History Test series 5

1. Which one of the following was the last Governor of Bengal appointed by the Mughal  emperor?

               (a) Sartraz Khan

               (b) Murshid Quli Khan

               (c) Siraj-Ud-Daulah

               (d) Shujauddin Muhammad Khan

2. Who is considered as the founder of the British Empire in India?

               (a) Warren Hastings

               (b) Lord Amherst

               (c) Robert Clive

               (d) Lord William Bentinck

3. Which of the following shifted his capital from Murshidabad to Munger?

               (a) Alivardi Khan

               (b) Siraj-ud-Daula

               (c) Mir Jafer

               (d) Mir Qasim

4. Who was the Mughal emperor at the time of the battle of Buxar?

               (a) Aurangzeb

               (b) Shah Alam I

               (c) Bahadur Shah Zafar

               (d) Shah Alam II

5. Who was the Nawab of Bengal when the Battle of Buxar was fought?

               (a) Sirajuddaula

               (b) Mir Jafar

               (c) Mir Qasim

               (d) Naeem Ud Daula

6. Which one of the following rulers granted Diwani to the East India Company ?

               (a) Farukhsiyar

               (b) Shah Alam- I

               (c) Shah Alam- II

               (d) Shujauddaula

7. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding the Battle of Plassey?

               Statement 1: It was a battle fought between the forces of East India Company headed by Robert Clive and Siraj-Ud-Daulah.

               Statement 2: After Robert Clive’s victory at Plassey, he was appointed Governor of Bengal.

               (a) Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false.

               (b) Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true.

               (c) Both the statements are true.

               (d) Both the statements are false.

8.. Robert Clive committed suicide in the year

               (a) 1770

               (b) 1743

               (c) 1767

               (d) 1774

9. European trading companies were attracted to India due to

               (a) cheap land

               (b) cheap labour

               (c) raw material like cotton silk and spices

10. Battle of Hooghly/Battle of Bedara is associated with-

               (a) Anglo-Dutch Rivalry

               (b) Anglo-French Rivalry

               (c)French-Dutch Rivalry

               (d) Anglo- Portugese Rivalry

11.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

12. Which external events influenced the revolt of 1857?

(a) First Afghan war

(b) Punjab wars

(c) Crimean wars

(d) Santhal rebellion

13. Find the incorrect match for the Centre of the revolt and leaders associated

(a) Delhi ———— General Bakht Khan

(b) Kanpur ———– Nana Saheb

(c) Lucknow ———— Begut Hazarat Mahal

(d) Bareilly ———– Kunwar Singh

14. Find the incorrect match for the centre of the revolt and associated british officer

(a) Delhi ————- James Neill

(b) Kanpur ————- Sir Hugh wheeler

(c) Lucknow ———— Henry Lawrence, Sir Collin Campbell

15. The first war of Panipat was fought between?

               (a). Babur and Ibraham Lodi

               (b). Akbar and Ibraham

               (c). . Hemu Vikramaditya and Bairam Khan

               (d). Lodi Sher Khan and Ibraham Lodi

16. The Ain – I – Akbari was written by?

               (a). Akbar

               (b). Harisena

               (c). . Rahim Fulkhan

               (d). Abul Fazl

17. Jizya was abolished by the Mughal ruler

               (a). Babur

               (b). Humayun

               (c). . Akbar

               (d). Aurangzeb

18. Who built the ‘Grand Trunk Road’?

               (a). Akbar

               (b). Ashoka

               (c). . Sher Shah Suri

               (d). Samudra Gupta

19. Who became the first European navigator to round the southern tip of Africa ( Cape of Good Hope)

               (a).  Vasco Da Gama

               (b). Bartholomew Dias

               (c). . Pedro Alvarez Cabral

               (d). Manuel I

20. The Danes established their first factory in ?

               (a). Tranquebar

               (b). Surat

               (c). . Calicut

               (d). Masulipatnam