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This section includes 333 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Modern History knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 151. |
Who among the following was the advisor of Lord Cornwallis in his judicial reforms? |
| A. | Jonathan Duncan |
| B. | Charles Grant |
| C. | James Grant |
| D. | Sir Williams Jones |
| Answer» E. | |
| 152. |
Who started the practice of granting the rights of collecting land revenue to the highest bidder? |
| A. | Lord Cilve |
| B. | Lord Cornwallis |
| C. | Lord Wellesley |
| D. | Warren Hastings |
| Answer» E. | |
| 153. |
The first tribal group which rose against the British was |
| A. | Kolarian |
| B. | Mundas |
| C. | Khasis |
| D. | Santhals |
| Answer» D. Santhals | |
| 154. |
Who among the following historians has remarked that the government of Bengal during the period 1765 AD to 1772 AD was a Robber State? |
| A. | K. M. Panikkar |
| B. | G. W. Forest |
| C. | Lord Macaulay |
| D. | Nand Lal Chatterjee |
| Answer» B. G. W. Forest | |
| 155. |
The Rahnumai Mazadayasan Sabha was started in 1851 to bring about socio-religious reforms amongst the Parsees. Whose name does not occur in its founder's list? |
| A. | Naoroji Furdonji |
| B. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| C. | S.S. Bengali |
| D. | Shibli Nomani |
| Answer» E. | |
| 156. |
The Ryotwari settlement of Madras was introduced by |
| A. | Cornwallis |
| B. | Wingate |
| C. | Clive |
| D. | Munro |
| Answer» E. | |
| 157. |
The drain of wealth from India to England began after the |
| A. | Permanent settlement |
| B. | Grant of Diwani |
| C. | Removal of Mir Qasim |
| D. | Conquest of Mysore |
| Answer» C. Removal of Mir Qasim | |
| 158. |
"A single shelf of good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia." Who made this statement? |
| A. | Lord Macaulay |
| B. | Lord William Bentinck |
| C. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| D. | Sir Charles Wood |
| Answer» B. Lord William Bentinck | |
| 159. |
Between which stations was the first railway line opened in India? |
| A. | Calcutta to Raniganj |
| B. | Bombay to Pune |
| C. | Calcutta to Jamshedpur |
| D. | Bombay to Thane |
| Answer» E. | |
| 160. |
During whose tenure, did the incident of the Black Hole take place? |
| A. | Mir Zafar |
| B. | Mir Qasim |
| C. | Alivardi Khan |
| D. | Siraj-ud-Daulah |
| Answer» E. | |
| 161. |
The ruler of which one of the following states was removed from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance? |
| A. | Awadh |
| B. | Jhansi |
| C. | Nagpur |
| D. | Satara |
| Answer» B. Jhansi | |
| 162. |
Who was appointed Deputy Diwan of Bengal by Robert Clive after Allahabad treaty? |
| A. | Rai Durlabh |
| B. | Raja Shitab Rai |
| C. | Syed Ghulam Hussain |
| D. | Mohammed Raz Khan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 163. |
By which of the following Acts, was the 'Board of Control' created? |
| A. | Regulating Act, 1773 |
| B. | Pitt's India Act, 1784 |
| C. | Charter Act, 1813 |
| D. | Charter Act, 1833 |
| Answer» C. Charter Act, 1813 | |
| 164. |
Which one of the following Mughal Emperors gave an important Farman to the English of facilitating their trade in India? |
| A. | Bahadur Shah I |
| B. | Farrukhsiyar |
| C. | Shah Alam II |
| D. | Bahadur Shah Ii |
| Answer» C. Shah Alam II | |
| 165. |
Which one of the following Governors General was conversant with Arabic, Persian and Bengali |
| A. | Sir John Shore |
| B. | Lord Cornwallis |
| C. | Lord William Bentinck |
| D. | Warren Hastings |
| Answer» E. | |
| 166. |
Which one of the following founded the 'Atmiya Sabha'? |
| A. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| B. | Devendra Nath Tagore |
| C. | Swami Vivekanand |
| D. | Akshay Kumar Dutt |
| Answer» B. Devendra Nath Tagore | |
| 167. |
"Tuhafat-ul-Muwahidin" a tract written by Ram Mohan Roy is |
| A. | First tract against idolatry |
| B. | First tract against Kulinism |
| C. | First tract against system of Sati |
| D. | First tract against widow remarriage |
| Answer» B. First tract against Kulinism | |
| 168. |
Who is considered as the prophet of Indian Nationalism? |
| A. | M.K. Gandhi |
| B. | Ravindra Nath Tagore |
| C. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| D. | Dayanand Saraswati |
| Answer» D. Dayanand Saraswati | |
| 169. |
By which treaty, did the English East India Company gain the Diwani rights of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa? |
| A. | Treaty of Murshidabad |
| B. | Treaty of Hoogly |
| C. | Treaty of Allahabad |
| D. | Treaty of Hariharpur |
| Answer» D. Treaty of Hariharpur | |
| 170. |
Who among the following joined Mir Qasim and Shuja-ud-Daula in declaring war upon the English East India Company and was later defeated by the British at the Battle of Buxar? |
| A. | Farrukhsiyar |
| B. | Jahandar Shah |
| C. | Muhammad Shah |
| D. | Shah Alam II |
| Answer» E. | |
| 171. |
Which one of the following Indians was appointed as Deputy Diwan of Bihar? |
| A. | Manik Chand |
| B. | Omi Chand |
| C. | Rai Durlabh |
| D. | Raja Shitab Rai |
| Answer» E. | |
| 172. |
The treaty of Amritsar was concluded between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and who of the following? |
| A. | Lord Cornwallis |
| B. | Lord Dalhousie |
| C. | Lord Hastings |
| D. | Lord Minto |
| Answer» E. | |
| 173. |
The first newspaper published in India was |
| A. | The Calcutta Chroicle |
| B. | The Calcutta Gazette |
| C. | The Indian Gazette |
| D. | The Bengal Gazette |
| Answer» C. The Indian Gazette | |
| 174. |
The treaty of Manglore was signed at the end of |
| A. | First Anglo-Mysore war |
| B. | Second Anglo-Mysore war |
| C. | Third Anglo-Mysore war |
| D. | Fourth Anglo-Mysore war |
| Answer» C. Third Anglo-Mysore war | |
| 175. |
First decisive military success of English East India Company in india is marked by |
| A. | Battle of Buxar |
| B. | Battle of Plassey |
| C. | Battle of Wandiwash |
| D. | Battle of Chilianwala |
| Answer» B. Battle of Plassey | |
| 176. |
Which one of the following wars was ended by the treaty of madras? |
| A. | First Carnatic war |
| B. | Second Carnatic war |
| C. | First Mysore war |
| D. | Second Mysore war |
| Answer» D. Second Mysore war | |
| 177. |
Subsidiary alliance was implemented during the reign of |
| A. | Lord Cornwallis |
| B. | Lord Wellesley |
| C. | Sir John Shore |
| D. | Lord Auckland |
| Answer» C. Sir John Shore | |
| 178. |
Which one of the following revolts was made famous by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel Anand Math? |
| A. | Bhil Uprising |
| B. | Pagal Panthis Revolt |
| C. | Munda Revolt |
| D. | Sanyasi Rebellion |
| Answer» E. | |
| 179. |
Who among the following immediately succeeded Ram Mohan Roy as the head of the Brahma Samaj? |
| A. | Keshav Chandra Sen |
| B. | Devendra Nath Tagore |
| C. | Akshay Kumar Datta |
| D. | Shinath Shastri |
| Answer» C. Akshay Kumar Datta | |
| 180. |
Who among the following was the first Governor General of India? |
| A. | Robert Clive |
| B. | Lord Canning |
| C. | Lord William Bentinck |
| D. | Lord Wellesley |
| Answer» D. Lord Wellesley | |
| 181. |
Who of the following laid the first rail line in India? |
| A. | Lord Ellenborough |
| B. | Lord Canning |
| C. | Lord Dufferin |
| D. | Lord Dalhousie |
| Answer» E. | |
| 182. |
Who was the father of Civil Service? |
| A. | Lord Minto |
| B. | Lord Wellessley |
| C. | Lord William Bentinck |
| D. | Lord Cornwallis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 183. |
Who was the leader of the Farazi rebellion? |
| A. | Aga Muhammad Raza |
| B. | Dudu Miyan |
| C. | Shamsher Gazi |
| D. | Wazir Ali |
| Answer» C. Shamsher Gazi | |
| 184. |
What did the India Act V of 1843 made illegal? |
| A. | Child marriage |
| B. | Infanticide |
| C. | Slavery |
| D. | Sati |
| Answer» D. Sati | |
| 185. |
Who among the following had said, "God intended me to look upon all religions with one eye, that is why he took away the light from the other"? |
| A. | Maharaja Dalip Singh |
| B. | Maharaja Sher Singh |
| C. | Maharaja Ranjeet Singh |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 186. |
The Brahmo Samaj is based on the principle of |
| A. | Monotheism |
| B. | Polytheism |
| C. | Atheism |
| D. | Monism |
| Answer» B. Polytheism | |
| 187. |
Brahmo Samaj of Raja Ram Mohan Roy was against child marriage. Inspite of this, one of his followers himself married his daughter in childhood and paved the way for disintegration of this institution. Who was that follower? |
| A. | Devendra Nath Tagore |
| B. | Keshav Chandra Sen |
| C. | Ramchandra Vidyavageesh |
| D. | Dwarka Nath Tagore |
| Answer» C. Ramchandra Vidyavageesh | |
| 188. |
Who among the following has been called as a "Heaven Born General"? |
| A. | Francis Dupleix |
| B. | Robert Clive |
| C. | Albuquerque |
| D. | Lord Cornwallis |
| Answer» C. Albuquerque | |
| 189. |
Who of the following was impeached in the British Parliament? |
| A. | Warren Hastings |
| B. | Lord Hastings |
| C. | Lord Clive |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Lord Hastings | |
| 190. |
Who granted the permission to establish the first British factory at Hoogli in Bengal ? |
| A. | Shah Shuja |
| B. | Murshid Quli Khan |
| C. | Shujauddin |
| D. | Alivardi Khan |
| Answer» B. Murshid Quli Khan | |
| 191. |
Who among the following formulated and implemented the 'Doctrine of Lapse'? |
| A. | Lord Wellesley |
| B. | Lord Clive |
| C. | Lord Hastings |
| D. | Lord Dalhousie |
| Answer» E. | |
| 192. |
Through which one of the following were commercial activities of the East India Company finally put to an end? |
| A. | The Charter Act of 1793 |
| B. | The Charter Act of 1813 |
| C. | The Charter Act of 1833 |
| D. | The Charter Act of 1853 |
| Answer» D. The Charter Act of 1853 | |
| 193. |
Cornwallis code of 1793 separated |
| A. | Revenue collection for administration of civil Justice |
| B. | Civil administration from judicial administration |
| C. | The Bengal administration from central administration |
| D. | The civil administration from military administration |
| Answer» C. The Bengal administration from central administration | |
| 194. |
Who was the first portuguese Viceroy in India ? |
| A. | Diaz |
| B. | Vasco da Gama |
| C. | Francisco de Almeida |
| D. | Albuquerque |
| Answer» D. Albuquerque | |
| 195. |
Who were the first Europeans to set up sea trade centres in India |
| A. | The English |
| B. | The French |
| C. | The Portuguese |
| D. | The Dutch |
| Answer» D. The Dutch | |
| 196. |
Consider the following statements 1. Dutch opened a factory at Pulicat in 1609.2. English built a factory at Masulipattam in 1611.Which of the statements given above is / are correct ? |
| A. | 1 only |
| B. | 2 only |
| C. | Both 1 and 2 |
| D. | Neither 1 nor 2 |
| Answer» C. Both 1 and 2 | |
| 197. |
Vasco Da Gama discovered the sea-route to India in which one of the following years ? |
| A. | 1498 |
| B. | 1492 |
| C. | 1494 |
| D. | 1453 |
| Answer» B. 1492 | |
| 198. |
In India, among the following locations, the Dutch established their earliest factory at |
| A. | Masulipattanam |
| B. | Pulicat |
| C. | Chochin |
| D. | Kasim Bazar |
| Answer» B. Pulicat | |
| 199. |
Which one of the following was the first fort constructed by the British in India ? |
| A. | Fort St. George |
| B. | Fort St. David |
| C. | Fort St. William |
| D. | Fort St. Angelo |
| Answer» B. Fort St. David | |
| 200. |
Who among the following joined |
| A. | Farrukhsiyar |
| B. | Jahandar Shah |
| C. | Muhammad Shah |
| D. | Shah Alam II |
| Answer» E. | |