(Question Bank (Second Year) 2 © Sanjay B.A.LLB. OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS [ower] 1. The presidency system ended under which of the following acts? (a) Regulating Act, 1773 (b) Pitts India Act, 1784 (c) Charter Act, 1813 (d) Charter Act, 1833. Aus. (d) 2. In which year did the (Diarchy) dual governance system begin? (a)1765 — (b) 1813 (©) 1833 (d) 1853. Ans. (a) 3. After which important event did the British plunder in India begin? (@) Alter the Battle of Plassey (b) After the Battle of Buxar (©) After the East India Company received permission to trade in . India (@) After the Charter Act of 1813: Ans, (a) 4. Who was the Nawab of Bengal at the time of Diarehy (1765)? (a) Mir Jafar (b) Najm-ud-Daulah {c) Mir Qasim (d) Wazir- Ans. (cd) 5. In which year was the East India Company established? (a) 1599 (b) 1600. (c) 1602 (d) 1604, Ans. (b) 6. When did the Battle of Plassey take place? (a) 1957 (b) 1757 {e) 1809 (a) 1939. As. (b) 7. Who implemented the Permanent Settlement? (a) Warren Hastings (b) Sir John Shore ©) Clive | (d) Lord Comwaliis. Ans. (4) 8. Who founded the city of Calcutta? Or Who was the founder of modern Calcutta? (a) Job Charnock (b) Francis Day (c) Clive (d) Sir John Child. Ans. (4) 9. By which treaty was Diarchy implemented in Bengal? (@) Delhi (b) Amritsar (c) Hooghly (a) Allahabad. ‘Ans. (d) 10. The winner of the Battle of Buxar was : (a) Hector Munro (b) Sir John Child (©) Clive (d) Stuart Mill Ans. (a) Tt, Which Nawab of Bengal compared the Europeans with the British? (a) Mir Jafar (b) Mir Qasim (©) Alivardi Khan (d) Shuja-ud-Dauia, Ans. (c)India (OMR) © 3 12, Which battle did Clive win? (@) First Carnatic War (b) Barile of Plassey (cy Battle of Buxar (@) Maratha War. ‘Ans. (b) 13. The capital of the independent state of Bengal was : (a) Alinagar ‘ (b) Munger (c) Dhaka . (4) Murshidabad. Ans. (4) 14, During whose reign did the ‘Black Hole’ incident take place? Or Who was the Nawab of Bengal at the time of the ‘Black Hole” incident? (a) Mir Jafar (b) Mir Qasim (6) Siraj-ud-Daulah (a) Ali Vardi Khan. Ans. (c) 15. Which of the following states acted as a Milk-cow for the British? (a) Awadh (b) Karnataka (c) Mysore (d) Hyderabad, Ans. (a) 16. Who has given the details of the ‘Black Hole’ iricident? (a) Holwell (b) Clive (©) Vansittart (d) Mir Jafar. 7 Ans, (a) 17. When was the Alinagar Treaty signed? (a) 9 February, 1757 (b) 9 January, 1757 () 1 March, 1756 (d) 13 March, 1956. Ans. (2) 18. Between whorti was the Alinagar Treaty signed? (a) Clive - Mir Qasim (b) Clive - Mir Jafar (©) Clive - Safdarjung (@) Clive - Siraj-ud-Dautah. Ans. (4) 19. Ghasiti Begum, Yar Latif Khan, Rai Durlabh and Shaukat Jung were sworn enemies of whom? (a) Clive (b) Mir Qasim (c) Mir Jafar (d) Siraj-ud-Dautah. Ans. (d) 20. Who was the Nawab of Bengal who transferred the capital from Dhaka to Murshidabad? (a) Ali Vardi Khan. (b) Siraj-ud-Daulah. (c) Mir Qasim. (d) Murshid Quli Khan. Ans. (d) 21, When was Dupleix appointed as the Governor of France in India? (a) n 1740 (b) In 1742 {c) In 1742 (d) In 1743.. Ans. (h} 22. “The Battle of Plassey is of extraordinary importance not for the Company but for the British race in general.” Who said this? (a) Dupleix \ (b) Admiral Watson, (c) Clive (@) Hallwell. ‘Ans. (b) 23. “Plassey was a trade in which the rich Seths of Bengal and Mir Jafar had sold the Nawab.” Who said this? (a) K.M. Pannikar + (b) James Mill (c) Watson. {d) Clive. Ans, (a)10_@ Sanjay B.A. LLB. Question Bauk (Second 91. Which act was passed in 1773 AD. (a) Regulating Act _ () Pitts India Act GEV WYK Wecene: (©) Bengal Judicature Act." (@) None of these. Ans.(3) ‘Cornwallis? 92, The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India under th, G) Sit John Snore East India Company was = (©) Robert Clive 4@) LeMaster (b) Hyde (©) Francis (@) Elijah Impey Ans. (a) 93. The pioneer of Permanent Settlement was + 4, aie Wal (a) Hastings (b) Comwatlis ree ieee (©) Dalhousie (d) Bentinck. Ans. (b) 2. With whom was the Tr} 94. Who transferred the capital of Awadh from Faizabad to (2) Tipu Sultan Lucknow? (€) Bajirao Peshwa (a) Safdarjung (b) Shuja-ud-Daulah 3. Who was the detente (©) Asaf-ud-Daulah (@ Wajid Ali Shah. Ans.(c) place during the pe 95. The tomb of which British Governor General is in Ghazipur? @ ean (a) Sir John Shore (b) Cormwallis 4 cae ‘the (c) Warren Hastings (@ Wellesley. Ans, (b) 1802? 96. When was the Treaty of Allahabad signed? (a) The British and 1 (a).1757 (b) 1764 (© The British and S¢ ; (©) 1765 (a) 172. Ans. (c) S. Which treaty did B 97. Mir Qasim shifted his capital from Murshidabad to : 1803? (a) Munger (b) Midnapore (@) Treaty of Surat (© Burdwan (@) Lakhnauti. Ans. (a) (c) Treaty of Deogas RS 98, Which type of land revenue system was adopted by the British in (6. When and where India? : (a) In 1725 at Stay: (a) Zamindari System (b) Mahalwari System ‘ on eee (© Ryotwari System (@) Allof these, Ans. (d) with the Nawab 99. Which Mughal ruler handed over the rights of the Diwani of the Rohilla war? Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the East India Company in 1765? (a) 25 lakhs (0) (a) Bahadur Shah (>) Muhammad Shah 8. Battles took pla (c) Shah Alam-I (@) Bahadur Shah Zafar. Ans. (c) during which of 100, When was the ‘Treaty of Pondicherry’ signed between the (a) First Anglo-V French and the British? (6) Third Anglo” (a) 1750 (b) 1755 (c) 1558 (d) 1760, Ans. (b) (@) Fourth Angl 101. Who was the French governor at the time of the Treaty. of 9, ‘The first Nativ Pondicherry? Buropean mod (a) Count-de-Lally (b) Dumas (a) Avach, (©) Dupleix (€) Godhu. Ans. (¢) ©) Golkonda68. 69. ne 72, 13. 74, 75. 76. eee History of Modera India (OMR) « 17 ‘What was the main objective of the company in Starting railways ita India? (a) To organize India (b) Industriatization of India (©) To protect the fina India (8) To protect the economic condition of India. The main object Dalhousie was : (@) To develop other facilities in the country (b) To encourage trade and commerce (© Public welfare works (d) To connect mines to ports. Lord Macaulay was associated with what? (a) Law éodification (b) Army reforms {c) To‘end the practice of Sati (d) Permanent settlement. Ans. (a) Which of the following mistakes proved to be the most serious political mistake of Dathousie? (a) Prohibition of the practice of adoption () Acquisition of Awadh (¢) Contol over lower Burma (4) Acquisition of Punjab. Aus. (b) In Dalhousie's poticy of annexation, the decision to annex which of the followin; ig states was not approved by the House of incial interests of the East India Company in Ans. (c) tive of laying railway lines in India by Lord Ans. (d) Directors? (a) Udaipur (b) Sambhalpur (©) Satara (@) Karauli. Ans. (4) Who started the policy of peace annexation? - (a) Lord Canning (b) Lord Dalhousie (©) Lord Wellesley (@) Lord Curzon. Ans. (b) Which was not a peasant revait? * (a) Kheda (b) Champaran (©) Ahmedabad (d) Mopla. Ans, (c) When was the AU India Kisan Sabha established? (a) 1926 {b) 1936 (c) 1939 (d) 1919. Ans. (b) Where was the All India Kisan Conference called in 1936? (a) Lucknow (b) Patna (c) Madras (@) Awadh, Ans. (a) 77, State the main demands of the Kheda Movement 3 (@) To improve the economic condition : (b) For equality in jobs © Waiver of taxes by farmers due to crop failure (a) None of these... Ans, (¢)26 @ Sanjay B.A. LL.B. Question Bank (Second Year) 74. In whose tenure were the Bombay, Calcutta and Madra, Universities established? 7 (a) Lord Mayo (b) Lord Dalhousie (©) Lord Curzon (a) Lord Canning. Ans. (d) 75. Whose book is ‘The Duty of Age’? (a) Lord Lytton (b) Lord Ripon (c) Lord Curzon (@ Lord Canning. Ans. (b) 76. Who is known as ‘Saviour of India’? (a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Ripon (c) Lord Lytton (d) Lord Irwin. Ans. (b) 17. Who gave the title of ‘Saviour of India’ to Ripon? (a) Fisher (b) Florence Nightingale (c) Attlee (d) Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya. Ans. (b) 78, Who is called the ‘Father of Local Self Government’? {a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Curzon (c) Lord Lytton (d) Lord Dalhousie. Ans. (a) 79. When was the first actual census of India conducted? (a) 1872 (b) 1881 (c) 1891 (@ 1901. Ans. (b) 80. During whose time was the first actual census of India conducted? (a) Lord’Ripon . (b) Lord Curzon (c) Lord Canning (d) Lord Lytton. Ans. (a) 81. When was the first Factory Act passed? (a) 1881 (b) 1891 (©) 1899 (a) 1901 Ans. (a) 82. During whose time was the first Factory Act passed? (a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Ripon (©) Lord Canning (d) Lord Irwin. Ans. (b) 83. Due to which dispute did Ripon resign before the completion of his tenure? (a) Ibert Bill dispute. (b) Civil service age dispute. (c) Commission dispute. (d) None of these. Ans. (a) 84. Which Viceroy formed the municipality? (a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Lytton (c) Lord Curzon (4) Lord Irwin. Ans. (2) 85. When was the Famine Code made? (a) 1881 (b) 1882 (©) 1883 (d) 1884. Ans. (c) 86. During which Viceroy's tenure was the Famine Code made? (a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Dalhousie (c) Lord Ripon . _(d) Lord Canning. ‘Ans, (c) 87. The teaure of Lord Ripon was : (a) 1880-84 (b) 1888-92 (c) 1876-80 (d) 1884-88, Ans. (a)110. In which year was the Surat session held? (a) 1905 (b) 1907 (©) 191t (1916. Ans. (b) 111. Who presided over the Surat session? (a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Rasbihari Ghosh (©) Bishan Narayan Dhar (d) Sir Henry Cotton. Ans. (b) 112. In which year was the agreement between Congress and Muslim League signed? (a) 1911 (b) 1916 (c} 1920 - -(d) 1924. Ams. (b) 113. In which year did Mahatma Gandhi become the President of the Indian National Congress? (a) 1920 (b) 1924 (c) 1926 (6) 1931. Ans. (b) 114. Who was the first woman President of the All-India National Congress? | () Mrs. Annic Besant (b) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu | (c) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (d) None of these. Ans. (a) 115. Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National | Congress? (a) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu. (b) Mrs. Annie Besant (©) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur - (a) None of these. Ans. (a) . 116. When was Abui Kalam Azad made the President in the special session of Dethi? (a) £921 (b) 1923 (c) 1926 (d) 1940. Ans. (b) 117. Who was the President of the Lahore (1929) session of the indian National Congress? (a) J.L. Nehru (b) Madan Mohan Malviya (} S.C. Bose (d) Annie Besant. Ans. (a) 118. -In which year was Jawaharla} Nehru made the President of the Indian National Congress? (a) 1929 (b) 1930 (©) 1931 {d) 1932. Ans, (a) 119, In which session was the ‘Fundamental Rights’ resolution passed? (a) 1929 (b) 1931 {c) 1936 @) 1941. Ans. (6) | 120. Who remained the President of Indian National Congress during 1940-45? (a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (¢) Mahatma Gandhi (d) None of these. Ans. (b) 121. Who became the youngest President of Indian National Congress? (a) Mahatma Gandhi (6) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (d) None of these. Ans, (b) 122, When did Indian National Congress get divided into extremist Sroup and moderate group? i (a) Surat Session, 1907 (b) Lahore Session, 1929 (©) Kanpur Session, 1925 (d) None of these. Ans. (a)100. In which year Was 101. Who explained that all truths 104; Where was the first meeting of the In which session of the Congress was the demand for coup. 3 te 98. In independence of India first presented? (a) Lahore, 1929 () Karachi, 1929 (c) Calcutta, 1928 a One ve : Ans. 3 it in the Congress lace in the Surat sesgj, 99. ‘The first split it "cand partition took place? sion gf 1907. In which session the (a) Calcutta, 1917 (b) Bombay, 1918 a (d) Nagpur, 1920. {e) Delhi. 1918 os tadian National Congress foundear ™*") (1896 (4) 1900. Ang fare written in the Vedas? (b) Swami Vivekanand (a) 1885 (b) 1890 iy (a) Swami Dayanand (c) Swami Harsevanan (6) Ramakrishna Paramhans2. : < Ans.) 102. Who was the first president of the Indian National Congress? (a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Womesh Chandra Bonnerjec (c) Surendranath Banerjee (8) None of these. Ans. () 103. In which session was the ‘Vande Mataram’ song sung? (a) 1894 (b) 1895 (c) 1896 (d) 1898. Ans. (c) dian National Congress held? * (a) Hindu College, New Delhi (b) BHU (c) Gokul Das Vidyalaya, Bombay (4) Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Ans. (c) 105, ‘Vande Mataram? became the main song of which nationa| movement? &. (a) Swadeshi Movement _(b) Champaran Satyagraha (c) Non-cooperation Movement (d) Quit India Movement. “Ans, (2) 106. The president of the Indian National Congress session of 1896 was? (a) Mahatma Gandhi (6) Rahimtulla Sayani (c) George Yule (d) Firozshah Mehta. Ans. (b) 107, When was the word ‘Swaraj’ accepted from the platform of the Indian National Congress? (a) 1905 () 1906 (©) 1907 (d) 1908. Ans. (b) 108. In- which year was the song ‘Jana-Gana-Mana’ sung from the platform of the Indian National Congress? (a) 1910 (b) 1911 (©) 1916 (@ 1920. Ans. (b) 109. Who translated ‘Jana-Gana-Mana’ from Bengali to Hindi? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Abid Ali (©) Kqbal (@) Mir. Ans. (b)#8. ‘The most unpopular Viceroy of Ing «@) Lord Ripon (c) Lord Dalhousie 99. Under whose chairmanshi, Famine Commission? (0) Richard Strachey (c) Andrew Fraser 90. Who established the C.1.p.2 a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Ripon (©) Lord Irwin (4) Lord Dathousie, Ans. (a) During which movement did Tilak give the famous slogan “Swaraj is our birthright and 1 shall haye it?” (a) Partition of Bengal (©) Home Rule (c) Non-cooperation Movement (d) Civil Disobedience, Ans. (b) 92, In which session of the Indian National Congress did Bal Gangadhar Tilak make the emphatic declaration “Swaraj is my birthright and I shail have it”? (a) Benares Session, 1906 (b) Calcutta Session, 1906 (c) Rampur Session, 1910 (d) Lucknow Session, 1926. Ans, (b) 93. During which session of the Congress, Gandhiji could not be elected to the Subject Committee, but the President nominated dia was : (b) Lord Curzon 4) Lord Irwin, Ans. (b) ip did Lord Curzon establish the () Sir Anthony MacDonnelt @ Sir Thomas Raleigh. Ans. (b) 9 him for the said committee? . (a) Madras, 1914 (b) Karachi, 1913 (c) Bombay, 1915 (d) Lucknow, 1916, Ans. (c) 94. Congress was divided in Surat session in 1907. In which session the unification of-both the groups (moderate and extremist) took place? ~ (a) Bombay, 1915 (b) Lucknow, 1916 (c) Caleutta, 1916 (@) Lucknow, 1915. “Ans, (b) 95. Many British People got the honour of becoming the President of Indian National Congress. Tell who has the honour of being the first British President of Congress? (a) William Wedderburn (b) Henry Cotton (c) George Yule {d) A. Webb. Ans. (c) 96. Many women have adorned the post of Congress President. Who ‘améng the following was not associated with this post? (@) Sarojini Naidu (b) Sucheta Kriplani (©) Netri Sengupta () All of these. Ans. (d) The youth has always been given due importance in the Congress. Who among the following has the honour of being the youngest President of the Congress? (a) Jawaharlal Nehru ¢b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (c) Abul Kalam Azad (@) Srinivas Iyengar. Ans. (c) v1,25 62. Who declared Delhi as the capital of India and in whieh year? (2) Queen Vievoria, 1858. (b) Lord Caradin, 1905 (c) Lord Morley, 1909 (@) King George V, 1911. Ans. (d) 6. Which act provided for the end of Company Rule? (@) Act of 1858 (b) Act of 1861 (©) Act of 1784 (a) Act of 1878. Ans. (a) 64. Who was chosen as the first Viceroy by the declaration of Queen Victoria? {a) Lord Dathousie {b) Lord Ripon (¢) Lord Canning (d) Lord Hastings. Ans. (c} 65. Who was made powerful by the Act of 1861? (a) India Minister (b) Company members (¢) Company Government (@) Viceroy. Ans. (d) 66. After whom did Canning come to India as Viceroy? (a) Lord Auckland (b) Lord Dathousie (©) Lord Elgin (d) Lord Lytton, Ans. (b) 67. When and where were the constitutional changes announced by Queen Victoria? % (a6 November, 1858 Lucknow (b) 1 November, 1858 Allahabad {c) 4November, 1858 Madras (d) 2 November, 1858 Lucknow. Ans. (b) 68. Who is called the father of local self-government? (a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Ripon (c) Lord Lytton (d) Lord Dalhousie. Ans. (b) 69. In whose reign was the first factory law made? (a) Lord Dufferin Ans, (a) Haji Shariat Ultah (b) Shah Wali Ufah , (c) Syed Ahmed of Raebareli (d) Karamshah. Ans, 54, Which was the first among the mass movements agai - Sd) British? nist the {a) Santhal Rebellion (b) Naikda Rebellion i (c) Indigo Rebellion (d) Kuka Rebellion. Ans, ( t 55. Which movement was led by Sidhu and Kanhu? d | (a) Munda rebellion (6) Kuka rebellion (© Santhal rebelfion (4) Chota Nagpur Bhil. Ans. (¢) 56. The writer who called the revolt of 1857 AD as the first war of independence? (a) SN. Sen (b) V.D. Savarkar ce (c) RC. Majumdar (@) Ashok Mehta. Ans, (6) f 57. Whois the writer of ‘Indian War of Independence, 1857’? (a) R.C, Majumdar (b) S.B. Chaudhary (c) SN. Sen (d) VD. Savarkar. Ans. (d) 58. None of the following is correctly matched : (a) Gadkari Rebellion - 1844 (b) Bhil Rebellion — 1818-31 {c) Satara Rebeltion- {814 (d) Kitrur Rebellion = 1824 Ans. (c) 59. Wholed the Khasi Rebellion against the British? (a) Bisra Munda () Tirot Sing Syiem ‘ (¢) Surendra Sai (6) Titu Mir; Ans. (b) 60, Who first called the Rebellion of 1857 as India’s first war of Independence? (a) SN. Sen (b) Vipin Chandra (c) Tara Chandra (d) V.D. Savarkar. Ans. (¢) 61, Where did Bahadur Shah Zafar die? (a) Meerut (b) Rangoon (Yangon) (©) Guwahati (@) Palam. Ans. (0)13. 18. 19. 20. 21. 2. “It Scindia also Joins tomorrow itself? Wh {a) Lord Ripon: (b) Lord Cannin, (©) Lord Curzon {@) Lord Clive, 7 Ans. (b) 10 pl lanted the ‘Tree of independence’ in Srirangapatna? (a) Hyder Ali b) Shah Alam-It : (c) Nandraj {d) Tipu Sutean. Ans. (d) Which ruler ol ; f India established mod £ erm type of Indian ‘eign countries? embassies in for (@) Tipu Sultan (b) Shah Atam-1 wae Singh : (d) Mit Qasim Als, (a) ich Indian ruler pot Euclid’s book ‘Eh ts, e translated into Sanskrit? coe ee (a) Maharaja Ranjit Singh (b) Mir Jafar (©) Sawai Raja Jai Singh () Tipu Sultan. Ans. (c) . The reasons for the failure of the freedom movement Of 1857 were : {a) Lack of organization (b) Unity of Purpose (c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b” @) None of the: Ans. (c) “The explosions before 1857, military or ci ian, Were actually links of the same chain. Earlier Separate surges combined to form. the explosion and wildfire of 1857.” Who said this? (a) Alexander Duff (b) R.C. Majumdar (c) S.N. Sen (d) Bric Stokes, Ans, (b) When was Mangal Pandey hanged? (a) On 6 May, 1859 (b) On 8 April, 1857 (©) On 13 May, 1857 (d) On 17 June, 1858, Ans. (b) The main feader(s) of the first freedom struggle was/were : (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Sardar Patel (c) Nana Saheb (@) Jawaharlas Nehru. Ans. (c) “The freedom struggle of 1857 was a military revolution.” Who said? (a) Sir John Lawrence (b) Sir James Outram N. Sen. Ans. (a) (©) Veer Savatkar (@)s oe Who said that the freedom struggle of 1857 was ‘India’s first straggie’? Or t we called 1857 AD the first war of independence in his book? (@) S.N. Sen (b) P.E. Roberts die (c).Ashok Mehta @) Savarkar. se . Who led the revolution of 1857 in Lucknow city? ya Mahal —(b) Danish Ali : a bane ee (@) Siraj Khan. : Ans. (a) pg(c} Deccan Rebellion — Maharashtra (d) Alll of these. ; Ans 2, Who was the Governor General at the time of the revolt of 185). (a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Sir John Shore (©) Clive (a) Lord Canning. 3. Which of the following provinces did not join the reyolt? (a) Bengal, Bombay () Madras, Rajputana (c) West Bengal, Central India (4) All of these. ‘Ang 4, The Carnatic Wars were fought between whom? (a) (a) Hyder Ali and the Marathas (b) Tipu Sultan and the British (©) The British and the French {d) The British and the Marathas. Ans. (¢; 5, Which Carnatic War was an extension of Anglo-French confjic, in India? - 3 (a) First Camatic War . (b) Second Camatic War (©) Third Camatic War (d) Alllof these. ‘Ans. 6. After which war did British power get consolidated in India? (a) Battle of Buxar (b) Battle of Plassey (©) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’ (¢) Third Battle of Panipat. Ans. ¢c) 7. Which of the following poets was an eyewitness of the revoit of NS. ¢y 1857? (a) Ghalib (b) Jack (©) Iqbal @ Mir. Ans. @ 8. Which historian has termed the revolt of 1857 A.D. as a conspiracy? (a) TR. Holmes (b) Sir James Outram and W. Taylor (c) Sir John. K. (d) VD. Savarkar Ans. (b) 9. Which Governor-General abolished slavery? (a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Ellenborough (c) Lord Ripon (@) Lord Curzon. Ans. (b) 10, Who among the following was the leader of the 1857 revolt in Assam? (2) Maniram Dutt (b) Purandar Singh {c) Rameshwar (d) Parmanand. Ans. (a) 11. a have no right to take Sindh, yet we will do so.” Who said is? (a) Palmer _ (b) Napier (c) Watson (d) Smith. — Ans. (b) 12, “The greased cartridges served as a fuel to the explosive discontent that had-been brewing for quite some time due to various reasons.” Who said this? {a) Richard Temple (b) Malieson (©) Ishwari Prasad (a) Madeley. Ans. (d)g9. Where was Hyder Ati born? History of Modern India (OMR) @ 19 (a) Didigul (b) Budikote (© Srirangapatna (@) Vijayanagar. Ans. (b) 90. Anglo-Mysore Wars took ptace between : (a) 1769 to 1779 (b) 1769 to 1789 (c) 1767 to. 1799. (d) 1769 to 1809, Ans. (c) 91. Who was the Governor General during the Third Mysore War? (a) Lord Wellesley (b) Sir John Shore (©) Lord Comwallis (a) Sir George Barlow. Ans. (c) 92. When was the Treaty of Srirangapama signed? (a) 1790 (b) 1792 (c) 1794 (d)1798. Ans. (b) 93. Tipu Sultan was the ruler of which state? 5 {a) Hyderabad {b) Cochin (c) Mysore (@) Kamataka. Ans. (c) 94, Who adopted the policy of annexation of states? (a) Lord Dalhousie. (b) Lord Curzon (©) Lord Wellesley (@) Lord Ripon, Ans. (a) 95. Who abolished the practice of Sati? (a) Warten Hastings () Lord Minto (©) William Bemtinck @) Lord Auckland, Ans. (c) 96. Who passed the Widow Remarriage Act? (a) Lord Auckland (b) William Bentinck (©) Lord Minto (@) Lord Dalhousie. Ans. (4) 97. When did the British make English the medium of edu India? (@)In 1813 (b) In 1933 (c) In 1835 98. Maharaja Ranjit Singh died in : (a) In 1839. (b). In 1840 (c) In 1843 99. The first Anglo-Sikh war was fought in ; (@) In 1844-45 : (b) In 1845-46 ©) In 1846-47 (4) In 1847-48 . 100. Lord Harding became Governor General in : (a) 1844 (b) 1845 (©) 1846 © (ad) 1847. 101. Second Anglo-Sikh War was fought in : (a) 1848-49 (b) 1849-50 _(c) 1850-51 cation in (@) In 1844, (Ans. (c) (@) In 1842. Ans, (a) Ans, (b} Ans. (a) (d) 2851-52, Ans. (a) 102. On what basis was Awadh annexed to the East India Company in 1856? (a) Doctrine of annexation —_(b) Subsidiary treaty (c} Misrule (d) None of these. 1. Which of the following pairs is correct? (a) Indigo Movement — Bengal (b) Pavana Rebellion - East Bengal. Ans. (c).lee 78. Where did Baba Ramchandra organize the farmers? (a) In Bengal >. (b) In Andhra Prades! e : 8. ( (c) In Awagh (@) In Bihar. ss establistied? |” 79. When was the All India Trade Union Con} (a)In 1920 (by In 1935 (c) In 1930 @ ee : Ass. 80. Who is credited with giving birth to the (9! a India? s (a) Efforts made by the Indian National Congre: (b) Abnormal economic conditions (c) Revolution in Russia nae he (d) Awakening that arose after the First World ea : nS, (c) 81. The founder of Bombay Mill Hands ASCO (a) VP. Wadia (b) Narayan Megha) ati © Shinde ON = Ans. (b) 82, The founder of Indian Trade otis e © Na a {@) Lala Lajpat Rai. Ans. (o) 83. Which labour leader organised the fabour movement in India first? : v.P. Wadia (a) NG. Ranga wv. : (©) Lala Lajpat Rai (6) NM. Lokhandi. a ) 84. What was the main reason for the strike organized by ¢ labour union in Bombay in 1908? (ay Arrest of Mahatma Gandhi : (b) Subhash Chandra fleeing from India (c) Arrest of Tilak (4) None of these. Ans.(o) 85. ‘Bombay Mill Hands Association’ of 1890 was the first trade union of its kind in India. Who founded it? (a) SM. Joshi (b) MN. Roy (c) NM. Lokhande (d) Sadipad Banerjee. Ans. (c) 86. Who was the President of AU India Trade Union Congress in 19297 (a) Jaiprakash Narayan (b) Jawaharlal Nehru (0) S.A. Dange (@) MN. Roy. Ans. (b) 87. Till when did the militant system of trade union movement exist in India? (a) Till 1918-26 (0) Till 1926-39 (c) Till 1939-45 (@) Till 1914-18, Ans. (b) 88. Who among the following said, “Can anyone prove to me that untonchability Is an integral part of Hindu religion”? (@) Mahatma Gandhi (©) BR. Ambedkar (c) Jyotiba Phule @ BG. Tilak. Aus, (a)@ Sanjay B.A: LLB. Question Bank (Second Year} way the practice of adoption from ii, ~ Mi 7. The person who took ai kings? : (3) Delica (b) Cornwallis (o) Bentinck: @ Lytton. “ na ‘Who stopped the practice of Sati by making a faw? te f Or Who abolished the practice of Sati by declaring it legal? (b) William Bentinck (a) Dalhousie (c) Comwallis (@) Macaulay. Ans. ©The tenure of Lord William Bentinck has 4 prominent place j, the history of Indian reforms. Like Lord Ripon, his success + Whose statement is this? . were also in the field of peace- (b) Marshman (a) Sit Richard Temple : (©) Malleson (@ James Mill. Ans. ean administrator, nome of de AbIeSt Tee who came to Indi, in England could surpass OF even equal to Lord Dalhousie fro Who said this? (a) Malleson (b) Watson (©) Sir Richard Temple “(@) James Mill. Ans. (c) ty, strength, tireless “Dalhousie was @ man of enormous al sincere in his objectives and completely energy, firm resolve, “yal to the greatness of his country.” Who said this? (a) Ramsay Muir (b) Mashman ‘ £ (©) Watson (d) Dodwell. Ans. (3) on which state was the Non-Regulation System implemented? (a) Awadh (o) Burma (c) Punjab (@) All of these. Ans, (4) , In whose period did the railway service start? (a) Wellesley () William Bentinck (c) Dalhousie (@) Lytton. Ans. () . Which state did not fall prey to Dalhousie's policy of ‘annexation? + (a) Satara (b) Sambalpur (c) Jhansi (d@) Awadh. : Ans. (3) . During the reign of which British ruler were most of the native states annexed to British India? (a) Lord Hastings (b} Lord Dalhousie {c) Warren Hastings (@) Lord Wellesley. ‘Ans. (0) ‘Which of the following was annexed last? (a) Punjab (b) Sindh © Assan i i Singh mn @)Awadh. Ans. (i) » During whose reign did the telegraph system start in India? (a) Dalhousie (>) Lytton S (c) Curzon (a) Ripon. ‘Ans. (a)of Modern india (OMR) © 5 47. From where to where was the first railway tine started in India? (a) Pune to Thane (1855) {b) Bombay to Thane (1853) (©) Poona to Satara (1853) (4) Bombay to Poona (1855). Ans. (b) 48. Who is credited with the establishment of Public Works Department in India? i (a) Lord Canning (b) Dalhousie {c) William Bentinck (d) Lord Hastings. “Ans. (b) 49. ‘Wood’s Despatch’ is related to which of the following? (a) Administration (b) Army (c) Folk art (@) Education, Ans. (c) 50. Under the Charter Act of 1853, who was given the right to form new presidencies in India? (a) Court of Directors (b) Board of Controt (©) British Crown (@) Court of Proprietors. Ans, (a) 53. During the period of William Bentinck, whose image was engraved on coins instead of the Mughai Emperor? (a) Governor General (b) Jesus Christ (c) Hindu Goa (d) King of England. Ans, (a) $2. Who was the Governor General of India when the Charter Act of 1833 was passed? {a) William Bentinck (b) Auckland (©) Charles Metcalfe (@) Amherst. Ans. (a) $3. According to the Charter. Act of 1833, what could be the maximum numberof members in thi e Governor General's Council? 7 (a)3 (b)4 (5 {d) 6. Ans. (b) 54. Under which act the British were allowed to buy land and settle in India? (a) In the Charter Act of 1793 (b) In the Government of India Act, 1858 (c) In the Charter Act of 1833 (d) In the Charter Act of 1813. Aus. (c) 55. During the reign of which British ruler was education formally started through the English medium? (a) Lord Cornwallis (b) Lord Dalhousie {¢) Lord Hastings (d) Lord William Bentinck. Ans. (d) 56. “With this education systew of ours, people will remain Indians by colour and caste, but mentally English.” Which Englishman said this? x (a) Wilkins ) Hyder Ali (c) Bajirao Peshwa (d) Madhavrao. ‘Ans. (a) Who was the defeated ruler in the Third Mysore War that took place during the period of Lord Cornwattis? (a) Hyder Ali (b) Shivaji (c) Tipu Sultan (d) Krishnaraj. Ams. (c) With whom was the Treaty of Bassein signed on 31 December, 1802? (a) The British and Holkar (b) The British and Peshwa Bajirao (c) The British and Scindia G@) The British and Bhonsle, Ans. (b) Which treaty did Bhonsie sign with the British on 17 December, 1803? A (a) Treaty of Surat (b) Treaty of Surji Arjun Village (©) Treaty of Deogaon @) Treaty of Rajpur Valley. Ans. (c) When and where was Clive born? (a) In 1725 at Stuyche (0) In’ 1775 at London (c) In 1802 at Churchill (d) In 1799 at Styche. Ans, (a) How much money was demanded while entering into a treaty with the Nawab of Awadh to obtain military assistance during the Rohilla war? (a) 25 lakhs (6) 30 lakhs — (c) 4@ lakhs () 35 lakhs. Ans. (c) . Battles took place at Bangalore, Parambakam and Porto Novo during which of the following wars? (a) First Anglo-Mysore War —(b) Second Anglo-Mysore War (c) Third Anglo-Mysore War (d) Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. Ans, (0) The first Native state which intreduced military ¢raining on the European model was : (a) Awadh (b) Mysore: (© Golkonda (@) Kashmir. Aus. (b)