CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge Modern Indian History Quiz 5 - MCQExams.com

Who granted the permission to establish the first British factory at Hooghly in Bengal?
  • Shah Shuja
  • Murshid Quli Khan
  • Shuja-ud-Din
  • Alvardi Khan
Which one of the following statements is not correct?
  • Ali Mardan Khan introduced the system of revenue farming in Bengal
  • Maharaja Ranjit Singh set up modern foundries to manufacture cannons at Lahore
  • Sawai Jai Singh of Amber had Euclid's 'Elements of Geometry' translated into Sanskrit
  • Sultan Tipu of Mysore gave money for the construction of the idol of Goddess Sarda in the Shringeri Temple
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given the lists.
List-IList-II
A. $$1775$$$$1$$. First Anglo-Burmese War
B. $$1780$$$$2$$. First Anglo-Afghan War
C. $$1824$$$$3$$. First Anglo-Maratha War
D. $$1839$$$$4$$. Second Anglo-Mysore War
  • A-$$4$$, B-$$3$$, C-$$2$$, D-$$1$$
  • A-$$4$$, B-$$3$$, C-$$1$$, D-$$2$$
  • A-$$3$$, B-$$4$$, C-$$1$$, D-$$2$$
  • A-$$3$$, B-$$4$$, C-$$2$$, D-$$1$$
Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? Select the correct answer using the codes given.
PeriodWar
$$1$$. AD $$1767-69$$First Anglo-Maratha War
$$2$$. AD $$1790-92$$Third Mysore War
$$3$$. AD $$1824-26$$First Anglo-Burmese War
$$4$$. AD $$1845-46$$Second Sikh War
  • $$2$$ and $$4$$
  • $$3$$ and $$4$$
  • $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • $$2$$ and $$3$$
Consider the following statements.
$$1$$. Atkinson Commission recommendations to be held in Britain only.
$$2$$. The Public Service Commission was established at the centre in $$1926$$.
$$3$$. The first Indian to enter civil services was SN Tagore in $$1863-64$$.
Which of the statement(s) given is/are correct?
  • Only $$1$$
  • $$1$$ and $$3$$
  • $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • All of the above
The first Anglo-Burmese War was concluded by a treaty. Which one among the following is that?
  • Treaty of Burma
  • Treaty of Tamu
  • Treaty of Bhamo
  • Treaty of Yandaboo
Which of the following did not form part of the so-called 'Home Charges' in British India?
  • Interest on public debt
  • Charges for civil administration
  • Guaranteed interest on railways
  • Payment of dividends to the shareholders
Which one among the following is common to the Treaty of Yandaboo $$(1826)$$, the Treaty of Saibai $$(1782)$$ and the Treaty of Gandamak $$(1879)$$?
  • With these treaties, various Indian powers formed alliances to defeat the British
  • These treaties enabled the British to control the South Asian powers
  • These treaties expedited the spread of Indian culture abroad
  • These treaties gave an essential boost to enhanced trade in South Asia
The main cause of the conflict between Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah and the East India Company was that _______.
  • the British opposed the succession of Siraj-ud-Daulah
  • the British misused the trade concessions
  • the British attacked the French settlement of Chandranagar in Bengal
  • the incident of Black Hole had occurred
Which of the following statement(s) about the first act of the Revolt of $$1857$$ is/are true?
$$1$$. It occurred in Meerut when two sepoys stole a superior officer's rifle.
$$2$$. It began when the Rani of Jhansi declared war on the British.
$$3$$. It began when Mangal Pandey fired at a European officer in Meerut.
$$4$$. It began when Mangal Pandey fired at a European officer in Barrackpore.
Select the correct answer using the codes given.
  • Only $$2$$
  • $$1, 2$$ and $$3$$
  • Only $$4$$
  • $$1$$ and $$4$$
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
  • Battle of Buxar : Mir Jafar vs Clive
  • Battle of Wandiwash : French vs East India Company
  • Battle of Chilianwala : Dalhousie vs Marathas
  • Battle of Kharda : Nizam vs East India Company
The interest of the British Government or India in Afghanistan in the $$19$$th century came about in order to _________.
  • make use of the natural resources of Afghanistan
  • ensure that the Russian empire did not have an influence over Afghanistan
  • increase the reach of the British empire
  • establish a monopoly over the markets of Afghanistan
The Treaty of Amritsar was concluded between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and _________.
  • Lord Cornwallis
  • Lord Dalhousie
  • Lord Hastings
  • Lord Minto
Lord Dalhousie planned for the construction of a network of railways in India in order to __________.
  • Easily procure and export raw material for the interest of India for export
  • Provide a profitable channel of investment for British capital
  • Both 'a' and 'b'
  • Provide cheap and easy means of transport in India
Which one among the following statements is true about the Lord Curzon?
  • He had full sympathy for the Congress
  • He introduced the Subsidiary Alliance
  • He succeeded Lord Canning as the Viceroy of India
  • He separated the divisions of Dacca, Chittagong and Rajshahi from the province of Bengal and annexed them to Assam
When did Queen Victoria declare the taking over of Indian administration under British crown?
  • 1st November 1858
  • 31st December 1857
  • 6th January 1958
  • 17th November 1857
By which one of the following Acts did the Governor General of Bengal become the Governor General of India?
  • The Regulatory Act
  • The Pitt's India Act
  • The Charter Act of 1793
  • The Charter Act of 1833
The first Governor General of India was appointed in __________.
  • 1774
  • 1833
  • 1858
  • 1911
Who was the Governor-General when the first Anglo-Burmese War started?
  • George Barlow
  • Lord Hastings
  • Lord Minto
  • Lord Amherst
Consider the following Acts:
1) Pitts India Act 
2) The Charter Act 
3) The Regulatory Act 
4) Indian Council Act
What is the correct chronological sequence of these Acts?
  • 3, 1, 2, 4
  • 4, 1, 2, 3
  • 3, 2, 1, 4
  • 1, 4, 2, 3
Who is rightly called the 'Father of Local Self Government' in India?
  • Lord Mayo
  • Lord Ripon
  • Lord Curzon
  • Lord Clive
Consider the following statements:
1) Robert Clive was the first Governor General of Bengal
2) William Bentinck was the first Governor General of India.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
Consider the following statements:
1) The Charter Act of 1853 allowed the entry of Indians into the civil services through a system of open competitive examination.
2) Prescribed the minimum age of 21 years to appear in the civil services examination.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Only 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
Consider the following statements and mark the correct option:
1) Lord Warren Hastings introduced the system of Subsidiary Alliance.
2) Lord Cornwallis introduced Cornwallis code based on the principle of separation of powers in 1793.
3) Robert Clive forbade the servants of the company from indulging in private trade and made payments of internal duties obligatory. 
  • 1 and 2
  • Only 1
  • 2 and 3
  • All of these
Consider the following statements about Government of India Act of 1919: 
1) It declared for the first time that the objective of the Act was gradual introduction of responsible government in India.
2) It provided for the appointment of a statutory commission to enquire into 10 years of its coming into force.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
The term 'imperial preference' was applied to the ___________________.
  • special privileges on British Imports in India
  • racial discrimination by the Britishers
  • subordination of Indian interest to that of the British
  • preference given to British political agents over Indian Princes
Which of the following statements is correct ?
  • Vernacular Press Act (1878) and India Arms Act (1879) was passed during Lord Lytton's time
  • 1st Famine Commission was established in 1878 under Richard Strachey during Lord Lytton's time
  • Lord Ripon (1880-84) is known as father of local self government and labour legislation
  • All are correct
A famine of the nineteenth century which has been described as the 'Sea of Calamity' was the famine in __________.
  • Rajputana, $$1868-69$$
  • Madras Presidency, $$1866-67$$
  • Orissa, $$1866-67$$
  • Bengal, $$1860-61$$
Dalhousie has been regarded as the maker of modern India reforms and made a beginning in many fields. Which one among the following was not one of his schemes of reforms?
  • Educational reforms
  • Construction of railways and introduction of telegraph and postal services
  • Establishment of a public works department
  • Factories Act to improve the condition of Indian labour
Consider the following statements about the Permanent Settlement introduced by the East India Company's government in $$1793$$.
$$1$$. Under the settlement, the Zamindars were granted heredity rights over land on the condition that they would pay a fixed amount of revenue to the state.
$$2$$. The Permanent Settlement was first introduced in Bengal and Bihar.
$$3$$. It was later extended to Orissa, the Northern District of Madras.
$$4$$. Thomas Munro was the architect of the permanent settlement.
Which of the statements given is/are correct?
  • $$1, 2, 3$$ and $$4$$
  • $$1, 2$$ and $$3$$
  • $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • $$1, 3$$ and $$4$$
Who remarked in $$1834$$ that "The bones of the cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India"?
  • Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  • William Bentinck
  • Dadabhai Naoroji
  • RC Dutt
Which of the following statements about the new landlords is not correct?
  • They were town-dwelling merchants and other moneyed classes with no roots in the village
  • They were sent receiving absentee businessmen
  • They openly violated the law which prohibited them from harassing the cultivation
  • They wiped out the traditional rights of the cultivators and reduced them to the position of tenants at will
Stafford Cripps was a member of the _________.
  • Labour Party
  • Official Hierarchy
  • Conservative Party
  • Liberal Party
Which of the following statements about the Mahalwari Settlement is not correct?
  • Under this system, the unit for revenue settlement is the village
  • The government made the settlement not with the individual cultivator but with the village community as a whole
  • It was introduced in the Gangetic Valley, the Punjab and parts of central India
  • It was a permanent measure introduced as an improvement on the other two measures
Cornwallis code of $$1793$$ separated _________.
  • revenue collection for administration of civil justice
  • civil administration from judicial administration
  • the Bengal administration from central administration
  • the civil administration from military administration
Consider the following statements.
$$1$$. Economic affairs did not dominate civil life in India in the eighteenth century.
$$2$$. Indian mercantile community showcased the great spirit of enterprise.
$$3$$. Dadani system was prevalent in India-like medieval European industrial organisation.
Which of the statements given is/are correct?
  • $$1$$ and $$3$$
  • $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • $$2$$ and $$3$$
  • $$1, 2$$ and $$3$$
Who prophesied that the railways would become the forerunner of modern industry?
  • Karl Marx
  • Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Lord Dalhousie
  • Jamshedji Tata
Which one of the following acts gave representation to Indians for the first time in the legislature?
  • Government of India Act, 1935
  • Indian Council Act, 1909
  • Indian Council Act, 1919
  • None of the above
Consider the following events during the British rule.
$$1$$. Plundering of begums of Awadh.
$$2$$. The Permanent Settlement system in Bengal.
$$3$$. Beginning of the dual Government in Bengal.
$$4$$. Beginning of Drain of Wealth from India.
Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the given events?
  • $$4, 3, 1, 2$$
  • $$4, 3, 2, 1$$
  • $$3, 4, 2, 1$$
  • $$3, 4, 1, 2$$
Which of the following statements about Mahalwari system is not correct?
  • Under the Mahalwari system, there were no middlemen for the payment of land revenue
  • Village system was based a collection of individual land-revenue demand from owners
  • Mahalwari system created landholdings under cultivating class
  • This system had the highest revenue demand among all system prevalent in India
What was the most important outcome of direct British administration in India?
  • Growth of education
  • Development of railways and telegraph
  • Evolution of modern sector of politics
  • Growth of colonial institutions
The Ilbert Bill controversy was related to the __________.
  • imposition of certain restrictions to carry arms by the Indians
  • imposition of restrictions on newspapers and magazines published in Indian languages
  • removal of disqualifications imposed on the Indian Magistrates with regard to the trial of the European
  • removal of a duty imported cotton cloth
King George V visited India during the vice royality of ________. 
  • Lord Hardinge
  • Lord Ripon
  • Lord Mayo
  • Lord Curzon
Which of the following was the most obvious expression of imperialism in modern time?
  • Assertion of cultural supremacy
  • Use of superior technology
  • Building up of a vast communication network
  • Formation of colonies
Which of the following is an incorrect statement?
  • The Charter Act of 1793 provided that the home government members were to be paid out of Indian revenues
  • The Charter Act of 1813 ended the Company's monopoly over trade in India and China as well
  • Both 'a' and 'b'
  • None of the above
Who said the given line?
"My own belief is that Congress is tottering and one of my great ambitions is to assist it to a peaceful death." 
  • Winston Churchill
  • Lord Curzon
  • Mohammad Ali Jinnah
  • Mahatma Gandhi
Which one of the following statements regarding the Indian Civil Services under the British rule is not true?
  • The Civil Services introduced by the East India Company was the highest paid service in the world
  • The Company Charter Act, $$1853$$ provided that all recruits to the Civil Services were to be selected through an open competitive examination
  • Since the regime of Cornwallis, the Indians were strictly excluded from the Civil Service
  • Cornwallis ensured the promotion of the members of the Civil Service on the basis of their performance
Which of the following provided for separate electorate for depressed classes?
  • McDonald Award 1932
  • August Offer 1940
  • Mountbatten Plan
  • Cabinet Mission Plan
Consider the following statements and select the correct statement(s):
1) Lord Irwin was popularly known as Christian Viceroy. 
2) A separate state of Bihar and Orissa was created during the governorship of Lord Hardinge.
3) During Lord Willingdon's tenure, Communal Award was propagated in August 1932.
  • 1 and 3
  • Only 1
  • 1 and 2
  • All of these
Which of the following was not one of the important results of British land revenue systems?
  • Creation of a class of landholders
  • It suddenly gave boost to agricultural production
  • Cultivators got security rights
  • It deprived the traditional landed class of its control over land
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