Uprisings Against the British Rule History Multiple Choice Questions and Answers Q1. Where was an agitation launched over the Income Tax...
Uprisings Against the British Rule History Multiple Choice Questions and Answers
Q1. Where was an agitation launched over the
Income Tax Act in 1860?
(a) Surat
(b) Patna
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Calcutta
Q2.Who was the Governor of Bombay during
the Revolt of 1857?
(a) Elphinstone
(b) Watson
(c) Ripley
(d) Campbell
Q3. Why did the uprising of the Bhils take
place during the first half of the nineteenth
century?
(a) The devastation of the region by
Marathawars
(b) The Pindari depredations
(c) The famine in the Deccan
(d) All of these
Q4. Which of the following statements about
the planning and organization of the Revolt
of 1857 is perhaps the most accurate?
(a) There was no conspiracy since not a
single witness came forward to make
such a claim
(b) There was an organized conspiracy
to revolt but the organization had
not progressed sufficient y when the
Revolt broke out accidentally
(c) In the absence of a leader of requisite
organizing ability no planning could
have taken place
(d) None of these
Q5. Who was the most trusted adviser of
Emperor Bahadur Shah during the Revolt
of 1857?
(a) Hakim Ahsanullah
(b) Prince Jawan Bakht
(c) Queen Zeenat Mahal
(d) Prince Bakht Khan
Q6. In which of the following battles with the
Sikhs did the partisans of the holy war suffer a terrible defeat in which Syed Ahmad
lost his life?
(a) The Battle of Amritsar
(b) The Battle of Charsadda
(c) The Battle of Batekot
(d) The Battle of Attock
Q7. Apart from various sectional and group
movements against the British, the common people also raised their voices against
them and organized mass agitations.
Which of the following was not a factor
responsible for these mass agitations?
(a) Enhancement of duty on salt
(b) Introduction of standard weights and
measures
(c) Income Tax Act
(d) Forcible conversion of Indians of
Christianity
Q8. Which tribal leader was regarded as an
incarnation of God and the Father of the
World (Dharti Aba)?
(a) Kanhu Santha
(b) Rupa Naik
(c) Birsa Munda
(d) Joria Bhaga
Q9. Which of the rebellions or uprisings
established a government before it was
crushed?
(a) Santhal Uprising
(b) Kutch Rebellion
(c) Kol Rebellion
(d) Jat Rebellion
Q10. Which of the following was/were the
leader(s) of the uprising of Odisha zamindars (1804–1817) against British rule?
(a) Raja of Khurda
(b) Jagatbandhu, the leader of the Paiks
(the landed militia)
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Rupchand Konar
Q11. Which point relating to Oudh contributed
to the Oudh Sepoy’s Mutiny in 1857?
(a) Its annexation contrary to the pledge
(b) The sepoys had to pay higher taxes to
the new rulers in Oudh.
(c) Large number of Oudh sepoys in the
British army
(d) Dispossession of taluqdars and others
who were thrown out of jobs
Q12. Which of the following tribal rebelled in
1831–1832 since their villages were being
transferred from their headmen (Mundas)
to Sikh and Muslim revenue farmers?
(a) Chuars of the Jungle Mahals
(b) Hos of Singhbhum
(c) Kols of Chotanagpur
(d) None of these
Q13. Who were the Chuars?
(a) Zamindars of Bihar and Bengal
(b) Peasants of West Bengal
(c) They meld lands of Chotanagpur and
West Bengal in lieu of para-military
services to the zamindars.
(d) They held zamindari rights in Odisha
and Central India
Q14. Which popular movement of the nineteenth
century was much better planned, organized
and well-knit than the Revolt of 1857?
(a) The Munda rebellion
(b) The Deccan riots
(c) The Sanyasi rebellion
(d) The Wahabi movement
Q15. Which was the most famous and the longest of the rebellions or uprisings which
lasted from 1815 to 1832?
(a) Santhal Uprising
(b) Kutch Rebellion
(c) Kol Rebellion
(d) Jat Rebellion
Q16. What was the most fundamental weakness
of the Revolt of 1857?
(a) It lacked a planning, programme and
funds
(b) The rebels failed to understand the
significance of contemporary scientific ad ancements
(c) The entire movement lacked a modern, unifie , and forward-looking
programme
(d) There was no understanding of the
character of the enemy’s political
organization among the rebels
Q18. What was the main plank of the program of the Faraizi sect?
(a) Radical reforms in Muslim religious
practices
(b) Opposition to the exploitation of the
peasantry by the zamindars
(c) To expel the British and restore
Muslim rule in Bengal
(d) To offer civil disobedience to the British
by non-payment of taxes, and so on.
Q19. Who was the head of the East India
Company in 1857?
(a) Charles Peterson
(b) Thomas Patterson
(c) R.D. Mangles
(d) James Duff
Q20. At which of the places, the sepoys’ mutiny
was provoked by women’s taunts?
(a) Banaras
(b) Meerut
(c) Lucknow
(d) Agra
Q21. Muslim faqirs, from their headquarters
in the Nepal Terai, wandered about the
country levying contributions and defying
the authority of the British government.
Which of the following was their founder
leader?
(a) Chirag Ali Shah
(b) Majnu Shah
(c) Hyder Ali
(d) Tipu
Socio-Economic Impact of the British Rule in India
Associations Related to Brahmo Samaj
1. Atmiya Sabha—Ram Mohan Roy
2. Tattvabodhini Sabha—Debendranath
Tagore
3. Sangat Sabha—Keshab Chandra Sen
4. Indian Reform Society—Keshab Chandra
Sen
5. Veda Samaj (Madras)
6. Prarthna Samaj (Maharashtra)
7. Adi Brahmo Samaj (1866)
8. Brahmo Samaj of India
9. Sadharana Brahmo Samaj (Anand Mohan
Bose)
Q1. Who conferred Ram Mohan Roy with the
title of Raja?
(a) Aurangazeb
(b) Ahmad Shah
(c) Akbar Shah II
(d) Bahadur Shah II
Q2. When did the Company’s commercial
activities finally come to an end?
(a) 1833
(b) 1853
(c) 1858
(d) 1861
Q3. The spread of landlordism was marked
by the growth of the following?
(a) Aristocracy
(b) Capitalism
(c) Sub-infeudation
(d) Cultivation
Q4. Indicate one of the following systems
which helped develop the closest ties
between the people and the government?
(a) Ryotwari system
(b) Zamindari system
(c) Mahalwari system
(d) Mootadari system
Q5. Who among the following started the
newspaper called the ‘Voice of India’?
(a) Bhikaji Cama
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Lala Har Dayal
(d) V.D. Savarkar
Q6. To which of the following governor-general goes the credit of taking steps to stop
the human sacrifices practiced by the
Khonds in Odisha under the erroneous
belief that thereby the fertility of the land
was increased?
(a) Lord Ellenborough
(b) First Lord Hardinge
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) Lord Canning
Q7. Name the region where the Company
agreed to limit the land tax to one-third
of the gross produce?
(a) Bengal
(b) The Gangetic Valley
(c) The Bombay Presidency
(d) The Madras Presidency
Q8. Which of the following was not one of
the reasons why railways constituted a
drain on India?
(a) Interest on foreign investments was
remitted outside India
(b) The stock was purchased in England
(c) They were financial y losing concerns
(d) Excessive salaries, were paid to the
European employees who sent their
savings to England
Q9. Who was the chief architect of the Prarthana Samaj in Maharashtra?
(a) R.G. Bhandarkar
(b) M.G. Ranade
(c) Pandita Ramabai
(d) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
Q10. Who among the following was associated
with women’s education?
(a) J.E. Bethune
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Sister Nivedita
(d) None of these
Q11. Who propounded the motto ‘Go back to
the Vedas’?
(a) Mul Shankar
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Jyotirao Phule
(d) Narendranath Datta
Q12. Who founded the Madras Hindu Social
Reforms Association in 1892?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Veeresalingam Pantulu
(d) Mrs. Annie Besant
Q13. Who wrote ‘Arctic Home of Aryans’ and
‘Gita Rahasyam’?
(a) Lala Lajpat Roy
(b) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q14. Which among the following was not one
of the industries in India during British rule?
(a) Cotton
(b) Jute
(c) Iron
(d) Coal
Q15. Which social reformer of Maharashtra became famous by the Pen-name of
‘Lokahitawadi’?
(a) Atmaram Pandurang
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(d) Krishna Shastri Chaplunkar
Q16. Which state was a pioneer in the field of
Indian journalism?
(a) Madras
(b) Bombay
(c) Bengal
(d) Punjab
Q17. Which factors was not responsible for the
ruin of Indian Industry in 18th century?
(a) Disappearance of native rulers
(b) Imposition of heavy duties on goods
imported into England from India
(c) Poor craftsmanship of Indians
(d) Lack of demand for Indian goods
Q18. Name the first newspaper to be published
in India?
(a) The Calcutta Chronicle
(b) The Bengal Gazette
(c) The Madras Courier
(d) The Bombay Herald
Q19. Which of the following newspapers was used
by Annie Besant for movement?
(a) Common Wheel
(b) New India
(c) Amrita Bazar
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Q20. From which year did the English language become the medium of education
in India?
(a) 1831
(b) 1835
(c) 1854
(d) 1858
Q21. Who began the Shudhi movement, that is the conversion of non-Hindus to Hinduism?
(a) Ram Mohan Roy
(b)Swami Dayananda Saraswati
(c) Keshab Chandra Sen
(d) Swami Vivekananda
Q22.Who founded the Social Service League
in 1911 in Bombay to secure for the
masses of the people better and reasonable conditions of life and work?
(a) N.M. Joshi
(b) Karsondas Mulji
(c) B P. Wadia
(d) S.A. Dange
Q23. Who said ‘one religion, one caste and
one God for mankind’?
(a) Sri Narayan Guru
(b) Ramaswamy Naicker
(c) Jyotirao Phule
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Q24. Who among the following made the first
systematic critique of moderate politics
in 1893–1894 in a series of articles entitled ‘New Lamps for Old’?
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Satish Chandra Mukherjee
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Q25. Which of the following pair is correctly
matched?
(a) Gokhale—British Indian Association
(b) Narayan Malhar Joshi—All India
Trade Union Congress
(c) Annie Besant—Servants Society of
India
(d) Dadabhoi Naoroji—Home Rule
League
Q26. Which of the following disciples of Dayananda Saraswati set up the Dayananda
Anglo-Vedic College at Lahore?
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Pandit Guru Dutt
(c) Swami Shraddhananda
(d) Lala Hansraj
Q27. Whose efforts led to the enactment of the
Age of Consent Act, of 1891?
(a) S.S. Bengali
(b) Behramji M. Malabari
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Q28. Who was the founder of the Bombay Presidency Association?
(a) Anandamohan Bose
(b) Suresh Chandra Banerjee
(c) Feroz Shah Mehta
(d) Chandra Shekhar Azad
Q29. Who started Indian Association?
(a) Womesh Chandra Banerjee
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Badruddin Tyabji
(d) Surendranath Banerjee and Ananda Mohan Bose
Q30. Who established British Indian Association?
(a) Subrahmanya Ayyar
(b) Womesh Chandra Banerjee
(c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(d) Debendranath Tagore
Q31. Which of the following tenets of Brahmo
Samaj was not responsible for its elitist
following?
(a) Deistic theology
(b) Rational ethics
(c) Loving devotion to God and service
of man
(d) None of these
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