History for competitive exams
History
General Awareness Competitive Exams
A Brief Survey – Medieval India
A BRIEF SURVEY -ANCIENT INDIA (SI)
A SURVEY-MAJOR POWER PROJECTS IN INDIA
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When did the British Govt, start ruling India directly?
(a) After the Battle of Plassey
(b) After the Battle of Panipat
(c) After the War of Mysore
(d) After Sepoy Mutiny
2. The Asiatic Society was established in Calcutta by
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Sir William Jones
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) TB Macaulay
3. The ‘Bombay Triumvirate’ consisted of all following except
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) KT Telang
(c) Pherozeshah Mehta
(d) Badruddin Tyyabji
4. The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Chittaranjan Das (d) Mahatma Gandhi
5. Match the following
A. Pondicherry 1. Danish
B. Goa 2. Dutch
C. Tranquebar 3. English
D. Nagapattinam 4. Portuguese
5. French
A B C D
(a) 5 4 1 2
(b) 1 2 3 4
(c) 4 3 2 1
(d) 3 4 1 2
6. Where was the first Cotton mill in India established?
(a) Surat (b) Bombay
(c) Ahmedabad (d) Coimbatore
7. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in the year
(a) 1707 (b) 1739
(c) 1757 (d) 1761
8. Match the following
A. Moplah revolt 1. Kerala
B. Pabna revolt 2. Bihar
C. Eka Movement 3. Bengal
D. Birsa Munda 4. Awadh
revolt
A B C D
(a) 1 3 4 2
(b) 2 3 4 1
(c) 1 2 3 4
(d) 3 4 1 2
9. The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by
(a) Lord Wellesley (b) Warren Hastings
(c) Lord Canning (d) Lord Dalhousie
10. Who gave the slogan ‘Go back to the Vedas’?
(a) Ramakrishna Paramhansa
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(d) Swami Vivekanand
11. Who said the following of the Indian National Congress A safety valve for the escape of great and growing forces generated by our own actions was urgently needed?
(a) Annie Besant (b) AO Hume
(c) Lord Rippon (d) Lord Curzon
12. Who among the following started the first newspaper in India?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) James A. Hickey
(d) JC Maishman
13. Who united all the Sikha and founded a kingdom in the Punjab?
(a) Guru Nanak
(b) Guru Gobind Singh
(c) Maharaj Ranjit Singh
(d) Guru Tegh Bahadur
Answers:
1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5. (a) 6. (b) 7. (d) 8. (a) 9. (d) 10. (c)
11. (b) 12. (c) 13. (c) 14. (d) 15. (c) 16. (c) 17. (b) 18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (d)
21. (c) 22. (d) 23. (d) 24. (c) 25. (b) 26. (d) 27. (d) 28. (a) 29. (a)