Governors & Viceroy

1. A: According to the Wavell Plan, the

number of Hindu and Muslim members in

the Executive Council were to be equal.

R: Wavell thought that this arrangement

would have avoided the partition of India. (UPSC /IAS2007)

2. “The Congress is tottering to its fall and

one of my great ambitions while in India,

is to assist it to a peaceful demise” This

statement is attributed to (UPSC /IAS1998 ,BPSC 2016)

3. The Governor-General who followed a

spirited forward policy towards

Afghanistan was (UPSC /IAS1999)

4. The last major extension of British Indian

territory took place during the time of(UPSC /IAS2000)

5. With reference to colonial period of Indian

history, Match List-I with List-II and select

the correct Key: (UPSC /IAS2002)

Codes:

6. Consider the following Viceroys of India

during the British rule: (UPSC /IAS2004)

1) Lord Curzon

2) Lord Chelmsford

3) Lord Harding

4) Lord Irwin

Which one of the following is the correct

chronological order of their tenure?

7. Which one of the following pairs is not

correctly matched? (UPSC /IAS2004)

8. Who among the following repealed the

Vernacular Press Act?(UPSC /IAS2005)

9. The First Factory Act restricting the

working hours of women and children and

authorizing local government to make

necessary rules was adopted during whose

time?(UPSC /IAS2007)

10. Consider the following statements: (UPSC /IAS2007)

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

11. Who was the Viceroy of India when the

Rowlatt Act was passed?(UPSC /IAS2008)

12. By a regulation in 1793, the District

Collector was deprived of his judicial

powers and made the collecting agent

only What was the reason for such

regulation?(UPSC /IAS2010)

13. . Who among the following Governor

Generals created the Covenanted Civil

Service of India which later came to be

known as the Indian Civil Service?(UPSC /IAS2010)

14. At a time when empires in Europe were

crumbling before the might of Napoleon,

which one of the following up Governor-

General kept the British flag flying high

in India? (UPSC /IAS1999)

15. At a time when empires in Europe were

crumbling before the might of Napoleon,

which one of the following up Governor-

General kept the British flag flying high

in India? (UPSC /IAS1999)