--- type: Quiz title: "Viceroys of India Quiz: 45 MCQs for OSSC, CGL, RRB & Govt Exams" canonical: "https://www.easy2crack.com/mcqs/modern-history/viceroys-india-quiz-W0uKZI66" subject: modern-history questions: 45 free: true updated: null tags: ["mcq", "practice", "modern-history"] --- # Viceroys of India Quiz: 45 MCQs for OSSC, CGL, RRB & Govt Exams 45 multiple-choice questions with answers. ## Q1. Who among the following was the first Viceroy of India? A. Lord Canning B. Lord Cornwallis C. Lord Warren Hastings D. Lord William Bentinck **Answer:** a ## Q2. Who was the Viceroy of India during the Revolt 1857? A. Lord Lytton B. Lord Ripon C. Lord Canning D. Lord Cornwallis **Answer:** c ## Q3. Who among the following Viceroy of India withdrew the 'Doctrine of Lapse'? A. Lord Dalhousie B. Lord Canning C. Lard Mayo D. Lord Ripon **Answer:** b ## Q4. In which year the Universities of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras were established? A. 1800 B. 1856 C. 1857 D. 1861 **Answer:** c ## Q5. In which year for the first time 'Income Tax' was introduced in India? A. 1857 B. 1860 C. 1861 D. 1872 **Answer:** c ## Q6. Who among the following was British India's first Finance Minister? A. Alexander Cunningham B. William Hunter C. Waldemar Haffkine D. Sir James Wilson **Answer:** d ## Q7. Who is called the 'Father of Indian Archaeology'? A. John Marshall B. Alexander Cunningham C. James Prinsep D. Sir James Wilson **Answer:** b ## Q8. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) was established during the period of : A. Lord Curzon B. Lord Dalhousie C. Lord Canning D. Lord Elgin **Answer:** c ## Q9. Who was the first Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India? A. George Thomson B. Alexander Cunningham C. Sir John Marshall D. William Adams **Answer:** b ## Q10. In which year the Archaeological Survey of India was established? A. 1858 B. 1872 C. 1860 D. 1861 **Answer:** d ## Q11. In which year three High Courts were established at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras? A. 1861 B. 1872 C. 1859 D. 1875 **Answer:** a ## Q12. Who among the folowing was associated with the policy of 'masterly Inactivity'? A. Lord Canning B. Lord John Lawrence C. Lord Mayo D. Lord Curzon **Answer:** b ## Q13. Who among the following Viceroy is associated with the formulation of 'Indian Forest Department'? A. Lord Elgin B. Lord Lytton C. Lord John Lawrence D. Lord Curzon **Answer:** c ## Q14. Which one of the following Viceroy of India was murdered by a convict in Cellular Jail in Port Blair while he was on a jail tour? A. Lord Ripon B. Lord Mayo C. Lord John Lawrence D. Lord Wellesley **Answer:** b ## Q15. Who among the folowing Viceroy followed a 'Ford Policy' towards Afghanistan? A. Lord John Lawrence B. Lord Lytton C. Lord Mayo D. Lord Ripon **Answer:** c ## Q16. During the tenure of which Viceroy the first Census of India took place? A. Lord Ripon B. Lord Canning C. Lord Dufferin D. Lord Mayo **Answer:** d ## Q17. During whose period the Indian Evidence Act was Passed? A. Lord Mayo B. Lord Lytton C. Lord Elgin D. Lord Ripon **Answer:** a ## Q18. Which Viceroy of India was associated with the formulation of 'Indian Meteorological Department'? A. Lord Canning B. Lord Lansdowne C. Lord Northbrook D. Lord Elgin **Answer:** c ## Q19. Who among the following is considered to be the 'Viceroy of Reverse Characters'? A. Lord Curzon B. Lord Irwin C. Lord Lytton D. Lord Northbrook **Answer:** c ## Q20. Which Viceroy of India passed the 'Vernacular Press Act'? A. Lord Ripon B. Lord Dufferin C. Lord Curzon D. Lord Lytton **Answer:** d ## Q21. In which year the 'Vernacular Press Act' was passed? A. 1875 B. 1881 C. 1878 D. 1883 **Answer:** c ## Q22. In India the first complete Census was held in which year? A. 1881 B. 1872 C. 1854 D. 1883 **Answer:** a ## Q23. Which Viceroy of India wrote a book named 'Duity of Age'? A. Lord Curzon B. Lord Ripon C. Lord Lytton D. None of the above **Answer:** b ## Q24. The first Factory Act for restricting the working hours of women and children and authorizes local government to make necessary rules was adopted during the tenure of : A. Lord Canning B. Lord Ripon C. Lord Lytton D. Lord William Bentinck **Answer:** b ## Q25. The first Factory Act was passed in which year? A. 1883 B. 1890 C. 1878 D. 1881 **Answer:** d ## Q26. Which Viceroy of India repealed the Vernacular Press Act of 1878? A. Lord Ripon B. Lord Elgin II C. Lord Curzon D. Lord Lytton **Answer:** a ## Q27. In which year the famous 'Ilbert Bill' was introduced? A. 1881 B. 1883 C. 1886 D. 1891 **Answer:** b ## Q28. Who was the Viceroy of India during the formation of Indian National Congress? A. Lord Ripon B. Lord Dufferin C. Lord Lansdowne D. Lord Elgin **Answer:** b ## Q29. In which year the second Factory Act was passed? A. 1881 B. 1896 C. 1891 D. 1901 **Answer:** c ## Q30. In which year the 'Panjdeh Incident' took place? A. 1860 B. 1885 C. 1882 D. 1906 **Answer:** b ## Q31. Lyall Commission is related to _________. A. Education Reforms B. Famine C. Manage of Press D. None of the above **Answer:** b ## Q32. Partition of Bengal took place during the tenue of : A. Lord Curzon B. Lord Dalhousie C. Lord Dufferin D. Lord Chelmsford **Answer:** a ## Q33. Who compared Lord Curzon's administration in India to that of Aurangzeb? A. Mahatma Gandhi B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak C. G.K Gokhale D. Lala Lajpat Rai **Answer:** c ## Q34. Who among the following wrote the book named 'Problems of the Far East'? A. Dadabhai Naoroji B. William Adams C. Lord Curzon D. Mahatma Gandhi **Answer:** c ## Q35. In which year the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was passed in the central legislative? A. 1900 B. 1904 C. 1905 D. 1889 **Answer:** b ## Q36. During whose tenure the Agriculture Research Institute in Pusa was established? A. Lord Mountbatten B. Lord Irwin C. Lord Dalhousie D. Lord Curzon **Answer:** d ## Q37. Who among the following was the Viceroy of India during the Jallianwala Bagh massacre? A. Lord Elgin II B. Lord Hardinge C. Lord Minto D. Lord Linlithgow **Answer:** b ## Q38. Who was the Viceroy of India during the Quit India Movement? A. Lord Linlithgow B. Lord Mountbatten C. Lord Irwin D. None of the above **Answer:** a ## Q39. Who had the longest tenure as the Viceroy of India? A. Lord Curzon B. Lord Mayo C. Lord Harding D. Lord Dalhousie **Answer:** a ## Q40. Which Viceroy cancelled the Partion of Bengal? A. Lord Hardinge B. Lord Irwin C. Lord Mountbatten D. Lord Linlithgow **Answer:** a ## Q41. Who was the last Viceroy of British India? A. C. Rajgopalachari B. Lord Wavel C. Lord Reading D. Lord Mountbatten **Answer:** d ## Q42. Who among the following was the first Governor General of free India? A. Lord Mountbatten B. C. Rajgopalachari C. Lord William Bentinck D. Warren Hastings **Answer:** a ## Q43. Who was the first and the last Indian Governor General of free India? A. W.C Banerjee B. Surendra Nath Bose C. Sisir Kumar D. C. Rajgopalachari **Answer:** d ## Q44. Who among the following was the only Jewish Viceroy of India? A. Lord Curzon B. Lord Irwin C. Lord Reading D. Lord Minto **Answer:** c ## Q45. What did the Hunter Commission appointed by the Lord Chelmsford probe? A. Bardoli Satyagraha B. Khilafat Movent C. Jallianwala Bagh Masscre D. Chauri Chaura Incident **Answer:** c --- Source: https://www.easy2crack.com/mcqs/modern-history/viceroys-india-quiz-W0uKZI66 Site: https://www.easy2crack.com · Machine index: https://www.easy2crack.com/llms.txt · MCP: https://www.easy2crack.com/mcp