Indian History GK MCQ Set-3

Indian History GK MCQ on Modern Indian History and India’s Struggle for independence for General Studies and GK for competitive examinations such as SSC, NDA, UPSC and State PSC Examinations in India.

Q.1 Who among the following is known as the political guru of Mahatma Gandhi?

A. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

B. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

C. Dadabhai Naroji

D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Answer: B. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Q.2 Which among the following act during the rule of the British East India Company made judiciary and executive separate?

A. The Settlement Act, 1781

B. Pitt’s India Act, 1784

C. The Regulation Act, 1773

D. None of these

Answer: A. The Settlement Act, 1781

Q.3 Which among the following act during the rule of the East India Company made religion-based laws for Hindus and Muslims?

A. The Charter’s Act, 1786

B. The Settlement Act, 1781

C. Pitt’s India Act, 1784

D. None of these

Answer: B. The Settlement Act, 1781

Q.4 Which among the following is CORRECT about the Doctrine of Lapse?

I. British Governor-General Lord Dalhouise most vigorously and extensively used the policy.

II. This doctrine annexed the princely states of India during the colonial rule

III. Elements of the doctrine were continuously used post-independence to derecognize the princely families of the independent India

A. Only II

B. Only III

C. Both II & III

D. I, II & II

Answer: D. I, II and III

Q.5 Which among the following act of the East India Company separated Legislature from the Executive?

A. The Settlement Act, 1781

B. Pitt’s India Act, 1784

C. The Regulation Act, 1773

D. The Charter Act, 1853

Answer: D. The Charter Act, 1853

Q.6 Which among the East India Company’s act opened India to Christian Missionaries?

A. The Charter Act, 1813

B. The Settlement Act, 1781

C. The Regulation Act, 1773

D. None of these

Answer: A. The Charter Act, 1813

Q.7 The English Education Act came into force in which of the following year?

A. 1773

B. 1835

C. 1858

D. 1901

Answer: B. 1835

Q.8 Who among was the Governor-General of India  when the English Education Act, 1835 came into force?

A. Lord Dalhouise

B. Lord William Bentinck

C. Lord Auckland

D. None of these

Answer: B. Lord William Bentinck

Q.9 Who among the following was the first viceroy of India?

A. Viscount Canning

B. Lord Dalhouise

C. Robert Napier

D. None of these

Answer: A. Viscount Canning

Q.10 Which among the following act transferred the the rule of India from the East India Company to the Crown, thus started the British Raj?

A. The Government of India Act, 1858

B. The Government of India Act, 1773

C. Pitt’s India Act, 1853

D. None of these

Answer: A. The Government of India Act, 1858

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