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UPPSC 2011 GS-1 Modern Indian History
Question

Which of the following Acts transferred the Government of India from East India Company to the Crown ?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option A: Government of India Act 1858

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Government of India Act 1858”.
The Government of India Act of 1858 transferred the powers of government, territories, and revenues from the East India Company to the British Crown.

Similar Questions:

Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below:
List-I (Newspaper) - List-II (Editors)

A. Hindu - 1. Dadabhai Naoroji
B. Sudharak - 2. G.K. Gokhale
C. Voice of India - 3. G. Subramaniya lyer
D. Bengalee - 4. S.N. Banerjee

Code:
A B C D
  1. A) 1 2 3 4
  2. B) 1 3 2 4
  3. C) 2 3 1 4
  4. D) 3 2 1 4
Arrange following events in chronological order and select correct answer from the codes given below:

1) Poona Pact
2) Gandhi-Irvin Agreement
3) Cripps Mission
4) Civil Disobedience Movement
  1. A) 4, 2, 3, 1
  2. B) 2, 4, 1, 3
  3. C) 4, 2, 1, 3
  4. D) 3, 1, 4, 2
In which of the following sessions of Indian National Congress, the word 'Swaraj' was uttered from the Congress platform for the first time ?
  1. A) Banaras Session, 1905
  2. B) Calcutta Session, 1906
  3. C) Surat Session, 1907
  4. D) None of the above
Morley-Minto Reforms Bill was passed in:
  1. A) 1905
  2. B) 1909
  3. C) 1911
  4. D) 1920
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
List I - List II

A) Treaty of Allahabad - 1) 1782
B) Treaty of Mangalore - 2) 1784
C) Treaty of Salbai - 3) 1769
D) Treaty of Madras - 4) 1765
  1. A) A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1
  2. B) A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1
  3. C) A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3
  4. D) A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
The Regulating Act was passed in:
  1. A) 1773
  2. B) 1774
  3. C) 1785
  4. D) 1793
Who among the following Governor Generals ridiculed congress as representing only a 'microscopic minority' of people?
  1. A) Lord Dufferin
  2. B) Lord Curzon
  3. C) Lord Minto
  4. D) Lord Lansdown
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists :
List-I - List-II

(a) Annie Besant - 1. Home Rule Movement
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad - 2. Champaran Satyagraha
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru - 3. Lucknow Session of Indian National Congress, 1916
(d) Ambika Charan Majumdar - 4. Lahore Session of Indian National Congress, 1929

Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
  1. A) 1 2 4 3
  2. B) 1 2 3 4
  3. C) 4 3 2 1
  4. D) 3 2 1 4
What was ‘Kamagatamaru’?
  1. A) An industrial centre
  2. B) A harbour
  3. C) A ship
  4. D) An army unit
Assertion (A): The Indian National Congress accepted the Mountbatten plan.
Reason (R): It believed in two nation theory.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
  1. A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
  3. C) A is true but R is false
  4. D) A is false but R is true
Who defeated Marathas in the 3rd battle of Panipat?
  1. A) Afghans
  2. B) Britisher
  3. C) Mughals
  4. D) Rohillas
The earliest evidence of agriculture in Indian sub-continent is found at:
  1. A) Lothal
  2. B) Harappa
  3. C) Mehrgarh
  4. D) Mundigak