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1. Which one of the following set of provinces

were annexed following the Doctrine of
Lapse?
(a) Satara, Jhansi, Sambhalpur, Nagpur
(b) Satara, Malwa, Nizam, Mysore
(c) Nagpur, Jhansi, Sindh, Awadh
(d) Chittor, Sambhalpur, Kumaon, Nagpur
2. Why was the Vernacular Press Act 1878
introduced?
(a) To encourage the growing journalism in
India
(b) To introduce reforms in the publishing
industry
(c) To forbade Vernacular papers from
publishing any objectionable content
against the British
(d) To forbade both English & Hindi
newspapers from publishing critical
opinions against the British rule
3. Name the Persian paper started by Raja
Rammohan Roy?
(a) Rast Goftar
(b) Punjab Kesari
(c) Mirat-ul-Akhbar
(d) Mahratta
4. The …………… was attended by 72
delegates from all parts of India.
(a) First Congress session
(b) Second Congress session
(c) Third Congress session
(d) Brahma Samaj session
5. Complete the given analogy-
1829 : Abolishment of Sati :: 1856 : …………
(a) Right to Inherit Property
(b) Widow Remarriage Act
(c) Female Literacy Rule
(d) Charter Act
6. Lord Canning was appointed as the first
Secretary of State of India under the “Govt. of
India Act 1858”. Replace the underlined word
to correct the statement.
(a) Viceroy
(b) Mayor
(c) Commander-in-Chief
(d) Chief Justice
7. Under which Act did India come to be
governed directly by and in the name of Her
Majesty?
(a) The Sepoy Mutiny Act 1857
 (b) The Great Uprising Act 1857
(c) The East India Company Act 1858
(d) The Act for the Better Government of
India 1858
8. What were the causes of the failure of the
First War of Independence?
(a) Lack of Organization
(b) Lack of Planning
(c) Absence of Great Leader
(d) All of the Above
9. Which of the following promises were NOT
made by the Queen?
(a) Equal treatment to Indian and European
subjects
(b) Focus on Technological advancement of
the country
(c) Free and impartial admission of all
Indians to all offices
(d) No interference by the Govt. in the social
and religious beliefs & customs of the
people
10. What was residing place of Tantia Tope?
(a) Delhi
(b) Lucknow
(c) Kanpur
(d) Meerut
11. Which of the following statements are NOT
true about the Vernacular Press Act?
(a) British established Vernacular press
(b) Editors of newspapers & journals were
bound by a bond
(c) News was run through Govt. officers
before printing
(d) It was known as Censorship
12. Complete the given analogy-
Brahmo Samaj : Raja Rammohan Roy ::
Arya Samaj : ……………
(a) Swami Vivekanand
(b) Dayanand Saraswati
(c) Jotirao Govindrao Phule
(d) Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar
13. Identify the personality in the picture & what
was the policy introduced by him?
 (a) Lord Dalhousie, Doctrine of Lapse
(b) Lord Wellesley, Vernacular Press Act
(c) Lord Curzon, Rowlatt Act
(d) Lord Mountbatten, 1857 Act
14. Who was called the Grand Old Man of India?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Subramania Bharti
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Shaukat Ali
15. Identify one of the features of the Subsidiary
Alliance:
(a) The Indian rulers had to keep a British
official called ‘Resident’ at capitals of
their respective States
(b) A State was taken over by the British if
the ruler died without a natural heir
(c) The officials openly preached Christian
doctrines in the temples and mosques
(d) The British officials took all steps to
colonize India as an agricultural nation
16. Complete the analogy-
Great uprising : 1857 :: Annexation of Awadh
Province : ……………
(a) 1857
(b) 1856
(c) 1855
(d) 1854
17. What was introduced by the Bengal
Government in 1829 in a Calcutta Madrasa?
(a) Urdu classes
(b) Sanskrit classes
(c) English classes
(d) Persian classes
18. What was the highest rank that a native
sepoy could rise to?
(a) Subedar
(b) Commander
(c) Colonel
(d) Brigadier General
19. What was the immediate cause of First War
of Independence?
(a) Introduction of Brown Bess Guns
(b) Introduction of Enfield Rifles
(c) Racial discrimination
(d) Establishment of Christian missionaries
20. Who saw western education as an attempt to
discourage Islamic and Hindu studies?
(a) Christian missionaries
(b) Brahmins
 (c) Muslims
(d) Pandits and Maulvis
21. What did Nana Saheb do with the enormous
wealth that he inherited from the ex-
Peshwa?
(a) He bribed the British officials to win
back his territory
(b) He sent emissaries to establish
traditional schools
(c) He sent emissaries to different parts of
the country and instigated revolt
everywhere
(d) He encouraged the British officials to
pay his pension by bribing them
22. The Subsidiary Alliance had reduced the
ruler of an Indian state to the position of ……
(a) Clown
(b) Puppet
(c) Peasant
(d) Sepoy
23. The adopted son of Rani Jhansi was not
recognized as a lawful …….… to the throne.
(a) Successor
(b) Court official
(c) Army commander
(d) Advisor
24. The ………. & …….. were looked down upon
as means to break social order & caste rules.
(a) Army, court
(b) Western education, lawyers
(c) Pandits, maulvis
(d) Railways, telegraphs
25. All the high ranks in the army were reserved
for the …………... only.
(a) Sepoys
(b) Natives
(c) Indian Rulers
(d) Britishers
26. What was changed in the Religious
Disabilities Act?
(a) Sati was abolished
(b) Widows were allowed to remarry
(c) Female infanticide was prohibited
(d) Hindu Law of Property
27. The strategic places like ………. & ………
did not have British armies.
(a) Bengal, Madras
(b) Delhi, Allahabad
(c) Mysore, Poona
 (d) Lucknow, Mysore
28. The cartridges used for the Enfield Rifles
were greased with the fat of ……… & ………
(a) Buffaloes, Cows
(b) Cows, Pigs
(c) Eggs, Chicken
(d) Pigs, Buffaloes
29. Identify the
personality in the
picture & name
the alliance
introduced by
him:

(a) Lord Dalhousie, Subsidiary Alliance

(b) Lord Wellesley, Subsidiary Alliance
(c) Lord Curzon, Rowlatt Alliance
(d) Lord Mountbatten, Rowlatt Alliance
30. On what pretext was Awadh annexed?
(a) Doctrine of Lapse
(b) Subsidiary Alliance
(c) Misgovernance
(d) General Service Enlistment Act
31. How was Lord Dalhousie discourteous to the
Mughal Emperor?
(a) Bahadur Shah’s successor would not be
allowed to use the title of ‘King’
(b) The successors of the King would have
to leave the Imperial Palace, the Red
Fort
(c) Bahadur Shah was denounced of his
title
(d) Bahadur Shah was refused a pension
32. Why was Nana Saheb refused pension by
Dalhousie?
(a) He was an adopted son of ex-Peshwa
Baji Rao II
(b) He lost his territory under Subsidiary
Alliance
(c) He refused to be converted to a
Christian
(d) He did not want to serve in the army
33. Complete the given analogy -
Doctrine of Lapse : Lord Dalhousie ::
Subsidiary Alliance : ?
(a) Lord Wellesley
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Macaulay
(d) Lord Minto
34. Who established Brahmo Samaj in 1828?
 (a) Jyotiba Phule
(b) Raja Rammohan Roy
(c) Swami Vivekananda
(d) Dayanand Saraswati
35. What was Rammohan Roy’s belief about
religion?
(a) Each religion had set up a moral code
necessary for social peace & happiness
(b) Women were superior to men
(c) Opposed the caste system
(d) Preached the power of strength & self-
reliance
36. Which social evil was made illegal in India in
1829?
(a) Child marriage
(b) Ban on widow remarriage
(c) Purdah system
(d) Sati system
37. What was the Bengali weekly started by Raja
Rammohan Roy?
(a) Rast Goftar
(b) Sambad Kaumudi
(c) Shome Prakash
(d) Young India
38. Why did the Indian sepoys refuse to go
outside India?
(a) Sea voyage was forbidden by religion
(b) They feared they would catch infection
and disease
(c) They feared sea storms
(d) They feared attack by the pirates
39. Name the book written by Jyotiba Phule.
(a) Poverty & Un-British Rule in India
(b) Dharma Marg Darshak
(c) Ghulamgiri
(d) A Nation in Making
40. How did the Indian press influence the
Indians?
(a) Encourage Western education &
philosophy
(b) Propagate freedom & fraternity
(c) Propagate the path of religion
(d) Fostering patriotism & ideas of liberty
and justice in the nation
41. Complete the given analogy –
Kanpur : Nana Saheb :: Lucknow : ?
(a) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(b) Rani Laxmibai
(c) Begum Hazrat Mahal
 (d) Tantia Tope
42. Our national song has been taken from
which book?
(a) Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
(b) Dharma Marg Darshak
(c) Anandmath
(d) Ghulamgiri
43. Why was the birth of Indian National
Congress very significant in the history of
India?
(a) It comprised great leaders
(b) It was First all-India association of a
permanent nature
(c) An Englishmen helped in the foundation
(d) The British officials supported the
Congress
44. Identify one of the immediate objectives of
the Congress as stated by W.C. Bonnerjee.
(a) Holding an Indian Civil Service
examination both in England & India
(b) Appointment of Royal Commission to
enquire into the working of the Indian
administration
(c) To train & mobilize public opinion all
over the country
(d) Expansion of the Legislative Councils
45. Phule strongly believed that all the problems
of the …………… could be resolved if they
are provided proper education.
(a) Dalits
(b) Kshatriyas
(c) Brahmins
(d) Vaishyas
46. The pattern of trade in the 18 th Century
changed due to ……………
(a) Introduction of stricter laws
(b) Fall of the Mughal Empire
(c) Advent of Industrial Revolution
(d) Establishment of Railways
47. Jyotiba Phule was a mali by ………… &
hence came to be called ‘Phule’.
(a) Generation
(b) Caste
(c) Religion
(d) Production
48. The Amrit Bazar Patrika began as the ……...
weekly.
(a) Maratha
(b) Anglo-Bengali
 (c) Bengali
(d) Sanskrit
49. ………….. was sung for the first time in the
Indian National Congress of 1896.
(a) Vande Mataram
(b) Jana Gana Mana
(c) Ae mere vatan ke logon
(d) Kadam kadam badhaye ja
50. …………… was the President of the
Congress Session held in Calcutta in 1886.
(a) W.C. Bonnerjee
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Badruddin Tyabji
(d) George Yule
51. Why is A.O. Hume considered the “Father of
Indian National Congress”?
(a) He was the first President of the Indian
National Congress
(b) He was a political reformer
(c) He played a major role in the formation
of the Congress
(d) He was a retired Civil Servant
52. Why did Phule say that women were
superior to men?
(a) They bore children and nursed them
(b) Women were revered as Bharat Mata
(c) He regarded women as ‘priceless
possession’
(d) If a woman is educated, the whole
nation will be educated
53. When and where was the first session of
Indian National Congress held?
(a) 1885, Bombay
(b) 1886, Calcutta
(c) 1887, Madras
(d) 1906, Calcutta
54. Who was the first President of the Indian
National Congress?
(a) Surendranath Banerjee
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) W.C. Bonnerjee
55. What was the purpose of Satya Shodhak
Samaj?
(a) To educate girls
(b) To give healthcare to the poor women
(c) To shelter abandoned girls
(d) To mitigate the sufferings & pain of
Dalits and women
56. Complete the given analogy –
Indian Arms Act : 1878 :: Ilbert Bill : ?
(a) 1870
(b) 1872
(c) 1883
(d) 1885
57. Complete the given analogy –
Swami Vivekananda : Ramkrishna Mission ::
Jyotiba Phule : ?
(a) Brahmo Samaj
(b) Satya Shodhak Samaj
(c) Arya Samaj
(d) Atmiya Sabha
58. Complete the given analogy –
First session of Congress : W.C. Bonnerjee ::
Second session of Congress : ?
(a) Surendranath Banerjee
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) A.O. Hume
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
59. In which year did Phule establish one of the
first girls school in India?
(a) 1829
(b) 1848
(c) 1873
(d) 1896
60. Who was the head of the Women’s wing of
the Satya Shodhak samaj?
(a) Savitribai Phule
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Sarala Devi Phule
(d) Annie Besant

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