CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge Modern Indian History Quiz 16 - MCQExams.com

Alter Delhi and Goa, which is the third Indian State to have child-friendly court?
  • West Bengal
  • Karnataka
  • Telangana
  • Tamil Nadu
India's first court-annexed mediation center was established in ________________.
  • Delhi
  • Tamil Nadu
  • Chennai
  • Karnataka
Choose the correct answer form the alternatives given.
The Ufa city where annual BRICS Summit 2015 is scheduled to be held, in which country?
  • China
  • Russia
  • South Africa
  • Brazil
The Delhi High court has asked Facebook to ban children below years of age from creating an account.
  • 10
  • 13
  • 16
  • 18
Which is the first country to allow voting through mobile phones ?
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
Malik Kafur's raids involved __________________.
  • The plunder of temples
  • Slaughtering of people
  • Both A & B
  • None of these
Alexander invaded India in the year _____________.
  • 712 A.D.
  • 400 B.C.
  • 326 B.C.
  • 847 B.C.
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is situated in _______________.
  • Jammu and Kashmir
  • New Delhi
  • Mangalore
  • Hyderabad
An man;s brain is the devil's workshop ___________.
  • ideal
  • ignorant
  • intelligent
  • idle
The founder of Portugese power in India was _______________.
  • Vasco-da-gamma
  • Albuquerque
  • Salsette
  • Danes
Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha in $$1928$$?
  • S.V. Patel
  • Bala Gangadhara Tilak
  • Motilal Nehru
  • Mahatma Gandhi
Under whose Viceroyalty, English was introduced in India?
  • Lord Rippon
  • Lord Dalhousie
  • Lord Canning
  • Lord William Bentick
The first Viceroy in India was _______________.
  • Rajaji
  • Lord Warren Hastings
  • Lord Canning
  • Lord Mountbatten
The last Viceroy in Indian was ______________.
  • Rajaji
  • Lord Canning
  • Lord Warren Hastings
  • Lord Mountbatten
When was the First Postage Stamp issued in India?
  • $$1852$$
  • $$1850$$
  • $$1842$$
  • $$1758$$
Which of the following reforms was NOT carried out by Lord Dalhousie?
  • Suppression of Thugs
  • Abolition of Slavery
  • Retrenchment of civil and military services
  • Employment of Indians to responsible posts
The Civil Services in India was established by ______________.
  • Lord Rippon
  • Lord Dalhousie
  • Lord Cornwallis
  • Lord William Bentick
Which of the following was NOT the effect of $$1857$$ revolt?
  • East India Company's administration was directly taken over the British Parliament
  • Army was recognised
  • Indians were given remission of taxes
  • A new attitude developed on Indian States
Which of the following was the cause of revolt in $$1857$$?
  • Introduction of Telegraph
  • Refusal to continue the pension of Baji Rao
  • Dalhousi'e Policy of annexation
  • All the above
The first Governor- General of India was _____________.
  • Rajaji
  • Lord Canning
  • Lord Warren Hastings
  • Lord Mountbatten
The French East India Company was founded in India in _____________.
  • $$1602$$
  • $$1600$$
  • $$1664$$
  • $$1705$$
Which factor influenced most to eliminate caste-system in India?
  • Rationalism
  • Job Opportunities
  • Legislations
  • Liberal Education
The Partition of Bengal was carried out under the Viceroyalty of _______________.
  • Lord Minto
  • Lord Dalhousie
  • Lord Curzon
  • Lord Dufferin
When did Antarctic Treaty come into force?
  • 25th July, 1961
  • 28th July, 1968
  • 23th June, 1961
  • None of the above
The last Governor-General of independent India was _____________.
  • Rajaji
  • Lord Canning
  • Lord Warren Hastings
  • Lord Mountbatten
Magna Carta was signed in 1215 AD by ______________.
  • Queen Elizabeth
  • Queen Victoria
  • King John II
  • Napoleon
The last British Governor-General was _______________.
  • Rajaji
  • Lord Canning
  • Lord Warren Hastings
  • Lord Mountbatten
At the earlier stage backward classes movement means?
  • Santal movement
  • Non-Brahmin movement
  • Harijan movement
  • Anit-rulers movement
When was Zamindari System abolished in Tamil Nadu?
  • $$1947$$
  • $$1948$$
  • $$1960$$
  • $$1952$$
Who among the following was the well-known personality who took part valiantly in the first War of Indian Independence? 
  • Shivaji
  • Rani Laxmi Bai
  • Amrit Kaur
  • Sarojini Naidu
The first War of Indian Independence took place during the period of ______________.
  • Lord Warren Hastings
  • Lord Canning
  • Lord Cornwallis
  • Lord Rippon
During whose tenure as the Viceroy of India were the great martyrs BhagatSingh, Sukhdev and Rajguru hanged?
  • Lord Curzon
  • Lord Irwin
  • Lord Minto
  • Lord Chemsford
The Dravidians supposedly came from ______________.
  • Central Asia
  • Middle East
  • Afghanistan
  • East Asia
The modern State is a/an ________________.
  • police state
  • welfare state
  • laissez faire state
  • aristocratic state
Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
The Indian Contract Act came into force on:,
  • 1.9.1872
  • 1.9.1972
  • 1.7.1930
  • 1.7.1932
Which of the following is not connected with the British political system?
  • Queen
  • Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • Cabinet
  • President
The British Panel that visited India to study the Partition Plan (of India and Pakistan) was headed by _______________.
  • Radcliffe
  • Cripps
  • Mountbatten
  • Simmon
The ryotwari settlement was primarily introduced by British Government in _____________.
  • Bengal and Bihar
  • United Provinces
  • Madras and Bombay
  • None of the above
Even though India and Daman became independent in 1947, Diu remained Europian colony tillWhich country ruled over it ?
  • France
  • Britain
  • Netherlands
  • Portugal
The Moplah Rebellion broke out in?
  • Uttrakhand
  • Chauri Chaura
  • Malabar
  • Telangana
Burma (now Myanmar) was separated from India in _____.
  • 1919
  • 1929
  • 1935
  • 1947
The resolution to start the Quit India Movement was adopted by INC at its session held at ____________.
  • Bombay
  • Karachi
  • Lahore
  • Calcutta
Who among the following social reformer started a society for the encouragement of widow remarriage in 1866 in Maharashtra?
  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Jyotirao Phule
  • Vishnushastri Pandit
  • Pandita Ramabai
Who among the following is the author of the book 'The Indian Struggle, 1920 -1934'?
  • Maulana Abul Kalam
  • Jayprakash Narayan
  • Subhash Chandra Bose
  • Manabendra Nath Roy
Who among the following introduced the Permanent Settlement of Bengal in 1793?
  • Lord Cornwallis
  • Lord Ripon
  • Robert Clive
  • John Adam
The policy of imperial preferences adopted by Britain in its colonies in 1932 is also known as the ______________.
  • London Agreement
  • Ottawa Agreement
  • Paris Agreement
  • Hong Kong Agreement
Who was the Governor General of India when the Indian National Congress was formed?
  • Lord Cornwallis
  • Lord Mountbatten
  • Lord Lytton
  • Lord Dufferin
Name the first major voluntary association representing primarily Indian landlord interests that was set up in Calcutta in 1851?
  • British Indian Association
  • Landholder's Society
  • Madras Native Association
  • Bombay Association
During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Bengal to grow _______.
  • Jute
  • Tea
  • Sugarcane
  • Wheat
Name the rebel who fought against the British in the battle of  Chinhat  in the course of the 1857 Revolt?
  • Ahmadullah Shah
  • Shah Mal
  • Mangal Pandey
  • Kunwar Singh
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