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This section includes 451 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your History knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Queen Victoria's famous proclamation, transferring authority from the East India Company to the Crown , was made from |
| A. | ondon |
| B. | alcutta |
| C. | elhi |
| D. | llahabad |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
Which of the following charter act ended the monopoly of trade of east India Company with china and sea route also? |
| A. | itt's India Act, AD 1784 |
| B. | he charter Act, 1813 AD |
| C. | harter Act, 1833 AD |
| D. | he Regulating Act, AD 1773 |
| Answer» D. he Regulating Act, AD 1773 | |
| 3. |
The Non-Cooperation Movement under Gandhi was in full swing during the Viceroyalty of |
| A. | helmsford |
| B. | rwin |
| C. | eading |
| D. | ardinge |
| Answer» D. ardinge | |
| 4. |
Who was Lord Morley? |
| A. | ecretary of the state |
| B. | iceroy of India |
| C. | overnor General of India |
| D. | one of the above |
| Answer» B. iceroy of India | |
| 5. |
Consider the following on the chronology of appointment of Viceroys I.ReadingII.IrwinIII.WellingdonIV.Linlithgow |
| A. | , II, III , IV |
| B. | II, II, IV, II |
| C. | V, III, II, I |
| D. | I, IV, III, I |
| Answer» B. II, II, IV, II | |
| 6. |
Seringapatnam was the capital of __________ |
| A. | azhassi Raja |
| B. | ipu Sultan |
| C. | urumbranad Raja |
| D. | rimoolam Tirunal |
| Answer» C. urumbranad Raja | |
| 7. |
Who was the Viceroy when the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place? |
| A. | ardinge-II |
| B. | helmsford |
| C. | eading |
| D. | rwin |
| Answer» C. eading | |
| 8. |
When the Simon Commission visited India the Viceroy was |
| A. | loyd George |
| B. | ord Irwin |
| C. | ord Reading |
| D. | ord Ripon |
| Answer» C. ord Reading | |
| 9. |
Who made remarkable contribution to the development of Local government? |
| A. | ord Ripon |
| B. | ladstone |
| C. | .W Hunter |
| D. | astings |
| Answer» B. ladstone | |
| 10. |
The Governor General of India who initiated the introduction of English in India was |
| A. | ord Curzon |
| B. | ord Macaulay |
| C. | ord Bentinck |
| D. | ord Hastings |
| Answer» D. ord Hastings | |
| 11. |
Regulating Act was in the year of__________ |
| A. | 573 |
| B. | 673 |
| C. | 773 |
| D. | 873 |
| Answer» D. 873 | |
| 12. |
As a result of the partition of Bengal announced by Lord Curzon in 1905, Bengal was partitioned into two provinces of |
| A. | ast Bengal and West Bengal |
| B. | engal and Eastern Bengal & Assam |
| C. | engal and Assam |
| D. | engal and Odisha and East Bengal and Assam |
| Answer» C. engal and Assam | |
| 13. |
In what way did the early nationalists undermine the moral foundations of the British rule with great success? |
| A. | y their agitation for Constitutional reforms |
| B. | y advocating open revolt |
| C. | y seeking foreign help against the British |
| D. | y seeking the support of the Indians living abroad |
| Answer» B. y advocating open revolt | |
| 14. |
The master stroke of Lord Wellesley to establish British paramountcy in India was |
| A. | octrine of Lapse |
| B. | ubsidiary Alliance |
| C. | ediatisation |
| D. | nnexation of Indian States |
| Answer» C. ediatisation | |
| 15. |
Which of the following counterpart of British in the Treaty of Salbai? |
| A. | he French |
| B. | he Marathas |
| C. | ipu Sultan |
| D. | he Nizam of Hyderabad |
| Answer» C. ipu Sultan | |
| 16. |
Madras was returned by the French to the British in 1748 by the Treaty of |
| A. | aris |
| B. | elhi |
| C. | ondon |
| D. | ix-la-Chapelle |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
On imprisonment in 1908 by the British, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was in |
| A. | ndaman and Nicobar |
| B. | angoon |
| C. | ingapore |
| D. | andalay |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
Assertion (A): In some places artisans and craftsmen participated in the Revolt of 1857. Reason (R): The British policy of 'one-way' free trade destroyed village industries and handicrafts in India |
| A. | oth A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A |
| B. | oth A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A |
| C. | is true but R is false |
| D. | is false but R is true |
| Answer» D. is false but R is true | |
| 19. |
By the Act of 1773, Parliament granted a loan of __________ to the East India Company |
| A. | s 480,000 |
| B. | s 400,000 |
| C. | s 500,000 |
| D. | s 300,000 |
| Answer» C. s 500,000 | |
| 20. |
The Charter for the establishment of the East India Company was granted by |
| A. | ueen Elizabeth I |
| B. | ueen Anbolin |
| C. | ueen Mary |
| D. | ueen Victoria |
| Answer» B. ueen Anbolin | |
| 21. |
Year of the Battle of Wandiwash is __________ |
| A. | 560 |
| B. | 660 |
| C. | 760 |
| D. | 860 |
| Answer» D. 860 | |
| 22. |
The Ilbert Bill introduced In Lord Ripon's reign is significant because |
| A. | t limited the Britishers political authority |
| B. | t put restrictions on the vernacular press |
| C. | t debarred Indians from entering the civil services |
| D. | t removed racial discrimination from the judicial services |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
__________, a judge of the Supreme Court founded the Asiatic society of Bengal in 1784 A.D |
| A. | ir William Jones |
| B. | arren Hastings |
| C. | aja Ram Mohan Roy |
| D. | ord Macaulay |
| Answer» B. arren Hastings | |
| 24. |
The inauguration of the Ganapati and Shivaji Festivals was done by |
| A. | 721 |
| B. | 821 |
| C. | 895 |
| D. | 921 |
| Answer» D. 921 | |
| 25. |
The English rounded Calcutta after obtaining the zamindari of three villages, viz Sutanuti, Kalikata and Govindpur, from the Mughal Viceroy of Bengal in 1698. The nucleus of the British settlement in Calcutta was |
| A. | an Thome |
| B. | ictoria Memeorial |
| C. | ort William |
| D. | owrah Port |
| Answer» D. owrah Port | |
| 26. |
Author of Poverty and Un-British Rule in India is__________ |
| A. | omila Thapar |
| B. | rfan Habib |
| C. | .C.Ghosh |
| D. | aoroji Dadabhai |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
After the commencement of the government of India Act-1858, what name was to British Governor-General of India? |
| A. | overnor-General of India |
| B. | overnor of the state |
| C. | iceroy of the state |
| D. | one of these |
| Answer» D. one of these | |
| 28. |
In 1612 __________established a trading post in Gujarat |
| A. | ritish |
| B. | rench |
| C. | pain |
| D. | utch |
| Answer» B. rench | |
| 29. |
Who established the Sadr-Di-wani-Adalat during the British East India Company's rule? |
| A. | ellesley |
| B. | arren Hastings |
| C. | alhousie |
| D. | ornwallis |
| Answer» C. alhousie | |
| 30. |
In 1614 Sir Thomas Roe was instructed by __________ to visit the court of Jahangir, the Mughal emperor of India |
| A. | ames I |
| B. | abur |
| C. | hajahan |
| D. | umayun |
| Answer» B. abur | |
| 31. |
What did the Rowlatt Act, 1919 empower the British government to do |
| A. | oment class and caste strife |
| B. | hut down any industrial unit at will |
| C. | xtend the period of imprisonment for Indians |
| D. | etain a person for any duration without a trial |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Bengal to grow__________ |
| A. | ute |
| B. | ea |
| C. | ugarcane |
| D. | heat |
| Answer» B. ea | |
| 33. |
Throughout the 19th century intermittent uprisings occurred in Malabar, especially in the __________ and Valluvanad taluks.Twenty two such riots were reported from different parts of Malabar |
| A. | rnad |
| B. | ochi |
| C. | ravancore |
| D. | annur |
| Answer» B. ochi | |
| 34. |
Mahatma Gandhi gave up the title of Kaiser-i-Hind and returned all the war medals which were awarded to him by the British for his war services (during the First World War) |
| A. | n protest against the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy |
| B. | uring the Non-Cooperation Movement |
| C. | n support of the Khilafat demand when the Central Khilafat Committee organised a general all-India hartal on August 1, 1920 |
| D. | uring the Champaran Satyagraha |
| Answer» D. uring the Champaran Satyagraha | |
| 35. |
The Vernacular Press Act was passed in __________ |
| A. | 878 |
| B. | 881 |
| C. | 888 |
| D. | 898 |
| Answer» B. 881 | |
| 36. |
Who convinced the British in 1829 to outlaw Sati? |
| A. | aja Ram Mohan Roy |
| B. | wami Dayananda Saraswati |
| C. | okmanya Tilak |
| D. | hagat Singh |
| Answer» B. wami Dayananda Saraswati | |
| 37. |
The first strategically placed factory that the Britishers had fortified was at |
| A. | urat |
| B. | ombay |
| C. | asulipatnam |
| D. | adras |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
Charles Wood's Despatch__________ |
| A. | 554 |
| B. | 684 |
| C. | 784 |
| D. | 854 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
In 1877 the entrance age to ICS was reduced from 21 to __________ |
| A. | 7 |
| B. | 8 |
| C. | 9 |
| D. | 0 |
| Answer» D. 0 | |
| 40. |
Assertion (A): British excluded the Indian middle and upper classes from the high administrative and military posts. Reason (R): Many of the traditional zamindars lost their zamindaris to the new class of urban-based absentee landlords |
| A. | oth A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A |
| B. | oth A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A |
| C. | is true but R is false |
| D. | is false but R is true |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
The Treaty of Surat was in the year __________ |
| A. | 475 |
| B. | 575 |
| C. | 675 |
| D. | 775 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
The violent Mappilas stormed the bunglow of the District Magistrate . . . . . . and murdered him in 1855 |
| A. | .V. Connolly |
| B. | illiam Logan |
| C. | ord Ripond |
| D. | ladstone |
| Answer» B. illiam Logan | |
| 43. |
Consider the following according to the correct chronological order of the Governors-General during British IndiaI. WellesleyII. Marquess of HastingsIII. AmherstIV. Bentinck |
| A. | , II, III & IV |
| B. | I, I, IV & III |
| C. | , III, II & IV |
| D. | II, I, II & IV |
| Answer» B. I, I, IV & III | |
| 44. |
August Offer 1940 was made by the Viceroy |
| A. | illingdon |
| B. | inlithgow |
| C. | into |
| D. | ytton |
| Answer» C. into | |
| 45. |
Which of the following is not the provision of The Act of 1892? |
| A. | simultaneous examination of ICS to be held in England and India |
| B. | eforms of the legislative council and adoption of the principle of election in place of nomination |
| C. | upport of the annexation of Upper Burma |
| D. | eduction in the Military expenditure |
| Answer» D. eduction in the Military expenditure | |
| 46. |
The British colonial policies in India proved moat ruinous for Indian |
| A. | griculture |
| B. | rade |
| C. | ndustry |
| D. | andicrafts |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
What did the Hunter Commission appointed by the Viceroy probe? |
| A. | ardoli Satyagraha |
| B. | hilafat Agitation |
| C. | allianwala Bagh tragedy |
| D. | hauri Chaura incident |
| Answer» D. hauri Chaura incident | |
| 48. |
I. Bengal Nawab was captured and put to death by Mir Jafar in the Battle of Plassey, 1757. II. After Mir Qasim, Nizam-ud-daula was made the Nawab of Bengal. III. The same person acted as the deputy Dewan on behalf of the East Indian Company and as Deputy Subedar on behalf of the Bengal Nawab. IV. In 1767, British Government ordered the East India Company to pay £400,000 per year.Which of these statement(s) is/are correct related to the Bengal Politics during the 18th century? |
| A. | & II |
| B. | & III |
| C. | I & IV |
| D. | II & IV |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
The Hindu Widows Remarriage Act __________ |
| A. | 856 |
| B. | 858 |
| C. | 865 |
| D. | 946 |
| Answer» B. 858 | |
| 50. |
Who of the following Governor General is associated with Subsidiary Alliance System? |
| A. | ord Cornwallies |
| B. | ord Wellesley |
| C. | ord Mayo |
| D. | ord Delhousie |
| Answer» C. ord Mayo | |