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Arrange the following Governors General in chronological order. Give your answer with the help of code given below :
(a) Sir John Lawrence
(b) Lord
(c) Lord Mayo
(d) Lord Lytton

  • (a), (c), (b), (d)
  • (a), (b), (c), (d)
  • (d), (a), (b), (c)
  • (c), (b), (a), (d)
  • Correct Option: A  [ (a), (c), (b), (d) ]

    Remark:

The wrongly paired match among the following is

  • Mahatma Gandhi - Dandi March
  • Subhas Chandra Bose - Forward Block
  • Sir Syed Ahmed Khan - Aligarh Muslim University
  • Mohammad Ali Jinnah - Khilafat Movement
  • Correct Option: D  [ Mohammad Ali Jinnah - Khilafat Movement ]

    Remark:

The control of Indian administration was transferred from the East India Company to the Crown (British Govt.) by :

  • The Goverment of India Act, 1858
  • The Indian Council Act, 1861
  • The Royal Title Act, 1876
  • The Arms Acts, 1878
  • Correct Option: A  [ The Goverment of India Act, 1858 ]

    Remark:

Which of the following Acts marked the end of British rule in India and made India free on 15th August, 1947 :

  • The Goverment of India Act
  • The Rawlatt Acts
  • The Indian Independence Acts
  • None of the above
  • Correct Option: C  [ The Indian Independence Acts ]

    Remark:

The RED Fort was built by:

  • Akbar
  • Jahangir
  • Shahjhan
  • Sher Shah
  • Correct Option: C  [ Shahjhan ]

    Remark:

"History of British India" is written by:

  • Charles Grant
  • Alexander Duff
  • E. Storrow
  • James Mill
  • Correct Option: D  [ James Mill ]

    Remark:

The first great experiment of Gandhiji in 'Satyagraha' took place in

  • South Africa
  • Champaran
  • Dandi
  • Bardoli
  • Correct Option: A  [ South Africa ]

    Remark:

Under whose Chairmanship was the First Famine Commission constituted ?

  • Richard Strachey
  • Lord Mountbatten
  • Sir Cyril Radcliffe
  • James Lyall
  • Correct Option: A  [ Richard Strachey ]

    Remark:

During the period of which Governor General / Viceroy was the Indian Civil Service introduced?

  • Dalhousie
  • Curzon
  • Bentick
  • Cornwallis
  • Correct Option: D  [ Cornwallis ]

    Remark:

The Gupta King who destroyed Sakas was:

  • Samudra Gupta
  • Chandra Gupta-I
  • Kumara Gupta
  • Chandra Gupta-II
  • Correct Option: D  [ Chandra Gupta-II ]

    Remark: Chandragupta II Son of Samudragupta, We know about him from inscriptions and coins. He led an expedition to western India, where he overcame the last of the Shakas. His court was full of learned people, including Kalidasa the poet, and Aryabhata the astronomer.