Expansion & Consolidation of British Power in India - Free MCQ Practice

Consider the following policy-action pairings and their corresponding Governor-General:

1. Doctrine of Lapse : Lord Dalhousie
2. The Policy of Ring Fence : John Lawrence
3. Subsidiary Alliance : Warren Hastings

How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

Consider the following provisions of the Indian Councils Act, 1909 (Morley-Minto Reforms):

1. The number of elected members in the Imperial Legislative Council and the Provincial Legislative Councils was decreased.
2. One Indian was to be appointed to the Viceroy's Executive Council.
3. Legislatures were given powers to pass resolutions, ask questions and supplementaries, and vote on separate items in the budget.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

Regarding the East India Company's early expansion into Bengal, consider the following statements about the Treaty of Alinagar: 1. It was signed between Robert Clive and Siraj-ud-Daulah. 2. It reaffirmed the earlier privileges granted by the Mughal Emperor to the company. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Arrange the sequence of the following battles/events from the Carnatic Wars in chronological order:

1. Battle of Adyar
2. Battle of Ambur
3. Siege of Arcot

Select the correct answer using the code provided below.

Arrange these historical events in their proper chronological order:

1. The Battle of Buxar
2. Third Battle of Panipat
3. Battle of Wandiwash

Select the correct answer using the code below.

Consider these statements about the Doctrine of Lapse:

1. The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by Lord Dalhousie.
2. It derecognised the adopted sons of the deceased princes as legal heirs.
3. Awadh was the first state to be annexed under this doctrine.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

In relation to the Permanent Settlement of 1793, consider the following statements:

1. The Permanent Settlement was rarely extended beyond the Bengal Presidency.
2. If a Zamindar failed to pay the Company's revenue demand on time, his estate could be auctioned.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following items:

1. Bicameralism at the centre
2. Separate electorate for Muslims and Sikhs
3. Separation of central and provincial budgets

How many of the listed items were introduced by the Government of India Act, 1919?

Which of the following statements about the Charter Act of 1853 are correct?

1. It made the Governor-General of Bengal the Governor-General of India.
2. It introduced an open competition system of selection and recruitment of civil servants.
3. It separated the legislative and executive functions of the Governor-General's council for the first time.

Regarding the Sanyasi Rebellion, evaluate the following statements:

1. It arose from the dispossession of peasants and rising land revenue demands under British rule.
2. The rebellion is mentioned in the literary work Anandamath by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
3. It was primarily confined to the Bombay Presidency.

Which of the statements above are correct?

Review the following statements about the Charter Act of 1813:

1. It ended the East India Company's monopoly on trade with India, with the exception of tea and trade with China.
2. It authorised the British Crown to appoint the Governor-General directly.
3. A new provision was made for the establishment of universities in Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, and an amount of 1 Lakh rupees was set aside for this purpose.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

1. The first and third Carnatic Wars were part of the European struggle for supremacy, whereas the second Carnatic War arose from local factors.
2. The third Carnatic War ended with the treaty of Paris and the establishment of the British as the supreme power in India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Statement-I: The Indian Councils Act of 1892 broadened the representation of Indians in the legislative councils.
2. Statement-II: Under the Act, members were elected directly by Indian citizens through voting rights.

Which of the following is correct regarding the above statements?

In the context of the East India Company's territorial expansion in the late eighteenth century, how is the Poligars' Revolt (1795-1805) best described?

Which of the following commissions proposed the creation of a central bank to be named the 'Reserve Bank of India'?

With regard to Indian history, evaluate the following statements:

1. The Indigo Revolt occurred in Punjab in opposition to British revenue policies.
2. The Vellore Mutiny was the first large-scale military rebellion against the British in South India.
3. The Kol Rebellion was largely confined to the Bombay Presidency.

Which of the statements above is/are correct?

Referring to the Delhi Durbar held in 1911, evaluate the following statements: 1) It was the only Durbar personally attended by the reigning British monarch, who was formally proclaimed Emperor of India. 2) The annulment of the Partition of Bengal (1905) was announced during this Durbar. 3) The Durbar was attended by all the Indian National Congress leaders alike. How many of the statements above are correct?

With regard to the Banaras Rebellion of 1781, consider the following items:

1. It originated during the governorship of Warren Hastings.
2. The immediate cause was the Company's attempt to extract increased revenue from Raja Chait Singh of Banaras.

Which of the statements above are correct?

During India's period of British rule, the "Khatbandi system" was introduced and referred to