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Birth of Nationalism

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote the war which began for religion ended up as a war of independence?

a)

Ashok Mehta

b)

Surendranath sen

c)

V.D.Savarkar

d)

Dayanand Saraswati

2.

When was the widow Remarriage Act passed

a)

1854

b)

1853

c)

1855

d)

1856

3.

When was English declared as the medium of instruction in India?

a)

1833

b)

1835

c)

1832

d)

1834

4.

When was a supreme court established for the first time at Calcutta?

a)

1771

b)

1773

c)

1775

d)

1778

5.

Cornwallis code dealt with--------------- matters

a)

revenue

b)

Religious

c)

Judicial

d)

cultural

6.

What was the percentage of Drain in India’s national income by the end of 19th century?

a)

8%

b)

5%

c)

4%

d)

6%

7.

When was the first railway line opened to traffic in India?

a)

1853

b)

1851

c)

1854

d)

1852

8.

When was Mangal Pandey hanged in 1857?

a)

25 March

b)

21 March

c)

29 March

d)

27 March

9.

The charter Act of -------- ended the monopoly of the East India Company in India

a)

1809

b)

1811

c)

1812

d)

1813

10.

When was the system of dual government ended in Bengal?

a)

1770

b)

1772

c)

1774

d)

1776

11.

What was the number of major rebellions from 1763 to 1856?

a)

25

b)

more than 30

c)

more than 40

d)

15

12.

Who considered the revolt as a war of the orthodoxy against Christianity?

a)

L.E.R. Rees

b)

G.B. Malleson

c)

T.R. Holmes

d)

C. Raikes

13.

Who was the first viceroy of India?

a)

Dalhousie

b)

Charles Woods

c)

Lord Canning

d)

Lord Curzon

14.

The title viceroy meant crown’s personal

a)

Servant

b)

Representative

c)

Assistant

d)

Administrator

15.

When was the practice of sati out lawed?

a)

1829

b)

1827

c)

1830

d)

1853

16.

When did Queen Victoria assume the title of the Empress of India?

a)

1872

b)

1878

c)

1876

d)

1880

17.

The revolt of 1857 mainly remained confined to--------------India

a)

Eastern &Southern

b)

Western &Eastern

c)

Northern& Central

d)

Southern & Coastal

18.

When was an Inam commission established?

a)

1855

b)

1856

c)

1852

d)

1854

19.

When was the congress socialist party formed?

a)

1934

b)

1936

c)

1932

d)

1933

20.

Siddhu, kanhu, chand, Bhareo were the leaders of--------------------- uprising

a)

gond

b)

Koli

c)

Kol

d)

Santhal

21.

Which Charter Act made provisions for education in India for the first time?

a)

1813

b)

1805

c)

1834

d)

1830

22.

Who was the chairman of the first Law Commission?

a)

Metcalfe

b)

Napier

c)

Lord Macaulay

d)

Charles Wood

23.

Where did B.R. Ambedkar form his Bahiskirt Hitakarini Sabha in 1924?

a)

Bombay

b)

Poona

c)

Lucknow

d)

Bhopal

24.

When did the Indian Reforms Association come in to being

a)

1865

b)

1875

c)

1872

d)

1870

25.

What was the strength of Indians in the army of the East India Company in 1857?

a)

100,000

b)

150,765

c)

265,900

d)

255, 879

26.

When was the permanent settlement introduced in Bengal and Bihar?

a)

1790

b)

1792

c)

1793

d)

1791

27.

Who introduced the permanent settlement of Land Revenue?

a)

Wellesley

b)

John Shore

c)

Lord Cornwallis

d)

Warren Hastings

28.

The revolt of 1857 started with the mutiny of

a)

Sepoys

b)

Sanyasis

c)

Native princes

d)

Taluqdars

29.

The governor general council came in to being in the year

a)

1784

b)

1782

c)

1785

d)

1783

30.

Who was the governor general in 1882?

a)

Mayo

b)

Ripon

c)

Lytton

d)

Canning

31.

There were------------ medical colleges in the country in 1857

a)

5

b)

3

c)

9

d)

7

32.

When was the vernacular press act passed?

a)

1878

b)

1872

c)

1876

d)

1880

33.

Who has written the book the Great Rebellion?

a)

S.B. Sen

b)

S.N. Sen

c)

Ashok Mehta

d)

B.R. Grover

34.

When did Rani Lakshmibai die in 1858?

a)

15 June

b)

25 June

c)

17 June

d)

30 June

35.

What was the real name of Nana Saheb?

a)

P.R.Pant

b)

S.G. Pant

c)

Dhondu Pant

d)

Motu Pant

36.

The Act of 1861 increased the strength of viceroy’s council to

a)

65

b)

9

c)

13

d)

5

37.

Who wrote the book, the Discovery of India?

a)

Subhash Chandra Bose

b)

Gandhi

c)

Nehru

d)

Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad

38.

Who wrote the book Topics for Indian States Man?

a)

P.E. Roberts

b)

J.B.Norton

c)

N.A. Smith

d)

John Mill

39.

Where was the swaraj party formed in March, 1923?

a)

Bombay

b)

Lucknow

c)

Madras

d)

Allahabad

40.

Who was the head of the East India Company in 1857?

a)

R.D.Mangles

b)

Charles Peterson

c)

James Duff

d)

Thomas Patterson