British Rule In India MCQ Question and Answer | History MCQ Question

Answer: Option C

British Parliament brought the Government of India Act, 1858, which made the following changes:
i. Transferred powers from the East India Company to the Crown.
ii. A member of British Parliament was made secretary of state of India to exercise powers on behalf of the Crown and was responsible to the British Parliament.
iii. The Governor General for India was provided with an Executive Council, whose decision he was empowered to override.

Answer: Option A

At that time, Lord Hardinge was the Governor General of the British held territories in India, and he was the one that shifted the capital of India from Calcutta to Delhi.

Answer: Option D

Till the end of the 17th Century the growth of the executive and legislative powers of the East India Company depended on Crown.

Answer: Option A

The Battle of Porto Novo was fought on 1 July 1781 between forces of the Kingdom of Mysore and British East India Company in the place called Porto Novo (now known as Parangipettai) on the Indian subcontinent, during the Second Anglo-Mysore War. The British force, numbering more than 8,000 under the command of Sir Eyre Coote defeated a force estimated at 40,000 under the command of Hyder Ali.

Answer: Option C

The naval Battle of Swally, also known as Battle of Suvali, took place on 29–30 November 1612 off the coast of Suvali (anglicised to Swally) a village near the Surat city (now in Gujarat, India) and was a victory for four English East India Company galleons over four Portuguese galleons and 26 barks (rowing vessels with no armament).