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Robert Clive was appointed to a second term as Governor of Bengal, before returning to India in 1765. In which year was this reappointment…

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Which of the following Viceroys of India addressed the Bengal famine of 1943 by ordering the army to distribute relief supplies to the starving…

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Which of the following British officers issued the infamous ‘crawling order’ whereby Indians had to crawl on all fours to pass an alley?

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Which statement(s) is/are correct? I. Robert Clive began his career at Madras as an East India Company clerk in 1744. II. Following the Battle…

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In 1856, Governor-General____ decided that Bahadur Shah Zafar would be the last Mughal king and after his death none of his descendants would be…

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Which of the following Commissions was appointed by Lord Curzon to enquire into the working of the police administration?

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Consider the following statements: 1. The Tripartite Treaty of 1838 involved Shah Shuja, Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the East India Company under Lord Auckland’s…

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The Vernacular Press Act was enacted during the regime of which viceroy of India?

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Identify the INCORRECTLY matched pair(s) of the British Governor - Generals of India and the events with which they are associated. i) Lord Dalhousie…

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Who among the following was the Viceroy of British India when the Shimla conference was held in 1945?

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In the context of British rule in India, who among the following Governors - Generals created a professional cadre of company servants making provisions…

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Which of the following Governor-Generals of British India was in favour of free press and repealed the press regulations of 1823?

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Who is called the father of Local Self - Government in India?

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Which Governor-General reorganised policing into thanas headed by darogas?

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The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy devised by which of the following Governor-Generals of India?

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What was a key effect on Indian states that joined Lord Wellesley’s Subsidiary Alliance?

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Who was serving as the Viceroy of India when the Simon Commission arrived in 1928?

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Match the following with the associated policies. Leader | Policy 1. Dalhousie | a. Subsidiary alliance 2. Warren Hastings | b. Ring fence policy…

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According to NCERT’s account, under which Governor-General was a new policy of British paramountcy initiated?

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Which British Viceroy is associated with the Partition of Bengal in 1905?

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