1781UPPSC2014HistoryEnglish
Who among the following was the only Jewish Viceroy of India?
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Correct option: D — Lord Reading
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- 1782UPPSC2010HistoryEnglish
During the tenure of which Governor-General was the ‘Ancient Monuments Preservation Act’ passed?
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Correct option: C — Lord Curzon
- 1783MPPSC2017HistoryEnglish
An important event of Lord Dufferin’s tenure as Viceroy was
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Correct option: C — Establishment of Indian National Congress
- 1784UPPSC2012HistoryEnglish
Who compared Curzon’s administration in India to that of Aurangzeb?
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Correct option: B — G.K. Gokhale
- 1785OPSC2019HistoryEnglish
‘‘In my belief, Congress is to tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise’’. Who wrote it?
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Correct option: C — Lord Curzon
- 1786PPSC2018HistoryEnglish
The strategy of ‘Divide and Rule’ was adopted by
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Correct option: A — Lord Curzon
- 1787Tripura PSC2019HistoryEnglish
‘‘The Muslims, if contented and satisfied, would become the greatest bulwark of British power in India’’. Who wrote it?
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Correct option: C — W.W. Hunter
- 1788TNPSC2017HistoryEnglish
Which of the following Governor-General used the system of Separate electoral college to conquer Muslims and make them against Congress?
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Correct option: D — Lord Minto
- 1789UPSC1996HistoryEnglish
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer. List-I (a) Governor-General of Presidency of Fort William in Bengal (Under Regulating Act, 1773) (b) Governor-General of India (Under Charter Act, 1833) (c) Governor-General and Viceroy of India (Under Indian Councils Act, 1858) (d) Governor-General and Crown Representative (Under Government of India Act, 1935) List-II 1. Archibald/Percival Wavell, Viscount and Earl Wavell 2. James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, Earl and Marquess of Dalhousie 3. Charles Cornwallis 2nd Earl and first Marquess of Cornwallis 4. Gibert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond, Earl of Minto 5. Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
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Correct option: A — a-3, b-2, c-4, d-1
- 1790WBPSC2019HistoryEnglish
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. List-I (a) Clive (b) Bentinck (c) Charles Metcalfe (d) Curzon List-II 1. Removal of press restriction 2. Partition of Bengal 3. Dual Govt. in Bengal 4. English Education
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Correct option: A — a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
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