British Empire

What year was the Indian Mutiny?

• 1847

• 1857

• 1879

• 1919

• 1947

Burton and Speke were looking for the source of which river?

• The Amazon

• The Ganges

• The Niger

• The Nile

Who wrote 'King Solomon's Mines'?

• Kipling

• Rider Haggard

• Henty

• Conan Doyle

Name of the High Commissioner who provoked war with the Zulus in 1879?

• Bartle Frere

• Cecil Rhodes

• Alfred Milner

• Hercules Robinson

Name of the battle at which Zulu impis defeated British redcoats?

• Somme

• Rorke's Drift

• Plassey

• Isandlwana

Which of the following is Joseph Chamberlain?

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Which Prime Minister authorised the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882?

• Salisbury

• Gladstone

• Disraeli

• Asquith

At what battle were British forces defeated by the Boers in 1880?

• Paardeburg

• Majuba Hill

• Mafeking

• Ladysmith

Which region of India did Viceroy Curzon partition in 1905?

• Bengal

• The Punjab

• Pakistan

• The North-West Frontier

What was the status of Egypt in the British Empire from 1882 to 1914?

• a colony

• a dominion

• a veiled protectorate

• a formal protectorate