Comprehensive collection of questions from Indian History asked in recent state service examinations. Each question is verified with official answer keys and step-by-step bilingual solutions.
By which of the following Acts was the commercial monopoly of the British East India Company in India abolished?
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List-I List-II A. Establishment of Board of Control 1. Regulating Act, 1773 B. Establishment of Supreme Court 2. Pitt's India Act, 1784 C. Permission to Christian Missionaries to work in India 3. Charter Act, 1813 D. Appointment of Law Member in Governor General's Council 4. Charter Act, 1833
With reference to the Charter Act of 1813, which of the following is NOT correct?
Match List-I (Acts of the Colonial Government of India) with List-II (Provisions) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List-I List-II A. Charter Act, 1813 1. Establishment of a Board of Control in Britain to fully regulate the affairs of EIC in India B. Regulating Act, 1773 2. Company's trade monopoly in India was abolished C. Act of 1858 3. Power of governance transferred from EIC to the British Crown D. Pitt's India Act, 1784 4. Court of Directors required to place all correspondence and documents before the British Government
By which Act was the Governor-General given the power to override the decisions of his council?
The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court established by the East India Company was–
Under which of the following Acts did Lord Cornwallis get the power to override the decisions of his council?
Under which of the following was the Supreme Court established in India for the first time?
By which Act was the Supreme Court established in Calcutta in India for the first time?
By a regulation in 1793, the District Collector was deprived of his judicial powers and made merely a revenue collecting agent. What was the reason for such a regulation?
Under which Act was the Board of Control established?
In which year was the Regulating Act passed?
The Regulating Act was passed in–
In which year was the 'Regulating Act' passed?
In which of the following Acts was the provision made for the post of Governor-General of Bengal for the first time?
The monopoly of the East India Company in Indian trade was abolished in–
Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?
Who among the following was the first Governor-General of independent India?
Who was the last Governor-General of independent India?
Who presided over the session of the Indian National Congress held in Meerut in 1946?
Who was the Congress President when power was transferred to Indians by the British in the year 1947?
At the time of partition of India, the President of the Indian National Congress was–
The Mountbatten Plan (June 1947) recommended a referendum / popular determination in which of the following province(s)?
Who among the following leaders did not participate anywhere in the celebrations of Independence Day in August 1947?
Who among the following was the President of the Indian National Congress on 15 August 1947?