__________ started an all-India campaign for restoring the entrance age of 21 and for simultaneous ICS examination in India
A. Gokahale
B. S. N. Banerjee
C. Tilak
D. William Logan
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Who among the following Viceroys became a victim of one of the convicts during his visit to the Andamans?
A. Curzon
B. Mayo
C. Ripon
D. Lytton
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India was granted freedom during the British Prime Minister
A. Clement Attlee
B. Winston Churchill
C. Ramsay Mac Donald
D. William Pitt
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By the Charter Act of 1813 the Indian trade except in __________ was thrown open to all British subjects
A. Tea
B. Spices
C. Coffee
D. Cotton
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Before the Regulating Act was passed in 1773, there was __________ at home to administer the East India Company
A. A Committee of 24
B. A Secretary
C. A Council of Lords
D. A Board of Revenue
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Which of the following act of India ensured the partition of India?
A. Government of India Act, 1909
B. Government of India Act, 1919
C. Government of India Act, 1935
D. None of these
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Which of the following British official intiated the Doctrine of Lapse?
A. Lord Wellesley
B. Lord Auckland
C. Lord Dalhousie
D. Warren Hastings
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The exclusive right of trading between __________ was granted to the East India Company
A. North America and South America
B. Red Sea and Caspian Sea
C. The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan
D. France and Poland
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Despite holding a monopoly, the East India Company had faced competition from what it had termed as the 'interlopers' represented by the
A. Portuguese
B. Indigenous merchants
C. British free merchants
D. Dutch
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The Act constituting the first legislative interference by the British Parliament in the affairs of India was the
A. Fox's India Act, 1783
B. Pitt's India Act, 1784
C. Regulating Act, 1773
D. Declaratory Act, 1781
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Who among the following analysed the causes of the uprising of 1857 advocating a reconciliation between the British and the Muslims?
A. Sayyed Ahmad Brelvi
B. Shah Waliullah
C. Sayyed Ahmad Khan
D. Sayyed Amir Ali
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Lytton held an Imperial Durbar at Delhi in 1877 to announce __________ as the Empress of India at a time when a large part of the country was in the grip of a severe famine
A. Queen Elizabeth
B. Queen Victoria
C. Queen Anne
D. Queen Marie
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During British rule, who was instrumental for the introduction of the Ryotwari system in the then Madras Presidency?
A. Macaulay
B. Elphinstone
C. Thomas Munro
D. John Lawrence
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The East India Company was established in the year
A. 1607 AD
B. 1600 AD
C. 1700 AD
D. 1669 AD
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The 'Sepoy Mutiny' was in the year __________
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The only Viceroy to be assassinated in India was
A. Lord Harding
B. Lord Northbrook
C. Lord Ellenborough
D. Lord Mayo
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British Indian Association was founded on October 29, 1851 at__________
A. Calcutta
B. Pune
C. Madras
D. Bombay
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Who defeated the Spanish Armada?
A. Elizabeth I
B. Elizabeth II
C. Henry VIII
D. James I
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Which British Governor General introduced Postage Stamp in India?
A. Lord Dalhousie
B. Lord Auckland
C. Lord Canning
D. Lord William Bentinck
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Who among the following British persons admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a national revolt?
A. Lord Dalhousie
B. Lord Canning
C. Lord Ellenborough
D. Disraeli
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