Q.1. In which year did the Deccan Riots take place?
(a) 1875
(b) 1880
(c) 1885
(d) 1890
Q.2. Who was the leader of the Munda Rebellion of 1899?
(a) Jaipal Singh Munda
(b) Ram Dayal Munda
(c) Birsa Munda
(d) Sidhu Murmu
Q.3. Who put forward the Drain of Wealth theory in his book ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’?
(a) Pherozeshah Mehta
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Surendranath Banerjea
(d) Badruddin Tyabji
Q.4. During the tenure of which Governor General were the railways introduced in India?
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Lord Cornwallis
Q.5. Who was the first President of the Asiatic Society of Bengal?
(a) Sir William Jones
(b) Sir John Shore
(c) Sir Charles Wilkins
(d) Sir John Anstruther
Q.6. Who established the Arya Samaj in 1875?
(a) Dayananda Sarasvati
(b) Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) Swami Vivekanand
Q.7. In which battle was the Bengal Nawab Mir Qasim finally defeated by the English East India Company?
(a) Battle of Buxar
(b) Battle of Plassey
(c) Battle of Sarangpur
(d) Battle of Khajwah
Q.8. Which Sikh ruler signed the Treaty of Amritsar in 1809 with the British East India Company?
(a) Gulab Singh
(b) Ranjit Singh
(c) Kharak Singh
(d) Dalip Singh
Q.9. In the eighteenth century Jagat Seth (Banker of the world) used to control the economy of which province?
(a) Rajashtan
(b) Deccan
(c) Bengal
(d) Gujarat
Q.10. Ghasiti Begum, Shaukat Jung, Rajballabh and Yar Latif Khan count among the sworn enemies of
(a) Shuja-ud-Daula
(b) Alivardi Khan
(c) Murshid Quli Khan
(d) Siraj-ud-daulah
Answers
Q. 1 - (a)
The farmers’ agitations that started in the Pune-Ahmednagar region of Maharashtra in 1875 were known as Deccan Riots. The uprising began due to usurious interest rates charged by the money lenders.
On May 12, 1875, the uprising began in the village of Supa in Poona district. The farmers attacked houses and shops of the money lenders.
Q. 2 - (c)
Munda Rebellion was led by Birsa Munda in the region south of Ranchi in 1899-1900.
Q. 3 - (b)
A critic of British economic policy in India, Dadabhai Naoroji was known for his enunciations of the Drain Theory in his paper, Poverty and Un-British Rule in India.
Q. 4 - (a)
The first railway line connecting Bombay and Thane in 1853 was started during the governor generalship of Lord Dalhousie who is known as the "Father of Indian Railways".
Q. 5 - (a)
Sir William Jones is the first president of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, founded in 1784. In 1789, William Jones translated Kalidasa’s Sakuntala. He followed it by translating Gita Govinda and the law-book of Manu which was published posthumously in 1794 under the title Institutes of Hindoo law.
Q. 6 - (a)
Original name of Dayananda Sarasvati was Mula Sankara. He was the founder of the Arya Samaj in 1875.
Q. 7 - (a)
Battle of Buxar was fought on 22nd October in 1764 between the English and the combined armies of Mir Qasim ( the nawab of Bengal), Shuja-ud-Daula ( the nawab of Awadh) and the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II. The battle resulted in the defeat of the allied forces.
Q. 8 - (b)
The Treaty of Amritsar was signed in 1809 between the Sikh Empire founder Ranjit Singh and Charles T. Metcalfe, representing the British East India Company.
Q. 9 - (c)
In the eighteenth century Jagat Seth (Banker of the world) used to control the economy of the province of Bengal.
Q. 10 - (d)
Ghasiti Begum was the eldest sister of the mother of Siraj-ud-daulah while Shaukat Jung was his cousin.
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