SSC Modern History Set- 10
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
TCS Pattern MCQs
Date:- 13/06/2026
1. The Aitchison Commission, 1886, was appointed to make recommendations for reforms in the:
2. Lord Hastings initiated the ____ where the East India Company claimed that its authority was supreme and hence its power was greater than that of Indian states.
3. Which of the following Viceroys of India addressed the Bengal famine of 1943 by ordering the army to distribute relief supplies to the starving rural Bengalis?
4. Which of the following Governor-Generals introduced a code which provided for the separation of revenue administration from judicial administration?
5. Who among the following drafted the Indian Penal Code which later became the basis of the Indian Criminal Code?
6. Who among the following was appointed as the first Viceroy of British India?
7. Who among the following nationalist leaders gave the slogan 'Dilli Chalo'?
8. Which of the following princely states was annexed by the British under the pretext of 'misgovernment of the Nawab'?
9. In British India, who among the following national leaders was called the 'Grand Old Man of India'?
10. Who among the following nationalist leaders had the nickname 'Mahamana'?
11. Which of the following legislations sought to allow senior Indian magistrates to preside over cases involving British subjects in India?
12. Which Governor-General of India, in 1772, introduced two courts in each district: a criminal court (faujdari adalat) and a civil court (diwani adalat)?
13. Who gave the slogans 'Dilli Chalo' and 'Give me blood and I will give you Freedom'?
14. During whose Viceroyalty, the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?
15. To which of the following events is Lord Curzon related?
16. Who established the Sadr-Diwani-Adalat during the British East India Company’s rule?
17. During which Governor-General’s time was the annexation of Sindh in British State done?
18. Who was the First Governor-General of Bengal?
19. Which British Viceroy of India was associated with the Ilbert Bill enacted in 1884?
20. Who among the following personalities, known by the affectionate moniker 'Nightingale of India', Passed away in February 2022?
21. Which Governor-General introduced the policy of Subsidiary Alliance, under which the Indian ruler agreed to keep British forces in his territory?
22. Governor-General Canning decided that_____ would be the last Mughal king and after his death none of his descendants would be recognised as king.
23. The Governor-General of India was given the title of Viceroy for the first time in:
24. In which of the following years was the Indian Age of Consent Act passed?
25. English education was introduced in India by
26. Charles Cornwallis was the Governor General of..............when the Permanent Settlement was introduced there in 1793.
27. The Subsidiary Alliance System, through which the British were responsible for protecting their Indian allies from external and internal threats to their power, was devised by:
28. Which of the following is INCORRECTLY matched with regards to Viceroy and the corresponding incidents?
29. In which order were the states annexed by Britishers under the Doctrine of Lapse?
30. Which Governor-General decided to make English as the medium of instruction in India?
31. Who introduced the Diarchy system in Bengal?
32. Who gave the slogan 'Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it'?
33. Who among the following leaders of Indian Freedom Movement gave the slogan ‘Freedom is my birthright and I shall have it’?
34. Who among the following freedom fighters wrote the poem 'Vande Mataram' in 1875?
35. Who was the first Viceroy and Governor-General of pre-independence era?
36. Which Indian freedom fighter is also called Bismarck of India?
37. Who is known as Bihar Kesari?
38. Which of the following social reformers of British India is known as 'Lokahitwadi'?
39. The system of Budget was introduced in India during the Viceroyalty of-
40. Who was the Viceroy of India when India got independence on 15th August 1947?
41. Which of the following events did NOT happen during the tenure of Lord Dalhousie?
42. As per the Provisions of the Regulating Act of 1773, _______ was appointed as the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William:
43. Who called dams as the 'Temples of Modern India''?
44. Who among the following British Prime Ministers had announced the Communal Award in 1932 during India's Freedom Movement?
45. Who was the first Indian Governor General of Independent India?
46. Who gave the 'Doctrine of Lapse'?
47. The only Viceroy to be assassinated in India was.
48. When was the Famine Commission under the Chairmanship of Sir Richard Strachey set up?
49. In which year did Warren Hastings become the first Governor-General of India?
50. During the period of which Governor General/Viceroy was the Indian Civil Service introduced?
