Modern Indian History
(1857 to the present)
Multiple Choice Questions
1) Who was the last Mughal Emperor?
a) Aurangzeb
b) Bahadur Shah II
c) Ibrahim Lodhi
d) Shah Alam
2 Who described revolt of 1857 as “not a military mutiny, but a national revolt”.
A)R.C.Majumdar
B)Karl Marx
C) A.R. Desai
D) V.D.Savarkar.
3) Who called the 1857 revolt as the first war of Indian Independence
a) Dada Bhai Nauroji
b) V D Savarkar
c) A L Mehtha
d) R C Majumdar .
4) Mangal Panday was Executed on
A) 1858
B)1859
C)1857
D)1855.
5) “The Meerut outbreak was sudden and short-lived like a summer gale”. This statement with reference to 1857 mutiny was of __?
a) S N Sen
b) S B Choudhary
c) Gandhi
d) Savarkar.
6) Who was the first martyr of the revolt?
a) Mangal Panday
b ) Nehru
c) Rani Laxmibai
d) Tatya Tope
7) Who founded Bramho Samaj?
a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
c) Tagore
d) None of these.
8) Dayanand Saraswati founded ………….
a) Arya Samaj
b) Prarthana Samaj
c) Aligarh Movement
d) Satyashodhak Samaj.
9) Hindu College Calcutta was founded by…………….
a) Raja Rammohan Roy
b) Vivekananda
c) Sayyed Ahmed Khan
d) None of these
10) ……………… is known as father of Modern India
a) Gandhi
b) Nehru
c) Vivekananda
d) Rajaram Mohan Roy
11) Which part of India witnessed the revolt in 1857?
a)North India
b) South India
c) Eastern India
d) North east
12) The revolt of 1857 was “Neither first nor war of Independence” whose remarks was this?
a) R C Majumdar
b) J L Nehru
c) Disraeli
d) Churchill
13) The leader of revolt of 1857 in Lucknow was __ ?
a) Begum Hazarat Mahal
b) Tatya Tope
c) Birjis Qadir
d) None of these
14) ‘India’s Struggle for Independence’ is a book edited by
a) Bipin Chandra
b) Satish Chandra
c) Sumit Sarkar
d) None of these.
15) The battle of Plassey took place in the year
a) 1757
b) 1787
c) 1907
d) 1717
16) Battle Buxar took place in the year
a) 1757
b) 1764
c) 1907
d) 1717
17) The treaty of Srirangapattanam was between…………
a) Tipu and British
b) Hyder and British
c) Tipu and French
d) Hyder and French.
18) India came directly under the British Empire by……
a) Victorian proclamation
b) Act of 1813
c) Act of 1909
d) Act of 1919.
19) Eighteen Fifty Seven is a book by …………….
a) J L Nehru
b) S N Sen
c) S B Choudhari
d) Tarachand
20) Sharda Sadan was set up by......
A) Rajaram Mohan Roy
B) Pandita Rama Bai
C) M G Ranade
D) M K Gandhi
21) 21) Name the Nawab of Bengal who fought with the British in the Battle of Plassey
A. Sirojoudaulla
B. Mir Kasim
C. Mir Kasim
D. Akbar II
22) The Drain Theory was propounded by
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Dadabhai Nauroji
C. R.C. Dutt
D. M.K. Gandhi
23) The treaty of Srirangapatnam was signed between Tipu Sultan and ---
A. Robert Clive
B. Cornwallis
C. Dalhousie
D. Warren Hastings
24) The treaty of Mangalore was signed between
A. the English East India Company and Haidar Ali
B. the English East India Company and Tipu Sultan
C. Haidar Ali and the Zamorin of Calicut
D. the French East India Company and Tipu Sultan
25)Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in state of ---
A. Travancore
B. Baroda
C. Hyderabad
D. Mysore
26) Tipu sultan was the ruler of
A. Hyderabad
B. Madurai
C. Mysore
D. Vijayanagar
27) The system of Dual Government during the latter half of the 18th century AD is associated with the name of
A. Robert Clive
B. Cornwallis
C. Warren Hastings
D. William Bentinck
28) What does the word 'Peshwa' means
A. A great personality
B. A great Commander of Army
C. Head of Justice Department
D. Leader or Prime Minister
29. The chief monastic disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahansa was...
A) Dayanand Saraswati
B) Atmaram Pandurang
C) Swami Vivekananda
D) Rajaram Mohan Roy.
30) The third battle of Panipat was fought in the year
A. 1526
B. 1656
C. 1761
D.1765
31) Who were the first European traders to settle down in India?
A The French
B. The Portuguese
C. The Dutch
D. The English
32) Which treaty was concluded after end of the First Carnatic War
A. Treaty of Paris
B. Treaty of London
C. Aix- la- Chapelle Treaty
D. None of the Above
33) The second Carnatic War was fought between
A. 1749-1752
B. 1749-1754
C. 1749-1753
D. 1749-1755
34) ---- come out victorious in the Second Carnatic war?
A. England
B. France
C. Dutch
D. Portuguese
35) The Third Carnatic war was started in the year....
A) 1757
B)1756
C)1763
D) 1758
36) Which treaty was concluded after the end of the Third Carnatic War?
A. Treaty of Paris
B. Treaty of London
C. Aix- la- Chapelle Treaty
D. None of the Above
37) Which Mughal emperor had sanctioned the English to trade in Bengal without any payment of tax?
A) Bahadur Shah
B) Aurangzeb
C) Farrukh Siyar
D)Akbar.
38) Which treaty was concluded between the Nawab and the English after Calcutta invasion?
A. Aalam nagar treaty
B. Alinagar treaty
C. Calcutta treaty
D. None of them
39) What was the prominent reason of the outbreak of the Battle of Plassey?
A. Violation of the terms of the treaty of Alinagar
B. Inefficiency of Nawab Sirajuddaula
C. Ambition of the English
D. None of the three
40) Name the chief who deceived Sirajuddaula at the time of battle of Plassey
A. Mir Jafar
B. Mir Kasim
C. Jagat Seth
D. None of them
41) The most significant result of the Battle of Plassey
A. End of Sirajuddaula’s regime
B. Enthronement of Mir Jafar
C. The English become Nawab makers
D. It founded British Empire
42) Mir Jafar failed to rule for a long time because
A. He was a weak king
B. He acted as puppet king
C. Both A and B
D. None of the these
43) Mir Jafar was succeeded by
A. Mir Kasim
B. Mir Ali
C. Mir Muhammad
D. None of the three
44) What were the chief causes of the outbreak of Buxar war?
A. Issue of supremacy
B Issue of trading
C. Ram Narain’s case
D. All the Three
45) English Commander who led the Battle of Buxar ----
A Willington
B. Clive
C. Munroe
D None of the three
46) The treaty of Allahabad was signed by which Mughal ruler?
A) Alamgir II
B) Bahadur shah
C) Aurangazeb
D) Shah Alam II.
47) Haider Ali was appointed on the post of Faujdar in
A. 1752
B. 1753
C. 1775
D. 1755
48) In 1779, the English captured Mahi from which colonial power?
A) Dutch
B) Portugese
C) French
D) Danish.
49) Who stood victorious in the First Anglo - Mysore war
A. The English
B. The Nizam
C. Haider Ali
D. The Marathas
50) The second Mysore war was fought between
A. 1779-1780
B. 1780-1782 C.
1781-1783
D. 1780-1784
51) The permanent settlement was introduced in India by---
A. Warren Hastings
B. Lord Wellesley
C. Lord Cornwallis
D. Robert Clive
52) The permanent settlement was enforced on
A. 23rd March 1792
B. 23rd March 1793
C. 23rd March 1794
D. 23rd march 1795
53) The permanent settlement made the land lords
A. Owners of the land
B. Tenent of the land
C. Contracter of the land
D. None of the three
54) Who said for permanent settlement that it was a sad blunder
A. Marshman
B. Holmes
C. V.A.Smith
D. Lanepoole
55) Among the following, permanent settlement was introduced in the province of
A. Madras
B. Punjab
C. Bengal
D. Bombay
56) Permanent settlement proved harmful mostly to--
A. land lords
B. peasants
C. Company
D. Money lenders
57) Cornwallis made friendly relations with Marathas to crush
A. Haider Ali
B. Tipu Sultan
C. Arcot
D. Nizam
58) Which Maratha ruler accepted the subsidiary alliance after the 3rd Anglo- Maratha war?
A) Blaji Viswanath
B) Baji Rao I
C) Balaji Baji Rao
D) Baji Rao II.
59) Who became victorious in the Third Anglo- Mysore war?
A) Mysore
B) British
C) Awadh
D)Alliance formed by British.
60) Wellesley came to India as Governor General in
A. 1796
B. 1797
C. 1798
D. 1799
61) Name the successor of Wellesley
A. Cornwallis
B. Sir John Shore
C. Wellesley
D. Wellington
62) Which of the following was the most powerful enemy of the English
A. The Marathas
B. Tipu Sultan
C. Both A and B
D. None of them
63) Who was known as the tiger of Mysore?
A. Haider Ali
B. Tipu Sultan
C. Shivaji
D. Ranjith Singh
64) Which Indian state signed the subsidiary alliance for the first time?
A. Mysore
B. Maratha
C. Hyderabad
D. Travancore .
65) Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance
A. Wellesley
B. Dupleix
C. Both A and B
D. None of them
66) Mysore became a subsidiary state after which war?
A. 1st Anglo Mysore war
B. 2nd Anglo Mysore war
C. 3rd Anglo Mysore war
D. 4th Anglo Mysore war.
67) The Third Anglo Maratha War held in which year?
A. 1803
B. 1817
C. 1775
D. 1820
68) The second Maratha war fought between
A. the English and the Marathas
B. the French and the Marathas
C. the Dutch and the Marathas
D. None of the above
69) The English force participated in II Anglo Maratha war under which leader?
A) Cornwallis
B) Canning
C) Wellesley
D) Dalhousie.
70) The Pindari War is also known as________.
A) 1st Anglo Maratha war
B) 2nd Anglo Maratha war
C) 3rd Anglo Maratha War
D) None of the above.
71) The chief aim of Haider and Tipu was
A. To oust the English from India
B. To help the English in India
C. To befriend the English
D. None of the three
72) "Better to live one day as a tiger than a thousand years as a sheep" is the statement of which ruler? A) Haider Ali
B) Tipu Sultan
C) Nizam
D) Napoleon.
73) Haidar Ali was born in1722 at------
A. Siyalkot
B. Budikot
C. Sherkot
D. None of the above
74) The name of the Haidar Ali’s father
A. Sher Muhammd
B. Sadat Ali
C. Fateh Muhammad
D. Rahat Ali
75) The Treaty of Srirangapattanam was signed in which year?
A) 1790
B) 1792
C) 1793
D)1795.
76) Lord William Bentick was appointed Governor General of India in
A. 1824
B. 1826
C. 1827
D. 1828
77) The sepoy mutiny occurred In the year ---
A. 1757
B. 1857
C. 1867
D. 1878
78) What was the immediate causes of the out break of the revolt of 1857
A. Greased Cartridges
B. Transfer policy of English
C. Behaviour of the English
D. None of the above
79) The Indian soldier who instigated the sepoys to the revolt of 1857 was---
A. Mangal Pandey
B. Suresh Pandey
C. Ramesh Pandey
D. None of the three
80) Which of the following took active part in the revolt of 1857
A. Nana Sahib
B. Tantia Tope
C. Lakshmi Bai
D. All the three
81) The revolt of 1857 failed because ----
A. Lack of resources
B. lack of army.
C. Lack of coordination
D. All the above
82) Who was the last Mughal emperor?
A) Alamgir
B) Shah Alam II
C) Shuja Ud- Daula
D) Bahadur shah II.
83) Bahadur Shah zafar was deported to
A. Rangoon
B. Andaman
C. Fiji
D Srilanka
84) Which was the important result of the revolt of 1857
A. It strengthened the British Power
B. it touched the conscience of the English
C. It strengthened native rulers
D. Queen Victoria’s proclamation
85) India came under the direct colony of British in
A. 1857
B. 1858
C. 1869
D. 1860
86) The Governor General of India came to be known as Viceroy of India with effect from
A. 1855
B. 1856
C. 1857
D. 1858
87) What were the result of the effort of crushing the revolt of 1857
A. Discontentment prevailed
B. Feeling of Nationalism went on nourishing
C. Desire for freedom went on burning
D. All the three
88) Who became the Emperor of India during the revolt of 1857?
a) Bahadur Shah II
b) Tantia Tope
c) Mangal Pande
d) None
89) ……………… was the immediate reason for the revolt
a) Enfield Rifle
b) Enfield Bullet
c) A K 47
d) None.
90) The revolt of 1857 began at ……………
a) Delhi
b) Meerut
c) Allahabad
d) None.
91) 'The Last Moghul' is a book by----
a) William Darlimple
b) V A Smith
c) S B Choudhary
d) None.
92) SNDP formed in the year…
a) 1905
b) 1903
c) 1914
d) None.
93) Satyartha Prakash is written by ………..
a) Dayananda Saraswati
b) Rajaram Mohan Roy
c) Gandhi
d) None
94) The Head Quarters of the Ramakrishna Ashram is at ………
a) Calcutta
b) Bombay
c) Delhi
d) Dhakka
95) Sarada Mat is associated with………..
a) Ramakrushna Ashram
b) Aligarh Movement
c) SNDP
d) None.
96) Pandita Rama Bai belongs to……
a) Karnataka
b) Delhi
c) Bengal
d) Kerala.
97) Whose tomb is at Bristol?
a) Rajaram Mohan Roy
b) William Bentick
c) Vivekananda
d) None.
98) Which was the first news paper in India?
a) Bengal Gazate
b) Malayala Manorama
c) Matrubhumi
d) The Hindu
99) 'Drain of wealth' theory was introduced in India by …….
a) D B Nauroji
b) Rajaram Mohan Roy
c) Gandhi
D) none.
100) 'Social Back Ground of Indian Nationalism' is a work by…
a) Sumit Sarkar
b) A R Desai
c) Bipin Chandra
d) None.
