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Viceroys of India

1. Who among the following was the first Viceroy of India?


A . Lord Canning
B . Lord Cornwallis
C . Lord Warren Hastings
D . Lord William Bentinck

2. Who was the Viceroy of India during the Revolt 1857?


A . Lord Lytton
B . Lord Ripon
C . Lord Canning
D . Lord Cornwallis

3. Who among the following Viceroy of India withdrew the 'Doctrine of Lapse'?


A . Lord Dalhousie
B . Lord Canning
C . Lard Mayo
D . Lord Ripon

4. In which year the Universities of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras were established?


A . 1800
B . 1856
C . 1857
D . 1861

5. In which year for the first time 'Income Tax' was introduced in India?


A . 1857
B . 1860
C . 1861
D . 1872

6. Who among the following was British India's first Finance Minister?


A . Alexander Cunningham
B . William Hunter
C . Waldemar Haffkine
D . Sir James Wilson

7. Who is called the 'Father of Indian Archaeology'?


A . John Marshall
B . Alexander Cunningham
C . James Prinsep
D . Sir James Wilson

8. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) was established during the period of :


A . Lord Curzon
B . Lord Dalhousie
C . Lord Canning
D . Lord Elgin

9. 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

10. In which year the Archaeological Survey of India was established?


A . 1858
B . 1872
C . 1860
D . 1861