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3. The Impact of British rule in India

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He argued “All the natives of Hindustan are completely corrupt”.

a)

Lord Wellesley

b)

Lord Dalhousie

c)

Lord Cornwallis

d)

Robert Clive

2.

He implemented the efficient Police System in India for the first time.

a)

Lord Wellesley

b)

Lord Dalhousie

c)

Lord Cornwallis

d)

Robert Clive

3.

English Education in India was introduced by.

a)

Lord Macaulay

b)

Lord Curzon

c)

Lord Cornwallis

d)

Jonathan Duncan

4.

He facilitated the expansion of the modern education in India.

a)

Warren Hastings

b)

Lord Curzon

c)

Lord Cornwallis

d)

Lord William Bentinck

5.

He was appointed as the Chairperson of the Committee on Education.

a)

Warren Hastings

b)

Lord Curzon

c)

Macaulay

d)

Lord William Bentinck

6.

Charles Wood’s Commission reported on.

a)

1835 CE

b)

1854 CE

c)

1845 CE

d)

1855 CE

7.

In India before 1853 all the appointments were done by.

a)

Indian native rulers

b)

The queen of England

c)

The governor general of India

d)

The directors of company

8.

The British created the systematic police system in India. Because.

a)

To working as an assistant with the army.

b)

To maintaining internal law and order.

c)

To control the native rulers.

d)

To control the officials of the company.

9.

The reformation brought by the British according to the recommendations of peel committee was.

a)

The establishment of new police system

b)

The implementation of English education.

c)

The military system was redesigned

d)

Provide an opportunity to various land tax systems.

10.

As a result of English education thoughts of J.S. Mill, Rousseau and Montesquieu brought....

a)

Fresh thinking among the Indians.

b)

Revolutionary thinking among the Indians.

c)

Diversion in the thinking process.

d)

Growth of an extreme nationalism.

11.

Civil service system and superintendent of police post introduced in India by.

a)

Warren Hastings

b)

Lord Curzon

c)

Lord Cornwallis

d)

Lord Hastings

12.

1781 Calcutta madrasa was started by.

a)

Lord Cornwallis

b)

Warren Hastings

c)

Jonathan Duncan

d)

William Bentinck.

13.

In 1792 Banaras Sanskrit college was started by.

a)

Lord Cornwallis

b)

Warren Hastings

c)

Jonathan Duncan

d)

William Bentinck.

14.

New universities were started in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras by.

a)

Lord Cornwallis

b)

Warren Hastings

c)

Jonathan Duncan

d)

Lord Dalhousie.

15.

His policy aimed at the “creation of a new class of Indians who are Indian by body but British in intelligence opinion and taste”?

a)

Warren Hastings

b)

Lord Curzon

c)

Macaulay

d)

Lord William Bentinck

16.

Faujdari Adalat is ..................type of court

a)

Administratative

b)

Civil

c)

Criminal

d)

Law and Order

17.

He took administration in 1772 as first governor of British Government.

a)

Warren Hastings

b)

Lord Curzon

c)

Lord Dalhousie

d)

Lord William Bentinck

18.

Cornwallis divided district administration Centre under Kotwal and every village under......................

a)

Deshpandey

b)

Deshmukh

c)

Police

d)

Choukidar

19.

It allowed suitable education qualification for the post in police system

a)

Police law act 1861

b)

Peel Commission

c)

Police commission law 1902

d)

Police act 1903

20.

This college was opened by Lord Cornwallis to aspire Indians to join civil service.

a)

Fort William

b)

Banaras Hindu University

c)

Anglo Oriental College

d)

St George fort