Governor Generals and Viceroys MCQs – Test Your Learning

Which one among the following pairs is not correctly matched? [UPSC CAPF 2011]

(a) Lord Wellesley : Subsidiary Alliance
(b) Lord William Bentinck : English Education
(c) Warren Hastings : Local Self Government
(d) Lord Lytton : Vernacular Press Act

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Option C : Lord Ripon was known as the Father of Local self-government. He had introduced the local self-governance resolution in the year 1882.

Lord Wellesley greatly extended the British dominion in India through

(a) Doctrine of Lapse
(b) Subsidiary Alliance
(c) Partitioning of Indian States
(d) Annexing the princely States

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Subsidiary Alliance

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below: [UPSC CAPF 2012]

List I (Governor General)
A. Lord Cornwallis
B. Lord Wellesley
C. Lord Dalhousie
D. Lord Curzon

List II (Important Policy)
1. Partition of Bengal
2. Doctrine of Lapse
3. Permanent Settlement
4. Subsidiary Alliance

Codes
– A B C D
(a) 3 4 2 1
(b) 1 2 4 3
(c) 3 2 4 1
(d) 1 4 2 3

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Option A

Certain measures of Dalhousie created serious discontent in India which were also responsible for the revolt of 1857. Which of the following measures was not one of them? [UPSC CAPF 2011]

(a) Doctrine of Lapse
(b) Introduction of Railways and Telegraph
(c) Abolition of titles and pensions of several rulers
(d) Educational reforms

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Educational reforms

The College of Fort William was established by which Governor-General ?

(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Richard Wellesley
(d) William Bentinck

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Richard Wellesley