Governor/Governor General/Viceroy (Part-I)

Total Questions: 40

31. Oudh was amalgamated into the British dominion in the year- [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2013, U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2010]

Correct Answer: (d) 1856
Solution:Sindh was annexed during the tenure of Lord Ellenborough (1842-1844 AD). Awadh was annexed in 1856 AD on the ground of maladministration during Lord Dalhousie tenure, Satara was annexed in 1848 AD.

32. Consider the annexation of the following States under ' Doctrine of Lapse' and arrange them into chronological order: [U.P.B.E.O. (Pre) 2019]

1. Satara
2. Jhansi
3. Baghat
4. Udaipur
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:

Correct Answer: (c) 1,3,4,2
Solution:Sindh was annexed during the tenure of Lord Ellenborough (1842-1844 AD). Awadh was annexed in 1856 AD on the ground of maladministration during Lord Dalhousie tenure, Satara was annexed in 1848 AD.

33. Which of the underwritten pairs is correctly matched? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2002]

List-IList-II
(a) 1849 A.D.Merger of Sataras
(b) 1848 A.D.Merger of Punjab
(c) 1856 A.D.Merge of Awadh
(d) 1855 A.D.Merge of Jhansi
Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:Sindh was annexed during the tenure of Lord Ellenborough (1842-1844 AD). Awadh was annexed in 1856 AD on the ground of maladministration during Lord Dalhousie tenure, Satara was annexed in 1848 AD.

34. who among the following formulated and implemented the 'Doctrine of Lapse? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2011]

Correct Answer: (c) Dalhousie
Solution:Sindh was annexed during the tenure of Lord Ellenborough (1842-1844 AD). Awadh was annexed in 1856 AD on the ground of maladministration during Lord Dalhousie tenure, Satara was annexed in 1848 AD.

35. The ruler of which one of the following states was removed from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance? [I.A.S. (Pre) 2007]

Correct Answer: (a) Awadh
Solution:Sindh was annexed during the tenure of Lord Ellenborough (1842-1844 AD). Awadh was annexed in 1856 AD on the ground of maladministration during Lord Dalhousie tenure, Satara was annexed in 1848 AD.

36. Consider the following Princely States of the British rule in India: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2004]

1. Jhansi
2. Sambalpur
3. Sataraa
The correct chronological order in which they were annexed by the British is:

Correct Answer: (c) 1,3,2
Solution:Satara was annexed by Dalhousie in 1848 A.D. Jhansi was annexed in 1854 A.D. All these states were annexed by Dalhousie on the principle of "Doctrine of Lapse."

37. which of the following was first victim of Lord Dalhousie's 'policy of doctrine of lapse'? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

Correct Answer: (b) Satara
Solution:The doctrine of lapse was the policy of Lord Dalhousie to annex the independent Indian State on the certian ground i.e. if Ruler of State died childless or was manifestly incompetent. The doctrine of lapse first applied to the State of Satara in 1848 A.D.

38. Which was the first State to be merged under Dalhousie's "Doctrine of lapse"? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]

Correct Answer: (d) Satara
Solution:The doctrine of lapse was the policy of Lord Dalhousie to annex the independent Indian State on the certian ground i.e. if Ruler of State died childless or was manifestly incompetent. The doctrine of lapse first applied to the State of Satara in 1848 A.D.

39. James Andrew Ramsay was the real name of which Governor-General of India? [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

Correct Answer: (a) Lord Dalhousie
Solution:Lord Dalhousie who came as Governor-General of India in 1848 A.D. was also known a ' The Earl of Dalhousie'. His real name was James Andrew Broun Ramsay.

40. The conquest of Sindh by British was completed during the period of- [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2012]

Correct Answer: (a) Lord Ellenborough
Solution:During the period of Lord Ellenborough (1842-48 A.D.). the states of Sindh was fully merged by Charles Napier in the British Empire in 1843 A.D. It was the main reason of the First Anglo-afghan War.