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2nd PUC History Exam Objective Question Paper for Students
Quick Quiz
Colonial administrators had the following view(s) of caste:
(a) Caste was linked with the community
(b) Caste was based on occupational division
(c) Caste was responsible for an absence of patriotism
(d) All of the above
Option d – All of the above
James Mill’s History of British India was: ( 2nd PUC History Exam MCQ )
(a) Critical of the prior Orientalist position.
(b) Had a low estimation of Hindu Civilization
(c) Provided a prejudiced account of the great rebellion of 1857
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Option d – Both (a) and (b)
The enactment of the Factories Act of 1881 was a result of the pressure exerted by:
(a) Bombay Cotton Mill Owners
(b) Calcutta Jute Mill Owners
(c) Dundee Chamber of Commerce
(d) Manchester Chamber of Commerce
Option d – Manchester Chamber of Commerce
The East India Company’s servants were allowed to carry on country trade till they were paid regular salaries by the directive of which Governor General? ( 2nd PUC History Exam MCQ )
(a) Robert Clive
(b) Cornwallis
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) Wellesley
Option b – Cornwallis
Under the leadership of which of the following Gurus did the Sikh become a political and military force?
(a) Guru Harkishan
(b) Guru Teg Bahadur
(c) Guru Arjun Dev
(d) Guru Gobind Singh
Option d – Guru Gobind Singh
Who stabbed Guru Gobind Singh to death? ( 2nd PUC History Exam MCQ )
(a) Mahesh Das
(b) Jamshed Khan & Wasil Beg
(c) Mir Jafar
(d) Zulfikar Khan
Option b – Jamshed Khan & Wasil Beg
Who among the following Sikh Gurus started the Gurumukhi script?
(a) Guru Arjan
(b) Guru Ramdas
(c) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(d) Guru Angad
Option d – Guru Angad
Sikh Guru Arjun Dev was killed during the reign of: ( 2nd PUC History Exam MCQ )
(a) Humayun
(b) Akbar
(c) Jahangir
(d) Shah Jahan
Option c – Jahangir
To whom was the place for Amritsar given by Mughal emperor Akbar?
(a) Guru Amar Das
(b) Guru Harkrishan
(c) Guru Ram Das
(d) Guru Tegh Bahadur
Option c – Guru Ram Das
Shivaji was crowned as an independent king at: ( 2nd PUC History Exam MCQ )
(a) Poona
(b) Surat
(c) Raigarh
(d) Singhagarh
Option c – Raigarh
Which one of the following saints’ names is associated with Shivaji?
(a) Ramanand
(b) Ram Das
(c) Chaitanya
(d) Tukaram
Option b – Ram Das
Which of the following was the main function of the Peshwa under Shivaji’s administration?
(a) He looked after the general interest and welfare of the state
(b) He advised the king about foreign affairs
(c) He fixed dates for religious ceremonies
(d) He was in charge of all public finance and accounts of the kingdom
Option a – He looked after the general interest and welfare of the state
The Finance Minister under Shivaji was: ( 2nd PUC History Exam MCQ )
(a) Mantri
(b) Amatya
(c) Pandit Rao
(d) Samanta
Option b – Amatya
The treaty of Purandhar was signed in 1665 with Shivaji by which soldier-statesman?
(a) Raja Jaswant Singh
(b) Raja Jai Singh
(c) Afzal Khan
(d) Shaista Khan
Option b – Raja Jai Singh
When Akbar surrounded the Chittor fort, who saved it for four months? ( 2nd PUC History Exam MCQ )
(a) Uday Singh
(b) Rana Pratap
(c) Bhama Shah
(d) Jaimal
Option d – Jaimal
The Maratha power reached the zenith of its glory during the reign of:
(a) Shivaji
(b) Balaji Vishwanath
(c) Baji Rao I
(d) Balaji Baji Rao
Option a – Shivaji
The Maratha kingdom was founded by Shivaji during the reign of: ( 2nd PUC History Exam MCQ )
(a) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
(b) Akbar
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangzeb
Option d – Aurangzeb
The depiction of which of the following is not characteristic of Mughal paintings?
(a) Religious scenes
(b) Court and cultural scenes
(c) Scenes of battle
(d) Mythological themes
Option a – Religious scenes
European paintings were introduced in the court of ( 2nd PUC History Exam MCQ )
(a) Humayun
(b) Akbar
(c) Jahangir
(d) Shahjahan
Option c – Jahangir
Mughal culture greatly influenced the Indian
(a) sculpture
(b) painting
(c) architecture
(d) dance
Option c – architecture
The dead body of Babur was buried according to his own wishes in ( 2nd PUC History Exam MCQ )
(a) Kabul
(b) Peshawar
(c) Delhi
(d) Agra
Option a – Kabul
When Akbar besieged the fort of Chittor in October 1567, who was the Rana of Mewar?
(a) Fateh Singh
(b) Kumbha
(c) Udai Singh
(d) Sangha
Option c – Udai Singh
Din-i-llahi of Akbar was not a success because
(a) it was not patronized after Akbar
(b) Muslims found it difficult to accept another religion
(c) it was not suitably projected to the masses
(d) all of the above
Option d – all of the above
Who translated Ramayana into Persian in accordance with the wishes of Akbar?
(a) Abu’l Fazl
(b) Abdul Qadir Badauni
(c) Faizi
(d) Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana
Option b – Abdul Qadir Badauni
‘Successor States’ emerged after the Mughal decline. Which of these statements concerning them is false?
(a) The Successor States mostly ensured the succession of the eldest son of the king.
(b) Successor states were carved out of Mughal provinces by erstwhile governors.
(c) The heads of Successor States were Mughal princes.
(d) All of the above
Option c – The heads of Successor States were Mughal princes
Which of the following territories were restored to the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II by the English?
(a) 24 Pargana
(b) Kara and Allahabad
(c) Bihar and Orissa
(d) Awadh and Orissa
Option b – Kara and Allahabad
Which one of the following statements correctly defines the term Hindu Pad-Padshahi?
(a) Maratha Swarajya
(b) Maratha Empire
(c) Maratha Imperialism
(d) Hindu Swarajya
Option b – Maratha Empire
Raushan Akhtar ascended the throne with the title
(a) Jahandar Shah
(b) Shah Jahan II
(c) Mohammad Shah
(d) Alamgir II
Option c – Mohammad Shah
Who was the Turkish gunner who helped Bahadur Shah of Gujarat to storm the Chittor fort?
(a) Amir Khan
(b) Hindal
(c) Rumi Khan
(d) Khusrau Khan
Option c – Rumi Khan
Who chose to live voluntarily with Shah Jahan and later was accorded great honor by Aurangzeb?
(a) Jahanara
(b) Zebunnisa
(c) Zeenat Mahal
(d) Roshanara
Option a – Jahanara
The only type of jagir that could not be transferred was the:
(a) Khidmat jagir
(b) Watan jagir
(c) Milkiyat jagir
(d) Tan jagir
Option b – Watan jagir
The fleet built by Shivaji was stationed at:
(a) Salsette
(b) Surat
(c) Bassein
(d) Kolaba
Option d – Kolaba
What was saranjam in the Maratha kingdom?
(a) a tax levied on traders and merchants
(b) tributes paid by Maratha chiefs to the king
(c) a system of measuring and assessing land revenue
(d) a unit of land revenue assigned to an official in lieu of his salary
Option d – a unit of land revenue assigned to an official in lieu of his salary
During the 17th century, the trade between India and Java was dominated by the
(a) Portuguese
(b) Dutch
(c) English
(d) French
Option b – Dutch
Which of the following Gurudwara in India is the site where the ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded on the orders of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1675 CE?
(a) Moti Bagh Sahib
(b) Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib
(c) Sis Ganj Sahib
(d) Rakab Ganj Sahib
Option c – Sis Ganj Sahib
Which one of the following articles of technology was not brought by Europeans to India during the 16th and 17th centuries?
(a) Horse-drawn carriages
(b) Seed-drill
(c) Iron anchors
(d) Looking-glasses
Option a – Horse-drawn carriages
Abul Fazl refers in his writings to the
(a) methods of distillation
(b) working of telescope
(c) principle of gravitation
(d) technique of metal casting
Option c – principle of gravitation
Which one of the following was written by Prince Dara Shikoh?
(a) Fuwaid-ul Fawad
(b) Chuhar Gulshan
(c) Chahar Chaman
(d) Majma’-ul Bahrain
Option d – Majma’-ul Bahrain
In the succession issue of which one of the following Rajput states did Emperor Jahangir intervene and give tika choice to the person of his?
(a) Amber
(b) Marwar
(c) Bikaner
(d) Jaisalmer
Option a – Amber
Which of the following two kingdoms in the Deccan were conquered by Aurangzeb?
(a) Bidar and Bijapur
(b) Bijapur and Golconda
(c) Golconda and Ahmadnagar
(d) Ahmadnagar and Bijapur
Option b – Bijapur and Golconda
Sher Shah Sur took only one-fourth of the produce as land tax in
(a) Sasaram
(b) Agra
(c) Multan
(d) Lahore
Option a – Sasaram
Sher Shah Sun’s Mausoleum at Sasaram is
(a) surrounded by a tank
(b) entirely made of marble
(c) distinguished by four domes
(d) decorated with pietra dura
Option a – surrounded by a tank
The Ryotwari experiment in land revenue was started by:
(a) Henry Dundas
(b) Alexander Reed
(c) David Ricardo
(d) Mountstuart Elphinstone
Option b – Alexander Reed
Who among the following was the founder of the Avadh Kingdom in the 18th century?
(a) Murshid Quli Khan
(b) Saadat Khan
(c) Alivardi Khan
(d) Sarfaraz Khan
Option b – Saadat Khan
After the defeat at Plassey, Sirajuddaullah was assassinated and … was made the Nawab.
(a) Mir Jafar
(b) Mir Qasim
(c) Haider Ali
(d) Tipu Sultan
Option a – Mir Jafar
Tipu’s final defeat came at the hands of:
(a) Lord Wellesley
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) John Shore
Option a – Lord Wellesley
Who emerged victorious in the first Anglo-Mysore War (1766-69)?
(a) English
(b) Haider Ali
(c) Maratha
(d) Nizam of Hyderabad
Option b – Haider Ali
The fortification of Calcutta by the British in 1756 was regarded by the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-daulah, as:
(a) Growth of large-scale British trade
(b) An attack upon his sovereignty
(c) Insecurity of the British in India
(d) British control over Bengal
Option b – An attack upon his sovereignty
Which one of the following statements about the Treaty of Allahabad is NOT correct?
(a) It was signed in the year 1765
(b) The Mughal Emperor by a Farman formally granted the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa to the East India Company
(c) Awadh was restored to its Nawab on payment of 50 Lakh
(d) Banaras and the surrounding tracts were detached from Awadh and handed over to Shah Alam II
Option d – Banaras and the surrounding tracts were detached from Awadh and handed over to Shah Alam II
Which one of the following wars ended by the Treaty of Salbai?
(a) First Maratha War
(b) Second Maratha War
(c) Third Maratha War
(d) Fourth Mysore War
Option a – First Maratha War
Which one among the following was a reason why the French could not succeed in India in the 18th Century?
(a) They sided with the weak Indian sides such as Chanda Sahib and Muzafar Jang
(b) Dupleix was called back at a crucial time
(c) They conspired against the Indian powers
(d) Their trading company was heavily dependent on the French Government
Option d – Their trading company was heavily dependent on the French Government
Which one among the following was the result of the First Anglo-Maratha War of 1775-82?
(a) The British won the war
(b) The Marathas won the war
(c) There was no victory for either side
(d) It helped Hyder Ali to gather strength because the British and Marathas were engaged in a mutual war
Option c – There was no victory for either side
Pitts India Act of 1784 was a/an:
(a) Ordinance
(b) Resolution
(c) White paper
(d) Regulating Act
Option d – Regulating Act
The Treaty of Bassein was signed with the British by Peshwa:
(a) Madhava Rao
(b) Balaji Baji Rao
(c) Baji Rao I
(d) Baji Rao II
Option d – Baji Rao II
Who of the following joined Mir Qasim and Shuja-ud-Daula in declaring war upon the English East India Company and was later defeated by the British at the Battle of Buxar?
(a) Jahandar Shah
(b) Farrukhsiyar
(c) Muhammad Shah
(d) Shah Alam II
Option d – Shah Alam II
Which of the following organized a Maratha confederacy against the English leading to the Third Anglo-Maratha War?
(a) Scindhia
(b) Holkar
(c) The Peshwa
(d) Bhonsle
Option c – The Peshwa
In India, among the following locations, the Dutch established their earliest factory:
(a) Surat
(b) Pulicat
(c) Cochin
(d) Kasimbazar
Option b – Pulicat
The first to start a joint stock company trade with India were the:
(a) Portuguese
(b) Dutch
(c) French
(d) Danish
Option b – Dutch
The earliest Surat factories were established by the:
(a) Portuguese
(b) Dutch
(c) English
(d) French
Option c – English
Who among the following concluded the Treaty of Srirangapatnam with Tipu Sultan?
(a) Hastings
(b) Cornwallis
(c) Wellesley
(d) Dalhousie
Option b – Cornwallis
In Bengal, the headquarters of East India Company were located at:
(a) Fort St. David
(b) Fort William
(c) Fort St. George
(d) None of these
Option b – Fort William
Goa was captured by the Portuguese in:
(a) 1470 A.D.
(b) 1510 A.D.
(c) 1570 A.D.
(d) 1610 A.D.
Option b – 1510 A.D.
Who among the following was the second Portuguese Governor of India?
(a) Vasco de Gama
(b) Francisco de Almeida
(c) Alfonso de Albuquerque
(d) Francisco Xavier
Option c – Alfonso de Albuquerque
The Island of Bombay was given to the English Prince Charles II as dowry by the:
(a) Danish
(b) Dutch
(c) Portuguese
(d) English
Option c – Portuguese
In 1757, Siraj-ud-daula was defeated by:
(a) Canning
(b) Hastings
(c) Clive
(d) Cornwallis
Option c – Clive
Albuquerque captured Goa from the ruler of:
(a) Bijapur
(b) Golconda
(c) Ahmednagar
(d) Vijayanagar
Option a – Bijapur
Who succeeded Siraj-ud-Daulah as Nawab of Bengal after the Battle of Plassey?
(a) Aliwardi Khan
(b) Mir Jafar
(c) Mir Kasim
(d) Shuja-ud-Daulah
Option b – Mir Jafar
Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(a) Battle of Buxar-Mir Jafar vs Clive
(b) Battle of Wandiwash-French vs East India Company
(c) Battle of Chilianwala-Dalhousie vs Marathas
(d) Battle of Kharda-Nizam vs East India Company
Option b – Battle of Wandiwash-French vs East India Company
Tranquebar on the Tamil Nadu coast was a colonial outpost of the:
(a) Portuguese
(b) French
(c) Dutch
(d) Danish
Option d – Danish
Who among the following Europeans were the last to come to pre-independence India as traders?
(a) Dutch
(b) English
(c) French
(d) Portuguese
Option c – French
Which one of the following was the first fort constructed by the British in India?
(a) Fort William
(b) Fort St. George
(c) Fort St. David
(d) Fort St. Angelo
Option b – Fort St. George
The Black Hole episode in which 146 English prisoners were confined in a very small room and only 23 survived, occurred during the regime of:
(a) Shuja-ud-doula
(b) Alivardi Khan
(c) Siraj-ud-daula
(d) Mir Qasim
Option c – Siraj-ud-daula
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