CHAPTER-1: ADVENT OF THE EUROPEANS INTO INDIA
Multiple-Choice Questions Set 5
1. Who was the first Indian to secure a post in the Civil Service?
a) Surendranath Banerji
b) Romesh Chunder Dutt
c) Satyendranath Tagore
d) Anundoram Barooah
Answer: c) Satyendranath Tagore
2. The Charter Act of 1793 reserved the highest posts in Indian administration for whom?
a) Indians
b) Europeans residing in India
c) Covenanted servicemen of the Company
d) British Parliament members
Answer: c) Covenanted servicemen of the Company
3. Who opposed the employment of Indians in the administration, arguing they were not accustomed to modern administration?
a) Lord Cornwallis
b) Sir Thomas Monroe
c) Sir John Malcolm
d) Lord Canning
Answer: a) Lord Cornwallis
4. What significant change did the Act of 1853 bring to the Indian Civil Services?
a) Reservation of posts for Indians
b) Holding competitive examinations for recruitment
c) Excluding Indians from Civil Services
d) Establishing a Civil Service Commission in India
Answer: b) Holding competitive examinations for recruitment
5. In which year was Satyendranath Tagore successful in the Civil Service Examination?
a) 1864
b) 1871
c) 1872
d) 1886
Answer: a) 1864
6. What was the upper age limit for appearing in the Civil Service Examination before it was reduced by Lord Lytton?
a) 25 years
b) 22 years
c) 21 years
d) 19 years
Answer: b) 22 years
7. Which Viceroy reduced the upper age limit for the Civil Service Examination to 19 years?
a) Lord Ripon
b) Lord Lytton
c) Lord Dufferin
d) Lord Cornwallis
Answer: b) Lord Lytton
8. The Aitchison Commission recommended dividing the Civil Services into how many divisions?
a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) Five
Answer: b) Three
9. Who chaired the Public Service Commission formed by Viceroy Lord Dufferin?
a) Sir John Malcolm
b) Sir Charles Aitchison
c) Lord Lytton
d) Thomas Munro
Answer: b) Sir Charles Aitchison
10. Which Act directed that one-third of the total posts in India should be filled by natives?
a) Government of India Act, 1919
b) Indian Councils Act, 1861
c) Montague-Chelmsford Report
d) Charter Act of 1833
Answer: c) Montague-Chelmsford Report
11. Who among the following was not successful in the Civil Service Examination in 1871?
a) Surendranath Banerji
b) Romesh Chunder Dutt
c) Biharilal Gupta
d) Anundoram Barooah
Answer: d) Anundoram Barooah
12. Which Viceroy is associated with the formation of the Lee Commission?
a) Lord Lytton
b) Lord Ripon
c) Lord Dufferin
d) Lord Reading
Answer: d) Lord Reading
13. The Government of India Act, 1935, proposed the formation of which two commissions?
a) Federal Civil Service Commission and Provincial Civil Service Commission
b) Aitchison Commission and Montague-Chelmsford Commission
c) Lee Commission and Public Service Commission
d) Charter Act Commission and Civil Service Commission
Answer: a) Federal Civil Service Commission and Provincial Civil Service Commission
14. Who was sent to England by Surendranath Banerji to argue against reducing the upper age limit for Civil Service Examination?
a) Lal Mohan Ghose
b) Romesh Chunder Dutt
c) Satyendranath Tagore
d) Biharilal Gupta
Answer: a) Lal Mohan Ghose
15. Which Act allowed Indians to sit in the Civil Service Examination?
a) Charter Act of 1833
b) Government of India Act, 1858
c) Act of 1853
d) Civil Service Act of 1862
Answer: c) Act of 1853
16. In which year did the British Parliament pass a resolution to hold Civil Service Examination simultaneously in England and India?
a) 1893
b) 1922
c) 1935
d) 1886
Answer: a) 1893
17. Who was the first Indian to become successful in the Civil Service Examination?
a) Romesh Chunder Dutt
b) Biharilal Gupta
c) Satyendranath Tagore
d) Surendranath Banerji
Answer: c) Satyendranath Tagore
18. The Lee Commission was formed in which year?
a) 1919
b) 1923
c) 1935
d) 1947
Answer: b) 1923
19. Who recommended the creation of the Federal State in India?
a) Montague-Chelmsford Report
b) Aitchison Commission
c) Government of India Act, 1935
d) Charter Act of 1793
Answer: c) Government of India Act, 1935
20. What was the primary reason for the educated Indians' dissatisfaction with the Civil Service recruitment process in the 19th century?
a) The examination was held in England
b) The upper age limit was too high
c) Indians were given preference over Englishmen
d) The syllabus was too difficult
Answer: a) The examination was held in England
21. Who among the following was not a successful Indian Civil Service candidate in the 19th century?
a) Surendranath Banerji
b) Anundoram Barooah
c) Romesh Chunder Dutt
d) Lord Cornwallis
Answer: d) Lord Cornwallis
22. Which Viceroy formed the Public Service Commission to examine Civil Service recruitment issues?
a) Lord Ripon
b) Lord Dufferin
c) Lord Lytton
d) Lord Canning
Answer: b) Lord Dufferin
23. What was the main objective of the Montague-Chelmsford Report regarding Civil Services?
a) To exclude Indians from Civil Service posts
b) To hold Civil Service exams only in England
c) To increase the number of native people in Civil Service posts
d) To abolish Civil Services in India
Answer: c) To increase the number of native people in Civil Service posts
24. The Government of India Act, 1919, directed the implementation of which report’s recommendations regarding Civil Services?
a) Aitchison Commission
b) Lee Commission
c) Montague-Chelmsford Report
d) Charter Act of 1833
Answer: c) Montague-Chelmsford Report
25. Who was the Chairman of the Aitchison Commission?
a) Lord Lytton
b) Lord Ripon
c) Sir Charles Aitchison
d) Sir John Malcolm
Answer: c) Sir Charles Aitchison
26. The Indian National Congress demanded simultaneous Civil Service Examinations in England and India during whose Viceroyalty?
a) Lord Ripon
b) Lord Dufferin
c) Lord Lytton
d) Lord Cornwallis
Answer: b) Lord Dufferin
27. What year did Satyendranath Tagore become successful in the Civil Service Examination?
a) 1853
b) 1864
c) 1871
d) 1893
Answer: b) 1864
28. What was the main argument against employing Indians in Civil Services by Lord Cornwallis?
a) Indians were overqualified for the positions
b) Indians were not accustomed to modern administration
c) Indians were too young for the positions
d) Indians were too costly to employ
Answer: b) Indians were not accustomed to modern administration
Multiple-Choice Questions Set 5
1. Who was the first Indian to secure a post in the Civil Service?
a) Surendranath Banerji
b) Romesh Chunder Dutt
c) Satyendranath Tagore
d) Anundoram Barooah
Answer: c) Satyendranath Tagore
2. The Charter Act of 1793 reserved the highest posts in Indian administration for whom?
a) Indians
b) Europeans residing in India
c) Covenanted servicemen of the Company
d) British Parliament members
Answer: c) Covenanted servicemen of the Company
3. Who opposed the employment of Indians in the administration, arguing they were not accustomed to modern administration?
a) Lord Cornwallis
b) Sir Thomas Monroe
c) Sir John Malcolm
d) Lord Canning
Answer: a) Lord Cornwallis
4. What significant change did the Act of 1853 bring to the Indian Civil Services?
a) Reservation of posts for Indians
b) Holding competitive examinations for recruitment
c) Excluding Indians from Civil Services
d) Establishing a Civil Service Commission in India
Answer: b) Holding competitive examinations for recruitment
5. In which year was Satyendranath Tagore successful in the Civil Service Examination?
a) 1864
b) 1871
c) 1872
d) 1886
Answer: a) 1864
6. What was the upper age limit for appearing in the Civil Service Examination before it was reduced by Lord Lytton?
a) 25 years
b) 22 years
c) 21 years
d) 19 years
Answer: b) 22 years
7. Which Viceroy reduced the upper age limit for the Civil Service Examination to 19 years?
a) Lord Ripon
b) Lord Lytton
c) Lord Dufferin
d) Lord Cornwallis
Answer: b) Lord Lytton
8. The Aitchison Commission recommended dividing the Civil Services into how many divisions?
a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) Five
Answer: b) Three
9. Who chaired the Public Service Commission formed by Viceroy Lord Dufferin?
a) Sir John Malcolm
b) Sir Charles Aitchison
c) Lord Lytton
d) Thomas Munro
Answer: b) Sir Charles Aitchison
10. Which Act directed that one-third of the total posts in India should be filled by natives?
a) Government of India Act, 1919
b) Indian Councils Act, 1861
c) Montague-Chelmsford Report
d) Charter Act of 1833
Answer: c) Montague-Chelmsford Report
11. Who among the following was not successful in the Civil Service Examination in 1871?
a) Surendranath Banerji
b) Romesh Chunder Dutt
c) Biharilal Gupta
d) Anundoram Barooah
Answer: d) Anundoram Barooah
12. Which Viceroy is associated with the formation of the Lee Commission?
a) Lord Lytton
b) Lord Ripon
c) Lord Dufferin
d) Lord Reading
Answer: d) Lord Reading
13. The Government of India Act, 1935, proposed the formation of which two commissions?
a) Federal Civil Service Commission and Provincial Civil Service Commission
b) Aitchison Commission and Montague-Chelmsford Commission
c) Lee Commission and Public Service Commission
d) Charter Act Commission and Civil Service Commission
Answer: a) Federal Civil Service Commission and Provincial Civil Service Commission
14. Who was sent to England by Surendranath Banerji to argue against reducing the upper age limit for Civil Service Examination?
a) Lal Mohan Ghose
b) Romesh Chunder Dutt
c) Satyendranath Tagore
d) Biharilal Gupta
Answer: a) Lal Mohan Ghose
15. Which Act allowed Indians to sit in the Civil Service Examination?
a) Charter Act of 1833
b) Government of India Act, 1858
c) Act of 1853
d) Civil Service Act of 1862
Answer: c) Act of 1853
16. In which year did the British Parliament pass a resolution to hold Civil Service Examination simultaneously in England and India?
a) 1893
b) 1922
c) 1935
d) 1886
Answer: a) 1893
17. Who was the first Indian to become successful in the Civil Service Examination?
a) Romesh Chunder Dutt
b) Biharilal Gupta
c) Satyendranath Tagore
d) Surendranath Banerji
Answer: c) Satyendranath Tagore
18. The Lee Commission was formed in which year?
a) 1919
b) 1923
c) 1935
d) 1947
Answer: b) 1923
19. Who recommended the creation of the Federal State in India?
a) Montague-Chelmsford Report
b) Aitchison Commission
c) Government of India Act, 1935
d) Charter Act of 1793
Answer: c) Government of India Act, 1935
20. What was the primary reason for the educated Indians' dissatisfaction with the Civil Service recruitment process in the 19th century?
a) The examination was held in England
b) The upper age limit was too high
c) Indians were given preference over Englishmen
d) The syllabus was too difficult
Answer: a) The examination was held in England
21. Who among the following was not a successful Indian Civil Service candidate in the 19th century?
a) Surendranath Banerji
b) Anundoram Barooah
c) Romesh Chunder Dutt
d) Lord Cornwallis
Answer: d) Lord Cornwallis
22. Which Viceroy formed the Public Service Commission to examine Civil Service recruitment issues?
a) Lord Ripon
b) Lord Dufferin
c) Lord Lytton
d) Lord Canning
Answer: b) Lord Dufferin
23. What was the main objective of the Montague-Chelmsford Report regarding Civil Services?
a) To exclude Indians from Civil Service posts
b) To hold Civil Service exams only in England
c) To increase the number of native people in Civil Service posts
d) To abolish Civil Services in India
Answer: c) To increase the number of native people in Civil Service posts
24. The Government of India Act, 1919, directed the implementation of which report’s recommendations regarding Civil Services?
a) Aitchison Commission
b) Lee Commission
c) Montague-Chelmsford Report
d) Charter Act of 1833
Answer: c) Montague-Chelmsford Report
25. Who was the Chairman of the Aitchison Commission?
a) Lord Lytton
b) Lord Ripon
c) Sir Charles Aitchison
d) Sir John Malcolm
Answer: c) Sir Charles Aitchison
26. The Indian National Congress demanded simultaneous Civil Service Examinations in England and India during whose Viceroyalty?
a) Lord Ripon
b) Lord Dufferin
c) Lord Lytton
d) Lord Cornwallis
Answer: b) Lord Dufferin
27. What year did Satyendranath Tagore become successful in the Civil Service Examination?
a) 1853
b) 1864
c) 1871
d) 1893
Answer: b) 1864
28. What was the main argument against employing Indians in Civil Services by Lord Cornwallis?
a) Indians were overqualified for the positions
b) Indians were not accustomed to modern administration
c) Indians were too young for the positions
d) Indians were too costly to employ
Answer: b) Indians were not accustomed to modern administration
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