TNPSC Study Material History

Basic Test on History (1858-1947)

1, Who is the last Governor General and first Viceroy of India?

Lord William Bentink

Lord Canning

Lord Lawrence

Lord Mayo

2, when was the Universites of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras Established?

1857

1867

1861

1860

3,When did the first Census of India taken place?

1871

1857

1881

1891

4,Who was the Viceroy when the Durand Commission appointed?

Lord Cuzon

Lord Minto

Lord Reading

Lord Lansdowne

5,Who was the Viceroy during Indian Council Act of 1909 passed?

Lord Irwin

Lord Reading

Lord Minto

Lord Hardinge

6,Montague-Chelmsford reforms was passed in ?

1909

1919

1920

1921

7,When did the Vernacular Act passed?

1892

1890

1878

1868

8,Who was the viceroy when the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre taken place?

Lord Irwin

Lord Hardinge

Lord Chelmsford

Lord Curzon

9,Who cancelled the Partition of bengal?

Lord Hardinge

Lord Chelmsford

Lord Wavell

Lord Linlithgow

10, Who is the First and Last Governor General of Free India?

Jawaharlal Nehru

Rajendra Prasad

Rajagopalachari

Sardar Vallabhai Patel