Administration of the Company and the Crown

1. Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the Viceroys? (JUNE 2012)

I. North Brook
II. Minto
III. Linlithgow
IV. Mayo

Codes:

(1) IV, I, II, III
(2) II, III, I, IV
(3) I, II, III, IV
(4) III, IV, II, I

Answer: 1

Paramountcy, Civil Service, Judiciary, Police and Army Under the Company; British Policy and Paramountcy in the Princely States under the Crown

1. Which one of the following provisions was not part of the Subsidiary Alliance? (JUNE 2012)

(1) The state has to keep British force under the command of English General
(2) The state should take prior permission from the company for waging of war or making peace with another state
(3) The state should not have relation with any European power except English East India Company
(4) The state can go for adoption in the case of not having natural heir

Answer: 4

2. Name the Governor-General, who adopted a policy of the Europeanisation of bureaucracy and an exclusion of Indians from higher posts. (JUNE 2012)

(1) Warren Hastings
(2) Cornwallis
(3) Wellesley
(4) Dalhousie

Answer: 2

3. Curzon-Kitchner Controversy of 1904-1905 is related to (JUNE 2012)

(1) Partition of Bengal
(2) Abolition of military member in the Viceroy’s Council
(3) Direct recruitment of police force
(4) Autonomy of the Calcutta University

Answer: 2

4. What was Marshal Plan? (JUNE 2012)

(1) Control of European powers by military power
(2) To spread of American Dictatorship in Europe
(3) Economic package of USA to control communism
(4) American continent is meant for Americans only

Answer: 3

5. A concrete outcome of the Wavell Plan was the (JUNE 2012)

(1) Constitution of the Constituent Assembly
(2) Complete independence for India gradually
(3) Hold a referendum in the North-West province
(4) Summoning of the Shimla Conference

Answer: 4