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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.
| 301. |
_ As per 'August Offer' the British objective for India was __________$? |
| A. | Dominion Status |
| B. | Puma Swaraj |
| C. | Responsible Government |
| D. | Provincial Authority |
| Answer» B. Puma Swaraj | |
| 302. |
_ 'We do not seek our independence out of Britain's ruin' said$? |
| A. | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Gokhale |
| D. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Answer» C. Gokhale | |
| 303. |
__Regulating Act was in the year of____________ |
| A. | 1573 |
| B. | 1673 |
| C. | 1773 |
| D. | 1873 |
| Answer» D. 1873 | |
| 304. |
__Who was the Viceroy when the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place?__ |
| A. | Hardinge-II |
| B. | Chelmsford |
| C. | Reading |
| D. | Irwin |
| Answer» C. Reading | |
| 305. |
__The Non-Cooperation Movement under Gandhi was in full swing during the Viceroyalty of__ |
| A. | Chelmsford |
| B. | Irwin |
| C. | Reading |
| D. | Hardinge |
| Answer» D. Hardinge | |
| 306. |
__Which of the following counterpart of British in the Treaty of Salbai?__ |
| A. | The French |
| B. | The Marathas |
| C. | Tipu Sultan |
| D. | The Nizam of Hyderabad |
| Answer» D. The Nizam of Hyderabad | |
| 307. |
__Where had civil rebellions against the British initially started?__ |
| A. | Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh |
| B. | Bengal and Bihar |
| C. | Odisha |
| D. | Madras and Calcutta |
| Answer» B. Bengal and Bihar | |
| 308. |
__The correct Chronological order in which the British established their trading centre in the places mentioned below is__ |
| A. | Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Surat |
| B. | Bombay, Madras, Surat, Calcutta |
| C. | Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta |
| D. | Surat, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay |
| Answer» E. | |
| 309. |
__The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was passed during the viceroyalty of__ |
| A. | Ripon |
| B. | Curzon |
| C. | Hastings |
| D. | Dalhousie |
| Answer» C. Hastings | |
| 310. |
__Which of the following act led to the introduction of dual system of government in India?__ |
| A. | Pitt's India Act, AD 1784 |
| B. | The Regulating Act, AD 1773 |
| C. | Charter Act, 1793 AD |
| D. | Charter Act, 1813 AD |
| Answer» B. The Regulating Act, AD 1773 | |
| 311. |
__Nana Sahib the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II had become a great enemy of the British because__ |
| A. | The Queen had humiliated him |
| B. | He had lost his title |
| C. | The British had stopped his pension |
| D. | His estate had been snatched from him |
| Answer» D. His estate had been snatched from him | |
| 312. |
__India was granted freedom during the British prime Minister__ |
| A. | Clement Attlee |
| B. | Winston Churchill |
| C. | Ramsay Mac Donald |
| D. | William Pitt |
| Answer» B. Winston Churchill | |
| 313. |
__As the unrest continued unabatedly, the Madras government appointed , the collector of Malabar as special commissioner to enquire into the causes of the uprisings and recommend remedial measures__ |
| A. | Connolly |
| B. | William Logan |
| C. | S.N. Banerjee |
| D. | Gokahale |
| Answer» C. S.N. Banerjee | |
| 314. |
__During British rule, who instrumental for the introduction of the Ryotwari system in the then Madras Presidency?__ |
| A. | Macaulay |
| B. | Elphinstone |
| C. | Thomas Munro |
| D. | John Lawrence |
| Answer» D. John Lawrence | |
| 315. |
__The exclusive right of trading between __________ was granted to the East India Company__ |
| A. | North America and South America |
| B. | Red Sea and Caspian Sea |
| C. | The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan |
| D. | France and Poland |
| Answer» D. France and Poland | |
| 316. |
__Who defeated the Spanish Armada?__ |
| A. | Elizebeth I |
| B. | Elizebeth II |
| C. | Henry VIII |
| D. | James I |
| Answer» B. Elizebeth II | |
| 317. |
_Subsidiary Alliance was introduced by __________$? |
| A. | Lord Wellesley |
| B. | Sir John Shore |
| C. | Robert Clive |
| D. | Lord Dalhousie |
| Answer» B. Sir John Shore | |
| 318. |
_The Charter for the establishment of the East India Company was granted by$? |
| A. | Queen Elizabeth I |
| B. | Queen Anbolin |
| C. | Queen Mary |
| D. | Queen Victoria |
| Answer» B. Queen Anbolin | |
| 319. |
_The Governor of the East India Company was$? |
| A. | Appointed by the monarch of England |
| B. | Appointed by the British Parliament |
| C. | Elected by the members of the East India Company |
| D. | Nominated by the Mughal Emperor |
| Answer» D. Nominated by the Mughal Emperor | |
| 320. |
_I. Bengal Nawab was captured and put to death by Mir Jafar in the Battle of Plassey, 1757. II. After Mir Qasim, Nizam-ud-daula was made the Nawab of Bengal. III. The same person acted as the deputy Dewan on behalf of the East Indian Company and as Deputy Subedar on behalf of the Bengal Nawab. IV. In 1767, British Government ordered the East India Company to pay £400,000 per year.Which of these statement(s) is/are correct related to the Bengal Politics during the 18th century?$? |
| A. | I & II |
| B. | I & III |
| C. | II & IV |
| D. | III & IV |
| Answer» E. | |
| 321. |
_The Treaty of Mangalore was in the year __________$? |
| A. | 1484 |
| B. | 1584 |
| C. | 1684 |
| D. | 1784 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 322. |
_Assertion (A): British excluded the Indian middle and upper classes from the high administrative and military posts. Reason (R): Many of the traditional zamindars lost their zamindaris to the new class of urban- based absentee landlords$? |
| A. | Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A |
| B. | Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A |
| C. | A is true but R is false |
| D. | A is false but R is true |
| Answer» E. | |
| 323. |
_August Offer 1940 was made by the Viceroy$? |
| A. | Willingdon |
| B. | Linlithgow |
| C. | Minto |
| D. | Lytton |
| Answer» C. Minto | |
| 324. |
_Who convinced the British in 1829 to outlaw Sati?$? |
| A. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| B. | Swami Dayananda Saraswati |
| C. | Lokmanya Tilak |
| D. | Bhagat Singh |
| Answer» B. Swami Dayananda Saraswati | |
| 325. |
_During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Bengal to grow__________$? |
| A. | Jute |
| B. | Tea |
| C. | Sugarcane |
| D. | Wheat |
| Answer» B. Tea | |
| 326. |
_The inauguration of the Ganapati and Shivaji Festivals was done by$? |
| A. | 1721 |
| B. | 1821 |
| C. | 1895 |
| D. | 1921 |
| Answer» D. 1921 | |
| 327. |
_In 1612 __________established a trading post in Gujarat$? |
| A. | British |
| B. | French |
| C. | Spain |
| D. | Dutch |
| Answer» B. French | |
| 328. |
_The first Bengali Drama, written to highlight the brutality of the British indigo planters, was$? |
| A. | Rast Goftar |
| B. | Neel Darpan |
| C. | Shome Prakash |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Shome Prakash | |
| 329. |
_The process of the introduction of education in English had been initiated in India by Lord$? |
| A. | Curzon |
| B. | Bentick |
| C. | Hastings |
| D. | Macaulay |
| Answer» E. | |
| 330. |
_Which of the following authorised the British Government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law$? |
| A. | Rowlatt Act of 1919 |
| B. | Government of India Act of 1935 |
| C. | Indian Council Act of 1909 |
| D. | Government Of India Act of 1919 |
| Answer» B. Government of India Act of 1935 | |
| 331. |
_Till the end of the 17th Century the growth of the executive and legislative powers of the East india Company depended on$? |
| A. | Governor |
| B. | Governor-General |
| C. | Parliament |
| D. | Crown |
| Answer» E. | |
| 332. |
_When the East India Company was established India was ruled by$? |
| A. | a Mughal Emperor |
| B. | a Gupta Emperor |
| C. | a Mauryan Emperor |
| D. | a Sunga Emperor |
| Answer» B. a Gupta Emperor | |
| 333. |
_The first Viceroy of India was$? |
| A. | Lord Canning |
| B. | Lord Hardinge |
| C. | Lord Dalhousie |
| D. | Lord Elgin |
| Answer» B. Lord Hardinge | |
| 334. |
_Which of the following is not the provision of the government of India Act, 1858?$? |
| A. | India was to be governed in the Queen's name |
| B. | The Queen's Principal Secretary of State received the powers and duties of the Company's Court of Directors |
| C. | Provision for the creation of an Indian Civil Service under the control of the Secretary of State |
| D. | The British Parliament was empowered to appoint a Governor-General and the Governors of the Presidencies |
| Answer» E. | |
| 335. |
_Which of the following is not the part of Government of India Act, 1935$? |
| A. | This act provided for setting up of the federation of India comprising British Indian provinces |
| B. | Diarchy in the provinces was replaced by provincial autonomy |
| C. | The post of Indian council of secretary of state for India made permanent |
| D. | The diarchy was introduced at the centre |
| Answer» D. The diarchy was introduced at the centre | |
| 336. |
_The East India Association was founded by __________ in 1866$? |
| A. | Lord Lyveden |
| B. | Raja radhakanta dev |
| C. | Debendranath Tagore |
| D. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Answer» E. | |
| 337. |
_Gandhiji's famous Quit India movement call to the British was given in$? |
| A. | 1943 |
| B. | 1941 |
| C. | 1942 |
| D. | 1940 |
| Answer» D. 1940 | |
| 338. |
_Who set up the dual system of administration in Bengal?$? |
| A. | Robert Clive |
| B. | Lord Wellesley |
| C. | Dupleix |
| D. | Lord Macaulay |
| Answer» B. Lord Wellesley | |
| 339. |
_In which year was the title of Governor general chanced to that of the Viceroy?$? |
| A. | 1858 |
| B. | 1861 |
| C. | 1878 |
| D. | 1885 |
| Answer» B. 1861 | |
| 340. |
_Lord Cornwallis had introduced the __________ land tenure system$? |
| A. | Zamindari |
| B. | Ryotwari |
| C. | Mahalwari |
| D. | Inamdari |
| Answer» B. Ryotwari | |
| 341. |
_The arrival of Vasco da Gama in Calicut, India on __________$? |
| A. | 1398 |
| B. | 1495 |
| C. | 1496 |
| D. | 1498 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 342. |
_Which of the following is not among the regions where the Britishers had first set up trading posts?$? |
| A. | Bengal |
| B. | Goa |
| C. | Coromandel Coast |
| D. | Gujarat |
| Answer» C. Coromandel Coast | |
| 343. |
_When the Congress Ministries were formed in the provinces in June 1937, the Viceroy of India was$? |
| A. | Lord Willingdon |
| B. | Lord Irwin |
| C. | Lord Linlithgow |
| D. | Viscount Wavell |
| Answer» D. Viscount Wavell | |
| 344. |
_The llbert Bill controversy during the period of Lord Ripon exposed the racial bitterness of the British and united the Indians$? |
| A. | Lytton |
| B. | Lord Ripon |
| C. | Queen Elizabeth |
| D. | Queen Anne |
| Answer» C. Queen Elizabeth | |
| 345. |
_The single biggest item of British capital investment in India was$? |
| A. | Railways |
| B. | Plantations and mines |
| C. | Banking and insurance |
| D. | Shipping |
| Answer» B. Plantations and mines | |
| 346. |
_When the East India Company came into existence, England was ruled by the__________$? |
| A. | Hanoverians |
| B. | Stuarts |
| C. | Normans |
| D. | Tudors |
| Answer» C. Normans | |
| 347. |
_Dyer was __________ by the Government of Britain$? |
| A. | Sentenced for life |
| B. | Sentenced to death |
| C. | Rewarded with honour |
| D. | Relieved of his service |
| Answer» E. | |
| 348. |
_At which place in Bengal was the East India Company given permission to trade and build a factory by the Mughals in 1651 ?$? |
| A. | Calcutta |
| B. | Qasim Bazar |
| C. | Singur |
| D. | Burdwan |
| Answer» C. Singur | |
| 349. |
_In 1650 Gabriel Boughton, an employee of the Company obtained a license for trade in __________$? |
| A. | Bengal |
| B. | Orissa |
| C. | Mysore |
| D. | Surat |
| Answer» B. Orissa | |
| 350. |
In March 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill appointed the Cripps Mission to resolve Indian political crisis because$? |
| A. | he was under pressure from the US President Roosevelt |
| B. | of the gravity of the Japanese war menace on India's borders |
| C. | both (a) and (b) above |
| D. | of INA's initial success on India's eastern borders |
| Answer» D. of INA's initial success on India's eastern borders | |