Exercise 1
1. History is synonymous with
(1) people
(2) dates
(3) culture and heritage
(4) All the above
2. Which of these persons was asked by
Robert Clive to produce maps of Hindustan ?
(1) James Rennel (2) James mill
(3) Dalhousie (4) Canning
3. Calligraphists are
(1) experts in music
(2) experts in writing documents
(3) experts in painting
(4) None of these
4. 'A History of British
India was published by a Scottish economist and political
philosopher named
(1) James Mill (2) Warren Hastings
(3) Wellesley
5. The first Governor-General of
British India was
(1) Lord Dalhousie
(2) Lawrence
(3) Warren Hastings
(4) Lord Ripon
6. The last Viceroy of British India
was
(1) Lord Mountbatten
(2) Curzon
(3) Irwin
(4) William Bentinck
7. Under the British rule, people did not have
freedom or liberty. This is referred to as
(1) colonialism (2) capitalism
(3) nationalism (4) None of these
8. The National Archives of India came
up in the
(1) 1940s (2) 1930s
(3) 1920s (4) 1960s
9. The colonial period of the Indian
history stretches between
(1) 1657 to 1945 (2) 1589 to 1937
(3) 1700 to 1946 (4)
1757 to 1947
10. From the end of the nineteenth century, census were held every
(1) 10 years (2) 5 years
(3) 15 years (4) None of these
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Exercise 2
1. The last powerful Mughal ruler was
(1) Aurangzeb (2) Babar
(3) Akbar (4) Shahjahan
2. East India Company was established
in the year
(1) 1770 (2) 1750
(3) 1600 (4)
1650
3. The original aim of the East India
Company was
(1) colonisation
(2) trade
(3) exploitation of raw material
(4) trade of slaves
4. The famous Battle of Plassey was
fought in the year
(1) 1657 (2) 1700
(3) 1757 (4)
1689
5. The Nawab of Bengal
AliVardhan Khan passed away in the year
(1) 1756 (2) 1780
(3) 1769 (4)
1790
6. The Company's army was led against
Sirajuddaulah at Plassey by
(1) Lytton (2) Harding
(3) Robert Clive (4) Curzon
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Exercise 3
1. 'Diwan' means
(1) Assistant to the king
(2) Chief security officer
(3) Chief administrative officer
(4) Chief finance administrator
2. The Mughal Emperor appointed the
East India Company as the Diwan of Bengal on
(1) 12 August 1765
(2) 14 August 1767
(3) 10 August 1725
(4) 18 August 1760
3. In 1770 a terrible famine killed ten
million people in
(1) Delhi (2) Bombay
(3) Bengal (4) Calcutta
4. The East India Company introduced
the permanent settlement in
(1) 1785 (2) 1782
(3) 1783 (4) 1793
5. The Governor-General of India
(1) Richard Headley
(2) Charles Cornwallis
(3) Dalhousie
(4) Wellesley
6. Permanent settlement system
benefited ____
(1) the government
(2) the land lords
(3) the common people
(4) the traders
7. A revenue estate which may be a
village or a group at villages is a
(1) palace (2) building
(3) mahal (4) caravan
8. An Englishman called Holt
Mackenzie introduced the new tax system called
(1) Permanent settlement system
(2) Mahalwari system
(3) Zamindari system
(4) Rajtwari system
9. he term 'Nij' refers to
(1) village (2) peasant
(3) cultivation on planter's own land (4) cultivation on ryot's lands
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Exercise 4
1. The person who declared that God had
appointed him to save his people from trouble
(1) SidhuMurmu
(2) Birsa
(3) TirutSingh (4) Kumar Roopchand
2. A flower that is eaten or used to
make liquor is
(1) Mahua (2) Sal
(3) Castor (4) None of these
3. 'Dikus' refers to
(1) Brahmans (2) Outsiders
(3) Local people (4) Nagas
4. The British described the tribal
people as
(1) wild nomads
(2) wild animals
(3) uncivilized hunter gatherers
(4) Both (1) and (3)
5. A tribal group that lived in Chhota
Nagpur was known as
(1) Chenchu (2) Mundas
(3) Jarawa (4) Irular
6. A term used in Madhya Pradesh for
shifting cultivation is
(1) Milap (2) Roca
(3) Bewar (4)
Podu
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Exercise 5
1. Who among the following described 1857
revolt as the "first war of Independence
(1) M.K.Gandhi
(2) T.R. Homes
(3) V.D. Savarkar (4) BhagatSingh
2. Taluqdars are
(1) petty land owners
(2) zamidars
(3) money lenders
(4) None of these
3. The demand of Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi
(1) make her the queen
(2) recognize her adopted son as the heir to the
kingdom
(3) to give her rights
(4) None of these
4. Nawabs and Rajas gradually lost their
authority and honor in the mid
(1)
nineteenth century
(2)
seventeenth century
(3)
eighteenth century
(4)
twentieth century
5. The last territory to be annexed in 1856
was
(1) Awadh (2) Agra
(3) Meerut (4) Allahabad
6. Which one of the following was
proclaimed as the emperor of India
by the mutinous troops of Meerut
(1)
NanaSaheb
(2)
Bakhtkhan
(3)
Bahadur Shah Zafar
(4)
HyderAli
7. The mutiny of Indian soldiers began on
10 May 1857 at
(1) Meerut (2) Jhansi
(3) Mathura (4) Gwalior
8. The first person who refused to load
the new rifles with greased cartridges was
(1) KunwarSingh
(2) TantiaTope
(3) Mangal Pandey (4)
BakhtKhan
9. The Revolt of 1857 took place under the
Governor-Generalship of
(1) Lord Dalhousie (2) Lord
Canning
(3) Lord Ripon (4)
Lord Warren Hastings
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