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History Revision Quiz

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

State True or False.

James mill divided Indian history into three periods- Hindu, Muslim and Christian.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Who was the First Governor General of India

a)

Warren Hastings

b)

Lord Mountbatten

c)

Wellesley

d)

Dalhousie

3.

Who is the writer of 'A History of British India'?

a)

Robert

b)

Renner

c)

James mill

d)

Williams

4.

Historians have usually divided Indian history into-

a)

Ancient

b)

Medieval

c)

Modern

d)

All the above

5.

Rennel was asked by.............. to produce maps of Hindustan.

a)

Lord Mountbatten

b)

Warren Hastings

c)

Robert Clive

d)

Munro

6.

What do you mean by Colonisation?

a)

Conquest of one country by another.

b)

Subjugation of two country by another country.

c)

Subjugation of one country by another.

d)

Conquest.

7.

Who was the last Viceroy of India?

a)

Lord Irwin

b)

Lord Canning

c)

Lord Harding

d)

Lord Mountbatten

8.

How did many historians refer British period in India as?

a)

Modern

b)

Colonial

c)

Political subjugation

d)

None of these

9.

How did Mills divide Indian History?

a)

Hindu

b)

Muslim

c)

British

d)

All of the above

10.

A major part of the Modern Indian History was occupied by ...............


a)

The British Rule in India

b)

The socio-economic changes

c)

The rule of the medieval period

d)

All of the above

11.

Historians have divided history into _________ periods.

a)

Three

b)

Four

c)

Two

d)

Five

12.

Prehistory is the history of the period ____________

a)

Before the Birth of Christ

b)

After the Birth of Christ

c)

Before people learnt the art of writing

d)

When people learnt the art of writing

13.

Who produced the first map of India?

a)

James Mill

b)

James Rennel

c)

James William

d)

None of these

14.

Who was James Mill?

a)

Indian economist

b)

Scottish economist

c)

British economist

d)

German economist

15.

1. A person who studies the past is a:

a)

A. Historian

b)

B. Scientist

c)

C. Astrologist

d)

D. Astronomer

16.

History is the study of the past.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Why is it important to study history? Because:

a)

A. We can learn about other cultures.

b)

B. We can know what happened in the past.

c)

C. We can learn from past mistakes.

d)

D. All of the above

18.

James Mill wrote a book in

a)

1817

b)

1718

c)

2021

d)

1818

19.

According to James Mill, what could British rule do?

a)

Make India fly

b)

Conquer India

c)

Civilise India

d)

Make India a floating island

20.

Colonisation leads to which changes in a country?

a)

Political

b)

Economic

c)

Both a and b

d)

Liguistic

21.

Hyder Ali was Tipu Sultan's _____

a)

General

b)

Father

c)

Brother

22.

How many Anglo-Mysore wars were fought?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

3

23.

Who formulated Doctrine of Lapse?

a)

Lord Dalhousie

b)

Robert Clive

c)

Lord cornwallis

24.

Who was the Ruler of the Sikh kingdom?

a)

Hyder Ali

b)

Ranjit Singh

c)

Raghunath Rao

d)

None of the above

25.

_____ granted a Charter to East India Company in early 1600s in order to trade with India.

a)

Queen Elizabeth I

b)

Queen Victoria

c)

King George V

d)

Queen Elizabeth II

26.

In ____________ Queen Elizabeth gave a charter to the English East India Company

a)

1600

b)

1500

c)

1700

d)

1599

27.

This nawab of Bengal asked the English East India Company to remove all its fortifications in Calcutta

a)

Murshid Quli Khan

b)

Siraj-ud-Daulah

c)

Alivardi Khan

d)

Shuja-ud-Din

28.

This governor-General introduced the system of Subsidiary Alliance

a)

Robert Clive

b)

Warren Hastings

c)

Lord Wellesley

d)

Lord Dalhousie

29.

One of the four agencies that carried out the day-to-day administration of the Company was the

a)

police

b)

cavalry

c)

infantry

d)

espionage

30.

The capital of the kingdom of Mysore was

a)

Plassey

b)

Seringapatam

c)

Nagpur

d)

Awadh

31.

Maharaja Ranjit Singh was the ruler of

a)

Buxar

b)

Awadh

c)

Calcutta

d)

Punjab

32.

According to the historians, by the second half of the 18th century, which new power emerged as powerful in India?

a)

CHINESE

b)

DUTCH

c)

BRITISH

d)

JAPANESE

33.

Name the place the British King Charles-II received as a dowry by marrying the Portuguese princess, which later became an important trading centre.

a)

ISLAND OF DAMAN

b)

ISLAND OF GOA

c)

ISLAND OF PUDICHERRY

d)

Island of Bombay

34.

WHO FLED AND SEEKED SHELTER OF SHUJA - UD DAULAH, THE NAWAB OF AWADH ?

a)

SHAH ALAM II

b)

SIRAJ UD DAULAH

c)

MIR QASIM

d)

MIR JAFAR

35.

WHICH BATTLE IS MARKED AS THE TURNING POINT OF INDIAN HISTORY ? WHY ?

a)

CARNATIC WARS AS THE FRENCH BECAME WEAK

b)

ANGLO MARATHA WARS AS THE PESHWA WAS REMOVED

c)

THE SEVEN WARS OF EUROPE, MADE BRITISH WEAK

d)

THE BATTLE OF PLASSEY , GAVE DIWANI RIGHTS TO COLLECT TAXES FROM BENGAL, BIHAR AND ORISSA

36.

One-third of the population was wiped out from Bengal beause

a)

a terrible famine occurred there

b)

a civil war broke out

c)

an epidemic broke out

d)

none of the above

37.

The Mahalwari System was devised by

a)

Charles Cornwallis

b)

Robert Clive

c)

Holt Mackenzie

d)

James Mill

38.

The ryots were

a)

cultivators

b)

zamindars

c)

traders

d)

money lenders

39.

The Indigo Commission was set up to enquire into the system of indigo production. Whom did the commission hold guilty?

a)

The ryots

b)

The government

c)

The planters

d)

Both ryots and government

40.

After the indigo production collapsed in Bengal, the planters shifted their operation to

a)

Gujarat

b)

Bihar

c)

Orissa

d)

Rajasthan

41.

When the British came to India___________were self-sufficient units.

a)

Cities

b)

Villages

c)

towns

d)

districts

42.

_______was the main source of income for the British

a)

Land Revenue

b)

Mining

c)

Horticulture

d)

Dairy farming

43.

This system of revenue collection was introduced by Lord Cornwallis

a)

Mahalwari system

b)

Dahsala

c)

Zamindari System

d)

Ryotwari System

44.

This was another crop which the peasants had to sow along with indigo

a)

cotton

b)

jute

c)

rice

d)

None of the above

45.

Land, under British rule, became a ________commodity.

a)

saleable

b)

cheap

c)

reusable

d)

useless

46.

After the Battle of Buxar, the English East India Company got the right to collect revenue of Which provinces?

a)

Bengal, Madras and Bombay

b)

Bengal, Bihar, Orissa

c)

Bengal, Rajasthan, Punjab

d)

Bengal, Mysore, Hyderabad

47.

Who gave the rights to collect revenue from the highest bidder?

a)

Governor General Warren Hastings

b)

Lord Cornwallis

c)

Thomas Munro

d)

Lord Wellesley

48.

Permanent settlement is also known as ________.

a)

Ryotwari system

b)

Zamindari system

c)

Mahalwari System

d)

Agrarian System

49.

When was Zamindari Scheme introduced ?

a)

1973

b)

1893

c)

1793

d)

1693

50.

Who introduced Zamindari System of Land settlement?

a)

Lord Wellesly

b)

Lord Warren Hastings

c)

Lord Cornwallis

d)

Lord Dalhousie

51.

Land was commonly owned by a group of villages called______.

a)

Palaces

b)

Zamindars

c)

Ryots

d)

Mahals

52.

Mahalwari system was introduced in

a)

1822

b)

1854

c)

1830

d)

1825

53.

When company got the Diwani of Bengal, the Governor General of the Presidency was?

a)

Lord Dalhousie

b)

Lord Mount Batten

c)

Robert Clive

d)

James Mill

54.

________________was Madras Governor in 1819

a)

Thomas Munro

b)

Franklin

c)

Jacob Smith

d)

Holt Mackenzie

55.

The company introduced ____________in 1793.

a)

Judiciary Changes

b)

Permanent settlement

c)

administrative reforms

d)

agriculture reforms

56.

Who wrote Neel Darpan in 1860?

a)

Deendayal Mitra

b)

Digambar Biswas

c)

Bishnu Biswas

d)

Dinabandhu Mitra

57.

If Zamindars didnt pay revenue, then British

a)

used to jail them

b)

seize their goods

c)

auction their land

d)

punish them

58.

Morris cotton print was invented by

a)

William Morris

b)

Robert Morris

c)

John Morris

d)

Morris will