Governors General and Viceroys of British India - 4

76.Who was the Viceroy when Burma was separated from India in 1937:
(a)Linlithgo (b) Reading
(c) Irwin (d) Wavell
Answer: (a)

77.Pindari Wars held during the tenure of:
(a)Lord Hastings (b) Dalhousie
(c) William Bentick (d) Cornwallis
Answer: (a)

78.The Viceroy who announced the date of transfer of power to Indian hands:
(a)Linlithgo (b) Wellington
(c) Wavell (d) Mountbatten
Answer: (d)

79.Who was the Viceroy when the British Parliament passed the Indian Independence Act?
(a)Mountbatten (b) Linlithgo
(c) Wellington (d) Wavell
Answer: (a)

80.The Viceroy when India got independence:
(a)Wavell (b) Mountbatten
(c) Wellington (d) Linlithgo
Answer: (b)

81.The Viceroy when Ramsay McDonald announced Communal Award:
(a)Wellington (b) Irwin
(c) Reading (d) Linlithgo
Answer: (a)

82.Who was the Viceroy when INC passed resolution demanding complete independence?
(a)Irwin (b) Reading
(c) Linlithgo (d) Wellington
Answer: (a)

83.Who was the Viceroy when Diarchy was introduced in provinces as per the Govt of India Act, 1919?
(a)Reading (b) Hardinge II
(c) Wellington (d) Chelmsford
Answer: (d)

84.Introduction of the ryotwari settlement in Madras Presidency by governor, Thomas Munro (1820) was during the tenure of:
(a)Lord Hastings (b) Dalhousie
(c) William Bentick (d) Cornwallis
Answer: (a)
85.First Burmese War (1824-26) held during the period of:
(a)William Bentick (b) Lord Amherst
(c) Cornwallis (d) Dalhousie
Answer: (b)

86.First Afghan War (1836-42) held during the period of:
(a)Amherst (b) Dalhousie
(c) Lord Auckland (d) William Bentick
Answer: (c)

87.The Viceroy during the Dandi March of Gandhji:
(a)Wellington (b) Chelmsford
(c) Linlithgo (d) Irwin
Answer: (d)

88.Conquest and annexation of Sind (1843) was during the period of:
(a)Lord Ellenborough (b) Amherst
(c) Auckland (d) Dufferin
Answer: (a)

89.First Sikh war (1845-46) held during the period of:
(a)Hardinge I (b) Ellenborough
(c) Lord Amherst (d) Auckland
Answer: (a)

90.Second Sikh war (1848-49) and annexation of the Punjab were held during the tenure of:
(a)Warren Hastings (b) Cornwallis
(c) Wellesley (d) Dalhousie
Answer: (d)

91.The Governor General during the ‘Nandakumar Episode’:
(a)Warren Hastings (b) Cornwallis
(c) Wellesley (d) Dalhousie
Answer: (a)

92.The Viceroy when Gandhiji launched Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930:
(a)Wellington (b) Chelmsford
(c) Reading (d) Irwin
Answer: (d)

93.The Viceroy who made August Offer:
(a)Wellington (b) Wavell
(c) Linlithgo (d) Mountbatten
Answer: (c)

94.Who was the Viceroy when Durant line was brought into effect?
(a)Landsdowne (b) Curzon
(c) Reading (d) Rippon
Answer: (a)

95.Who was the Governor General when Sati was prohibited?
(a)William Bentick(b) Charles Metcalfe
(c) Auckland (d) Hardinge I
Answer: (a)

96.The Governor General when Calcutta medical college was founded:
(a)Canning (b) Cornwallis
(c) William Bentick (d) Dalhousie
Answer: (c)

97.Name the Governor General who introduced Doctrine of Lapse:
(a)Dalhousie (b) Canning
(c) Charles Metcalfe (d) Hardinge I
Answer: (a)

98.The Governor General who annexed Satara to British India, the first princely state to be annexed to British India under Doctrine of Lapse:
(a)Canning (b) Cornwallis
(c) William Bentick (d) Dalhousie
Answer: (d)

99.The Viceroy when the Doctrine of Lapse was officially withdrawn:
(a)Mayo (b) Dufferin
(c) Canning (d) Curzon
Answer: (c)

100.The Viceroy when Provincial Autonomy was introduced in 1937:
(a)Linlithgo (b) Irwin
(c) Wavell (d) Reading
Answer: (a)

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