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Q.1
The privileges of free trade granted to the English East India Company were confirmed in 1717 by Emperor
Bahadur Shah
Farrukh-Siyar
Muhammad Shah
Aurangzeb
Q.2
Till the end of the 17th Century the growth of the executive and legislative powers of the East india Company depended on
Governor
Governor-General
Parliament
Crown
Q.3
When the East India Company was established India was ruled by
A Mughal Emperor
A Gupta Emperor
A Mauryan Emperor
A Sunga Emperor
Q.4
Who among the following revolutionaries was executed by the British
Jitin Das
Chandrashekhar Azad
Rajguru
Kalpana - Dutt
Q.5
During the Second World War the British forces were defeated at __________
London
Dunkirk
Paris
Liverpool
Q.6
The United East India Company refers to the company in India formed by the
Portuguese
Dutch
French
British
Q.7
The new proletariat class which emerged in India on account of the British economic policies, consisted of
Money lenders
Landlords
Traders
All the above
Q.8
During the period of which Governor General Viceroy was the Indian Civil Service introduced?
Dalhousie
Curzon
Bentick
Conrnwallis
Q.9
Who said that he had not become His Majesty's first Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire?
Attlee
Churchill
Disraeli
Loyd George
Q.10
In November 1781, Sir Eyre Coote defeated __________ at Porto Nova
Hyder Ali
Marthanda Verma
British
Tipu Sultan
Q.11
The English East Company achieved a major victory over the Portuguese in the Battle of __________ in 1612
Buxar
Plassey
Swally
Trafalgar
Q.12
As per 'August Offer' the British objective for India was __________
Dominion Status
Puma Swaraj
Responsible Government
Provincial Authority
Q.13
Which of the following authorised the British Government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law
Rowlatt Act of 1919
Government of India Act of 1935
Indian Council Act of 1909
Government of India Act of 1919
Q.14
The Seven Years' War (1756-1763) resulted in the defeat of the__________ forces
American
British
French
Russian
Q.15
The British attitude towards granting India independence changed partly owing to the
Change in the government of the UK
Impact of World War II
Growing tide of Indian Nationalism
All of the above
Q.16
In 1650 Gabriel Boughton, an employee of the Company obtained a license for trade in __________
Bengal
Orissa
Mysore
Surat
Q.17
The Indian naval mutiny against the British took place in the year
1857
1919
1946
1947
Q.18
The land was owned by temples known as __________
Dewaswam
Brahmaswam
Cherikkal
Kanam
Q.19
Which of the following Government of India Act/Indian Council Act brought three separate presidencies (Madras, Bombay and Bengal) into a common system?
Indian Council Act of 1861
Government of India Act, 1935
Government of India Act, 1919
Indian Council Act of 1909
Q.20
"Treaty of Rajpurghat" was signed on December 25, 1805 between Holkar and __________
French
British
Portuguese
Dutch
Q.21
Who had, while fasting in the prison, written to the British governor, The individual must die so that the nation may live. Today, I must die so that India may win freedom and glory?
Jatin Das
Lala Lajpat Rai
MK Gandhi
SC Bose
Q.22
India became independent during the vice royalty of
William Bentinck
Wellesley
Wavell
Mountbatten
Q.23
'We do not seek our independence out of Britain's ruin' said
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
Gokhale
Rabindranath Tagore
Q.24
The East India Company had taken Bombay from
The Dutch
Charles I
Charles II
The Portuguese
Q.25
Dyer was __________ by the Government of Britain
Sentenced for life
Sentenced to death
Rewarded with honour
Relieved of his service
Q.26
The capital of British India was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in the year
1911
1912
1920
1925
Q.27
The transfer of Government from the 'Company' to the 'Crown' was pronounced by Lord Canning (November 1, 1858) at
Calcutta
Delhi
Patna
Allahabad
Q.28
The llbert Bill controversy during the period of Lord Ripon exposed the racial bitterness of the British and united the Indians
Lytton
Lord Ripon
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Anne
Q.29
The Peshwaship was abolished by the British at the time of Peshwa
Raghunath Rao
Narayan Rao
Madhav Rao-II
Baji Rao-II
Q.30
Who among the following had been the leader of a number of anti-British revolts in Sambalpur?
Kattabomman
Surendra Sai
Utirat Singh
Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi
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