Indian History MCQ Set-4

Indian History MCQ on Modern Indian History and various acts and policies during the rule of the East India Company for General Studies and GK for competitive examinations such as SSC, NDA, UPSC and State PSC Examinations in India.

Q.1 Which of the following act of the East India Company paved to way to ship opium from India to China?

A. Charter Act, 1793

B. Charter Act, 1813

C. Charter Act, 1833

D. None of these

Answer: A. Charter Act, 1793

Q.2 Which of the following Charter Act had made the Governor-General of Bengal the Governor-General of India?

A. Charter Act, 1793

B. Charter Act, 1813

C. Charter Act, 1833

D. None of these

Answer: C. Charter Act, 1833

Q.3 Which of the following act of East India Company laid the central administration in India?

A. Charter Act, 1793

B. The Regulation Act, 1773

C. The Settlement Act, 1781

D. None of these

Answer: B. The Regulation Act, 1773

Q.4 The Bengal Regulation III of 1818 is related to:

A. Detention of individual on suspension of criminal intent without having to commit the detainee to trial

B. Creation of East Bengal Province

C. Appointment of Governor-General of Bengal as the Governor-General of India

D. None of these

Answer: A. Detention of individual on suspension of criminal intent without having to commit the detainee to trial

Note: The Bengal Regulation III of 1818 is also known as the Bengal State Prisoners Regulation, III of 1818

Q.5 Which of the following act of the East India Company made the practice of Sati illegal in all jurisdictions of India and subject to prosecution?

A. The Regulations Act, 1773

B. The Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829

C. The Settlement Act, 1781

D. None of these

Answer: B. The Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829

Q.6 Who was the Governor-General of India when the The Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829 came into force?

A. Lord William Bentinck

B. Lord Dalhouise

C. Lord Auckland

D. None of these

Answer: A. Lord William Bentinck

Q.7 The Societies Registration Act, which is still in force with certain amendment, was published in which of the following year?

A. 1860

B. 1815

C. 1870

D. 1905

Answer: A. 1860

Q.8 The Caste Disabilities Removal Act of East India Company was published in which of the following year?

A. 1845

B. 1850

C. 1853

D. 1854

Answer: B. 1850

Note: The Caste Disabilities Removal Act, 1850, was a law passed in British India under East India Company rule, that abolished all laws affecting the rights of people converted to another religion or caste, specially in case of inheritance.

Q.9 The Repealing and Amending Act, 1952 repealed which of the East India Company law for slavery practice in India?

A. The Regulation Act, 1781

B. The Indian Slavery Act, 1843

C. The Charter’s Act, 1833

D. None of these

Answer: B. The Indian Slavery Act, 1843

Q.10 The Hindu Widow Remarriage act, which legalized the remarriage of the Hindu widow within the rule of the East India Company was published in which of the following year?

A. 1853

B. 1857

C. 1855

D. 1856

Answer: D. 1856

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