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Sectional test Indian history
(a) 1600
(b) 1651
(c) 1655
(d) 1665
2. Who discovered the sea route to India in 1498?
(a) Columbus
(b) Dutch
(c) East India Company
(d) Vasco-da-Gama
3. Robert Clive committed suicide in the year
(a) 1770
(b) 1743
(c) 1767
(d) 1774
4. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in the year
(a) 1743
(b) 1752
(c) 1761
(d) 1763
5. Haidar Ali was the ruler of
(a) Bengal
(b) Delhi
(c) Bombay
(d) Mysore
6. European trading companies were attracted to India due to
(a) cheap land
(b) cheap labour
(c) raw material like cotton silk and spices
(d) none of these
7. Match the following:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Tipu Sultan | (а) Kitoor |
| (ii) Dalhousie | (b) Punjab |
| (iii) Rani Channamma | (c) Mysore |
| (iv) Maharaja Ranjit Singh | (d) Doctrine of Lapse |
| (v) Tipu Sultan was killed in | (e) Battle of Plassey |
| (vi) Sirajuddaulah lost | (f) Battle of Seringapatam |
8. Marathi newspaper ‘Kesari’ was edited by
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Balgangadhar Tilak
(c) Chitta Ranjan Das
(d) Sarojini Naidu
9. Which of the following movement is associated with Chitta Ranjan Das?(a) Quit India Movement
(b) The Salt March
(c) Non-Cooperation Movement
(d) None of these
10. Who established Natal Congress?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Balgangadhar Tilak
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
11. Bengal was divided by the British in the year
(a) 1900
(b) 1910
(c) 1905
(d) 1920
12. Hindustan Socialist Republic Association was related with the nationalist
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Balgangadhar Tilak
(c) Bhagat Singh
(d) None of these
13. The Vernacular Press Act was enacted in
(a) 1840
(b) 1857
(c) 1878
(d) 1890
14. Ilbert Bill was introduced in
(a) 1860
(b) 1878
(c) 1883
(d) 1890
15. The fight for Purna Swaraj was fought under the presidentship of
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
16. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of free India?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
17. The Bhilai steel plant was set up in the year
(a) 1950
(b) 1952
(c) 1955
(d) 1959
18. Bakht Kfian was a soldier from
(a) Meerut
(b) Agra
(c) Bareily
(d) Delhi
19. ……………….. continued to fight a guerrilla war against British.
(a) Rani Lakshmibai
(b) Tantia Tope
(c) Nana Saheb
(d) Peshwa Baji Rao II
20. The Mutiny started from
(a) Bareilly
(b) Delhi
(c) Agra
(d) Meerut
21. How many sepoys were dismissed from service and sentenced to ten years in jail on 9 May, 1857?
(a) Eighty
(b) Eighty-five
(c) Ninety
(d) Ninety-five
22. The sepoys were angry with the British because
(a) of their policy of divide and rule
(b) of the cartridge episode
(c) of their intolerating behaviour
(d) none of these
23. Which emperor blessed the Mutiny?
(a) Mir Zafar(b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(c) Bhakt Khan
(d) None of these
24. Subsidiary Alliance was imposed on Awadh in
(a) 1800
(b) 1801
(c) 1810
(d) 1815
25. Which of the following is the decision taken by British to reform the Indian Society?
(a) Law against the practice of Sati
(b) They encouraged the remarriage of widow
(c) English education was actively promoted
(d) All of the above
26. Match the following:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Firangis | (a) The last emperor of Mughal dynasty |
| (ii) Sepoy | (b) The adopted son of Late Peshwa Baji Rao II |
| (iii) Bahadur Shah Jafar | (c) An Indian name given to British |
| (iv) Nana Saheb | (d) Soldier |
| (v) Mangal Pandey | (e) A young soldier |
Answers:
1. B
2. D
3. D
4. C
5. D
6. C
7.
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Tipu Sultan | (c) Mysore |
| (ii) Dalhousie | (d) Doctrine of Lapse |
| (iii) Rani Channamma | (а) Kitoor |
| (iv) Maharaja Ranjit Singh | (b) Punjab |
| (v) Tipu Sultan was killed in | (f) Battle of Seringapatam |
| (vi) Sirajuddaulah lost | (e) Battle of Plassey |
8. B
9. C
10. B
11. C
12. C
13. C
14. C
15. B
16. C
17. D
18. C
19. B
20. D
21. B
22. B
23. B
24. B
25. D
26.
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Firangis | (c) An Indian name given to British |
| (ii) Sepoy | (d) Soldier |
| (iii) Bahadur Shah Jafar | (a) The last emperor of Mughal dynasty |
| (iv) Nana Saheb | (b) The adopted son of Late Peshwa Baji Rao II |
| (v) Mangal Pandey | (e) A young soldier |
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