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Lord Warren Hastings (1773-1785)
Regulating Act of 1773
Pitts India Act, 1784
1st Anglo-Maratha War (1775-1782) and Treaty of Salbai (1782)
Lord Cornwallis (1786-1793)
‘Father of Civil Services in India’
Permanent Settlement of Bengal, 1793.
Sir John Shore (1793-1798)
Policy of Non-Interference
Lord Wellesley (1798-1805)
Subsidiary Alliance System was introduced(1798)
Lord Minto I (1807-1813)
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Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh Rajesh(1809)
Charter Act of 1813
Lord Hastings (1813-1823)
Establishment of Ryotwari System (1820)
Establishment of Mahalwari system of land revenue.
Lord Amherst (1823-1828)
First Burmese War (1824-1826)
Treaty of Yandaboo
Lord William Bentinck (1828-1835)
Abolition of Sati System (1829)
Ban on female infanticide
Charter Act of 1833
Lord Auckland (1836-1842)
First Afghan War (1838-42)
Lord Hardinge I (1844-1848)
First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46) and the Treaty of Lahore (1846).
Social reforms like the abolition of female infanticide
Lord Dalhousie (1848-1856)
Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-49)
Introduction of the Doctrine of Lapse
Wood’s Despatch 1854
Laying down of first railway line connecting Bombay and Thane in 1853
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Establishment of PWD
Lord Canning (1856-1862)
Revolt of 1857
Establishment of three universities at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay in 1857
Abolition of East India Company and transfer of control to the Crown by the Government of India Act, 1858
Indian Councils Act of 1861
Lord Lytton (1876-1880)
The Vernacular Press Act (1878)
The Arms Act (1878)
The Second Afghan War (1878-80)
Queen Victoria assumed the title of ‘Kaiser-i-Hind’ or Queen Empress of India
Lord Ripon (1880-1884)
Repeal of the Vernacular Press Act (1882)
The first Factory Act (1881)
Government resolution on local self-government (1882)
The Ilbert Bill controversy (1883-84)
Hunter Commission on education (1882)
Lord Dufferin (1884-1888)
The Third Burmese War (1885-86).
Establishment of the Indian National Congress (1885
Lord Curzon (1899-1905)
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Appointment of Police Commission (1902)
Appointment of Universities Commission (1902)
Indian Universities Act (1904).
Partition of Bengal (1905)
Lord Minto II (1905-1910)
Swadeshi Movements. (1905-11)
Surat Split of Congress (1907)
Establishment of Muslim League (1906)
Morley-Minto Reforms(1909)
Lord Hardinge II (1910-1916)
Annulment of Partition of Bengal (1911)
Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi (1911).
Establishment of the Hindu Mahasabha (1915)
Lord Chelmsford (1916-1921)
Lucknow pact (1916)
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Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
Montagu’s August Declaration (1917)
Government of India Act (1919)
The Rowlatt Act (1919)
Jallianwalla Bagh massacre (1919)
Launch of Non-Cooperation and Khilafat Movements
Lord Reading (1921-1926)
Chauri Chaura incident (1922)
Withdrawal of Non-Cooperation Movement (1922)
Establishment of Swaraj Party(1922)
Kakori train robbery (1925)
Lord Irwin (1926-1931)
Simon Commission to India (1927)
Harcourt Butler Indian States Commission (1927)
Nehru Report (1928)
Deepavali Declaration (1929)
Lahore session of the Congress (Purna Swaraj Resolution) 1929
Dandi March and the Civil Disobedience Movement (1930)
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First Round Table Conference (1930)
Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931)
Lord Willingdon (1931-1936)
Communal Award (1932)
Second & Third Round Table Conference (1932)
Poona Pact (1932)
Government of India Act of 1935
Lord Linlithgow (1936-1944)
Resignation of the Congress ministries after the outbreak of the Second World War (1939)
Tripuri Crisis & formation of Forward Bloc (1939)
Lahore Resolution of the Muslim League (demand for a separate state for Muslims) 1940
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‘August Offer’ (1940)
Formation of the Indian National Army (1941)
Cripps Mission (1942)
Quit India Movement (1942)
Lord Wavell (1944-1947)
C. Rajagopalachari’s CR Formula (1944)
Wavell Plan and the Simla Conference (1942)
Cabinet Mission (1946)
Direct Action Day (1946)
Announcement of end of British rule in India by Clement Attlee (1947)
Lord Mountbatten (1947-1948)
June Third Plan (1947)
Redcliff commission (1947)
India’s Independence (15 August 1947)
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1948-1950)
Last Governor-General of India, before the office, was permanently abolished in 1950
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Governor-General and Viceroy of India For MRSAFPI
1. Who was the only Viceroy of India to be murdered in office?
A.Lord Mayo
B.Lord Auckland
C.Lord Lawrence
D.Lord Northbrook
Answer: a
2. Which Viceroy passed the famous Indian Coinage and Paper Currency act (1899)?
A. Lord Minto
B.Lord Hardinge
C.Lord Curzon
D.Lord Dufferin
Answer:b
3.Simon Commission had visited India during the times of which among the following Viceroys?
A.Lord Irwin
B.Lord Chelmsford
C.Lord Willingdon
D.Lord Wood
Answer:A
4. Who among the following is known to have started portfolio system in India?
A. Lord Dalhousie
B.Lord Canning
C.Lord Elgin
D.Sir John Lawrence
Answer:B
5. Who among the following was the governor general who followed a spirited “Forward” Policy towards
A.Lord Elenborough
B.Lord Elgin
C.Lord Mayo
D. Lord Duffeirn
Answer:A
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6. The export of slaves from Bengal was banned in which year?
A. 1764
B. 1789
C.1858
D.1868
Answer:B
7. Who had the longest tenure as the Viceroy of India?
A. Lord Curzon
B.Lord Dufferin
C. Lord Harding
D. Lord Mayo
Answer: A
8. Which of the following GovernorGeneral used the system of Separate electoral college to conquer Muslims and make them against Congress?
A. Lord Curzon
B. Lord Dufferin
C. Lord Harding
D. Lord Minto
Answer: D
9. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
a) Lord Cornwallis – Permanent Settlement
b) Lord Wellesley – Subsidiary Alliance System
c) Lord Hastings – Second AngloMaratha War
d) Lord William Bentinck – Seventeenth Regulation of 1829
Answer: C
10. Who among the following was the only Jewish Viceroy of India?
A. Lord Curzon
B. Lord Canning
C. Lord Irwin
D. Lord Reading
Answer: D
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11. The 1st census in India during the British period was held during the tenure of
A. Lord Dufferin
B. Lord Lytton
C. Lord Mayo
D. Lord Ripon
Answer: C
12. The policy of ‘Security cell’ is related with
A. Warren Hastings
B. Lord Dalhousie
C. Henry Lawrence
D. Lord Hasting
Answer: A
13. First Maratha Sardar to accept the subsidiary alliance of Lord Wellesley was
A. Peshwa Bajirao II
B. Raghuji Bhosle
C. Daulatrao Sindhia
D.None of the above
Answer: A
14. In which year the office of Governor-General was created during British India?
A. 1773 AD
B. 1757 AD
C. 1760 AD
D. 1765 AD
Answer: A
15. Who was the first Governor-General of Bengal?
A. Roger Drake
B. Warren Hastings
C. Lord Cornwallis
D. Sir John Shore
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Answer: A
16. Who among the following is popularly known as ‘Father of Civil Services in India’?
A. Cartier
B. Harry Verelst
C. Lord Cornwallis
D. Warren Hastings
Answer:C
17. Who among the following British Governor-General abolished the slavery in India?
A. Lord Ellenborough
B. Sir Charles (Lord) Metcalfe
C. Lord Auckland
D. Lord Amherst
Answer: A
18. The English was made the official language of India under the reign of which governor-general?
A. Lord William Bentinck
B. Lord Auckland
C. Lord Metcalfe
D. Lord Harding
Answer: A
19. Who was the Governor-General of India during the launch of Civil Disobedience Movement?
A. Lord Chelmsford
B. Lord Reading
C. Lord Irwin
D. Lord Wavell
Answer:C
20. Consider the following statements :
1.Robert Clive was the first Governor-General of Bengal.
2.William Bentinck was the first Governor-General of India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer : B
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21. ‘Sati’ was abolished by
A. Lord Ripon
B. Warren Hastings
C. Lord Cornwallis
D. William Bentinck
Answer: D
22. The Treaty of Sreeranga pattam was between Tipu Sultan and
A. Cornwallis
B. Clive
C. Hardinge
D. Warren Hastings
Answer: A
23. Under whose administration did the Archaeological Survey of India start functioning?
A. Warren Hastings
B. Curzon
C.Canning
D. Ripon
Answer:C
24. Which one of the following universities was not established by Lord Dalhousie?
A. Bombay
B. Madras
C. Delhi
D. Calcutta
Answer:C
25. Who was the British Governor General in India in whose reign a part of Charter Act read like this, “No native of India nor natural born subject of His Majesty, should be disabled from holding any place, office of employment by reason of his religion, place of birth, descent or colour. “
A. Lord Cornwallis
B. Lord Hastings
C. Lord William Bentinck
D. Lord Dalhousie
Answer:C
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26. The partition of Bengal in 1905 was effected by :
A. Lord Linlithgow
B. Lord Ripon
C. Lord Minto
D. Lord Curzon
Answer:D
27. Who was the last British Viceroy of India?
A. Lord Linlithgow
B. Lord Wavell
C. Lord Mountbatten
D. Lord Irwin
Answer:C
28. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A. Lord Dalhousie – Doctrine of Lapse
B. Lord Minto – Indian Councils Act, 1909
C. Lord Wellesley – Subsidiary Alliance
D. Lord Curzon – Vernacular Press Act, 1878
Answer : D
29. With which of the following did Mahatma Gandhi sign a pact to suspend the Civil Disobedience Movement and take part in the Round Table Conference?
A. Lord Wavell
B. Lord Lytton
C. Lord Irwin
D. Lord Canning
Answer:C
30. Indian Railways and telegraph services were started during the reign of :
A. Lord Cornwallis
B. Lord Ripon
C. Lord Canning
D. Lord Dalhousie
Answer:D
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31. Who among the following was associated with the Permanent Settlement of Bengal?
A. William Bentinck
B. Lord Cornwallis
C. Lord Curzon
D. Lord Dalhousie
Answer:B
32. Who among the following is known as the Maker of Modern India?
A. William Bentinck
B. Lord Cornwallis
C. Lord Curzon
D. Lord Dalhousie
Answer:D
33. Who among the following Governor-Generals formed the Triple Alliance against Tipu Sultan?
A. Warren Hastings
B. Lord Cornwallis
C. Lord Wellesley
D. Lord William Bentick
Answer:B
34. Who of the following took keen interest in the construction of Viceregal Lodge in Shimla and also became its first occupant in 1888?
A. Lord Dufferin
B. Lord Lytton
C. Lord Ripon
D. Lord Dalhousie
Answer:A
35. Dalhousie has been regarded as the maker of modern India because he brought about reforms and made a beginning in many fields. Which one among the following was not one of his schemes of reforms?
A. Educational reforms
B. Construction of railways and introduction of telegraphs and postal services
C. Establishment of a public works department
D. Factories Act to improve the condition of Indian Labor
Answer:D
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36. Who among the following is known as the Father of Local Self Government in India?
A. Lord Dalhousie
B. Lord Ripon
C. Lord Minto
D. Lord Reading
Answer:B
37. Under whose Governor Generalship was the hated Vernacular Press Act passed in 1878?
A. Lord Canning
B. Lord Ripon
C. Lord Lytton
D. Lord Minto
Answer:C
38. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below:
List I
Building List-II
Associated with
A. Viceregal Lodge 1. Lord Curzon
B. Victoria Memorial 2. Lord Ripon
C. Bombay Municipal Corporation 3. Lord Dufferin
A – 3; B – 1; C – 2
A – 2; B – 1; C – 3
A – 3; B – 2; C – 1
A – 1; B – 2; C – 3
Answer:A
39. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below:
List I
Visit of List-II
Associated with
A. King George V 1. Lord Wavell
B. Cripps Mission 2. Lord Hardinge
C. Cabinet Mission 3. Lord Irwin
D. Simon Commission 4. Lord Linlithgow
A – 3; B – 4; C – 1; D – 2
A – 2; B – 4; C – 1; D – 3
A – 2; B – 1; C – 4; D – 3
A – 3; B – 1; C – 4; D – 2
Answer:B
40. Who of the following was the target of an assassination attempt in the Delhi conspiracy case headed by Rash Bihari Bose in 1911?
A. Lord Chelmsford
B. Lord Ripon
C. Lord Harding
D. Lord Minto
Answer:C
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41. Rowlatt Act which authorised the Government to detain people without trial for an indefinite period was passed during the tenure of –
A. Lord Chelmsford
B. Lord Irwin
C. Lord Harding
D. Lord Reading
Answer: A
42. When Gandhiji was imprisoned for the first time in India, the Governor General of India was –
A. Lord Chelmsford
B. Lord Irwin
C. Lord Hardinge
D. Lord Reading
Answer: D
43. The Vernacular Press Act, 1878 was repealed under the Governor-Generalship of –
A. Lord Minto
B. Lord Ripon
C. Lord Lytton
D. Lord Reading
Answer: B
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