A) Warren Hastings
B) Lord Cornwallis
C) Lord Wellesley
D) Robert Clive
Correct answer is option “A”
11) Which of the following Act was introduced the system of Dyarchy in Indian provinces?
A) Indian Independence Act 1947
B) Government of India Act, 1935
C) Government of India Act, 1919
D) Indian Councils Act, 1909
Correct answer is option “C”
12) The Regulating Act of 1773 was mainly introduced with which of the following reason?
A) Provincial autonomy
B) Transfer of power to Indians
C) Trade regulation
D) Control of East India Company
Correct answer is option “D”
13) The Pitt’s India Act of 1784 established which of the following system of administration?
A) Provincial councils
B) Dyarchy
C) Board of Control
D) Federal system
Correct answer is option “C”
14) Dual control system was introduced by which of the following act which was separated the East India Company’s commercial and political roles?
A) Pitt’s India Act of 1774
B) Pitt’s India Act of 1784
C) Pitt’s India Act of 1786
D) The Regulating Act of 1773
Correct answer is option “B”
15) What is The Pitt’s India Act of 1786 from the following?
A) It was an amendment to the main 1784 Act
B) It was designed to take over all the rights of the company
C) It was designed to stop all the commercial activities of the company
D) It was designed to force to pay the taxes by the company
Correct answer is option “A”
16) Which of the following statement is not true in concern to the Pitt’s India Act 1786?
A) Primarily it was designed to persuade Lord Cornwallis to become Governor-General
B) It was designed by giving him combined powers as both Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief
C) It was designed to give the authority to overrule his Council in critical situations,
D) It was designed to give a puppet executive for British India
Correct answer is option “D”
Note – It was designed to give a powerful executive for British India
17) Which of the following was not a feature of Pitt’s India Act of 1784?
A) The provision took over all the debts of the East India Company by the British government
B) The provision took over all the political powers of the East India Company by the British government
C) The provision took over all the administrative powers of the East India Company by the British government
D) The provision took over all the political policy making rights of the East India Company by the British government
Correct answer is option “A”
18) Who was the first Governor-General of India from 1773 to 1785 and he was also the first Governor-General of Bengal?
A) Warren Hastings
B) Lord William Bentinck
C) Lord Canning
D) Lord Cornwallis
Correct answer is option “A”
19) Who was Governor-General of India from 1786 to1793 was also known as the “Father of the Indian Civil Service” and for introducing the Permanent Settlement of Bengal?
A) Warren Hastings
B) Lord William Bentinck
C) Lord Canning
D) Lord Cornwallis
Correct answer is option “D”
20) Who was the Governor-General of India from 1798 to 1805 was Introduced the “Subsidiary Alliance” system, a policy of territorial expansion that brought many Indian states under British control?
A) Lord Wellesley
B) Lord William Bentinck
C) Lord Canning
D) Lord Cornwallis
Correct answer is option “A”