MPSC TEST SERIES 65

1. The Mughal Emperor Jehangir issued a Farman (royal decree), permitting the English to establish a factory at Surat in –

(a) 1611
(b) 1613
(c) 1615
(d) 1617

2. The first Carnatic was the extension ofwhich war?

(a) Anglo-Russian war
(b) Anglo- French war
(c) Russo-Japanese war
(d) Anglo-Mughal war

3. During whose reign did Monghyr become the capital of Bengal?

(a) Mir Jafar
(b) Mir Qasim
(c) Siraj-ud-daulah
(d) Alivardi Khan

4. Mughal emperor Shah Alam Il granted the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa to the Company in –

(a) 1765
(b) 1766
(c) 1768
(d) 1709

5. The first state to accept Subsidiary Alliance with the British East India Company was –

(a) Nizam of Hyderabad
(b) Raj a of Tanj ore
(c) Ruler of Mysore
(d) Nawab of Oudh/Awadh

6. Who introduced Zamindary system in India?

(a) Lord Hastings
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Bentinck
(d) Lord Dalhouisie

7. In 1856, the British finally annexed Awadh under the – Lord Dalhousie

(a) Subsidiary Alliance
(b) Dual System
(c) Doctrine of Lapse
(d) Permanent Settlement

8. In 1772, the revenue farming system was introduced by –

(a) Lord Wellesly
(b) Thomas Munro
(c) Lord Cornwallis
(d) Warren Hasting

9. Who introduced Railways system in India?

(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Com Wallis
(c) Lord Ripon
(d) Lord Hastings

10. Under whose initiative that the practice ofSati was abolished?

(a) Prarthana Samaj
(b) Arya Samaj
(c) Brahmo Samaj
(d) Ramkrishna Mission

11. Which Act raised the status of Govemor of Bengal to that of Governor-General?

(a) Pitt’s India Act of 1784
(b) Regulating Act of 1773
(c) Charter Act of 1793
(d) Charter Act of 1813

12. In the Ryotwari Settlement revenue was directly collected from –

(a) Cultivators/peasants
(b) Zamindars
(c) Village Communities
(d) British officials

13. Who first led the Indigo Revolt of Bengal?

(a)Pritam Biswas and Saurav Biswas
(b)Srikant Das and Nitin Das
(c)Ravi Chakraborty and Prithvi Ganguli
(d)Digambar Biswas and Bishnu Charan Biswas

14. Who was the first Indian to qualify for the Indian Civil Services?

(a) Dwarkanath Tagore
(b) Debendranath Tagore
(c) Satyendranath Tagore
(d) Rabindranath Tagore

15. What was the main feature of “Doctrine of Lapse”?

(a)The Policy ofannexing the territory ofIndian rulers who died without a male heir
(b)The Policy of annexing the territory ofIndian rulers who failed to pay indemnity
(c)The Policy of annexing the territory of Indian rulers who were supported by French East India Company
(d)The Policy of slowing return territories to the native(s) ruler what the Europeans have taken

16. The Deccan peasants uprising of 1875 was directed mainly against which of the following?

(a)The Marwari and the Sikh money lenders
(b)The Marwari and the Gujarati money lenders
(c)The British economic policy
(d)Tipu Sultan

17. The term dastak implies to –

(a) free pass or duty-free trade
(b) a riot
(c) a port near Hooghly
(d) market place

18. The Mapilia Moplah rebellion of 1921 took place inside the present Indian state of-

(a)Maharashtra
(b)Tamil nadu
(c)Kerala
(d)Gujarat

19. When did the Santhal Rebellion break out?

(a) 1821
(b) 1833
(c) 1855
(d) 1879

20. Who was the founder of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha?

(a)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(b)MG Ranade
(c)BR Ambedkar
(d)BG Tilak