Quiz on Indian History from 1857 to 1947

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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

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Option 2 – Charter Act of 1813

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