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Recent MCQs

The Mughal practice of giving jagirs to nobles led to

  1. Administrative decentralization
  2. Military strengthening
  3. Religious integration
  4. Naval expansion
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Which European power was defeated in the Battle of Colachel by Travancore forces?

  1. Portuguese
  2. Dutch
  3. French
  4. British
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Which Mughal emperor faced the invasion of Nadir Shah in 1739?

  1. Aurangzeb
  2. Bahadur Shah I
  3. Muhammad Shah
  4. Shah Alam II
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Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: The Battle of Buxar was more decisive than the Battle of Plassey.
Statement-II: It involved combined forces of Indian rulers against the British.

Which one of the following is correct?

  1. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  2. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  3. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  4. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct
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Consider the following:

1. Battle of Plassey
2. Battle of Buxar
3. Treaty of Allahabad
4. Regulating Act

How many of the above events occurred before 1770?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. Only three
  4. All four
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Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: Aurangzeb's prolonged Deccan campaigns drained Mughal finances.
Statement-II: These campaigns led to administrative disintegration.

Which is correct?

  1. Both statements correct and II explains I
  2. Both statements correct but II doesn’t explain I
  3. Only Statement I correct
  4. Only Statement II correct
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Which of the following were the outcomes of the Battle of Buxar?

1. British gained Diwani rights
2. Mir Qasim fled to Awadh
3. Shah Alam II became British pensioner

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. Only three
  4. None
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Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: The French established their first factory in Surat.
Statement-II: The French East India Company arrived after the Dutch.

  1. Only I is correct
  2. Only II is correct
  3. Both are correct and II explains I
  4. Both are correct but II does not explain I
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Arrange the following events:

1. Battle of Plassey
2. Pitt’s India Act
3. Regulating Act
4. Treaty of Allahabad

  1. 1-4-3-2
  2. 1-3-4-2
  3. 4-1-3-2
  4. 1-2-4-3
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Which European power was the last to leave India?

  1. Portuguese
  2. Dutch
  3. French
  4. British
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How many of the following were capitals of European trading companies in India? 1. Goa 2. Pondicherry 3. Surat 4. Masulipatnam

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. Only three
  4. All four
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Who introduced Subsidiary Alliance in India?

  1. Lord Hastings
  2. Lord Canning
  3. Lord Wellesley
  4. Lord Mountbatten
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Arrange the following governors in chronological order: 1. Lord Wellesley 2. Lord Dalhousie 3. Warren Hastings 4. Lord Cornwallis

  1. 3-4-1-2
  2. 1-3-4-2
  3. 3-1-2-4
  4. 4-3-1-2
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Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?

  1. Portuguese – Goa
  2. French – Pondicherry
  3. Dutch – Cochin
  4. British – Chandannagar
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The Treaty of Allahabad was signed in the aftermath of which major battle?

  1. Battle of Plassey
  2. Battle of Buxar
  3. Battle of Panipat
  4. Battle of Carnatic
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Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. Portuguese arrival in India 2. Battle of Buxar 3. Treaty of Paris 4. Battle of Plassey

  1. 1-4-2-3
  2. 1-3-4-2
  3. 1-4-3-2
  4. 1-4-2-3
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The "Khudai Khidmatgar" (Servants of God) was founded by –

  1. Shaukat Ali
  2. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
  3. M.A. Jinnah
  4. M.A. Ansari
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Azad Hind Fauz was formed in which of the following country ?

  1. India
  2. Singapore
  3. Japan
  4. Germany
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Who said that the Brahmanas and Sharmanas were two types of Philosophers ?

  1. Kautilya
  2. Megasthenes
  3. Upagupta
  4. None of these
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Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon in 1905. In which year partition was annulled ?

  1. 1905
  2. 1909
  3. 1910
  4. 1911
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The play "Neel Darpan" written in 1858-1859, highlights the plight of Indigo growers. Who wrote this ?

  1. Rabindra Nath Tagore
  2. Dinbandhu Mitra
  3. Bankim Chandra Chatterji
  4. Akshay Kumar Dutt
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To propagate the ideas of Raja Ram Mohan Roy, who founded the "Tatvabodhini Sabha" in 1839 ?

  1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  2. Dayanand Saraswati
  3. Debendranath Tagore
  4. Bal Shastri Jambekar
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The Central Hindu School of Banaras, which later developed as Banaras Hindu University, was established by whom ?

  1. Madam Cama
  2. Sarojini Naidu
  3. Annie Besant
  4. Sucheta Kriplani
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What was the primary aim of "Aligarh Movement" ?

  1. To promote the revival of traditional Islamic Education
  2. To establish a theocratic Islamic State in India
  3. To promote the Western Scientific Education among Muslims of India
  4. To encourage Hindu-Muslim unity against British
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