PSC Repeated Questions on Viceroys of India

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PSC Repeated Questions on Viceroys of India(32)

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Previous Year Repeated PSC Questions onThe Viceroys of IndiaWho is the first Indian to join the Viceroy’s Executive Council	LordSatyendra Prasad Sinha.(Previous PSC Questions:Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery 2018)Lord Canning (1856−62)Who was the first Viceroy of India–Lord Canning.(Previous PSC Questions: Lab Tech Asst-maintenance & Repairs Of Two Wheelers, 2015)First War of Indian Independence took place during the period of –Lord Canning.(Previous PSC Questions: Assistant Geologist, Mining & Geology, 2019)The British Governor-General in India during the great Rebellion –Lord Canning.(Previous PSC Questions: Assistant, Finance, 2015)Who was the Governor-General of India during the Revolt of 1857–Lord Canning.(Previous PSC Questions: Company/Corporation Assistant & Assistant Information Officer 2018)Who was the Governor-General of India when the Ist war of Indian Independence broke out in 1857 –Lord Canning.(Previous PSC Questions:Draughtsman Gr. II (Survey & Land Records, 2016)The Viceroy who introduced the budget system in India is –Lord Canning.(Previous PSC Questions: Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery 2018)The Governor-General who brought General Service Enlistment Act –Lord Canning.(Previous PSC Questions:Civil Police Officer 2018)During the company rule, the Widow Remarriage Act was drafted by–Lord Canning.(Previous PSC Questions: Electrician/ Pump Operator, Revenue, 2015)The remarriage of Hindu widows was first legalised during the Governor-Generalship of–Lord Canning.(Previous PSC Questions: Vocational Teacher Agriculture, 2017)The First Viceroy of India after Queen’s proclamation –Lord Canning.(Previous PSC Questions: Assistant Pharmacist Civil Supplies Corporation, 2015)Universities at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras were set up during the Viceroyalty of –Lord Canning.(Previous PSC Questions:Clerk-Typist, 2017)താഴെ തന്നിരിക്കുന്ന പ്രസ്താവനകളിൽ കാനിങ്‌ പ്രഭുവുമായി ബന്ധപെടാത്തത് ഏത്?(Previous PSC Questions:Beat Forest Officer, 2022)i) ഇന്ത്യയിലെ ആദ്യത്തെ വൈസ്രോയി ആയിരുന്നു.ii) ദത്തവകാശ നിരോധന നിയമം പിൻവലിച്ചു.iii) ഇൽബെർട് ബിൽ അവതരിപ്പിച്ചു.iv) 1858-ലെ ഗവണ്മെന്റ് ഓഫ് ഇന്ത്യ ആക്ട് നിലവിൽ വന്നു.A) i,ii B) ii,iii C) Only iD) Only iiiLord John Lawrence (1864−69)In 1864, John Lawrence, the Viceroy of India, officially moved his council to –Shimla.(Previous PSC Questions: LDC (Transfer) Water Authority, 2019)Lord Mayo (1869−72)The British Governor-General who prepared the first census of India –Lord Mayo.(Previous PSC Questions: Junior Instructor Turner 2018)The Wahabi and Kuka movements witnessed during the Viceroyalty of –Lord Mayo.(Previous PSC Questions: Civil Police Officer 2018)Name the Viceroy of India who was assassinated at Andaman Nicobar Islands–Lord Mayo.(Previous PSC Questions:Treatment Organiser Gr II, 2016)Lord Mayo, the British Viceroy of India was assassinated by Shere Ali in 1872 at –Port Blair.(Previous PSC Questions: Beat Forest Officer 2016)Lord Lytton (1876−80)The Viceroy who passed the notorious Vernacular Press Act (Act IX), an Act of the better control of publications in Oriental Languages, in 1878–Lord Lytton.(Previous PSC Questions: Treatment Organiser Gr II, 2015)Identify the Governor-General who introduced the Vernacular Press Act –Lord Lytton.(Previous PSC Questions: Laboratory Technician Kerala Dairy Development 2018)The Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was introduced by –Lord Lytton.(Previous PSC Questions: Livestock Inspector GRADE II, 2016)Who was the Governor-General of India when the Vernacular Press Act was passed?Lord Lytton.(Previous PSC Questions: Assistant Professor in Pathology, 2018)The Viceroy who passed theVernacular Press Act in 1878–Lord Lytton.(Previous PSC Questions: LDC (Transfer) Water Authority, 2019)Who passed the Vernacular Press Act in 1878?Lord Lytton.(Previous PSC Questions:Junior Instructor (Stenographer & Secretarial Assistant, 2018)ഇന്ത്യൻ വർത്തമാന പത്രങ്ങളെ നിയന്ത്രിക്കാൻ വേണ്ടി 'പ്രാദേശിക ഭാഷാപത്ര നിയമം' നടപ്പിലാക്കിയത് ആര്?ലിട്ടൺ പ്രഭു.(Previous PSC Questions:Khadi Board LDC Prelims Stage 2, 2023)The Arms Act of 1878, regulating the ownership and trade of fire arms was introduced by–Lord Lytton.(Previous PSC Questions:Full Time / Part Time Junior Language Teacher Arabic (UPS),2024)*
Father of Local Self Government in India	Lord Ripon.(Previous PSC Questions: Staff Nurse GR-II 2014, Tradesman(Refrigeration & Air Conditioning) Technical Education Department, 2015, Data Entry Operator Co-operative Banks / Societies, 2018, Blacksmith 2018)
Who was considered as the father of Indian Local Self Government	Lord Ripon.(Previous PSC Questions:Assistant /Auditor Secretariat, Local Fund Audit, 2015)
Name the British Indian Viceroy who won the title “The father of Local Self-Government” in India	Lord Ripon.(Previous PSC Questions: Higher Secondary School Teacher- Home science, 2016)
Which Indian Viceroy said, "Judge me by my acts and not my words"	Lord Ripon.(Previous PSC Questions: Junior Health Inspector 2018)
The Ilbert bill controversy related to	Lord Ripon.(Previous PSC Questions:SC Development Officer GRADE I(SC/ST) 2014)
Ilbert bill controversy took place during the viceroyalty of	Lord Ripon.(Previous PSC Questions: Lab Technician GR.II, Animal Husbandry, 2015)
The Viceroy who partitioned Bengal was	Lord Curzon.(Previous PSC Questions: Staff Nurse Grade-II, Medical Education2014, Assistant Manager, CONSUMERFED, 2014, Field Supervisor, State Farming Corp., 2015, Confidential Assistant Gr-II, 2016)
_______was responsible for the partition of Bengal	Lord Curzon.(Previous PSC Questions: Electrician, Ground Water, Printing, Agriculture, Kerala Ceramics, 2015)
The British Viceroy who partitioned Bengal in 1905	Lord Curzon.(Previous PSC Questions: Data Entry Operator Co-operative Banks / Societies, 2019)
Name the British Viceroy who announced the Partition of Bengal in 1905	Lord Curzon.(Previous PSC Questions: Treatment Organizer, Gr-II, Health Services, 2018)
Lord Curzon's Partition of Bengal came to effect on	16 October 1905.(Previous PSC Questions:Sub Engineer in KSEB, 2015)
The unpopular Viceroy who loved animals and encouraged heritage conservation	Lord Curzon.(Previous PSC Questions: Junior Assistant Typist 2015)/span >
In which year the ‘Second Ezhava memorial’ was presented by the leaders of Ezhava community before Lord Curzon, then the Viceroy of India, during his visit to Thiruvanathapuram	1900.(Previous PSC Questions: Junior Instructor, Wireman, Industrial training, 2016)
To whom the second Ezhava memorial was presented by the leaders of the Ezhava community in 1900	Lord Curzon.(Previous PSC Questions: Computer Assistant Gr-II(Printing), 2016)
The Viceroy who revoked The Partition of Bengal in 1911	Lord Hardinge.(Previous PSC Questions: HSA Malayalam 2015)Lord Hardinge canceled the partition of Bengal in –1911.(Previous PSC Questions: Livestock Inspector Gr-II 2015)The transfer of the capital of India from Calcutta to Delhi was announced by–Lord Hardinge.(Previous PSC Questions:Finger Print Searcher, Police, 2014)’Human Sacrifices –Act of 1846’ is associated with–Lord Hardinge.(Previous PSC Questions: High School Assistant Mathematics, 2016)
The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place during the viceroyalty of	Lord Chelmsford.(Previous PSC Questions: Tradesman/Wireman, 2016)
“Deepawali Declaration” was made by	Lord Irwin.(Previous PSC Questions: Confidential Assistant Grade-II SR For SC/ST 2018)
Who made the famous Deepavali Declaration of 1929 in British India	Lord Irwin.(Previous PSC Questions:High Court Assistant, 2019)
The Viceroy of India at the time of Dandi March	Lord Irwin.(Previous PSC Questions: Draftsman Gr-III (Civil)/ Overseer Grade Iii( Civil)/Tracer Harbor Engg:, 2015)
Who was the Viceroy of India during the time of Round Table Conferences	Lord Irwin.(Previous PSC Questions: Electrician, Agriculture (EKM), 2016)
Which British Viceroy called Gandhiji's breaking of salt law as 'a storm in a teacup'	Lord Irwin.(Previous PSC Questions: Confidential Assistant Grade II, Various, 2013)
The Viceroy who forward the proposal of August Offer in 1940 was	Lord Linlithgow.(Previous PSC Questions: Junior Instructor Electronic Mechanic 2018)
The Viceroy who made the declaration known as 'August offer'	Lord Linlithgow.(Previous PSC Questions: Junior Typist/LD Typist, 2023)*
Quit India movement started during the viceroyalty of	Lord Linlithgow.(Previous PSC Questions: Accounts Manager, APEX Co-operative Societies 2013)
The Viceroy who convened the Simla Conference in 1945	Lord Wavell.(Previous PSC Questions: Librarian Gr.IV 2016; Senior Supdt/Accounts Officer, 2019)
The last Viceroy of India was	Mount Batten.(Previous PSC Questions: Junior Instructor Bakery and Confectionery 2018)
June 3rd plan is related to the Viceroy	Lord Mountbatten.(Previous PSC Questions: Junior Instructor in Milk and Milk Products 2018)
The first Governor-General of independent India was	Lord Mountbatten.(Previous PSC Questions: Overseer, 2015)*
സ്വതന്ത്ര ഇന്ത്യയുടെ ആദ്യത്തെ ഗവർണ്ണർ ജനറൽ	മൗണ്ട് ബാറ്റൺ പ്രഭു.(Previous PSC Questions:Khadi Board LDC Prelims Stage 1, 2023)*
A plan for the division of India as India and Pakistan was presented in 1947 by	Mount Batten.(Previous PSC Questions: Excise Guard/ Women Excise Guard, 2014)
"His spirit will always prevail in India" was a famous remark made on 15th December, 1950 at London by	Lord Mountbatten.(Previous PSC Questions: Overseer/Draftsman Gr II, Public Works, 2017)

Previous Year Repeated PSC Questions onThe Viceroys of IndiaWho is the first Indian to join the Viceroy’s Executive Council*

LordSatyendra Prasad Sinha.(Previous PSC Questions:Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery 2018)Lord Canning (1856−62)Who was the first Viceroy of India–Lord Canning.(Previous PSC Questions: Lab Tech Asst-maintenance & Repairs Of Two Wheelers, 2015)First War of Indian Independence took place during the period of –Lord Canning.(Previous PSC Questions: Assistant Geologist, Mining & Geology, 2019)The British Governor-General in India during the great Rebellion –Lord Canning.(Previous PSC Questions: Assistant, Finance, 2015)Who was the Governor-General of India during the Revolt of 1857–Lord Canning.(Previous PSC Questions: Company/Corporation Assistant & Assistant Information Officer 2018)Who was the Governor-General of India when the Ist war of Indian Independence broke out in 1857 –Lord Canning.(Previous PSC Questions:Draughtsman Gr. II (Survey & Land Records, 2016)The Viceroy who introduced the budget system in India is –Lord Canning.(Previous PSC Questions: Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery 2018)The Governor-General who brought General Service Enlistment Act –Lord Canning.(Previous PSC Questions:Civil Police Officer 2018)During the company rule, the Widow Remarriage Act was drafted by–Lord Canning.(Previous PSC Questions: Electrician/ Pump Operator, Revenue, 2015)The remarriage of Hindu widows was first legalised during the Governor-Generalship of–Lord Canning.(Previous PSC Questions: Vocational Teacher Agriculture, 2017)The First Viceroy of India after Queen’s proclamation –Lord Canning.(Previous PSC Questions: Assistant Pharmacist Civil Supplies Corporation, 2015)Universities at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras were set up during the Viceroyalty of –Lord Canning.(Previous PSC Questions:Clerk-Typist, 2017)താഴെ തന്നിരിക്കുന്ന പ്രസ്താവനകളിൽ കാനിങ്‌ പ്രഭുവുമായി ബന്ധപെടാത്തത് ഏത്?(Previous PSC Questions:Beat Forest Officer, 2022)i) ഇന്ത്യയിലെ ആദ്യത്തെ വൈസ്രോയി ആയിരുന്നു.ii) ദത്തവകാശ നിരോധന നിയമം പിൻവലിച്ചു.iii) ഇൽബെർട് ബിൽ അവതരിപ്പിച്ചു.iv) 1858-ലെ ഗവണ്മെന്റ് ഓഫ് ഇന്ത്യ ആക്ട് നിലവിൽ വന്നു.A) i,ii B) ii,iii C) Only iD) Only iiiLord John Lawrence (1864−69)In 1864, John Lawrence, the Viceroy of India, officially moved his council to –Shimla.(Previous PSC Questions: LDC (Transfer) Water Authority, 2019)Lord Mayo (1869−72)The British Governor-General who prepared the first census of India –Lord Mayo.(Previous PSC Questions: Junior Instructor Turner 2018)The Wahabi and Kuka movements witnessed during the Viceroyalty of –Lord Mayo.(Previous PSC Questions: Civil Police Officer 2018)Name the Viceroy of India who was assassinated at Andaman Nicobar Islands–Lord Mayo.(Previous PSC Questions:Treatment Organiser Gr II, 2016)Lord Mayo, the British Viceroy of India was assassinated by Shere Ali in 1872 at –Port Blair.(Previous PSC Questions: Beat Forest Officer 2016)Lord Lytton (1876−80)The Viceroy who passed the notorious Vernacular Press Act (Act IX), an Act of the better control of publications in Oriental Languages, in 1878–Lord Lytton.(Previous PSC Questions: Treatment Organiser Gr II, 2015)Identify the Governor-General who introduced the Vernacular Press Act –Lord Lytton.(Previous PSC Questions: Laboratory Technician Kerala Dairy Development 2018)The Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was introduced by –Lord Lytton.(Previous PSC Questions: Livestock Inspector GRADE II, 2016)Who was the Governor-General of India when the Vernacular Press Act was passed?Lord Lytton.(Previous PSC Questions: Assistant Professor in Pathology, 2018)The Viceroy who passed theVernacular Press Act in 1878–Lord Lytton.(Previous PSC Questions: LDC (Transfer) Water Authority, 2019)Who passed the Vernacular Press Act in 1878?Lord Lytton.(Previous PSC Questions:Junior Instructor (Stenographer & Secretarial Assistant, 2018)ഇന്ത്യൻ വർത്തമാന പത്രങ്ങളെ നിയന്ത്രിക്കാൻ വേണ്ടി 'പ്രാദേശിക ഭാഷാപത്ര നിയമം' നടപ്പിലാക്കിയത് ആര്?ലിട്ടൺ പ്രഭു.(Previous PSC Questions:Khadi Board LDC Prelims Stage 2, 2023)The Arms Act of 1878, regulating the ownership and trade of fire arms was introduced by–Lord Lytton.(Previous PSC Questions:Full Time / Part Time Junior Language Teacher Arabic (UPS),2024)

Father of Local Self Government in India

Lord Ripon.(Previous PSC Questions: Staff Nurse GR-II 2014, Tradesman(Refrigeration & Air Conditioning) Technical Education Department, 2015, Data Entry Operator Co-operative Banks / Societies, 2018, Blacksmith 2018)

Who was considered as the father of Indian Local Self Government

Lord Ripon.(Previous PSC Questions:Assistant /Auditor Secretariat, Local Fund Audit, 2015)

Name the British Indian Viceroy who won the title “The father of Local Self-Government” in India

Lord Ripon.(Previous PSC Questions: Higher Secondary School Teacher- Home science, 2016)

Which Indian Viceroy said, "Judge me by my acts and not my words"

Lord Ripon.(Previous PSC Questions: Junior Health Inspector 2018)

The Ilbert bill controversy related to

Lord Ripon.(Previous PSC Questions:SC Development Officer GRADE I(SC/ST) 2014)

Ilbert bill controversy took place during the viceroyalty of

Lord Ripon.(Previous PSC Questions: Lab Technician GR.II, Animal Husbandry, 2015)

The Viceroy who partitioned Bengal was

Lord Curzon.(Previous PSC Questions: Staff Nurse Grade-II, Medical Education2014, Assistant Manager, CONSUMERFED, 2014, Field Supervisor, State Farming Corp., 2015, Confidential Assistant Gr-II, 2016)

_______was responsible for the partition of Bengal

Lord Curzon.(Previous PSC Questions: Electrician, Ground Water, Printing, Agriculture, Kerala Ceramics, 2015)

The British Viceroy who partitioned Bengal in 1905

Lord Curzon.(Previous PSC Questions: Data Entry Operator Co-operative Banks / Societies, 2019)

Name the British Viceroy who announced the Partition of Bengal in 1905

Lord Curzon.(Previous PSC Questions: Treatment Organizer, Gr-II, Health Services, 2018)

Lord Curzon's Partition of Bengal came to effect on

16 October 1905.(Previous PSC Questions:Sub Engineer in KSEB, 2015)

The unpopular Viceroy who loved animals and encouraged heritage conservation

Lord Curzon.(Previous PSC Questions: Junior Assistant Typist 2015)/span >

In which year the ‘Second Ezhava memorial’ was presented by the leaders of Ezhava community before Lord Curzon, then the Viceroy of India, during his visit to Thiruvanathapuram

1900.(Previous PSC Questions: Junior Instructor, Wireman, Industrial training, 2016)

To whom the second Ezhava memorial was presented by the leaders of the Ezhava community in 1900

Lord Curzon.(Previous PSC Questions: Computer Assistant Gr-II(Printing), 2016)

The Viceroy who revoked The Partition of Bengal in 1911

Lord Hardinge.(Previous PSC Questions: HSA Malayalam 2015)Lord Hardinge canceled the partition of Bengal in –1911.(Previous PSC Questions: Livestock Inspector Gr-II 2015)The transfer of the capital of India from Calcutta to Delhi was announced by–Lord Hardinge.(Previous PSC Questions:Finger Print Searcher, Police, 2014)’Human Sacrifices –Act of 1846’ is associated with–Lord Hardinge.(Previous PSC Questions: High School Assistant Mathematics, 2016)

The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place during the viceroyalty of

Lord Chelmsford.(Previous PSC Questions: Tradesman/Wireman, 2016)

“Deepawali Declaration” was made by

Lord Irwin.(Previous PSC Questions: Confidential Assistant Grade-II SR For SC/ST 2018)

Who made the famous Deepavali Declaration of 1929 in British India

Lord Irwin.(Previous PSC Questions:High Court Assistant, 2019)

The Viceroy of India at the time of Dandi March

Lord Irwin.(Previous PSC Questions: Draftsman Gr-III (Civil)/ Overseer Grade Iii( Civil)/Tracer Harbor Engg:, 2015)

Who was the Viceroy of India during the time of Round Table Conferences

Lord Irwin.(Previous PSC Questions: Electrician, Agriculture (EKM), 2016)

Which British Viceroy called Gandhiji's breaking of salt law as 'a storm in a teacup'

Lord Irwin.(Previous PSC Questions: Confidential Assistant Grade II, Various, 2013)

The Viceroy who forward the proposal of August Offer in 1940 was

Lord Linlithgow.(Previous PSC Questions: Junior Instructor Electronic Mechanic 2018)

The Viceroy who made the declaration known as 'August offer'*

Lord Linlithgow.(Previous PSC Questions: Junior Typist/LD Typist, 2023)

Quit India movement started during the viceroyalty of

Lord Linlithgow.(Previous PSC Questions: Accounts Manager, APEX Co-operative Societies 2013)

The Viceroy who convened the Simla Conference in 1945

Lord Wavell.(Previous PSC Questions: Librarian Gr.IV 2016; Senior Supdt/Accounts Officer, 2019)

The last Viceroy of India was

Mount Batten.(Previous PSC Questions: Junior Instructor Bakery and Confectionery 2018)

June 3rd plan is related to the Viceroy

Lord Mountbatten.(Previous PSC Questions: Junior Instructor in Milk and Milk Products 2018)

The first Governor-General of independent India was*

Lord Mountbatten.(Previous PSC Questions: Overseer, 2015)

സ്വതന്ത്ര ഇന്ത്യയുടെ ആദ്യത്തെ ഗവർണ്ണർ ജനറൽ*

മൗണ്ട് ബാറ്റൺ പ്രഭു.(Previous PSC Questions:Khadi Board LDC Prelims Stage 1, 2023)

A plan for the division of India as India and Pakistan was presented in 1947 by

Mount Batten.(Previous PSC Questions: Excise Guard/ Women Excise Guard, 2014)

"His spirit will always prevail in India" was a famous remark made on 15th December, 1950 at London by

Lord Mountbatten.(Previous PSC Questions: Overseer/Draftsman Gr II, Public Works, 2017)

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