History of Asia

British Viceroy

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British Viceroy

Lord Canning (1856-62 AD)

Q. Who was the last Governor General appointed by the company?

Ans. Lord Canning (1856- 57 AD)

Q. Who was the first Viceroy of India appointed under the British Emperor?

Ans. Lord Canning (1857- 62 AD)

Q. After which important event, the post of Governor General was abolished and the post of Viceroy was made?

Ans. Historical Revolt of 1857 AD

Q. After which event the rule of India was taken out from the hands of the East Indian Company and came into the hands of the British Emperor?

Ans. Revolt of 1857

Q. Who passed the Indian High Court Act?

Ans. Canning

Q. Where each High Court was established under the Indian High Court Act?

Ans. In Bombay, Calcutta and Madras in 1856 AD

Q. When was the Widow Remarriage Act passed?

Ans. In 1856 AD

Q. When was the penal code drafted by Macaulay made into law?

Ans. In 1858 AD

Q. When was the Criminal Law Code implemented?

Ans. In 1859 AD

Q. Who abolished the Doctrine of Lapse?

Ans. Canning

Q. When was the Indian Councils Act passed?

Ans. In 1861 AD

Q. When was the portfolio system introduced?

Ans. In 1861 AD

Lord Elligan (1862- 63 AD)


Q. Who suppressed the Wahabi movement?

Ans. Lord Elligan

Q. When did Lord Elegan die?

Ans. 1863 AD in Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh)

Lord Lawrence (1863- 69 AD)


Q. When did Bhutan invade the British Empire?

Ans. In 1865 AD

Q. Who adopted the policy of intervention in relation to Afghanistan?

Ans. Lord Lawrence

Q. What is Lawrence's interference policy known as?

Ans. Fantastic passivity

Q. Who constituted the Famine Commission?

Ans. Lawrence led by Camplev Henry

Q. Who started the first sea telegraph service between India and Europe?

Ans. 1865 AD Lawrence

Lord Mayo (1869- 72 AD)


Q. Who established the Mayo College in Ajmer?

Ans. Mayo

Q. Who established the Department of Agriculture?

Ans. Mayo in 1872 AD

Q. Who killed Mayo?

Ans. An Afghan in 1872 AD

Lord Northbrook (1872- 76 AD)


Q. Who sent Malharrao Gaikwad of Baroda to Madras after he was deposed on charges of corruption?

Ans. Northbrook

Q. My aim is to remove taxes and stop unnecessary legal proceedings. Whose statement is this?

Ans. Of Lord Northbrook

Q. In whose time the famous Kuka movement of Punjab took place?

Ans. Northbrook's

Lord Lytton (1876- 80 AD)


Q. What other names is Lord Lytton also known by?

Ans. Oven Meredith

Q. Under whose chairmanship Lord Lytton set up the Famine Commission?

Ans. Richard Strachey's

Q. Who organized the Delhi Durbar to honor Queen Victoria of Britain with the title of Qaiser-e-Hind?

Ans. In January 1877, Lytton

Q. Who imposed strict restrictions (Vernacular Press Act) on Indian newspapers?

Ans. Lytton in 1878

Q. When was the Indian Arms Act passed?

Ans. In 1878 AD

Q. Who reduced the age limit for getting admission in civil services examinations from 21 years to 19 years?

Ans. Litton

Q. Who founded the Muslim-Anglo Oriental College in Aligarh?

Ans. Litton

Lord Ripon (1880- 84 AD)


Q. Who abolished the Vernacular Press Act?

Ans. Ripon in 1882 AD

Q. Who changed the age of entry in civil service from 19 years to 21 years again?

Ans. Ripon

Q. Who started local self-government?

Ans. Ripon

Q. When was the first census conducted in India?

Ans. In 1872 AD

Q. When was the first regular census conducted in India?

Ans. In 1881 AD

Q. In how many years is the census conducted?

Ans. 10 years old

Q. Under whose chairmanship a commission was constituted under educational reforms?

Ans. William Hunter's

Q. Who gave Ripon the name of 'Savior of India'?

Ans. Florence Nightingale

Lord Dufferin (1884- 88 AD)


Q. In whose time did the Third Anglo-Burma War (1885- 88 AD) take place?

Ans. Dufferin's

Q. In whose time the Bengal, Awadh and Punjab Tenancy Act was passed?

Ans. Dufferin's

Q. Who founded the Indian National Congress?

Ans. 1885 AD in Bombay A. O. Hume

Lord Lansdowne (1888- 94 AD)


Q. In whose time the boundary line (Durand Line) between India and Afghanistan was determined?

Ans. Lansdowne's

Lord Elegan II (1894–99 AD)


Q. "India has been conquered by the sword and will be defended only by the sword." Whose statement is this?

Ans. Of Allegan-II

Lord Curzon (1899- 05 AD)


Q. Who established the Irrigation Commission?

Ans. In 1901, under the chairmanship of Sir Scott Minrick, Curzon

Q. Who established the Police Commission?

Ans. 1902 AD Curzon headed by Sir Andrew Fraser

Q. Who established the University Commission?

Ans. Curzon chaired by Sir Thomas Raleigh

Q. When was the Indian Universities Act passed?

Ans. In 1904 AD

Q. Under whose chairmanship did Curzon set up the Famine Commission?

Ans. Sir Antony McDonnell's

Q. Where did Curzon establish a college to test military officers?

Ans. In Quetta

Q. When was the Ancient Monuments Testing Act passed?

Ans. In 1904 AD

Q. Who established the Archaeological Department of India?

Ans. Curzon

Q. During whose tenure the Victoria Memorial Hall in Calcutta was built?

Ans. Curzon's

Q. The famous Bengal Partition was an important event during whose reign?

Ans. Curzon's

Lord Minto-II (1905-10 AD)


Q. Who founded the Muslim League?

Ans. Aga Khan and Salimullah Khan in 1906 AD

Q. In which session of Congress was the Congress split?

Ans. In Surat session in 1907 AD

Q. When was the meeting between the Anglo and Russian delegations held?

Ans. In 1907 AD

Q. When was the Minto-Marl Reform Act passed a separate electoral system for Muslims?

Ans. In 1909 AD

Lord Hardinge-II (1910-15 AD)


Q. When did King George-V of Britain come to India?

Ans. In the grand court of Delhi in 1911 AD

Q. During whose reign the partition of Bengal was annulled?

Ans. Harding-II's

Q. Where was the capital of India shifted from Calcutta during Hardinge's time?

Ans. In Delhi

Q. When did Delhi become the capital of India?

Ans. In 1912 AD

Q. When did World War I start?

Ans. In July 1914 AD

Q. When was Harding-II appointed as the Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University?

Ans. In 1916 AD

Lord Chelmsford (1916- 21 AD)


Q. In which session of Congress was the Congress unified?

Ans. Lucknow session (1916 AD)

Q. When was the Women's University established in Puna?

Ans. In 1916 AD

Q. When was the Sadler Commission on Education formed?

Ans. In 1917 AD

Q. When was Rowlatt Act passed?

Ans. In 1919 AD

Q. When did the Jallianbagh massacre take place?

Ans. April 13, 1919 in AD

Q. In whose time did the third Afghan war take place?

Ans. Chelmsford's

Q. When was the Khilafat Movement started?

Ans. In 1919 AD

Q. When did Gandhi's non-cooperation movement start?

Ans. In 1920 AD

Lord Reading (1921- 26 AD)


Q. After which incident did Mahatma Gandhi withdraw his non-cooperation movement?

Ans. Chauri-Chaura incident on February 5, 1922.

Q. Who founded the Swaraj Party in Allahabad?

Ans. 1923 AD Chittaranjan Das and Motilal Nehru

Q. When did the Prince of Wales visit India?

Ans. In 1921 AD

Q. When did the Moplah rebellion take place?

Ans. In 1921 AD

Q. When did Visva-Bharati University start currying?

Ans. In 1922 AD

Q. Who formed the Communist Party of India?

Ans. In 1921 AD, M.N. Rai

Q. When was the famous Arya Samaji leader Swami Sridhanand murdered?

Ans. In 1925 AD

Lord Irwin (1926- 31 AD)


Q. When did the Simon Commission reach Bombay?

Ans. In February 1928 AD

Q. When was the Civil Disobedience Movement started by Gandhiji?

Ans. In March 1930 AD

Q. When was the bomb hurled by Indian revolutionaries in the Assembly Hall of Delhi?

Ans. In 1929 AD

Q. In which session of Congress was the goal of "Purna Swaraj" set?

Ans. In the Lahore session (1929 AD)

Q. Which day was declared as Independence Day by Congress?

Ans. On January 26, 1930 AD

Q. When was the first Round Table Conference held in London?

Ans. In November 1930 AD

Q. When was the Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed?

Ans. March 1931 AD.

Q. When was the Civil Disobedience Movement suspended?

Ans. In 1931 AD

Lord Welliganton (1931- 36 AD)


Q. When was the Second Round Table Conference held?

Ans. On December 4, 1931.

Q. Who represented the Congress in the Second Round Table Conference?

Ans. Mahatma Gandhi

Q. When did Gandhiji start the Second Civil Disobedience Movement?

Ans. In January 1932 AD

Q. Who announced the Communal Award?

Ans. Ramsay McDonald in 1932 AD

Q. When was the Puna Pact signed?

Ans. In September 1932 AD

Q. When was the Third Round Table Conference held?

Ans. In London in November 1932

Q. When was the Government of India Act passed?

Ans. In 1935 AD

Q. In which session of Congress did Welliganton attend?

Ans. Bombay session 1915 AD.

Lord Linlithgow (1936- 44 AD)


Q. In whose time the elections to the provincial legislatures were held for the first time?

Ans. Lyn Lithgow's

Q. In how many out of 11 provinces did the Congress form its government in the elections to the provincial legislatures?

Ans. in 7

Q. When did World War II start?

Ans. In September 1939 AD

Q. Who formed the new party named Farward Bloc?

Ans. Subhash Chandra Bose in 1939 AD

Q. When was the demand for Pakistan made for the first time?

Ans. In 1940 AD

Q. When was the August resolution brought by the British?

Ans. In the Lahore session in August 1942 AD

Q. When did Cripps Mission come to India?

Ans. In 1942 AD

Q. When did Congress start 'Quit India' movement?

Ans. In August 1942 AD

Lord Wavell (1944- 47 AD)


Q. When was the Simla Agreement signed?

Ans. In 1945 AD

Q. When did the cabinet mission come to India?

Ans. In 1946 AD

Q. Who was the Prime Minister of England at the time of India's independence (1947 AD)?

Ans. Lord Clement Atlee

Q. Which party did Prime Minister Clement Attlee belong to?

Ans. From Labor Party

Lord Mountbatten (March 1947 - June 1948 AD)


Q. When did India become independent?

Ans. August 15, 1947 AD

Q. Who was the first Governor General of independent India?

Ans. Lord Mountbatten

Q. Who was the first and last Indian governor of independent India?

Ans. C. Rajagopalachari

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