History MCQ about “GOVERNOR GENERALS” and their work, At least one question will ask from General Awareness section of upcoming all Punjab Govt. Exam.

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1. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
a) Warren Hastings
b) Cornwallis
c) Lord Curzon
d) William Bentinck

Ans: ( a )

2. The company offical who played key role in suppression of Thugs?
a) Charles woods
b) William Sleeman
c) Macaulay
d) Hunter

Ans: ( b )

3. Who introduced the English education in India?
a) Lord William Bentinck
b) Lord Hastings
c) Lord Minto
d) Lord Ripon

Ans: ( a )

4. The Governor General whose expansionist policy was responsible for the 1857 revolt?
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) William Bentinck
c) Lord Carnwallis
d) Lord Hastings

Ans: ( a )

5. Telegraphs were introduced in India in
a) 1822
b) 1853
c) 1834
d) 1876

Ans: ( b )

6. The Governor General who introduced the Doctrine of Lapse?
a) Lord Dalousie
b) William Bentinck
c) Cornwallis
d) Warren Hastings

Ans: ( a )

7. What was the period of Lord Dalhousie as Governor General?
a) 1856-1876
b) 1845-1866
c) 1848-1856
d) 1859-1866

Ans: ( c )

8. Which of the following were annexed as per the Doctrine of Lapse?
a) Satara
b) Sambalpur
c) Nagpur and Jhansi
d) All the above

Ans: ( d )

9. Who introduced Telegraphs and Postal system in India?
a) William Bentinck
b) Cornwallis
c) Lord Hastings
d) Lord Dalhousie

Ans: ( d )

10. What were the social reforms introduced by the Lord William
Bentinck?
a Abolition of Sati
b) Eradication of Female Infanticide
c) Suppression of Thugs
d) All the above

Ans: ( d )

11. The Governor General who established Public Works Department?
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) Lord William Bentinck
c) Lord Ripon
d) Lord Lytton

Ans: ( a )

12. The Governor General who abolished pension for Nana Saheb, who
was the adopted son of Baji Rao II?
a) Lord Hastings
b) Lord Curzon
c) Lord Minto
d) Lord Dalhousie

Ans: ( d )

13. Who was called as ‘Company Akbar’?
a) Lord Canning
b) Lord Wellesley
c) Lord Linlithgow
d) Lord Conwallis

Ans: ( b )

14. Who was the first native ruler entered in to subsidiary alliance?
a) Nawab of Oudh
b) Peshwa
c) Bhonsle
d) Nizam of Hyderabad

Ans: ( d )

15. The Mughal emperor who concluded Subsidiary Alliance with British
a) Bahadur Shah I
b) Shah Alam
c) Bahadur Shah II
d) Jahandar Shah

Ans: ( b )

16. Which of the following districts ceded to British by Nizam Ali?
a) Cuddapa
b) Kurnool
c) Anantapur and Bellari
d) All the above

Ans: ( d )

17. Who was the Governor General fought in Forth Mysore War with Tipu Sultan?
a) Lord Minto
b) Lord Ripon
c) Lord Wellesley
d) Lord hastings

Ans: ( c )

18. Who among the following entered in to Subsidiary Alliance?
a) Peshwa, Scindhia and Bhonsle
b) Sadath Ali
c) Krishna Raja Wadayar
d) All the above

Ans: ( d )

19. Who started Fort William college at Calcutta?
a) Lord Cornwallis
b) Lord Wellesley
c) Wlliam Bentinck
d) Warren Hastings

Ans: ( b )

20. The Governor General who fought in the Second Maratha War
a) Lord Wellesley
b) Lord Linlithgow
c) Lord Lytton
d) Lord Canning

Ans: ( a )

21. What was the period of William Bentinck as Governor General of India?
a) 1800-1810
b) 1805-1832
c) 1809-1822
d) 1828-1835

Ans: ( d )

22. Who was the first Governor General of India?
a) Lord Canning
b) Lord Minto
c) William Bentinck
d) Lord Reading

Ans: ( c )

23. The Governor General who introduced regional languages in courts?
a) Lord Hastings
b) Lord Canning
c) William Bentinck
d) Lord Hardinge

Ans: ( c )

24. Who abolished the Circuit Courts established by the Lord Cornwallis?
a) Lord William Bentinck
b) Lord Linglithgow
c) Lord Ripon
d) Lord Lytton

Ans: ( a )

25. Railways were introduced in India in
a) 1821
b) 1853
c) 1823
d) 1850

Ans: ( b )

26. The Governor General who abolished Sati in 1829?
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) Lord Hastings
c) William Bentinck
d) Cornwallis

Ans: (c )

27. The Governor General who suppressed robbers called ‘Thugs’?
a) William Bentinck
b) Lord Minto
c) Lord Curzon
d) Warren Hastings

Ans: ( a )

28. Warren Hastings fought with
a) Maratas
b) Rohillas
c) Mysore Sultan
d) All the above

Ans: ( d )

29. What was the period of Warren Hastins as Governor General of Bengal?
a) 1773-1786
b) 1756-1782
c) 1759-1767
d) 1766-1778

Ans: ( a )

30. Warren Hasting was made Governor General of Bengal in
a) 1723
b) 1734
c) 1773
d) 1792

Ans: ( c )

31. The Governor General who made treaty of Benaras with Nawab of Oudh in 773
a) Warren Hastings
b) Cornwallis
c) William Bentinck
d) Lord Hastings

Ans: ( b )

32. When was Cornwallis appointed has Governor General of Bengal?
a) 1775
b) 1786
c) 1772
d) 1761

Ans: ( b )

33. Who shifted the company treasury from Murshirabad Calcutta?
a) Lord Hasting
b) Lord Curzon
c) Warren Hastings
d) Lord Lytton

Ans: ( c )

34. Who abolished dual Government in Bengal?
a) Robert Clive
b) Cornwallis
c) Warren Hastings
d) Lord Minto

Ans: ( c )

35. Who established civil and criminal courts in each district?
a) Warren Hastings
b) Lord Hastings
c) Lord Mayo
d) Cornwallis

Ans: ( a )

36. Who suparated judical and police powers from the collector?
a) Lord Ripon
b) Lord Wellesley
c) Cornwallis
d) William Bentinck

Ans: ( d )

37. Who brought district collector under the purview of Judiciary?
a) Lord Hastings
b) Warren Hastings
c) Lord Minto
d) Cornwallis

Ans: ( d )

38. Circuit courts were established in
a) Patna
b) Murshidabad and Calcutta
c) Ducca
d) All the above

Ans: ( d )

39. The Governor General who established circuit courts?
a) William Bentinck
b) Cornwallis
c) Lord Hatings
d) Lord Reading

Ans: ( b )

40. Who supressed Bundelkand revolt?
a) Lord Mayo
b) Lord Minto
c) Lord Curzon
d) Lord Ripon

Ans: ( b )

41. The judicial system introduced by cornwallis was called
a) Judicial code
b) Wavell code
c) Equity code
d) Cornwallis code

Ans: ( d )

42. The Governor General who made treaty of Amrisar with Ranjitsing in 1809
a) Lord Irwin
b) Lord Wellington
c) Lord Minto
d) Lord Linlithgow

Ans: ( c )

43. The Governor General who supressed Robbers called ‘Pindaris’?
a) Lord Minto
b) Lord Hestings
c) Lord Wavell
d) Lord Ripon

Ans: ( b )

44. Who was the Governor General at the time of Third Maratha war?
a) Lord Hestings
b) Lord Linlithgow
c) Lord Curzon
d) Lord Irwin

Ans: ( a )

45. Who was the Architect of permanent land revenue system?
a) William Sleeman
b) Hunter
c) Charles Woods
d) SirJohmshore

Ans: ( d )

46. Who introduced permanent land revenue system?
a) Warren hastings
b) William Bentinck
c) Cornwallis
d) Lord Irwin

Ans: ( c )

47. The Governor General who fought with Tipu Sultan in Third Mysore War
a) Cornwallis
b) Lord Hastings
c) Warren Hastings
d) Lord Curzon

Ans: ( a )

48. What was the period of Lord Wellesley as Governor General?
a) 1789-1800
b) 1765-1789
c) 1798-1805
d) 1800-1810

Ans: ( c )

49. The Governor General who formed Bombay Presidency in 1818
a) Lord Hastings
b) William Bentinck
c) Lord Dalhousie
d) Lord Minto

Ans: ( a )

50. Who greatly implemented the system of subsidiary alliance?
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) Lord Wellesley
c) William Bentinck
d) Lord Ripon

Ans: ( b )

51. The Governor General who fought with Tipu Sultan in Third Mysore War
a) Cornwallis
b) Lord Hastings
c) Warren Hastings
d) Lord Curzon

Ans: ( a )

52. The Governor General who introduced regional languages in courts?
a) Lord Hastings
b) Lord Canning
c) William Bentinck
d) Lord Hardinge

Ans: ( c )

53. The first Railway Line was laid between
a) Bombay and Thane
b) Bombay and Hyderabad
c) Calcutta and Bombay
d) Delhi and Calcutta

Ans: ( a )

54. During the whose Viceroyality the the first census of Indian took place
a) Lord Ripon
b) Mayo
c) Lord Curzon
d) Lord Minto

Ans: ( b )

55. During the whose Viceroyality Indian Gate in Delhi was built

a) William Bentinck
b) Lord Lytton
c) Hardinge II
d) Linlithgo

Ans: ( c )

56. What was the committee appointed by the Lord Curzon to reform police department
a) Fraizer Committee
b) Thomas Committee
c) Releigh Committee
d) Hunter Commission

Ans: ( a )

57. The incident of Nandakumar took place during the period of
a) Cornwallis
b) Warren Hesting
c) Lord Ripon
d) Lytton

Ans: ( b )

58. The kingdoms occupied by the Bentinck with Doctrne of Lapse
a) Jansi and Sambalpur
b) Satara
c) Jayapur
d) All the above

Ans: ( d )

59. The first Railway Line was laind between
a) Bombay and Thane
b) Bombay and Hyderabad
c) Calcutta and Bombay
d) Delhi and Calcutta

Ans: ( a )

60. What were the social reforms introduced by the Lord William Bentinck?
a) Abolition of Sati
b) Eradication of Female Infanticide
c) Suppression of Thugs
d) All the above

Ans: ( d )

61. Telegraphs were introduced in India in
a) 1822
b) 1853
c) 1834
d) 1876

Ans: ( b )

62. The Governor General whose expansionist policy was responsible for the 1857 revolt?
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) William Bentinck
c) Lord Carnwallis
d) Lord Hastings

Ans: ( a )

63. Universities were established in Calcutta, Mardras and Bombay as per
a) Hunter Report
b) Mecaulay Report
c) Woods Despatch
d) Thamos Report

Ans: ( c )

64. The Governor General who established Public Works Department?
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) Lord William Bentinck
c) Lord Ripon
d) Lord Lytton

Ans: ( a )

65. The Governor General who abolished pension for Nana Saheb, who was the adopted son of Baji Rao II?
a) Lord Hastings
b) Lord Curzon
c) Lord Minto
d) Lord Dalhousie

Ans: ( d )

66. Who was called as ‘Company Akbar’?
a) Lord Canning
b) Lord Wellesley
c) Lord Linlithgow
d) Lord Conwallis

Ans: ( b )

67. The first railway train in India steamed off in 1853 from
a) Bombay to Thane
b) Delhi to Meerut
c) Howrah to Burdwan
d) Bombay to Delhi

Ans: ( a )

68. The first railway line opened in India in 1853 was between Bombay and
a) Surat
b) Aurangabad
c) Thana
d) Diu

Ans: ( c )

69. Woods Despatch was prepared in the year
a) 1835
b) 1850
c) 1852
d) 1854

Ans: ( d )

70. When did the office of the District Collector was created?
a) 1748
b) 1756
c) 1772
d) 1801

Ans: ( c )

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