Q- A group of eunuches and ladies dominated in the Government under
(a) Muhammad Shah (1719-48)
(b) Ahmed Shah (1748-54)
(c) Alamgir II (1754-59)
(d) Shah Alam II (1759-1806)
Ans: (b)
Q- When was the battle of Plassey fought?
(a) 1757 (b) 1789
(c) 1848 (d) 1857
Ans: (a)
Q- When did the British Government start ruling India directly?
(a) After the Battle of Plassey
(b) After the Battle of Panipat
(c) After the War of Mysore
(d) After Sepoy Mutiny
Ans: (d)
Q- In whose reign, Guru Nanak Deva established Sikhism?
(a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(b) Sikandar Lodi
(c) Humayun
(d) Akbar
Ans: (b)
Q- Who of the following compiled ‘Adigranth’ or ‘Guru Granth Saheb’?
(a) Guru Nanak Dev
(b) Guru Teg Bahadur
(c) Guru Govind Singh
(d) Guru Arjun Dev
Ans: (d)
Q- Tipu Sultan died fighting the English forces under
(a) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord Hastings
Ans: (b)
Q- The first Governor–General of India was appointed in
(a) 1774 (b) 1833
(c) 1858 (d) 1911
Ans: (b)
Q- Who among the following was not a party to the league that was defeated by the British in the Battle of Buxar?
(a) Shujauddaula
(b) Shah Alam
(c) Mir Jafar
(d) Mir Kasim
Ans: (c)
Q- Which of the following was capital of Raja Ranjit Singh of Punjab?
(a) Amritsar (b) Lahore
(c) Rawalpindi (d) Peshawar
Ans: (b)
Q- The successor of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was
(a) Kharaq Singh
(b) Harihar Singh Nalwa
(c) Sher Singh
(d) Naunihal Singh
Ans: (a)
Q- Hyder Ali was defeated at Porto Novo by which British General?
(a) Captain Pophem
(b) Sir Eyrecoot
(c) Captian Hector Munro
(d) General Gedard
Ans: (b)
Q- Which of the following Indians was appointed as Deputy Diwan of Bihar by Robert Clive?
(a) Omi Chand
(b) Manik Chand
(c) Rai Durlabh
(d) Raja Shitab Rai
Ans: (d)
Q- Who was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of Subsidiary Alliance?
(a) Scindia of Gwalior
(b) Nizam of Hyderabad
(c) Dalip Singh of Punjab
(d) Gaikwad of Baroda
Ans: (b)
Q- Who founded independent sultanate of Bengal?
(a) Ilias Shah
(b) Murshid Quli Khan
(c) Hussain Shah
(d) Alivardi Khan
Ans: (b)
Q- Who of the following joined Mir Qasim and Shujauddaula in declaring war upon the English East India Company and was later defeated by the British at the Battle of Buxar?
(a) Jahandar Shah
(b) Farrukhsiyar
(c) Muhammad Shah
(d) Shah Alam II
Ans: (d)
Q- The Gurumukhi script was introduced by
(a) Guru Amardas
(b) Guru Ramdas
(c) Guru Angad
(d) Guru Nanak
Ans: (c)
Q- 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 Panipat
(d) Battle of Haldi Ghati
Ans: (a)
Q- Who issued Firman granting Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the English?
(a) Ahmed Shah
(b) Bahadur Shah
(c) Farrukhsiyar
(d) Shah Alam II
Ans: (d)
Q- Whose enemiesmere Raja Vallabh, Ghaseti Begum and Shaukat Jung?
(a) Alivardi Khan
(b) Mir Qasim
(c) Sirajuddaula
(d) Nandkumar
Ans: (c)
Q- In which of the following years, the Battle of Buxar was fought?
(a) 1764 (b) 1766
(c) 1767 (d) 1761
Ans: (a)
Q- Emperor Shah Alam II gave the diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to East India Company on
(a) 12 August, 1765
(b) 18 August, 1765
(c) 29 August, 1765
(d) 21 August, 1765
Ans: (a)
Q- By which one of the following Acts did the Governor–General of Bengal became the Governor–General of India?
(a) The Regulating Act
(b) The Pitt’s India Act
(c) The Charter Act of 1793
(d) The Charter Act of 1833
Ans: (d)
Q- Which Sikh Guru assumed the title ‘Sachcha Padshah’?
(a) Guru Nanak
(b) Guru Teg Bahadur
(c) Guru Hargovind
(d) Guru Gobind Singh
Ans: (b)
Q- Which Governor–General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar?
(a) Minto I
(b) William Bentinck
(c) Hastings
(d) Auckland
Ans: (b)
Q- Which one of the following places was famous as capital of Tipu Sultan?
(a) Srirangpattam
(b) Gulbarga
(c) Hampi
(d) None of the above
Ans: (a)
Q- Which Governor–General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse?
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Bentinck
(d) Lord Curzon
Ans: (b)
Q- Tipu Sultan took support of which one of the following powers to fight the English?
(a) Portuguese
(b) French
(c) Spanish
(d) Dutch
Ans: (b)
Q- Who converted Sikhs into a martial race?
(a) Arjun Dev
(b) Gobind Singh
(c) Hargovind
(d) Teg Bahadur
Ans: (b)
Q- Who was appointed Deputy Diwan of Murshidabad (Bengal) by Robert Clive after the Allahabad Treaty?
(a) Mohd Reza Khan
(b) Raja Shitab Rai
(c) Rai Durlabh
(d) Syed Ghulam Hussain
Ans: (a)
Q- The last major extension of British Indian territory took place during the time of
(a) Dufferin
(b) Lytton
(c) Curzon
(d) Minto I
Ans: (a)
Q- Khalsa was founded by
(a) Guru Gobind Singh
(b) Guru Ramdas
(c) Guru Nanak
(d) Guru Arjun Dev
Ans: (a)
Q- Which Sikh Guru helped the rebel prince Khusro with money and blessings?
(a) Guru Hargovind
(b) Guru Govind Singh
(c) Guru Arjun Dev
(d) Guru Tegh Bahadur
Ans: (c)
Q- 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
Ans: (a)
Q- Who founded Sikhism?
(a) Gobind Singh
(b) Ramdas
(c) Nanak
(d) Hargobind
Ans: (c)
Q- The first Governor–General of India was
(a) Lord Clive
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Lord Lytton
Ans: (c)
Q- The founder of the autonomous kingdom of Awadh was
(a) Shujauddaula
(b) Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk
(c) Safdarjang
(d) Shershah
Ans: (b)
Q- Who among the following Indian rulers established embassies in foreign countries on modern lines?
(a) Haider Ali
(b) Mir Qasim
(c) Shah Alam II
(d) Tipu Sultan
Ans: (d)
Q- Who among the following was not involved in the conspiracy against Sirajuddaulah?
(a) Manikchand
(b) Omichand
(c) Mohanlal
(d) Clive
Ans: (c)
Q- Which was the birth place of Guru Nanak?
(a) Gurdaspur
(b) Amritsar
(c) Lahore
(d) Talwandi
Ans: (d)
Q- Who was the last independent Nawab of Bengal?
(a) Sirajuddaulah
(b) Mir Jafar
(c) Mir Kasim
(d) Najmuddaulah
Ans: (c)
Q- Who was the Governor–General when the first Anglo–Burmese was started?
(a) George Barlow
(b) Lord Hastings
(c) Lord Minto
(d) Lord Amherst
Ans: (d)
Q- Who was the Governer–General tomerge Sindh in British India?
(a) Lord Dalhausie
(b) Lord Hardinge
(c) Lord Ellenborough
(d) Lord Auckland
Ans: (c)
Q- The East India Company secured the Diwani from
(a) Shujauddaula
(b) Aurangzeb
(c) Bahadur Shah
(d) Shah Alam II
Ans: (d)
Q- How did the Mughal Emperor Jahandar Shah’s reign come to an early end?
(a) He was deposed by his wazir
(b) He died due to a slip while climbing down steps
(c) He was defeated by his nephew in a battle
(d) He died of sickness due to too much consumption of wine
Ans: (c)
Q- The state of Jhansi was made a part of the British Empire in India through
(a) The policy of Doctrine of Lapse
(b) The policy of Subsidiary Alliance
(c) Mayo’s Provincial settlement
(d) War against Gangadhar Rao
Ans: (a)
Q- What was the reason of ground for the British Empire to annex Sambalpur in 1850?
(a) Lack of proper governance
(b) Death of its ruler without an heir
(c) Subsidiary Alliance
(d) Its involvement in a conspiracy against British Rule
Ans: (b)
Q- The main cause of the conflict between Nawab Sirajuddaula and the East India Company was that
(a) The British opposed the succession of Sirajuddaula
(b) The British misused the Dustaq (free duty passes)
(c) The British attacked the French settlement of Chandranagar in Bengal
(d) The incident of black hole and occured
Ans: (b)
Q- With reference to the colonial rule of India, which one of the following was not the feature of subsidiary Alliance System?
(a) A subsidiary British army was to be maintained in the Indian State
(b) The determination of expenses incurred on the subsidiary British army was the duty of Indian State
(c) The Indian State had to keep a British resident in her capital
(d) Indian soldiers could be used by the company commanders
Ans: (d)
Q- The Dual Government recommended by Lord Clive provided that the
(a) Criminal justice would be left to the Nawabi officials, while civil and fiscal matters would be controlled by the company
(b) Company will look after fiscal matters and all the rest would be dealt by the Indian rulers
(c) Indian rulers will deal with all the matters of administration under the supervision of a company official
(d) Indian rulers will only titular head and all the powers shall be directly dealt by the Company
Ans: (a)
Q- In March 1784, on the insistence of whom the treaty of manglore was signed?
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Col. Fultern
(c) Tipu Sultan
(d) Lord Macartine
Ans: (d)
Q- Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the battles fought in India in the 18th century?
(a) Battle of Ambur, Battle of Plassey, Battle of Wandiwash, Battle of Buxar
(b) Battle of Wandiwash, Battle of Buxar, Battle of Ambur, Battle of Plassey
(c) Battle of Wandiwash, Battle of Plassey, Battle of Ambur, Battle of Buxar
(d) Battle of Ambur, Battle of Buxar, Battle of Wandiwash, Battle of Plassey
Ans: (a)
Q- Assertion (A) : The state of Hyderabad was founded by Nizamul- Mulk, a wazir of Mughal Emperor. Reason (R) : The Mughal Emperor frustrated all the attempts of Nizam-ul-Mulk at reforming the administration of the empire. Codes
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but
(R) is not a correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Ans: (a)
Q- Assertion (A) : Shah Alam II spent the initial years as an Emperor far away from his capital. Reason (R) : There was always a lurking danger of foreign invasion from the North-West frontier. Codes
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but
(R) is not a correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Ans: (c)
Q- With reference to the treaties made by the English with native rulers of India in the 18th century, which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Treaty of Allahabad -Shujauddaula
(b) Treaty of Purandar-Marathas
(c) Treaty of Mangalore-Anwaruddin
(d) Treaty of Seringapattam -Tipu Sultan
Ans: (c)
Q- Consider the following statements:
1. The treaty of Lahore was concluded between Sikhs and English Company during the tenure of Lord Ellenborough.
2. Lord Dalhousie made the annexation of Punjab to the British dominion. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: (b)
Q- Consider the following statements:
1. Robert Clive was the first Governor-General of Bengal.
2. William Bentinck was the first Governor-General of India. Which of the statement(s) given above is /are correct?
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: (c)
Q- Consider the following statements:
1. The Sikh leader Banda Bahadur was captured and killed during the reign of Emperor Farrukhsiyar.
2. The Marathas fought with Ahmed Shah Abdali at Panipat during the reign of Emperor Shah Alam II. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: (c)
Q- Consider the following Princely States of the British rule in India:
1. Jhansi
2. Sambalpur
3. Satara The correct chronological order in which they were annexed by the British is :
(a) 1, 2, 3 (b) 1, 3, 2
(c) 3, 2, 1 (d) 3, 1, 2
Ans: (c)
Q- Consider the following statements about Sikhs Gurus:
1. Banda Bahadur was appointed as a military leader of the Sikhs by Guru Teg Bahadur.
2. Guru Arjun Dev became the Sikh Guru after Guru Ram Das.
3. Guru Angad/Anga Dev gave the Sikhs their own script Gurumukhi. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) Only 1 (b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 1 and 2
Ans: (b)