Governor/Governor General/Viceroy (Part-II)

Total Questions: 40

11. Which of the following is not correctly matched? [U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Spl.) (Mains) 2010]

Correct Answer: (b) Subsidiary Alliance - 1863
Solution:Subsidiary Alliance was codified by Lord Wellesley in 1798 AD and Hyderabad became first state in 1798 and 1800 AD to accept this. Rest of the options are correctly matched.

12. At a time when empires in Europe were crumbling before the might of Napoleon, which one of the following Governors-General kept the British flag flying high in India? [I.A.S. (Pre) 1999]

Correct Answer: (c) Lord Wellesley
Solution:Lord Wellesley moved to India in 1797 A.D., which was the darkest period of British. The front made of European powers against France had been disbanded. Napoleon had conquered Egypt and Syria and was seriously thinking about attacking India. In that condition, Lord Wellesley used a subsidiary alliance in India, which helped him to establish the sovereignty of the British power and the fear of Napoleon was averted.

13. Anglo-Nepal War took place during the reign of - [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2010]

Correct Answer: (b) Lord Hastings
Solution:The Anglo-Nepal (1814-16 A.D.) War took place during the reign of Lord Hastings which came to an end by the Treaty of Sugauli. The Treaty of Sugauli was signed on 2 December, 1815 A.D. Which was ratified on 4 March, 1816 A.D.

14. The Treaty of Sagauli took place in the year [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

Correct Answer: (d) 1815 A.D.
Solution:The Anglo-Nepal (1814-16 A.D.) War took place during the reign of Lord Hastings which came to an end by the Treaty of Sugauli. The Treaty of Sugauli was signed on 2 December, 1815 A.D. Which was ratified on 4 March, 1816 A.D.

15. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Mains) 2010]

Correct Answer: (d) Lord Cornwallis : Third Anglo-Maratha War
Solution:The Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817-18 A.D.) took place in the reign of Lord Hastings and not during the reign of Lord Cornwallis. Thus option (d) is not correctly matched. The fourth Anglo-Mysore war took place in the reign of Lord Wellesley, and Anglo-Nepal War took place in the reign of Lord Hastings while the Battle of Buxar was fought under the leadership of Hector Munro.

16. Third Anglo-Maratha war is related to- [U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2013]

Correct Answer: (c) Lord Hastings
Solution:Third Anglo-Maratha (1817-18 A.D.) war is related to Lord Hastings.

17. Sir Thomas Munro was Governor of Madras during years [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

Correct Answer: (a) 1820-1827 A.D.
Solution:Sir Thomas Munro was governor of Madras during 1820-1827 A.D. He is regarded as the father of Ryotwari System in India in which the taxes of agriculture land were directly collected from the ryots (owner of the land).

18. On the basis of alleged maladministration which Governor-General had taken the administration of Mysore state? [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004 , U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2003]

Correct Answer: (c) Lord William Bentinck
Solution:Lord William Bentinck took charge of Governor-General in July, 1828. He made effective efforts to abolish Sati system, infanticide and established peace in the country by ending the social evils. According to the wishes of the 'Court of Directors, he adopted the policy of neutrality towards the Indian States. The chaos took such an ugly turn in Jaipur that there was an attack on British residents. But Lord Bentinck did not accept to interfere in that. Like this, he did not accept to interfere in Jodhpur, Bundi, Kota and Bhopal because of certain reasons. Excluding this policy, he annexed Mysore in 1831, state of Kurg (1834), Kachar in 1832 and Jayantia in 1835 because there was too much chaos in those states.

19. Who among the following Governor Generals of Bengal was associated with Third Anglo-Mysore War? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2013]

Correct Answer: (b) Lord Cornwallis
Solution:Third Anglo-Mysore War (1790-1792 A.D.) is associated with Lord Cornwallis. Cornwallis himself took charge of the army in this war. Tipu Sultan had made the treaty of Srirangapatna (1792 A.D.) in this war under which he had to give up almost half of his state.

20. Who among the following was associated with suppression of thugs? [I.A.S. (Pre) 1997]

Correct Answer: (b) Captain Sleeman
Solution:The thugs included the followers of both Hindu and Muslim religion. They used to worship Kali, Durga or Bhavani. They used to cut the head and offer it as a sacrifice in the feet of the goddess. Lord William Bentinck appointed Captain Sleeman to take action against these thugs. He arrested 1562 thugs between 1826 to 1835 A.D., many of them were hanged, and rest of them were banished for a lifetime. By1837 A.D., the organized thugs came to an end.