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Indian History Quiz from 1857 to 1947 for Students
The first railway line ran from …….. to …….. and was opened to traffic in
1. Bombay, Poona; 1851
2. Bombay, Thane; 1853
3. Bombay, Surat; 1850
4. Bombay, Baroda; 1853
Option 2 – Bombay, Thane; 1853
Raitwari Settlement was introduced by :
1. Loard Cornwallis
2. John Shore
3. Thomas Munro
4. Reed
Option 3 – Thomas Munro
English languages was accepted as the medium of instruction in higher education and as the official language of India during the period of the Governor-Generalship of :
1. Lord Dalhousie
2. William Bentinck
3. Lord Canning
4. Lord Ripon
Option 2 – William Bentinck
The first telegraph line was laid from …… to …….. and was opened in 1853.
1. Calcutta, Agra
2. Calcutta, Madras
3. Calcutta, Delhi
4. Delhi, Lahore
Option 1 – Calcutta, Agra
Who was the creator of police in India?
1. Ripon
2. Cornwallis
3. Canning
4. Wellesley
Option 2 – Cornwallis
Who introduced postage stamps in India?
1. Lord Minto
2. Lord Dalhousie
3. Lord Canning
4. Lord Ripon
Option 2 – Lord Dalhousie
The centre of Portuguese power in India was :
1. Cochin
2. Calicut
3. Bijapur
4. Goa
Option 4 – Goa
……. was introduced in India by the Portuguese.
1. Groundnut
2. Coffee
3. Tobacco
4. Banana
Option 3 – Tobacco
In 1674 Shivaji was coronated at Which became his capital.
1. Poona
2. Jinji
3. Raigarh
4. Shivneri
Option 3 – Raigarh
Which Maratha leader was known more widely as Nana Saheb?
1. Madhava Rao
2. Narayana Rao
3. Baji Rao I
4. Balaji Baji Rao
Option 4 – Balaji Baji Rao
Rabindranath Tagore had renounced his knight hood because
1. He wanted to join the Congress
2. Of a sense of soldarity with the Indian royalty robbed of its power and honour
3. Of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre
4. He was given to occasional eccentric quirks
Option 3 – Of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre
It had been commented that the Cripps Mission was a post dated cheque on a crashing bank, by
1. S.C.Bose
2. M.K.Gandhi
3. J.L.Nehru
4. Sardar Vallabhbai Patel
Option 2 – M.K.Gandhi
Who led the Revolt of 1857 in Kanpur
1. Nana Saheb
2. Rani Lakshmi Bai
3. Khan Bahudur Khan
4. Rao Tula Ram
Option 1 – Nana Saheb
The Communal Award, which was subsequently changed following Gandhi’s fast unto death in a jail at Poona, had been given by
1. Ramsay Macdonald
2. Lloyd George
3. Stanley Baldwin
4. A. V. Alexander
Option 1 – Ramsay Macdonald
When did Nadir Shah attack northern India?
1. 1730
2. 1732
3. 1739
4. 1740
Option 3 – 1739
Haidar Ali died during the course of the Second Anglo-Mysore war in.:
1. 1780
2. 1782
3. 1770
4. 1769
Option 2 – 1782
Who planted a “Tree of Liberty” at Sriranga patnam?
1. Haidar Ali
2. Tipu Sultan
3. Nanjaraj
4. Devraj
Option 2 – Tipu Sultan
Who said that it was “better to live a day as a lion than a lifetime as a sheep”?
1. Haidar Ali
2. Tipu Sultan
3. Nawab Rai
4. Safdar Jang
Option 2 – Tipu Sultan
Which ruler stood out as a man of science in an age when Indians were oblivious of scientific progress?
1. Raja Sawai Jai Singh
2. Raja Man Singh
3. Raja Amar Singh
4. Raja Amber Singh
Option 1 – Raja Sawai Jai Singh
The Battle of ……. led to the establishment of British supremacy in India.
1. Plassey
2. Buxar
3. Wandiwash
4. Panipal
Option 2 – Buxar
Who was for the first time designated Governor General in India?
1. Clive
2. Cornwallis
3. Wellesley
4. Warren Hastings
Option 4 – Warren Hastings
The Doctrine of Lapse which was used for annexation of the Indian States by the British was applied by :
1. Lord Curzon
2. Lord Wellesley
3. Lord Dalhousie
4. General Windham
Option 3 – Lord Dalhousie
Who said, that the one aim of imparting English education in India was “to produce a class of persons who would be Indians in blood and colour but English in taste, in opinions, in moral and in intellect”?
1. William Bentinck
2. Macaulay
3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
4. Charles Wood
Option 2 – Macaulay
By which Act the trade monopoly of the East India company ended in India?
1. Charter Act of 1833
2. Charter Act of 1813
3. Charter Act of 1861
4. Charter Act of 1892
Option 2 – Charter Act of 1813
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