British India | MCQs

Explanation

• The Montagu-Chelmsford Report was published on July 8, 1918.
• The report was the result of discussions between Edwin Montagu, secretary of state for India from 1917 to 1922, and Lord Chelmsford, the viceroy of India between 1916 and 1921.
• The report was used as the basis for the Government of India Act of 1919.

Explanation

• The first Round Table Conference convened from 12 November 1930 to 19 January 1931
  
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• The Second Round table conference was held from 7 September 1931 to 1 December 1931 in London. 
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• The Third Round Table Conference was held in 1932 between November and December. 
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• First round table conference: 1930

  2nd: 1931

  3rd:1932

  All in London

• All three round table conferences were attended by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Tej Bahadur Sapru.

Explanation

The capital of British India was transferred from Calcutta (now Kolkata) to Delhi in the year 1911.

The announcement to shift the capital was made during the Delhi Durbar  held in December 1911 to commemorate the coronation of King George V.

The new capital in Delhi was known as New Delhi and was designed by the architect Edwin Lutyens.

It became the center of British colonial administration in India.

Explanation

• The Montagu-Chelmsford Report was published on July 8, 1918.
• The report was the result of discussions between Edwin Montagu, secretary of state for India from 1917 to 1922, and Lord Chelmsford, the viceroy of India between 1916 and 1921.
• The report was used as the basis for the Government of India Act of 1919.

Explanation

Lucknow Pact, agreement made by the Indian National Congress headed by leader Bal Gangadhar Tilak and the All-India Muslim League led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

it was adopted by the Congress at its Lucknow session on December 29 and by the league on Dec. 31, 1916.

Explanation

The Government of India Act of 1919 was passed by the British Parliament to introduce diarchy into the state government.

Reason The Montagu-Chelmsford Reform Commission has recommended the introduction of diarchy into the state government.

Diarchy, also written diarchy, a dual government system introduced in the Indian state of England by the Government of India Act (1919).

Explanation

In 1930, the Commission published its two-volume report, also known as the Simon Report.

·        The Indian Statutory Commission also known as Simon Commission,

·        was a group of seven Members of Parliament

·        under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon.

·        The commission arrived in India in 1928

·        to study constitutional reform in Britain's largest and most important possession.

Simon Commission wanted to check the working of Government of India Act, 1919.

Explanation

• Warren Hastings was the first Governor General of India, serving from 1773 to 1785.
• Lord Canning was the last Governor General, serving until 1858 when the British crown took direct control.

Explanation

Sir Anthony Patrick MacDonnell was the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces in 1895-1896.

He was a prominent British administrator in India known for his reforms in the provinces.

He particularly focusing on famine relief and public administration.

Explanation

Indian Mutiny, also called Sepoy Mutiny or First War of Independence

Indian Mutiny was a widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India in 1857–59.

Location: Agra Delhi India Kanpur Lucknow

Participants: Mughal dynasty United Kingdom

Charles John Canning, Earl Canning was the governor-general of India during the Indian Mutiny of 1857.