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41
Which Government of India Act/Charter Act generated the post of Governor-General of India?
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Governor-General of Bengal was made Governor-General of India through the Charter Act of 1833. Under this provision Lord William Bentinck became the first Governor-General of India. It deprived the Governors of Bombay and Madras of their legislative powers. For the first time, the Governor-General's Government was known as the 'Government of India' and his council as the 'India Council' in 1858.
42
The title of 'Viceroy' was added to the centre of the Governor-General of India for the first time in
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
The Government of India Act 1833 converted the title into "Governor-General of India." The title "Viceroy and Governor-General" was first used in the queen's proclamation appointing Viscount Canning in 1858.
43
The Governor of the East India Company was
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
The Governor of the East India Company was Elected by the members of the East India Company itself.
44
The first constitutional measure introduced by the British in India which worked till the framing of the Indian Constitution was
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
The first constitutional measure Introduced by the British in India which worked till the framing of the Indian Constitution was the Act of 1935.
45
Which of the following Act, ensured the establishment of the supreme court in India?
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Regulating Act of 1773 was the first landmark in the constitutional development of India. Via this act, the British Parliament for the first time interfered into affairs of India.
46
Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance against the East India Company dominated in __________
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance an armed resistance of the combined body of Muslim fakirs (sufis) and Hindu sannyasis (yogis) against the dominance of the English East India Company in Bengal. This resistance began in 1760 and continued for more than four decades.
47
Assertion (A): The announcement of the Simon Commission aroused widespread Indian resentment.
Reason (R): The British Government in defiance of the opinion of all parties in India had deliberately decided to appoint an all British Commission
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
The British Government in defiance of the opinion of all parties in India had deliberately decided to appoint an all British Commission.
48
The Treaty of Mangalore was in the year __________
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
The Treaty of Mangalore was signed between Tipu Sultan and the British East India Company on 11 March 1784. It was signed in Mangalore and brought an end to the Second Anglo-Mysore War.
49
During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Assam to grow__________
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
The trade of tea was most profitable to Britishers that's why they turned to cultivator in Assam to grow Tea.
50
On which day had premier Attlee conceded that the British would quit India by June, 1948?
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
February 20, 1947 had premier Attlee conceded that the British would quit India by June, 1948.