amherst
c) Lord Bentinck
d) Lord Aurkland
Ans: a)
WILLIAM BENTINCK
1)William Bentinck passed the Sati Prohibition Act with the help of
a) Keshab Chandra Sen
b) Debendranath Tagore
c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Ans: c)
2)Who among the following founded Dharma Sabha in opposition to Brahmo
Samaj and in support of the practice of Sati?
a) Radhakant Deb
b) Bhai Balak Singh
c) Keshab Chandra Sen
d) Krishna Mohan Banerjee
Ans: a)
3)Who among the following was sent by William Bentinck to sign the treaty
with the Amirs of Sindh?
a) Captain Sleeman
b) Charles Metcalfe
c) Alexander Burnes
d) Colonel Henry Pottinger
Ans: d)
LORD DAL HOUSIE
1)Which was the first state annexed under the doctrine of lapse?
a) Jhansi
b) Awadh
c) Udaipur
d) Satara
Ans: d)
2)Rani Laxmibai became the victim of
a) Outright wars
b) Subsidiary alliance
c) Doctrine of lapse
d) None of these
Ans: c)
3)Which of the following states was described by Lord Dalhousie as “a cherry
that will one day drop into our mouths”?
a) Jhansi
b) Awadh
c) Satara
d) Gwalior
Ans: b)
LORD CANNING
1)Which governor general brought the General Service Enlistment Act 1856?
a) Lord Elgin
b) Lord Rippon
c) Lord Curzon
d) Lord Canning
Ans: d)
2)The sepoy mutiny of 1857 occurred during the governor-generalshio of
a) Lord Elgin
b) Lord Lytton
c) Lord Harding
d) Lord Canning
Ans: d)
3)Who made Allahabad the emergency headquarter in 1857?
a) Lord Mayo
b) Lord Elgin
c) Lord Canning
d) Lord Dalhousie
Ans: c)

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