Practice Quiz set 1 - indian history mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams

Q-1)   Consider the following statements:
  1. Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar founded the Bethune school at Calcutta with the main aim of encouraging education for women.
  2. Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay was the first graduate of the Calcutta University.
  3. Raja Rammohan Roy’s campaign against Sati led to the enactment of a law to ban Sati.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

John Eliot Bethune was the founding father of Bethune College. Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay was one of the first graduate of Calcutta University. Raja Rammohan Roy’s campaign against Sati led to the enactment of a law to ban Sati (1829).


Q-2)   Darjeeling was annexed from Sikkim by Lord Dalhousie. He charged the Raja of Sikkim for
  1. Breaking the treaty of Yandaboo
  2. For maltreating British merchants
  3. For maltreating British doctors.
  4. For making alliance with Pegn
Select the correct option from the codes given below:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

The Raja of Sikkim was charged with the offence of maltreating and imprisonment of two British doctors. This situation was used by Lord Dalhousie to annex Darjeeling and some other districts.


Q-3)   Which of the following statement(s) is / are correct?
  1. In the Charter act of 1833 Rupees one lakh was sanctioned for educational development in India.
  2. The wood’s Dispatch (1854) perpetuated the downward filtration theory
Select the correct option from the codes given below:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

The Annual Expenditure of one lakh rupees for education was sanctioned in chartered act, 1813. The Government of Lord William Bentinck accepted the Macaulayian system in 1835 and stressed on downward filtration theory.


Q-4)   Which one among the following states was first annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

Dupleix was the first European to initiate the policy of taking part in the quarrels of Indian princes with a view to acquire territories.


Q-5)   The tomb of Lord Cornwallis is situated at

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

Lord Ellenborough had abolished slavery in India. The Indian Slavery Act, 1843, also Act V of 1843, was an act passed in British India under East India Company rule, which outlawed many economic transactions associated with slavery.


Q-6)   Which Maratha state was the last to accept the subsidiary alliance of the British?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)


Q-7)   The journal ‘Bengal Gazette’ was

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)


Q-8)   The kingdom of Ranjeet Singh included

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)


Q-9)   In British India, the Home Charge was an important part of Drain of wealth. Which of the following funds constituted home charges?
  1. Funds used to support the India office in London.
  2. Funds used to pay salaries and pensions of British personnel engaged in India.
  3. Funds used for waging wars outside India by the British.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

During the period of Colonial rule in India, the drain of wealth took place through various forms, main among them were; Home charges, civil and military charges and interest on foreign capital investments.


Q-10)   Arrange in the correct chronological order the revolt against the British and find the correct answer from the codes given below:
A. Sanyasi revolt 1. 1855 – 56
B. Kol revolt 2. 1760
C. Santhal revolt 3. 1921
D. Mopala revolt 4. 1831 – 32
Codes: A B C D

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

  1. Sanyasi revolt begins in 1760.
  2. Kol revolt begins in 1831-32.
  3. Santhal revolt begins in 1855- 56 in Bihar.
  4. The Mopala revolt uprises in 1921 in Kerala.