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  1. Match the governors with events: A. Clive B. Vansittart C. Cartier D. Warren Hastings — 1. ended dual government 2. famine of 1770 3. Buxar 4. dual government set up
    1. A-4 B-2 C-3 D-1
    2. A-4 B-3 C-2 D-1
    3. A-1 B-3 C-2 D-4
    4. A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4
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    Answer: (B) A-4 B-3 C-2 D-1

    Clive–dual govt, Vansittart–Buxar, Cartier–famine, Hastings–ended it.

  2. Who was the first Governor-General of Bengal?
    1. Robert Clive
    2. William Bentinck
    3. Wellesley
    4. Warren Hastings
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    Answer: (D) Warren Hastings

    (IAS 2006)

  3. About Warren Hastings: 1. No Governor of Bengal came after him. 2. He wrote the introduction to Wilkins’ English Gita. 3. He set up district Diwani and Faujdari Adalats with Sadar courts at Calcutta.
    1. 1 only
    2. 2 and 3
    3. 1 and 3
    4. All three
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    Answer: (D) All three

    All three are correct.

  4. Which pair is correctly matched?
    1. Warren Hastings — Plassey
    2. Cornwallis — Permanent Settlement
    3. Wellesley — ban on Sati
    4. Dalhousie — local self-government
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    Answer: (B) Cornwallis — Permanent Settlement

    (IAS 2002)

  5. Who created the covenanted civil service, later called the ICS?
    1. Warren Hastings
    2. Wellesley
    3. Cornwallis
    4. William Bentinck
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    Answer: (C) Cornwallis

    (IAS 2010)

  6. 1. Warren Hastings first set up a regular police on the British model. 2. The Regulating Act 1773 created a Supreme Court at Calcutta. 3. The IPC came into force in 1860. Correct:
    1. 1 and 2
    2. 2 and 3
    3. 1 and 3
    4. All three
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    Answer: (B) 2 and 3

    The police system was Cornwallis’s work.

  7. Which Governor-General kept the British flag high in India while Napoleon’s armies overran Europe?
    1. Warren Hastings
    2. Cornwallis
    3. Wellesley
    4. Lord Hastings
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    Answer: (D) Lord Hastings

    (IAS 1999)

  8. Who formed the Triple Alliance against Tipu Sultan?
    1. Warren Hastings
    2. Cornwallis
    3. Wellesley
    4. William Bentinck
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    Answer: (B) Cornwallis

    Cornwallis, 1790. (IAS 2012)

  9. Match: A. Cornwallis B. Wellesley C. Dalhousie D. Curzon — 1. Partition of Bengal 2. Doctrine of Lapse 3. Permanent Settlement 4. Subsidiary Alliance
    1. A-3 B-4 C-2 D-1
    2. A-1 B-2 C-4 D-3
    3. A-3 B-2 C-4 D-1
    4. A-1 B-4 C-2 D-3
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    Answer: (A) A-3 B-4 C-2 D-1

    Cornwallis–3, Wellesley–4, Dalhousie–2, Curzon–1.

  10. Features of the GoI Act 1935: 1. Dyarchy ended in the provinces. 2. Governors could veto bills and make laws on their own. 3. Communal representation ended. Correct:
    1. 1 only
    2. 1 and 2
    3. 2 and 3
    4. All three
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    Answer: (B) 1 and 2

    Communal electorates were kept and even extended. (IAS 2014)

  1. Which is NOT a feature of the subsidiary alliance?
    1. A British army stationed in the state
    2. A British Resident at the court
    3. No other Europeans employed without consent
    4. Adopted heirs not recognised
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    Answer: (D) Adopted heirs not recognised

    That is Dalhousie’s Doctrine of Lapse.

  2. 1. Irwin was called the Christian Viceroy. 2. Bihar and Orissa became a separate province under Hardinge II. 3. The Communal Award came in Willingdon’s time (1932). Correct:
    1. 1 and 3
    2. 1 only
    3. 1 and 2
    4. All three
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    Answer: (D) All three

    All three are right.

  3. Which Viceroy lowered the ICS maximum age from 21 to 19?
    1. Ripon
    2. Lytton
    3. Dufferin
    4. Mayo
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    Answer: (B) Lytton

    It made entry harder for Indians.

  4. Under whom was the first railway line opened?
    1. Canning
    2. Hardinge I
    3. Dalhousie
    4. Auckland
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    Answer: (C) Dalhousie

    Bombay–Thane, 1853.

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