WBCS MAIN 2018 P-3 HISTORY MCQ
WBCS MAIN 2018 P-3 HISTORY One Liner Questions
TOPIC 1: ANCIENT INDIA
(New Serial 1-5)
1. Alvar were hymnodists of which Tamil devotional cult? – Vaishnavite
2. Which Harappan site was probably a trading outpost for procuring lapis lazuli? – Shortugai
3. In which scripts was the Kandahar Edict of Ashoka written? – Both Aramaic and Greek
4. Who were the patrons of Sangam literature and poets? – All of the above (Cheras, Cholas, Pandyas)
5. On what grounds is the theory of feudalism in post-Gupta period disputed? – All of the three above (lands not secular, peasants not serfs, brahmin donees not ruling class)
6. The famous Uttaramerrur inscription belongs to which Chola ruler? – Parantaka I
TOPIC 2: MEDIEVAL INDIA
(New Serial 7-9)
7. Which Delhi Sultan represented himself as ‘Sikandar-i-Sani’ (Second Alexander)? – Sikandar Lodi
8. What was the original name of the Vijayanagara coin called ‘pagoda’ by foreigners? – Varaha
9. What was ‘Nasag’ in the revenue system? – Revenue payable by cultivator based on past experience
TOPIC 3: MODERN INDIA (FREEDOM STRUGGLE & INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS)
(New Serial 10-41)
10. Who was NOT a member of the Constituent Assembly? – M K Gandhi
11. Tebhaga Movement was launched to implement recommendations of which commission? – Floud Commission
12. When did Subhash Chandra Bose become supreme leader of Indian National Army? – 1943
13. Quit India Movement was launched in response to the failure of which mission? – Cripps Mission
14. Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement? – Lord Linlithgow
15. What did Gandhi’s 11-point ultimatum to Irwin include? – All of the above (50% land revenue reduction, abolition of salt tax, customs duty on foreign cloth)
16. Non-Cooperation movement was launched on which issues? – (i), (ii), (iv) (Punjab wrong, Khilafat wrong, attainment of Swaraj)
17. When and where did Mahatma Gandhi become President of INC? – 1924, Belgaum
18. What was the first all-India movement launched by M K Gandhi? – Rowlatt Satyagraha
19. What was the first newspaper published by M K Gandhi? – Indian Opinion (in South Africa)
20. Who published ‘Indian Sociologist’? – Shyamji Krishnavarma
21. Who played a role in smuggling arms for attack on Bengal Governor Sir John Anderson? – Ujjwala Majumdar
22. Who was the first woman state prisoner under Regulation III of 1818? – Dukoribala Debi
23. To whom can the genesis of the demand for Pakistan be traced? – Sir Muhammad Iqbal
24. Who founded the Swadesh Bandhan Samity? – Aswini Kumar Dutta
25. Who established the Anti-Circular Society? – Krishna Kumar Mitra
26. Who published the periodical Sandhya? – Bhupendranath Dutta
27. Who composed the song “Sarfaroshi ki tamanna”? – Bismil Azimabadi
28. Who wrote ‘Andher Nagari’? – Bharatendu Harish Chandra
29. Who published the newspaper Sanjivani? – Krishna Kumar Mitra
30. Under whose administration was the Dramatic Performances Act (DPA) brought into force? – Lord Lytton
31. Who wrote ‘Bartaman Bharat’? – Swami Vivekananda
32. Assertion-Reason on Carnatic Wars: Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason explains Assertion – (C)
33. In which year did the Vellore mutiny take place? – 1806
34. Arrange sepoy mutinies chronologically: Vellore (1806), 34th NI Sindh (1849), 47th NI (1855), Sholapur (1857) – (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
35. When did Mangal Pandey mutiny at Barrackpore? – 29 March, 1857
36. Match Revolt centres with leaders: Delhi (Bakht Khan), Kanpur (Tantia Tope), Lucknow (Hazrat Mahal), Jhansi (Lakshmibai) – (a-iii), (b-ii), (c-iv), (d-i)
37. Who led the Revolt of 1857 in Bareilly? – Khan Bahadur Khan
38. Which British officer died during the siege of Residency at Lucknow? – Henry Lawrence
39. Arrange places of sepoy revolts chronologically: Meerut, Delhi, Bareilly, Kanpur – (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
40. Find the incorrect match: Delhi – James Neill (correct: Nicholson or others) – (A)
41. The famous 11 point ultimatum given by Mahatma Gandhi to Irwin included – All of the above
TOPIC 4: MODERN INDIA (SOCIO-RELIGIOUS REFORM & EARLY RESISTANCE)
(New Serial 42-79)
42. Who was a prominent leader of the Justice Movement? – E V Ramaswami Naicker
43. Who founded the Sri Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP)? – Sri Narayana Guru
44. When did Jyotirao Phule start the Satyasodhak Samaj? – 1873
45. When did the Guruvayur temple entry movement take place? – 1931
46. When was the All India Conference of the Depressed Classes formed? – 1926
47. Who published the news magazine Bharat Shramajivi? – Sashipada Ganguly
48. When did the Mahad Satyagraha, an important milestone in Ambedkar’s career, take place? – 1927
49. When was the Nair Service Society founded under Mannath Padmanava Pillai? – 1914
50. Who founded the All India Women’s Conference in 1927? – Margaret Cousins
51. Which organization did Pandita Ramabai set up for women’s uplift with help from Ramabai Ranade? – Arya Mahila Samaj
52. Which women’s organization was founded by Sarojini Naidu? – Mahila Rashtriya Sangha
53. Who founded the Mahakali Pathshala? – Mataji Tapaswini
54. Which were the first provinces to extend franchise to women? – Both Bombay and Madras
55. Who was the first woman legislator? – Muthulaxmi Reddy
56. Kesari was the mouthpiece of which organization? – Arya Samaj
57. In which year was the Landholders’ Association founded? – 1838
58. In which year was Dayanand’s pamphlet on cow protection ‘Gaukarananidhi’ published? – 1881
59. In which year was the demand for Devanagari script granted? – 1900
60. Who initially floated the Muslim League in December 1906? – Nawab Salimullah
61. Who established the newspaper Rast Gofiar? – Fardinji Naoroji
62. Who wrote the book ‘Indian Musalmans’ that contributed to British Divide and Rule policy? – Sir William Wilson Hunter
63. In which year was the Child Marriage Restraint Act (Sarda Act) passed? – 1929
64. Which group was NOT associated with the formation of the Communist Party of India? – Hindu Radicals
65. Who founded the journal Kudi Arasu? – E V Ramaswami Naicker
66. Arrange tribal movements chronologically: Kol rebellion (1831), Hul rebellion (1855), Gudem Rampa (1922), Thadoe Kuki (1930s) – (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
67. Ho and Munda tribesmen were from which region? – Chotanagpur
68. Who was the tribal leader regarded as ‘Dharti Aba’ (Father of the World)? – Birsa Munda
69. Arrange armed resistance chronologically: Rebellion of Birabhadra Raju (1815), Satara disturbance (1841), Gadkari rebellion (1844), Revolt of Rao Bharamal (1858) – (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
70. Who was the leader of the Fakirs in the Sannyasi-Fakir uprising in Bengal? – Majnu Shah
71. Match: Pagalpanthi uprising (Karim Shah), Tariqah-i-Muhammadiya (Mir Nisar), Faraiji movement (Haji Shariatullah), Shah-i-Madar (Chirag Ali) – (a-iii), (b-iv), (c-ii), (d-i)
72. Who was the founder of the Wahabi movement in India? – Syed Ahmed of Rai Bareilly
73. Which Indigo Planter was defeated by Titu Mir? – Okenelly
74. Who was the leader of the Faraijis? – Duddu Miyan
75. Who was the zamindar first raided by Titu Mir? – Kaliprasanna Mukhopadhyay
76. Who founded the Tatwabodhini Sabha? – Devendranath Tagore
77. When did the first schism in the Brahmo Samaj take place? – 1866
78. When was the Ramkrishna Mission established? – 1897
79. Who founded the Atmiya Sabha? – Raja Rammohan Roy
80. Who played an instrumental role in forming the Calcutta School Book Society? – Radhakanta Dev
81. Who was the first editor of Tatwabodhini Patrika? – Akshay Kumar Dutta
82. Who was NOT a proponent of Anglicism? – William Jones (he was an Orientalist)
83. Who founded Gramvarta Prakashika? – Harinath Majumder
TOPIC 5: MODERN INDIA (BRITISH ADMINISTRATION & ECONOMIC IMPACT)
(New Serial 84-100)
84. What were the effects of the 1717 farman of Emperor Farrukhsiyar? – All of the above (dastak privilege, extension to private trade, loss to Nawab’s govt and Indian traders)
85. Why did the English take up additional fortifications of Calcutta? – They discounted chances of Siraj ud daulah’s accession and paid scant respect to his authority
86. Who among the conspirators against Siraj ud daulah was duped by a forged agreement by Robert Clive? – Umi Chand
87. Who was the author of Siyar-ul-Mutakherin? – Ghulam Hussain
88. Arrange in chronological order: Treaty of Madras (1769), Battle of Porto Novo (1781), Treaty of Mangalore (1784), Treaty of Seringapatam (1792) – (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
89. Who was the last Governor General of Fort William in Bengal? – Viscount Canning
90. Which statements are true about the Regulating Act of 1773? – All of the above (parliamentary supervision, changes in Court of Directors, Governor General with council, control over Presidencies)
91. Which subject was NOT a ‘Transferred Subject’ under the Act of 1919? – Land Revenue Administration
92. Which condition did NOT prompt the making of Mahalwari Settlement? – Protecting rights of present proprietors to ensure agricultural improvement
93. Arrange in chronological order: Poligar rebellion (1799), Paik rebellion (1817), Travancore revolt (1808), Kittur uprising (1824) – (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
94. Who was the first Indian ruler to join the Subsidiary Alliance? – Nizam of Hyderabad
95. Arrange in chronological order of annexation by Doctrine of Lapse: Satara (1848), Sambhalpur (1849), Baghat (1850), Jhansi (1853) – (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
96. Who established the Calcutta Madrasa? – Warren Hastings
97. In which year was the Sanskrit College at Calcutta established? – 1824
98. Arrange in chronological order: Wood’s Despatch (1854), Hunter Commission (1882), Raleigh Commission (1902), Sadler Commission (1917) – (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
99. In which year was Calcutta (Sibpur) Engineering College established? – 1856
100. In which year was Calcutta Science College established? – 1914
101. In which year was Basu Vijnan Mandir (Bose Institute) established? – 1917
WBCS MAIN 2018 P-3 HISTORY MCQ
TOPIC 1: ANCIENT INDIA
(New Serial 1-6)
1. Alvar were hymnodists of which Tamil devotional cult?
(A) Shaivite
(B) Vaishnavite
(C) Buddhist
(D) Jain
Answer: (B) Vaishnavite
2. Which Harappan site was probably a trading outpost for procuring lapis lazuli?
(A) Shortugai
(B) Musa Khel
(C) Mundigak
(D) Damb Sadat
Answer: (A) Shortugai
3. In which scripts was the Kandahar Edict of Ashoka written?
(A) Aramaic
(B) Greek
(C) Brahmi
(D) Both Aramaic and Greek
Answer: (D) Both Aramaic and Greek
4. Who were the patrons of Sangam literature and poets?
(A) The Cheras of Vanji
(B) The Cholas of Uraiyur
(C) The Pandyas of Madurai
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D) All of the above
5. On what grounds is the theory of feudalism in post-Gupta period disputed?
(A) all the lands donated were not secular land grants
(B) the status of the peasants was not that of serfs
(C) the brahmin donees did not always belong to the ruling class
(D) All of the three above
Answer: (D) All of the three above
6. The famous Uttaramerrur inscription belongs to which Chola ruler?
(A) Parantaka I
(B) Parantaka II
(C) Rajaraja I
(D) Rajaraja II
Answer: (A) Parantaka I
TOPIC 2: MEDIEVAL INDIA
(New Serial 7-9)
7. Which Delhi Sultan represented himself as ‘Sikandar-i-Sani’ (Second Alexander)?
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(C) Sikandar Lodi
(D) Khizr Khan
Answer: (C) Sikandar Lodi
8. What was the original name of the Vijayanagara coin called ‘pagoda’ by foreigners?
(A) Pan
(B) Varaha
(C) Hun
(D) Panam
Answer: (B) Varaha
9. What was ‘Nasag’ in the revenue system?
(A) a revenue system in which the average produce of different crops as well as average price of 10 years were calculated
(B) revenue payable by the cultivator was based on past experience
(C) revenue system where crop was divided at the threshing floor between cultivator and the government
(D) revenue system in which not the actual crop but the estimated crop was divided between the cultivator and the government
Answer: (B) revenue payable by the cultivator was based on past experience
TOPIC 3: MODERN INDIA (FREEDOM STRUGGLE & INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS)
(New Serial 10-41)
10. Who was NOT a member of the Constituent Assembly?
(A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(B) B R Ambedkar
(C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(D) M K Gandhi
Answer: (D) M K Gandhi
11. Tebhaga Movement was launched to implement recommendations of which commission?
(A) Fowler Commission
(B) Frazer Commission
(C) Sapru Commission
(D) Floud Commission
Answer: (D) Floud Commission
12. When did Subhash Chandra Bose become supreme leader of Indian National Army?
(A) 1940
(B) 1941
(C) 1942
(D) 1943
Answer: (D) 1943
13. Quit India Movement was launched in response to the failure of which mission?
(A) Cripps Mission
(B) Cabinet Mission Plan
(C) Simon Commission Report
(D) Wavell Plan
Answer: (A) Cripps Mission
14. Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement?
(A) Lord Mount Batten
(B) Lord Irwin
(C) Lord Willingdon
(D) Lord Linlithgow
Answer: (D) Lord Linlithgow
15. What did Gandhi’s 11-point ultimatum to Irwin include?
(A) 50% reduction in land revenue
(B) abolition of salt tax
(C) impose customs duty on foreign cloth
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D) All of the above
16. Non-Cooperation movement was launched on which issues?
(i) Remedy of Punjab wrong
(ii) Remedy of Khilafat wrong
(iii) Amendment of Rowlatt Act
(iv) Attainment of Swaraj
(A) (i), (ii)
(B) (i), (iii)
(C) (i), (iii), (iv)
(D) (i), (ii), (iv)
Answer: (D) (i), (ii), (iv)
17. When and where did Mahatma Gandhi become President of INC?
(A) 1915, Bombay
(B) 1917, Calcutta
(C) 1924, Belgaum
(D) 1920, Nagpur
Answer: (C) 1924, Belgaum
18. What was the first all-India movement launched by M K Gandhi?
(A) Rowlatt Satyagraha
(B) Khilafat Movement
(C) Non Co-operation Movement
(D) Champaran Satyagraha
Answer: (A) Rowlatt Satyagraha
19. What was the first newspaper published by M K Gandhi?
(A) Indian Opinion
(B) Navjeevan
(C) Harijan
(D) Young India
Answer: (A) Indian Opinion
20. Who published ‘Indian Sociologist’?
(A) Shyamji Krishnavarma
(B) Madam Vikhaji Kama
(C) Lala Hardayal
(D) Pandurang Kankhoje
Answer: (A) Shyamji Krishnavarma
21. Who played a role in smuggling arms for attack on Bengal Governor Sir John Anderson?
(A) Shanti Ghosh
(B) Suniti Chowdhury
(C) Vina Das
(D) Ujjwala Majumdar
Answer: (D) Ujjwala Majumdar
22. Who was the first woman state prisoner under Regulation III of 1818?
(A) Nanibala Devi
(B) Dukoribala Debi
(C) Kalpana Dutta
(D) Bina Das
Answer: (B) Dukoribala Debi
23. To whom can the genesis of the demand for Pakistan be traced?
(A) Sir Muhammad Iqbal
(B) Fazlul Huq
(C) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(D) Chowdhury Rahamat Ali
Answer: (A) Sir Muhammad Iqbal
24. Who founded the Swadesh Bandhan Samity?
(A) Aswini Kumar Dutta
(B) Pulinbihari Das
(C) Sarala Devi
(D) Barin Ghosh
Answer: (A) Aswini Kumar Dutta
25. Who established the Anti-Circular Society?
(A) Sachindra Prasad Basu
(B) Krishna Kumar Mitra
(C) Raja Subodh Mullick
(D) Satish Chandra Mukhapadhyay
Answer: (B) Krishna Kumar Mitra
26. Who published the periodical Sandhya?
(A) Bipin Chandra Pal
(B) Aurobindo Ghosh
(C) Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay
(D) Bhupendranath Dutta
Answer: (D) Bhupendranath Dutta
27. Who composed the song “Sarfaroshi ki tamanna”?
(A) Muhammad Iqbal
(B) Hasrat Mohani
(C) Josh Molihabadi
(D) Bismil Azimabadi
Answer: (D) Bismil Azimabadi
28. Who wrote ‘Andher Nagari’?
(A) Prem Chand
(B) Bharatendu Harish Chandra
(C) Krishan Chander
(D) Mulk Raj Anand
Answer: (B) Bharatendu Harish Chandra
29. Who published the newspaper Sanjivani?
(A) Motilal Ghosh
(B) Surendranath Banerjee
(C) Krishna Kumar Mitra
(D) Jogendra Chandra Bose
Answer: (C) Krishna Kumar Mitra
30. Under whose administration was the Dramatic Performances Act (DPA) brought into force?
(A) Lord Lytton
(B) Lord Mayo
(C) Lord Napier
(D) Lord Northbrook
Answer: (A) Lord Lytton
31. Who wrote ‘Bartaman Bharat’?
(A) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(B) Swami Vivekananda
(C) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
(D) Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: (B) Swami Vivekananda
32. Assertion (A): The Carnatic War has attained a celebrity in history which is not fully justified either by the immediate issues involved or by the incidents of the war itself.
Reason (R): For nearly twenty years the Carnatic became the scene of a long drawn contest between French and the English which led to the ultimate overthrow of the French power in India with repercussions also in Bengal which produced unexpected and momentous results.
(A) If the Assertion (A) is correct but Reason (R) is wrong
(B) If (A) is wrong but (R) is correct
(C) If both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A)
(D) If both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) does not explain (A)
Answer: (C) If both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A)
33. In which year did the Vellore mutiny take place?
(A) 1805
(B) 1806
(C) 1807
(D) 1810
Answer: (B) 1806
34. Arrange the following sepoy mutinies in the chronological order:
(i) Vellore Mutiny
(ii) 47 Native Infantry Mutiny
(iii) Sholapur Mutiny
(iv) Sindh 34th Native Infantry Mutiny
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
(C) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
(D) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
Answer: (B) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
35. When did Mangal Pandey mutiny at Barrackpore?
(A) 21 March, 1857
(B) 29 March, 1857
(C) 23 May, 1857
(D) 22 June, 1857
Answer: (B) 29 March, 1857
36. Match important centres of the Revolt of 1857 with their leaders:
(a) Bakht Khan
(b) Tantia Tope
(c) Hazrat Mahal
(d) Lakshmibai
(i) Jhansi
(ii) Kanpur
(iii) Delhi
(iv) Lucknow
(A) (a-i), (b-ii), (c-iv), (d-iii)
(B) (a-iii), (b-ii), (c-iv), (d-i)
(C) (a-ii), (b-iii), (c-iv), (d-i)
(D) (a-iii), (b-iv), (c-ii), (d-i)
Answer: (B) (a-iii), (b-ii), (c-iv), (d-i)
37. Who led the Revolt of 1857 in Bareilly?
(A) Bahadur Shah II
(B) Kunwar Singh
(C) Khan Bahadur Khan
(D) Firoz Shah
Answer: (C) Khan Bahadur Khan
38. Which British officer died during the siege of Residency at Lucknow?
(A) Havelock
(B) John Nicholson
(C) Henry Lawrence
(D) Colin Campbell
Answer: (C) Henry Lawrence
39. Arrange the following places witnessing the sepoy revolts according to chronological order:
(i) Delhi
(ii) Bareilly
(iii) Kanpur
(iv) Meerut
(A) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
(B) (iv), (i), (iii), (ii)
(C) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
(D) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)
Answer: (C) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
40. When British army started pushing back the revolting Indian soldiers several commanders played leading role in claiming back the flash points. Among the following pairs find out the incorrect match:
(A) Delhi – James Neill
(B) Kanpur – Sir Hugh Wheeler
(C) Lucknow – Sir Colin Campbell
(D) Jhansi – Sir Hugh Rose
Answer: (A) Delhi – James Neill
41. The famous 11 point ultimatum given by Mahatma Gandhi to Irwin included
(A) 50% reduction in land revenue
(B) abolition of salt tax
(C) impose customs duty on foreign cloth
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D) All of the above
TOPIC 4: MODERN INDIA (SOCIO-RELIGIOUS REFORM & EARLY RESISTANCE)
(New Serial 42-83)
42. Who was a prominent leader of the Justice Movement?
(A) Chander Menon
(B) C N Mudaliar
(C) K Ramakrishna Pillai
(D) E V Ramaswami Naicker
Answer: (D) E V Ramaswami Naicker
43. Who founded the Sri Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP)?
(A) Sri Narayana Guru
(B) Dr. Palgu
(C) N Kumaran Asan
(D) All of them
Answer: (A) Sri Narayana Guru
44. When did Jyotirao Phule start the Satyasodhak Samaj?
(A) 1872
(B) 1873
(C) 1879
(D) 1910
Answer: (B) 1873
45. When did the Guruvayur temple entry movement take place?
(A) 1931
(B) 1929
(C) 1924
(D) 1930
Answer: (A) 1931
46. When was the All India Conference of the Depressed Classes formed?
(A) 1920
(B) 1926
(C) 1928
(D) 1930
Answer: (B) 1926
47. Who published the news magazine Bharat Shramajivi?
(A) Dwarakanath Ganguly
(B) Sashipada Ganguly
(C) Shivnath Sastri
(D) Ramkumar Vidyaratna
Answer: (B) Sashipada Ganguly
48. When did the Mahad Satyagraha, an important milestone in Ambedkar’s career, take place?
(A) 1920
(B) 1926
(C) 1927
(D) 1930
Answer: (C) 1927
49. When was the Nair Service Society founded under Mannath Padmanava Pillai?
(A) 1900
(B) 1905
(C) 1914
(D) 1917
Answer: (C) 1914
50. Who founded the All India Women’s Conference in 1927?
(A) Latika Ghosh
(B) Urmila Devi
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Margaret Cousins
Answer: (D) Margaret Cousins
51. Which organization did Pandita Ramabai set up for women’s uplift with help from Ramabai Ranade?
(A) Bharat Stru Mahamandal
(B) Women’s Indian Association
(C) Arya Mahila Samaj
(D) Mahila Rashtriya Sangha
Answer: (C) Arya Mahila Samaj
52. Which women’s organization was founded by Sarojini Naidu?
(A) Nari Satyagraha Samity
(B) Mahila Rashtriya Sangha
(C) Rashtriya Stru Sangha
(D) Mahila Parisad
Answer: (B) Mahila Rashtriya Sangha
53. Who founded the Mahakali Pathshala?
(A) Ramabai Ranade
(B) Mataji Tapaswini
(C) Anandibhai Bhagat
(D) Anandibai Karve
Answer: (B) Mataji Tapaswini
54. Which were the first provinces to extend franchise to women?
(A) Bombay
(B) Madras
(C) Bengal
(D) Both (A) and (B)
Answer: (D) Both (A) and (B)
55. Who was the first woman legislator?
(A) Basanti Devi
(B) Urmila Devi
(C) Muthulaxmi Reddy
(D) Krishnabai Ram
Answer: (C) Muthulaxmi Reddy
56. Kesari was the mouthpiece of which organization?
(A) Indian National Society
(B) Arya Samaj
(C) Sarbajanik Sabha
(D) Sanjivani Sabha
Answer: (B) Arya Samaj
57. In which year was the Landholders’ Association founded?
(A) 1838
(B) 1851
(C) 1875
(D) 1876
Answer: (A) 1838
58. In which year was Dayanand’s pamphlet on cow protection ‘Gaukarananidhi’ published?
(A) 1879
(B) 1881
(C) 1885
(D) 1892
Answer: (B) 1881
59. In which year was the demand for Devanagari script granted?
(A) 1868
(B) 1879
(C) 1898
(D) 1900
Answer: (D) 1900
60. Who initially floated the Muslim League in December 1906?
(A) Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan
(B) Aga Khan
(C) Nawab Salimullah
(D) Muhammad Ali
Answer: (C) Nawab Salimullah
61. Who established the newspaper Rast Gofiar?
(A) Muhammad Ali
(B) Zafar Ali Khan
(C) Syed Agmathullah
(D) Fardinji Naoroji
Answer: (D) Fardinji Naoroji
62. Who wrote the book ‘Indian Musalmans’ that contributed to British Divide and Rule policy?
(A) Syed Amin Ali
(B) Sir Syed Ahmed
(C) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(D) Sir William Wilson Hunter
Answer: (D) Sir William Wilson Hunter
63. In which year was the Child Marriage Restraint Act (Sarda Act) passed?
(A) 1927
(B) 1928
(C) 1929
(D) 1942
Answer: (C) 1929
64. Which group was NOT associated with the formation of the Communist Party of India?
(A) Gadar revolutionaries
(B) Emigre revolutionaries
(C) Muhajirs
(D) Hindu Radicals
Answer: (D) Hindu Radicals
65. Who founded the journal Kudi Arasu?
(A) Chander Menon
(B) E V Ramaswami Naicker
(C) C N Mudalier
(D) K Ramashaudran Pillai
Answer: (B) E V Ramaswami Naicker
66. Arrange the following tribal movements chronologically:
(i) Gudem Rampa rebellion led by Alluri Sitaramaraju
(ii) Kol rebellion led by Buddha Bhagat
(iii) Hul rebellion led by Sidho and Kanho
(iv) Thadoe Kuki movement led by Jadonang and his niece Gaidinilu
(A) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
(B) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
(C) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
(D) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
Answer: (A) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
67. Ho and Munda tribesmen were from which region?
(A) Chotanagpur
(B) Araballi hills
(C) Sahyadri hills
(D) None of the above
Answer: (A) Chotanagpur
68. Who was the tribal leader regarded as ‘Dharti Aba’ (Father of the World)?
(A) Buddha Bhagat
(B) Tilka Manjhi
(C) Birsa Munda
(D) Bonangi Pandu Paral
Answer: (C) Birsa Munda
69. Arrange the following armed resistance in the nineteenth century against the colonial rule in chronological order:
(i) Satara disturbance
(ii) Gadkari rebellion
(iii) Revolt of Rao Bharamal
(iv) Rebellion of Birabhadra Raju
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
(C) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
(D) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)
Answer: (C) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
70. Who was the leader of the Fakirs in the Sannyasi-Fakir uprising in Bengal?
(A) Tipu Shah
(B) Karim Shah
(C) Majnu Shah
(D) Golam Masum
Answer: (C) Majnu Shah
71. Match List I with List II:
List I:
(a) Pagalpanthi uprising
(b) Tariqah-i-Muhammadiya
(c) Faraiji movement
(d) Shah-i-Madar
List II:
(i) Chirag Ali
(ii) Haji Shariatullah
(iii) Karim Shah
(iv) Mir Nisar
(A) (a-ii), (b-i), (c-iv), (d-iii)
(B) (a-iii), (b-iv), (c-ii), (d-i)
(C) (a-ii), (b-iii), (c-iv), (d-i)
(D) (a-ii), (b-i), (c-iii), (d-iv)
Answer: (B) (a-iii), (b-iv), (c-ii), (d-i)
72. Who was the founder of the Wahabi movement in India?
(A) Waliullah
(B) Shah Muhammad Hossein
(C) Muhammad Abdul Wahab
(D) Syed Ahmed of Rai Bareilly
Answer: (D) Syed Ahmed of Rai Bareilly
73. Which Indigo Planter was defeated by Titu Mir?
(A) Okenelly
(B) Davis
(C) Thornton
(D) Alexander
Answer: (A) Okenelly
74. Who was the leader of the Faraijis?
(A) Duddu Miyan
(B) Titu Mir
(C) Karim Shah
(D) Majnu Fakir
Answer: (A) Duddu Miyan
75. Who was the zamindar first raided by Titu Mir?
(A) Ramram Chakraborty
(B) Kaliprasanna Mukhopadhyay
(C) Debnath Roy
(D) Krishnadeva Roy
Answer: (B) Kaliprasanna Mukhopadhyay
76. Who founded the Tatwabodhini Sabha?
(A) Rammohan Roy
(B) Devendranath Tagore
(C) Dwarakanath Tagore
(D) Kesav Chandra Sen
Answer: (B) Devendranath Tagore
77. When did the first schism in the Brahmo Samaj take place?
(A) 1865
(B) 1866
(C) 1867
(D) 1868
Answer: (B) 1866
78. When was the Ramkrishna Mission established?
(A) 1895
(B) 1896
(C) 1897
(D) 1899
Answer: (C) 1897
79. Who founded the Atmiya Sabha?
(A) Raja Rammohan Roy
(B) Devendranath Tagore
(C) Kesav Chandra Sen
(D) Dayananda Saraswati
Answer: (A) Raja Rammohan Roy
80. Who played an instrumental role in forming the Calcutta School Book Society?
(A) Radhakanta Dev
(B) Raja Rammohan Roy
(C) Dwarakanath Mitra
(D) Madanmohan Tarkalankar
Answer: (A) Radhakanta Dev
81. Who was the first editor of Tatwabodhini Patrika?
(A) Rammohan Roy
(B) Devendranath Tagore
(C) Akshay Kumar Dutta
(D) Harish Chandra Mukherjee
Answer: (C) Akshay Kumar Dutta
82. Who was NOT a proponent of Anglicism?
(A) William Jones
(B) Thomas Babington Macauley
(C) Holt Mackenzie
(D) Charles Trevelyan
Answer: (A) William Jones
83. Who founded Gramvarta Prakashika?
(A) Bhavani Charan Bandyopadhyay
(B) Harish Chandra Mukhopadhyay
(C) Sisir Kumar Ghosh
(D) Harinath Majumder
Answer: (D) Harinath Majumder
TOPIC 5: MODERN INDIA (BRITISH ADMINISTRATION & ECONOMIC IMPACT)
(New Serial 84-101)
84. What were the effects of the 1717 farman of Emperor Farrukhsiyar?
(A) with a dastak Company’s goods could pass without inspection through toll station
(B) Company’s officials quietly extended this privilege to their own private trade
(C) the chief sufferers were the government of the Nawabs who lost out on customs duties and rival Indian traders who faced unequal competition
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D) All of the above
85. Why did the English take up additional fortifications of Calcutta?
(A) To protect English trade from local disturbances
(B) To protect themselves from the French on the occasion of Seven Years’ War
(C) The English discounted like many others the chances of Siraj ud daulah’s accession and hence paid scant respect to his authority
(D) To strengthen their establishments in Bengal
Answer: (C) The English discounted like many others the chances of Siraj ud daulah’s accession and hence paid scant respect to his authority
86. Who among the conspirators against Siraj ud daulah was duped by a forged agreement by Robert Clive?
(A) Mir Zafar
(B) Khwaja Wazid
(C) Rai Durlabh
(D) Umi Chand
Answer: (D) Umi Chand
87. Who was the author of Siyar-ul-Mutakherin?
(A) Ghulam Hussain
(B) Arif Muhammad
(C) Nasir Hussain
(D) Shahabuddin
Answer: (A) Ghulam Hussain
88. Arrange the following events related to Anglo-Mysore War in the proper chronological order:
(i) Battle of Porto Novo
(ii) Treaty of Mangalore
(iii) Treaty of Madras
(iv) Treaty of Seringapatam
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
(C) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
(D) (iii), (ii), (iv), (i)
Answer: (B) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
89. Who was the last Governor General of Fort William in Bengal?
(A) Warren Hastings
(B) Lord Cornwallis
(C) Lord Bentinck
(D) Viscount Canning
Answer: (D) Viscount Canning
90. Which of the following statements is/are true about Regulating Act, 1773?
(i) It introduced Parliamentary supervision over the company and modified its constitution both in England and in India
(ii) It made changes in the constitution of the Court of Directors
(iii) The Government of Bengal was vested in a Governor General and a council of 4 members
(iv) The Governor General in council could control the subordinate Presidencies of Bombay and Madras in matters relating to War and Peace
(A) (i) and (ii)
(B) (ii) and (iii)
(C) (iii) and (iv)
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D) All of the above
91. Which subject was NOT a ‘Transferred Subject’ under the Act of 1919?
(A) Local Self Government
(B) Education
(C) Land Revenue Administration
(D) Public Works
Answer: (C) Land Revenue Administration
92. Which condition did NOT prompt the making of Mahalwari Settlement?
(A) To curb the refractory and oppressive nature of the Taluqdars
(B) Need to maximise revenue
(C) Protecting the rights of the present proprietors to ensure improvement of agriculture
(D) Influence of the Ricardian theory of Rent
Answer: (C) Protecting the rights of the present proprietors to ensure improvement of agriculture
93. During the first century of British rule there were a series of ‘restorative rebellions’ started by disaffected local rulers. Arrange the following revolts in chronological order:
(i) Paik rebellion led by Jagabandhu
(ii) Poligar rebellion led by Kaltabomman
(iii) Kittur uprising led by Queen Chennamma
(iv) Travancore revolt led by Velu Thampi
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
(C) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
(D) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
Answer: (D) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
94. Who was the first Indian ruler to join the Subsidiary Alliance?
(A) Nawab of Oudh
(B) Nizam of Hyderabad
(C) Peshwa Baji Rao II
(D) King of Travancore
Answer: (B) Nizam of Hyderabad
95. Arrange according to the chronological order the following kingdoms annexed by Dalhousie as per the ‘Doctrine of Lapse’:
(i) Baghat
(ii) Sambhalpur
(iii) Satara
(iv) Jhansi
(A) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
(B) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
(C) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
(D) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
Answer: (C) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
96. Who established the Calcutta Madrasa?
(A) Warren Hastings
(B) William Bentinck
(C) Lord Cornwallis
(D) Lord Wellesley
Answer: (A) Warren Hastings
97. In which year was the Sanskrit College at Calcutta established?
(A) 1823
(B) 1824
(C) 1825
(D) 1826
Answer: (B) 1824
98. Arrange the following Commissions constituted for development of education in colonial India according to chronological order:
(i) Sadler Commission
(ii) Wood’s Despatch
(iii) Hunter Commission
(iv) Raleigh Commission
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
(C) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
(D) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
Answer: (D) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
99. In which year was Calcutta (Sibpur) Engineering College established?
(A) 1817
(B) 1854
(C) 1855
(D) 1856
Answer: (D) 1856
100. In which year was Calcutta Science College established?
(A) 1905
(B) 1908
(C) 1913
(D) 1914
Answer: (D) 1914
101. In which year was Basu Vijnan Mandir (Bose Institute) established?
(A) 1917
(B) 1916
(C) 1919
(D) 1920
Answer: (A) 1917