Indian History Objective Question Paper
1. Lord Clive defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah in the battle of—
(A) Plassey
(B) Buxar
(C) Talikota
(D) Wandiwash
Ans. (A)
2. Which was the earliest French settlement in India?
(A) Chandranagare
(B) Hoogly
(C) Pondicherry
(D) Masulipattanam
Ans. (D)
3. In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the export of Indian opium to the Indonesian archipelago was dominated by the—
(A) Gujarati and Marwari mercantile groups
(B) Portuguese
(C) Dutch East India Company
(D) English East India Company
Ans. (C)
4. The Theosophists advocated the reyival and strengthening of—
(A) Hinduism, Zorastrianism and Buddhism
(B) Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam
(C) Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism
(D) Hinduism and Buddhism only
Ans. (D)
5. Which of the following was not a result of the battle of Plassey?
(A) Mir Jafar became the Nawab of Bengal
(B) Sirajuddaulah was murdered
(C) The English become masters of Bengal
(D) Amir Chand was handsomely rewarded for his treachery
Ans. (D)
6. Match the temples in List-I built by the Chola monarchs with the places in List-II and select the correct answer using the codes below given the lists:
List-I List-II
(a) The Koranganatha temple 1. Tiruvalisvaram
(b) The Rajarajeshwara temple 2. Dharasuram
(c) The Airavateshvara 3. Shrinivasanallur
(d) The Shiva temple 4. Tanjaur
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 4 1 2
(B) 3 4 2 1
(C) 4 3 2 1
(D) 4 3 1 2
Ans. (B)
7. Which one of the following districts was not included in the zamindari granted to the East India Company by Mir Qasim?
(A) Burdwan
(B) Muzaffarpur
(C) Midnapore
(D) Chittagong
Ans. (B)
8. Rand was killed by the militant nationalist—
(A) Damodar Chapekar
(B) BarindarGhose
(C) Jatindranath Banerjee
(D) Prafulla Chaki
Ans. (A)
9. The treaty of Purandar was signed between—
(A) The British and Raghunath Rao
(B) Lord Hastings and Shah Alam II
(C) Colonel Upton and Pune Authorities
(D) None of these
Ans. (A)
10. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists —
List-I List-II
(a) Rockout Rathas 1. Ellora
(b) Kailasà Temple 2. Mahabalipuram
(c) Brihadesvara temple 3. Nachanakuthara
(d) Parvati temple 4. Tanjaur
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 4 3
(B) 1 4 2 3
(C) 2 4 3 1
(D) 2 1 4 3
Ans. (D)
11. Which one of the following led to the failure of the Cripps Mission?
(A) Indian demand for the full control of national defense
(B) Indian demand for complete control over national finance
(C) Demand for the Idealization of the Civil Services
(D) Demand for the release of all political prisoners
Ans. (A)
12. The first Anglo-Maratha war came to a close by the—
(A) Treaty of Surat
(B) Treaty of Purandar
(C) Treaty of Salbai
(D) None of these
Ans. (C)
13. Which one of the following statements is correct?
(A) The permanent settlement of Bengal, concluded in 1793 by Cornwallis, provided proprietary rights in the soil to a class of aristocratic zamindars
(B) The zamindars emerged from the permanent settlement opera4ions in a weaker position
(C) Thomas Munro developed a system of settlement under which the government did not deal directly with the individual peasant cultivator
(D) The land policy and settlements did not lead to structural changes in control over land and in the relations among classes associated with land-cultivation
Ans. (A)
14. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
(a) Ajanta 1. Temples built by the Chandel rulers
(b) Ellora 2. Cave painting
(c) Khajuraho 3. Kailasha temple
(d) Elephanta 4. Brahamanical sculptures
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 3 1 4
(B) 2 4 1 3
(C) 1 3 4 2
(D) 3 2 1 4
Ans. (A)
15. The British started economic exploitation of the Indians when—
(A) There remained no fear of the Mughal Emperor
(B) There remained no fear of the might of the Marathas after the 3rd battle of Panipat
(C) No European rival after the 3rd Anglo- French war
(D) They captured political power in the provinces of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
After the battle of Plassey
Ans. (D)
16. Which of the following are correctly matched?
1. Chittoo Pandey : Quit India
Movement
2.Lakshmi Swaminathan : I N A
3. Sasibhushan Ray Chaudhuri : Non-Cooperation
Movement
4. Gurdit Singh : Anushilan
Party
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below —
Codes:
(A) l and 2
(B) l and 3
(C) 2 and 4
(D) 3 and 4
Ans. (A)
17. The outbreak of five famines in India during the first quarter of the Nineteenth century was due to—
1. Decline of Indian Industries
2. Immobility of agricultural labor
3. Failure of Monsoons
4. Import of manufactured goods which of these statements are correct?
(A) 2 and 3
(B) 1 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (B)
18. Consider the following statements— The impact of British imperialistic policies on Indian agriculture was—
1. Creation of a new market economy.
2. Polarization between landowners and tillers.
3. Increase in the number of landless laborers.
4. Unemployment among village artisans.
Which of these statements are correct?
(A) l, 2, and 3
(B) 2, 3 and 4
(C) l and 4
(D) l, 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (D)
19. Match List-I with List-il and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists—
List-I List-Il
(a) M. G. Ranade 1. Girls School at Pune
(b) Jyotiba Phule 2. The Indian National and Social Conference
(c) Pandita Ramabai 3. Arya Mahila Samaj
(d) D.K.Karve 4. Widows Home at Pune
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 3 1 4
(B) 2 1 3 4
(C) 4 2 3 1
(D) 3 1 4 2
Ans. (B)
20. What was the main cause of the growth of moneylending class during the British rule?
(A) Failure of crops, caused by the natural calamities
(B) Extravagant habits of the people
(C) Demand of high revenue from the peasants
(D) Need of capital for the cultivation
Ans. (C)
21. The first Englishman who visited Emperor Jahangir to obtain a farman was—
(A) Captains Hawkins
(B) Johan Hopkin
(C) Sir Thomas Roe
(D) Lord Curzon
Ans. (A)
22. Ring fence is associated with—
(A) Henry Lawrence
(B) Dalhousie
(C) Warren Hastings
(D) Lord Hastings
Ans. (C)
23. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists—
List-I List-II
(Resolutions of the Indian National (Session and Dates of adoption)
Congress and the All Parties’ Conference)
(a) Attainment of Swaraj by all peaceful 1. Adopted at Lucknow session in 1899
And legitimate means
(b) Promotion by constitutional means 2. Adopted at the Special Session in
for the interest and well-being of the Calcutta, September 1920
People of the Indian Empire
(c) Attainment of Dominion Status 3. Adopted in the Madras Session, 1927
(d) Complete national independence 4. Adopted by the All-Parties Convention,
1928
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 3 2 1
(B) 3 4 1 2
(C) 2 1 4 3
(D) 1 2 3 4
Ans. (C)
24. Between whom was the battle of Plassey fought—
(A) William Bentick and Tipu Sultan
(B) Dupleix and Mir Jaffar
(C) Lord Clive and Sirajuddaulah
(D) Lord Dolhosie and Mir Qasim
Ans. (B)
25. The Factory Act of 1881 was passed with a view to—
(A) Prohibit the employment of children below the age of 7 in any factory
(B) Allow the workers to from trade unions
(C) Fix the wages of industrial workers
(D) Reduce the working hours for women employees
Ans. (A)
1. Lord Clive defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah in the battle of—
(A) Plassey
(B) Buxar
(C) Talikota
(D) Wandiwash
Ans. (A)
2. Which was the earliest French settlement in India?
(A) Chandranagare
(B) Hoogly
(C) Pondicherry
(D) Masulipattanam
Ans. (D)
3. In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the export of Indian opium to the Indonesian archipelago was dominated by the—
(A) Gujarati and Marwari mercantile groups
(B) Portuguese
(C) Dutch East India Company
(D) English East India Company
Ans. (C)
4. The Theosophists advocated the reyival and strengthening of—
(A) Hinduism, Zorastrianism and Buddhism
(B) Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam
(C) Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism
(D) Hinduism and Buddhism only
Ans. (D)
5. Which of the following was not a result of the battle of Plassey?
(A) Mir Jafar became the Nawab of Bengal
(B) Sirajuddaulah was murdered
(C) The English become masters of Bengal
(D) Amir Chand was handsomely rewarded for his treachery
Ans. (D)
6. Match the temples in List-I built by the Chola monarchs with the places in List-II and select the correct answer using the codes below given the lists:
List-I List-II
(a) The Koranganatha temple 1. Tiruvalisvaram
(b) The Rajarajeshwara temple 2. Dharasuram
(c) The Airavateshvara 3. Shrinivasanallur
(d) The Shiva temple 4. Tanjaur
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 4 1 2
(B) 3 4 2 1
(C) 4 3 2 1
(D) 4 3 1 2
Ans. (B)
7. Which one of the following districts was not included in the zamindari granted to the East India Company by Mir Qasim?
(A) Burdwan
(B) Muzaffarpur
(C) Midnapore
(D) Chittagong
Ans. (B)
8. Rand was killed by the militant nationalist—
(A) Damodar Chapekar
(B) BarindarGhose
(C) Jatindranath Banerjee
(D) Prafulla Chaki
Ans. (A)
9. The treaty of Purandar was signed between—
(A) The British and Raghunath Rao
(B) Lord Hastings and Shah Alam II
(C) Colonel Upton and Pune Authorities
(D) None of these
Ans. (A)
10. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists —
List-I List-II
(a) Rockout Rathas 1. Ellora
(b) Kailasà Temple 2. Mahabalipuram
(c) Brihadesvara temple 3. Nachanakuthara
(d) Parvati temple 4. Tanjaur
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 4 3
(B) 1 4 2 3
(C) 2 4 3 1
(D) 2 1 4 3
Ans. (D)
11. Which one of the following led to the failure of the Cripps Mission?
(A) Indian demand for the full control of national defense
(B) Indian demand for complete control over national finance
(C) Demand for the Idealization of the Civil Services
(D) Demand for the release of all political prisoners
Ans. (A)
12. The first Anglo-Maratha war came to a close by the—
(A) Treaty of Surat
(B) Treaty of Purandar
(C) Treaty of Salbai
(D) None of these
Ans. (C)
13. Which one of the following statements is correct?
(A) The permanent settlement of Bengal, concluded in 1793 by Cornwallis, provided proprietary rights in the soil to a class of aristocratic zamindars
(B) The zamindars emerged from the permanent settlement opera4ions in a weaker position
(C) Thomas Munro developed a system of settlement under which the government did not deal directly with the individual peasant cultivator
(D) The land policy and settlements did not lead to structural changes in control over land and in the relations among classes associated with land-cultivation
Ans. (A)
14. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
(a) Ajanta 1. Temples built by the Chandel rulers
(b) Ellora 2. Cave painting
(c) Khajuraho 3. Kailasha temple
(d) Elephanta 4. Brahamanical sculptures
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 3 1 4
(B) 2 4 1 3
(C) 1 3 4 2
(D) 3 2 1 4
Ans. (A)
15. The British started economic exploitation of the Indians when—
(A) There remained no fear of the Mughal Emperor
(B) There remained no fear of the might of the Marathas after the 3rd battle of Panipat
(C) No European rival after the 3rd Anglo- French war
(D) They captured political power in the provinces of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
After the battle of Plassey
Ans. (D)
16. Which of the following are correctly matched?
1. Chittoo Pandey : Quit India
Movement
2.Lakshmi Swaminathan : I N A
3. Sasibhushan Ray Chaudhuri : Non-Cooperation
Movement
4. Gurdit Singh : Anushilan
Party
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below —
Codes:
(A) l and 2
(B) l and 3
(C) 2 and 4
(D) 3 and 4
Ans. (A)
17. The outbreak of five famines in India during the first quarter of the Nineteenth century was due to—
1. Decline of Indian Industries
2. Immobility of agricultural labor
3. Failure of Monsoons
4. Import of manufactured goods which of these statements are correct?
(A) 2 and 3
(B) 1 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (B)
18. Consider the following statements— The impact of British imperialistic policies on Indian agriculture was—
1. Creation of a new market economy.
2. Polarization between landowners and tillers.
3. Increase in the number of landless laborers.
4. Unemployment among village artisans.
Which of these statements are correct?
(A) l, 2, and 3
(B) 2, 3 and 4
(C) l and 4
(D) l, 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (D)
19. Match List-I with List-il and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists—
List-I List-Il
(a) M. G. Ranade 1. Girls School at Pune
(b) Jyotiba Phule 2. The Indian National and Social Conference
(c) Pandita Ramabai 3. Arya Mahila Samaj
(d) D.K.Karve 4. Widows Home at Pune
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 3 1 4
(B) 2 1 3 4
(C) 4 2 3 1
(D) 3 1 4 2
Ans. (B)
20. What was the main cause of the growth of moneylending class during the British rule?
(A) Failure of crops, caused by the natural calamities
(B) Extravagant habits of the people
(C) Demand of high revenue from the peasants
(D) Need of capital for the cultivation
Ans. (C)
21. The first Englishman who visited Emperor Jahangir to obtain a farman was—
(A) Captains Hawkins
(B) Johan Hopkin
(C) Sir Thomas Roe
(D) Lord Curzon
Ans. (A)
22. Ring fence is associated with—
(A) Henry Lawrence
(B) Dalhousie
(C) Warren Hastings
(D) Lord Hastings
Ans. (C)
23. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists—
List-I List-II
(Resolutions of the Indian National (Session and Dates of adoption)
Congress and the All Parties’ Conference)
(a) Attainment of Swaraj by all peaceful 1. Adopted at Lucknow session in 1899
And legitimate means
(b) Promotion by constitutional means 2. Adopted at the Special Session in
for the interest and well-being of the Calcutta, September 1920
People of the Indian Empire
(c) Attainment of Dominion Status 3. Adopted in the Madras Session, 1927
(d) Complete national independence 4. Adopted by the All-Parties Convention,
1928
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 3 2 1
(B) 3 4 1 2
(C) 2 1 4 3
(D) 1 2 3 4
Ans. (C)
24. Between whom was the battle of Plassey fought—
(A) William Bentick and Tipu Sultan
(B) Dupleix and Mir Jaffar
(C) Lord Clive and Sirajuddaulah
(D) Lord Dolhosie and Mir Qasim
Ans. (B)
25. The Factory Act of 1881 was passed with a view to—
(A) Prohibit the employment of children below the age of 7 in any factory
(B) Allow the workers to from trade unions
(C) Fix the wages of industrial workers
(D) Reduce the working hours for women employees
Ans. (A)
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