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The British Raj

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which company was established to trade goods with India?

a)

East Indie Company

b)

West Indian Company

c)

East India Company

d)

West India Company

2.

Which battle happened in 1757?

a)

World War 1

b)

World War 2

c)

Battle of Plassey

d)

Amritsar massacre

3.

Who was the Nawab of Bengal during the time of Battle of Plassey.

a)

Siraj Ud Dhawla

b)

Robert Clive

c)

Mir Jafar

d)

Shah Jahan

4.

Who was made the Leader of the Revolt of 1857

a)

Nana Saheb

b)

Mangal Pandey

c)

Rani Lakshmi Bai

d)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

5.

What did the British want to trade initially?

a)

Spices

b)

Rayon

c)

Gold

d)

Khadi

6.

What did the Revolt 1857 lack for it to be successful

a)

Smartness

b)

Sneakiness

c)

Unity

d)

Strength

7.

The first person to find a sea route to India was?

a)

Vasco da Gama

b)

General Dyer

c)

Johann Gutenberg

8.

The Revolt of 1857 started in the city of?

a)

Mumbai

b)

Chennai

c)

Pune

d)

Meerut

9.

On 29 March 1857, an Indian soldier attacked a British officer? Who was he?

a)

Mangal Pandey

b)

Bhagat Singh

c)

Dadabhai Naoroji

d)

Subhash Chandra Bose

10.

WHICH EVENT IS KNOWN AS THE FIRST WAR OF INDIA'S INDEPENDENCE

a)

BATTLE OF PLASSEY

b)

SEPOY MUTINY

c)

FORMATION OF INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

d)

PARTITION OF BENGAL

11.

Civil Disobedience Movement was started in

a)

1928

b)

1921

c)

1930

d)

1929

12.

Civil Disobedience Movement statrted with

a)

Lahore session

b)

Simon Commission

c)

Dandi March

d)

Chaurichora incident

13.

Simon Commission came to India in

a)

1927

b)

1928

c)

1929

d)

1930

14.

Rowlatt Act was also known as

a)

White Act

b)

Black Act

c)

Both

d)

None

15.

when India got independence?

a)

1947

b)

1957

c)

1967

d)

1977