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History MCQ Class 10 ICSE Objective for Students

George Washington’s Appointment as Commander in Chief:

(a) in December 1773, after the Boston Tea Party

(b) at the First Continental Congress in September 1774

(c) at the Second Continental Congress in 1775

(d) by the Continental Congress at the Declaration of Independence on 4th July, 1776

Option c – at the Second Continental Congress in 1775

Alexander Kerensky’s Role:

(a) the head of the Provisional Government in Russia before the October Revolution

(b) a close confidant of Lenin, with whose help the Czar was dethroned

(c) the head of the Czar’s army

(d) an advisor of Joseph Stalin

Option a – the head of the Provisional Government in Russia before the October Revolution

Correct Combination of Year and Event in the French Revolution:

(a) 1789: Napoleonic Code

(b) 1791: Tennis Court Oath

(c) 1792: National Convention

(d) 1804: New Constitution of France

Option c – 1792: National Convention

Builder of the ‘Miner’s Friend’ Steam Engine in 1698: ( History MCQ Class 10 ICSE MCQs )

(a) Thomas Savery

(b) Thomas Newcomen

(c) James Watt

(d) Richard Arkwright

Option a – Thomas Savery

Renaissance Humanist Culture Statement:

(a) It slackened the control of religion over human life

(b) It believed that human nature was many-sided

(c) It was concerned with good manners

(d) It criticized material wealth, power, and glory

Option d – It criticized material wealth, power, and glory

Average Life Span of Workers in Manchester during the Mid-19th Century Industrial Revolution:

(a) 17 years

(b) 30 years

(c) 55 years

(d) 62 years

Option a – 17 years

The ancient city which is mentioned in the Mahabharata and Mahabhashya both is ( History MCQ Class 10 ICSE MCQs )

A) Viratnagar (Bairath)

B) Madhyamika (Nagari)

C) Raidh

D) Karkot

Option b – Madhyamika (Nagari)

The official “Agronomai” during the Mauryan age was related to which of the following fields?

A) Weight and measurement

B) Administrative management

C) Construction of roads

D) Revenue management

Option c – Construction of roads

The “Rajtarangini” composed by Kalhana in the twelfth century is the main source of

A) History of Assam

B) History of Nepal

C) History of Medieval Kashmir

D) Post-Gupta Economics

Option c – History of Medieval Kashmir

“Indica” was written by ( History MCQ Class 10 ICSE MCQs )

A) Strabo

B) Megasthenes

C) Justin

D) Pliny

Option b – Megasthenes

Who among the following rulers advised his subjects through this inscription? “Whosoever praises his religious sect or blames other sects out of excessive devotion to his own sect, with the view of glorifying his own sect, he rather injures his own sect very severely.”

A) Ashoka

B) Samudragupta

C) Harshavardhana

D) Krishnadeva Raya

Option a – Ashoka

Which dynasty made ‘Chitrangadapur’ the capital?

A) Chedi Dynasty

B) Pandu Dynasty

C) Kalchuri Dynasty

D) Maurya Dynasty

Option b – Pandu Dynasty

With reference to the period of the Gupta dynasty in ancient India, the towns Ghantasala, Kadura, and Chaul were well-known as

A) Ports handling foreign trade

B) Capitals of powerful kingdoms

C) Places of exquisite stone art and architecture

D) Important Buddhist pilgrimage centers

Option a – Ports handling foreign trade

The word ‘Denisovan’ is sometimes mentioned in media in reference to

A) Fossils of a kind of dinosaur

B) An early human species

C) A cave system found in North-East India

D) A geological period in the history of the Indian subcontinent

Option b – An early human species

Raja Ram Mohan Roy died on 7th September 1833 in : ( History MCQ Class 10 ICSE MCQs )

1. Bristol

2. Birmingham

3. Chicago

4. Canada

Option 1 – Bristol

When was the Hindu Widow Remarriage Act passed?

1. 1852

2. 1856

3. 1860

4. 1865

Option 2 – 1856

Who became famous under the pen-name of Lokahitawadi?

1. G.H. Deshmukh

2. B.R. Ambedkar

3. M.G. Ranade

4. B.G. Tilak

Option 1 – G.H. Deshmukh

Who founded the Dinbandhu Sarvajanik Sabha in 1886?

1. Karsondas Mulji

2. D.K. Karve

3. M.G. Ranade

4. Jyotiba Phule

Option 4 – Jyotiba Phule

Which was the first vernacular paper started in India? ( History MCQ Class 10 ICSE MCQs )

1. Samachar Darpan

2. Shome Prakash

3. Bengal Gazettee

4. The Maratha

Option 1 – Samachar Darpan

Who among the following earned the epithet ‘Liberator of the Indian Press?

1. William Bentinck

2. Charles Metcalfe

3. Lord Ripon

4. Lord Curzon

Option 2 – Charles Metcalfe

Who said, “What we see around us today is a fallen nation … a nation whose primitive greatness lies buried in ruins.”?

1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

2. Swami Vivekanand

3. Keshab Chandra Sen

4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Option 3 – Keshab Chandra Sen

Which of the following is the most significant in the history of education in India?

1. Wood’s Education Despatch, 1854

2. Hartog Commitee, 1929

3. Hunter Commission, 1882-83

4. Saddler university Commission 1917-19

Option 1 – Wood’s Education Despatch, 1854

Who wrote Anandmath in 1882? ( History MCQ Class 10 ICSE MCQs )

1. Aurobindo Ghosh

2. Bankin Chandra Chatterjee

3. Rabindranath Tagore

4. Sarat Chandra Chatterjee

Option 2 – Bankin Chandra Chatterjee

Who started the Self-Respect Movement?

1. C.R. Reddi

2. E.V. Ramaswami Naicker

3. K. Kamaraj

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4. Selvaraj Mudaliar

Option 2 – E.V. Ramaswami Naicker

Who is regarded as the first nationalist poet of modern India?

1. Henry Derozio

2. Rabindra Nath Tagore

3. Bankin Chandra

4. Subramania Bharti

Option 1 – Henry Derozio

The Vernacular Press Act was passed by : ( History MCQ Class 10 ICSE MCQs )

1. Lord Lytton

2. Lord Curzon

3. Lord Ripon

4. Lord Hardinge

Option 1 – Lord Lytton

Lal, Bal and Pal were :

1. Moderate national leaders

2. Extremist national leaders

3. Believers in the act of terrorism

4. Active terrorists

Option 2 – Extremist national leaders

The partition of Bengal was by whom?

1. Lord Cornwallis

2. Alfred Lyall

3. Warren Hastings

4. Lord Curzon

Option 4 – Lord Curzon

Who spoke the following words, “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it”?

1. Aurobindo Ghosh

2. Bipin Chandra Pal

3. G.G. Agarkar

4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Option 4 – Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Swadeshi Movement was intended to : ( History MCQ Class 10 ICSE MCQs )

1. Encourage the Indian industries

2. Provide people with more opportunities for work and greater employment

3. Make the struggle for independence mass-based

4. All of the above

Option 4 – All of the above

Abhinav Bharat Society was formed by :

1. Rasbehari Bose

2. K.T. Telang

3. Ganesh Savarkar

4. Lala Lajpat Rai

Option 3 – Ganesh Savarkar

Anushilan Samiti, the secret revolutionary society in Bengal was organised by :

1. Jatin Das

2. Batukeshwar Dutt

3. P. Mitra

4. Aswin Kumar Dutt

Option 3 – P. Mitra

Who coined the slogan Inquilab Zindabad?

1. Subhas Chandra Bose

2. Hem Chandra Das

3. Iqbal

4. Bhagat Singh

Option 4 – Bhagat Singh

The moving spirit behind the organization of the Ghadar Party was :

1. Madan Lal Dhingra

2. V.D Savarkar

3. Lala Hardayal

4. Lala Lajpat Rai

Option 3 – Lala Hardayal

The partition of Bengal was scrapped by ( History MCQ Class 10 ICSE MCQs )

1. Lord Minto

2. Lord Lyton

3. Lord Hardinge

4. Lord Ilbert

Option 3 – Lord Hardinge

The newspaper Indian Mirror was started by :

1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

2. Keshab Chandra Sen

3. Rabindranath Tagore

4. Devendra Nath Tagore

Option 1 – Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Who among the following was the founder of the Indian Trade Union Federation?

1. N.M. Joshi

2. V.V. Giri

3. M.N. Roy

4. Lala Lajpat Rai

Option 1 – N.M. Joshi

What was the organisation started by Raja Ram Mohan Roy in Calcutta in 1814 called?

1. Vidya Sabha

2. Atmiya Sabha

3. Sanjibani Sabha

4. Gita Sabha

Option 2 – Atmiya Sabha

Which Mughal emperor gave Ram Mohan Roy the title of ‘Raja’? ( History MCQ Class 10 ICSE MCQs )

1. Akbar II

2. Shah Alam II

3. Alamgir II

4. None of the above

Option 1 – Akbar II

The Nehru Report of 1928 with proposals for constitutional reforms had been prepared by

1. Motilal Nehru

2. J.L.Nehru

3. Kamla Nehru

4. All of the above

Option 1 – Motilal Nehru

The civil disobedience movement had been led in the North-West Fron tier Province by

1. Sheikh Mohammed Abdu llah

2. Dr M.A.Ansari

3. Badruddin Tyabji

4. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Option 4 – Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Name the Mughal emperor occupying the throne of Delhi when the revolt of 1857 took place.

1. Shah Alam -II

2. Jahandar Shah

3. Bahadur Shah -II

4. Humayun

Option 3 – Bahadur Shah -II

The founder-president of India Independence League was ( History MCQ Class 10 ICSE MCQs )

1. Rash Behari Bose

2. Subhash Chandra Bose

3. M.K.Gandhi

4. Moti Lal Nehru

Option 1 – Rash Behari Bose

The state, from among the following, which was not annexed by the doctrine of lapse is

1. Baghat

2. Gwalior

3. Sambalpur

4. Satara

Option 2 – Gwalior

Who had founded the Deccan Educational Society?

1. Dadabhai Nauroji

2. C.R.Das

3. Swami Vivekananda

4. Mahadeva Govind Ranade

Option 4 – Mahadeva Govind Ranade

Who among the following had observed, upon Gandhi’s upon Gandhi’s assassination, “None will believe that a man like this body and soul ever walk ed on this earth”?

1. Bertrand Russel

2. Nelson Mandela

3. Albert Einstein

4. Leo Tolstoy

Option 3 – Albert Einstein

What is the first discourse that the Buddha had delivered at the Deer Park in Sarnath called?

1. Mahaparinirvana

2. Mahamastabhisheka

3. Mahabiniskraman

4. Dharmachakraparivartan

Option 4 – Dharmachakraparivartan

The famous Indo-Greek king to embrace Buddhism was

1. Alexander

2. Strato I

3. Menander

4. Democritus

Option 3 – Menander

Lord Cornwallis had introduced the land tenure system.

1. Zamindari

2. Ryotwari

3. Mahalwari

4. Inamdari

Option 1 – Zamindari

The correct chronological order of the four Buddhist councils held is

1. Rajagriha, Kashmir, Pataliputra, Vaishali

2. Vaishali, Rajagriha, Kashmir, Pataliputra

3. Rajagriha, Vaishali, Pataliputra, Kashmir

4. Pataliputra,Rajagriha, Kasmir, Vaishali

Option 3 – Rajagriha, Vaishali, Pataliputra, Kashmir

Who had converted Kanishka to Buddhism?

1. Parsva

2. Nagarjuna

3. Asvaghosa

4. Vasumitra

Option 3 – Asvaghosa

The Indus Valley civilization was discovered in the year

1. 1917

2. 1922

3. 1927

4. 1932

Option 2 – 1922

The achievements of Samudragupta have been chronicled in the

1. Hatigumpha inscription

2. Sarnath inscription

3. Girnar inscription

4. Allahabad pillar inscription

Option 4 – Allahabad pillar inscription

Who was the ruler of Chittor, when Alauddin Khilji attacked and conquered in 1303 AD?

1. Rana Kumbha

2. Rana Rattan Singh

3. Rana Hammir

4. Rana Sanga

Option 2 – Rana Rattan Singh

The two principal movements of Alauddin Khilji’s reign-the Alai Darwaza and Jama’ at Khana Masjid were constructed at

1. Agra

2. Delhi

3. Fatehpur Sikri

4. Gulbarga

Option 2 – Delhi

Who had preached “Rama and Rahim are two different names of the same God”?

1. Chaitanya

2. Santh Kabir

3. Ramanuja

4. Ramananda

Option 2 – Santh Kabir

The Paurana Qila was constructed in the reign of

1. Akbar

2. Humayun

3. Sher Shah

4. Jehangir

Option 3 – Sher Shah

The Charminar had been constructed by

1. Ali Adil Shah

2. Kanishka

3. Quli Qutb Shah

4. Jehangir

Option 3 – Quli Qutb Shah

Name the religious personality who exercised a great influence over Shivaji.

1. Tukaram

2. Guru Nanak Dev

3. Mirabai

4. Guru Ram Das

Option 4 – Guru Ram Das

The Act of …….. had introduced the system of separate electorates.

1. 1874

2. 1893

3. 1909

4. 1926

Option 3 – 1909

A letter to the Mughal emperor, Jehangir from King James I had been presented by

1. Lord Clive

2. Sir Thomas Roe

3. Lord Curzon

4. Captain Hawkins

Option 4 – Captain Hawkins

Which of the following is the oldest Purana?

(a) Matsya Purana

(b) Vayu Puranas

(c) Markandeya Purana

(d) None of the above

Option a – Matsya Purana

Kalika Purana is associated with which of the following religion?

(a) Vaishnav

(b) Shaktism

(c) Buddhism

(d) Jainism

Option b – Shaktism

Which of the following is the earliest Holy book of Jain?

(a) Twelve Angas

(b) Twelve Upangas

(c) Fourteen Purvas

(d) Fourteen Uppurva

Option c – Fourteen Purvas

In which one of the following languages was the earliest Jain literature compiled?

(a) Ardh-Magadhi

(b) Pali

(c) Prakrit

(d) Sanskrit

Option a – Ardh-Magadhi

Which one of the following is not a part of early Jain Literature?

(a) Therigatha

(b) Acarangasutra

(c) Sutrakritanga

(d) Brihatkalpasutra

Option a – Therigatha

Consider the following statements. I. Jatakas are the folklore literature of Jainism. II. Agams are Jain texts based on the discourses of Tirthankara. Select the correct answer using the code below. Codes

(a) Only I

(b) Only II

(c) Both I and II

(d) Neither I nor II

Option b – Only II

Which of the following is not included in ‘Tripitaka’?

(a) Vinaya Pitaka

(b) Sutta Pitaka

(c) Abhidhamma Pitaka

(d) Buddhapitaka

Option d – Buddhapitaka

Which of the following Buddhist texts contains the rules of monastic life?

(a) Digha Nikaya

(b) Vinaya Pitaka

(c) Abhidhamma Pitaka

(d) Vibhasha Shastra

Option b – Vinaya Pitaka

Rajatarangini’ written by Kalhana is associated with which of the following?

(a) Chandragupta’s reign

(b) Anthology of lyrics

(c) History of Kashmir

(d) Reign of Krishna Deva Raya

Option c – History of Kashmir

Which of the following is/are not a historical biography/biographies? I. Dipavamsa II. Harshacharita III. Vikramankadevacharita IV. Prithviraja Vijaya Select the correct answer from the codes given below.

(a) Only I

(b) II and Ill Only

(c) II, III, and IV Only

(d) I, II, III, and IV

Option a – Only I

Which of the following books is/are written by Fa-Hien?

(a) Fo-Kyo-Ki

(b) Si-Yu-Ki

(c) A record of the Buddhist Countries

(d) Both (a) and (c)

Option d – Both (a) and (c)

Who wrote Periplus of the Erythraean Sea?

(a) Ctesias

(b) Pliny

(c) Ptolemy

(d) None of the above/More than one of the above

Option d – None of the above/More than one of the above

Consider the following statement. I. Hiuen-Tsang wrote ‘Si-Yu-Ki’ or ‘The Records of Western World’. II. Al-Biruni wrote ‘Tahqiq-i-Hind’. Select the correct answer from the code below.

(a) Only I

(b) Only Il

(c) Both I and II

(d) Neither I nor II

Option c – Both I and II

The earliest evidence of man in India is found in

(a) Nilgiri Hills

(b) Shiwalik Hills

(c) Nallamala Hills

(d) Narmada Valley

Option d – Narmada Valley

In which language was the ‘Shrimad Bhagavad Gita’ originally written?

(a) Sanskrit

(b) Urdu

(c) Pali

(d) Hindi

Option a – Sanskrit

Originally the Mahabharata was known as

(a) Brihatkatha

(b) Brahmins

(c) Brihatsamhita

(d) Jayasamhita

Option d – Jayasamhita

Consider the following statements. I. Ramayana considered as oldest epic (Adi Kavya) was written by Valmiki. II. It is divided into 7 Kandas viz-Bala, Ayodhya, Aranya, Kishkindha, Sundara, Yuddha, and Uttara.III. Sundara Kanda is biggest among all Kandas in Ramayana. Select the correct answer using the codes given below. Codes

(a) I and II

(b) I and III

(c) I, II, and III

(d) II and Ill

Option b – I and III

The number of Puranas is

(a) 16

(b) 18

(c) 19

(d) 21

Option b – 18

Sarga, Pratisarga, Vansa, Manvantara, and Vanshanucharita are the indicators of

(a) Vedas

(b) Puranas

(c) Upanishads

(d) Sutras

Option b – Puranas

The biggest museum in the country depicting the story of the development of human civilization and also known as Indira Gandhi Manav Sangrahalaya is situated in

(a) Bhopal

(b) New Delhi

(c) Mumbai

(d) Ahmedabad

Option b – New Delhi

The three-age system was divided into stone, bronze, and iron from the collection of the Copenhagen museum and was coined by

(a) Thomsen

(b) Lubbock

(c) Taylor

(d) Childe

Option a – Thomsen

The period in which the events occurred before the existence of written records is called

(a) historical period

(b) pre-historic period

(c) Vedic period

(d) None of the above

Option b – pre-historic period

Which one of the following places is famous for pre-historic paintings?

(a) Ajanta

(b) Bhimbetka

(c) Bagh

(d) Amravati

Option b – Bhimbetka

Which of the following Indian archaeologists first visited ‘Bhimbetka Caves and discovered the prehistoric significance of its rock paintings?

(a) Madho Swaroop Vatsa

(b) HD Sankalia

(c) VS Wakankar

(d) VN Mishra

Option c – VS Wakankar

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