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ICSE Class 7 History Objective Questions and Answers for Students
Quick Quiz
Who among the following was illiterate?
(a) Jahangir
(b) Shah Jahan
(c) Akbar
(d) Aurangzeb
Option c – Akbar
Akbar merged Bengal and Bihar in his empire in
(a) AD 1590
(b) AD 1575
(c) AD 1576
(d) AD 1572
Option c – AD 1576
Who among the following was killed by Akbar? ( ICSE Class 7 History Questions and Answers )
(a) Adham Khan
(b) Bairam Khan
(c) Baz Bahadur
(d) Pir Muhammad Khan
Option a – Adham Khan
Which of the following Rajputana state did not accept the supremacy of Akbar willingly?
(a) Amber
(b) Mewar
(c) Marwar
(d) Bikaner
Option b – Mewar
Which of the following families was the first to have a matrimonial alliance with Akbar? ( ICSE Class 7 History Questions and Answers )
(a) Rathod
(b) Sisodiya
(c) Kachwaha
(d) Chauhan
Option c – Kachwaha
Among the following which Mughal Emperor introduced the policy of Sulh-i-Kul?
(a) Akbar
(b) Nizamuddin Auliya
(c) Jainul Abidin
(d) Nasiruddin Chiragh
Option a – Akbar
The concept of Sulh-i-Kul (universal peace and fraternity) adopted by Akbar was the result of
(a) political generosity
(b) religious tolerance
(c) liberal cultural attitude
(d) All of the above
Option d – All of the above
Who was the renowned Jain Acharya, to be greatly honored by Akbar? ( ICSE Class 7 History Questions and Answers )
(a) Chandraprabha Suri
(b) Hiravijaya Suri
(c) Pushpadanta
(d) Yasobhadra
Option b – Hiravijaya Suri
Yousuf Shah Chak, the last Muslim ruler of Kashmir valley, who was exiled to Bihar by the Mughal Emperor Akbar, was buried in
(a) Patliputra
(b) Rajgir
(c) Munger
(d) Nalanda
Option d – Nalanda
During the Akbar period, the land revenue system ‘Ain-i-Dahsala’ was developed by
(a) Shahnawaz Khan
(b) Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan
(c) Todarmal
(d) Mulla Do Piyaza
Option c – Todarmal
Which historian said ‘Din-i-llahi’ is a religion?
(a) Abdul Fazl
(b) Abdul Qadir Badayuni
(c) Nizamuddin
(d) None of the above
Option d – None of the above
‘Din-i-llahi’ of Akbar was not a success because ( ICSE Class 7 History Questions and Answers )
(a) after Akbar, it was not patronized.
(b) the Muslims did not accept other religious practices.
(c) it was not suitably projected to the masses.
(d) All of the above
Option d – All of the above
Which one of the following was the Emperor of India when the British East India Company was formed in London?
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangzeb
Option a – Akbar
The Mahzar or an attested statement signed by the seven leading Ulemas was issued by
(a) Akbar
(b) Aurangzeb
(c) Humayun
(d) Shah Jahan
Option a – Akbar
Which one of the following territories was outside the boundaries of the Mughal Empire during the reign of Akbar? ( ICSE Class 7 History Questions and Answers )
(a) Khandesh
(b) Kabul
(c) Bijapur
(d) Kashmir
Option c – Bijapur
The Battle of Haldighati was fought in
(a) 1765 AD
(b) 1576 AD
(c) 1756 AD
(d) 1576 BC
Option b – 1576 AD
The main aim of Akbar in fighting the Battle of Haldighati was
(a) to subdue Rana Pratap.
(b) to polarise Rajputs.
(c) to satisfy the sentiments of Man Singh.
(d) imperial policy.
Option a – to subdue Rana Pratap
With reference to the period of the Gupta dynasty in ancient India, the towns Ghantasala, Kadura, and Chaul were well-known as:
a) ports handling foreign trade
b) capitals of powerful kingdoms
c) places of exquisite stone art and architecture
d) important Buddhist pilgrimage centers
Option a – ports handling foreign trade
With respect to the Gupta coinage, consider the following statements: ( ICSE Class 7 History Questions and Answers )
- Gold coins during the Gupta age were known as Rupaka and the silver coins were known as Dinara.
- Chandragupta II was the first Gupta ruler to issue silver coins.
- The purity and quantity of gold coins declined during the later Gupta period which also shows the decline in trade and other economic activities by this time.
- The inscriptions on the Gupta coins were all in Sanskrit for the first time in the history of coins.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1, 2 and 3 only
b) 2, 3 and 4 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 3 and 4 only
Option b – 2, 3 and 4 only
With respect to ‘Prayag Prashasti’, consider the following statements:
- It is a cave inscription located at Allahabad.
- It is composed by Harisen, listing the political and military achievements of Samudragupta.
- It was composed in the Prakrit language and Brahmi script.
- It is an important epigraphic source for the study of the political history of the Imperial Guptas.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 4 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1 and 4 only
Option b – 2 and 4 only
With reference to the administrative structure of the Gupta empire, consider the following statements: ( ICSE Class 7 History Questions and Answers )
- Similar to the Mauryan administration, political authority was highly centralised during the Gupta Empire.
- In Gupta administration, kumaramatyas were the Provincial officers appointed by the king.
- The villagers in Gupta empire were subjected to forced labour called Vishti.
- Agrahara, i.e., practice of granting free land to Brahmans led to emergence of priestly landlords.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
a) Only one
b) Only two
c) Only three
d) All four
Option c – Only three
Which of the following people of eminence were among the nine jewels in the court of Chandragupta II?
- Kalidasa
- Amarsimha
- Vasumitra
- Harisena
Select the correct code using the options given below:
a) 1, 2 and 3 only
b) 1, 2 and 4 only
c) 2, 3 and 4 only
d) 1, 3 and 4 only
Option b – 1, 2 and 4 only
What was the immediate reason for Ahmad Shah Abdali to invade India and fight the Third Battle of Panipat? ( ICSE Class 7 History Questions and Answers )
(a) He wanted to avenge the expulsion of his Viceroy Timur Shah from Lahore by Marathas.
(b) The frustrated Governor of Jalandhar Adina Beg Khan invited him to invade Punjab.
(c) He wanted to punish the Mughal administration for non-payment of the revenues of the Chahar Mahal (Gujarat, Aurangabad, Sialkot, and Pasrur).
(d) He wanted to annex all the fertile plains of Punjab up to the borders of Delhi to his kingdom.
Option a – He wanted to avenge the expulsion of his Viceroy Timur Shah from Lahore by Marathas
The first Anglo-Maratha War was fought between
(a) 1775-82 AD
(b) 1770-72 AD
(c) 1780-85 AD
(d) 1780-82 AD
Option a – 1775-82 AD
Name the Historian who witnessed the Third Battle of Panipat. ( ICSE Class 7 History Questions and Answers )
(a) Khafi Khan
(b) Kashiraj Pandit
(c) Dattaji Pingle
(d) Harcharan Das
Option b – Kashiraj Pandit
“Two pearls have been dissolved, 27 gold coins have been lost and of silver copper, the total cannot be cast and up.” This was the encrypted message referring to the defeat of Indian power the Indian power was in the hands of
(a) Emperor of Delhi
(b) Peshwa
(c) Siraj-ud-Daulah
(d) Shuja-ud-Daula
Option b – Peshwa
The Strongest Maratha ruler after Shivaji was
(a) Baji Rao I
(b) Balaji Baji Rao
(c) Balaji Vishwanath
(d) Nana Saheb
Option a – Baji Rao I
Baji Rao I died in
(a) 1760 AD
(b) 1740 AD
(c) 1720 AD
(d) 1730 AD
Option b – 1740 AD
Which Maratha leader changed the character of the Maratha state for the Kingdom of Maratha into the Empire expanding in the North?
(a) Baji Rao I
(b) Balaji Vishwanath
(c) Sadashivrao Bhau
(d) Balaji Baji Rao
Option a – Baji Rao I
Maratha Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao II is also famous as
(a) Nana Saheb
(b) Rai Saheb
(c) Raja Saheb
(d) Aflatoon of Marathas
Option a – Nana Saheb
The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between
(a) Peshwa Baji Rao II and Ahmad Shah Abdali
(b) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
(c) Akbar and Hemu
(d) Aurangzeb and Taimur
Option a – Peshwa Baji Rao II and Ahmad Shah Abdali
The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in
(a) 14th January, 1760
(b) 5th January, 1761
(c) 14th January, 1761
(d) 5th November, 1556
Option c – 14th January, 1761
In the Third Battle of Panipat, Marathas were defeated by
(a) Afghans
(b) Britishers
(c) Mughals
(d) Rohillas
Option a – Afghans
Who was the leader of Maratha’s army in the Third Battle of Panipat?
(a) Dattaji Sindhiya
(b) Vishwas Rao
(c) Sadashivrao Bhau
(d) Malhar Rao Holkar
Option c – Sadashivrao Bhau
The Muslim military Commander who died fighting for Marathas in the Third Battle of Panipat
(a) Murshid Quli Khan
(b) Ibrahim Gardi
(c) Alivardi Khan
(d) Siraj-ud-Daulah
Option b – Ibrahim Gardi
Who among the following finally removed the Maratha Peshwa from his position, captured territories, and sent him off to a distant place?
(a) Wellesley
(b) Cornwallis
(c) Dalhousie
(d) Hastings
Option d – Hastings
Under the reign of which Governor-General did the first Anglo-Maratha War happen?
(a) Warren Hasting
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord Lytton
Option a – Warren Hasting
Between whom was the Treaty of Purandhar in 1776 made?
(a) English and Nizam of Hyderabad
(b) Marathas and Portuguese
(c) Marathas and English
(d) English and South of Mysore
Option c – Marathas and English
The Treaty of Bassein (1802) was signed with the British by Peshwa.
(a) Madhav Rao
(b) Balaji Baji Rao
(c) Baji Rao II
(d) Baji Rao
Option c – Baji Rao II
The second Anglo-Mysore War was fought between
(a) 1803-1806 AD
(b) 1806-1809 AD
(c) 1810-1813 AD
(d) 1814-1717 AD
Option a – 1803-1806 AD
Who was the Governor-General of India during the Second Anglo-Mysore War?
(a) Lord Wellesley
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Hastings
(d) Lord Amherst
Option a – Lord Wellesley
The third Anglo-Maratha War was fought between
(a) 1813-1814 AD
(b) 1815-1816 AD
(c) 1816-1817 AD
(d) 1817-1818 AD
Option d – 1817-1818 AD
The famous Battle of Koregaon was part of which among the following wars?
(a) First Anglo-Maratha War
(b) Second Anglo – Maratha War
(c) Third Anglo- Maratha War
(d) First Anglo- Mysore War
Option c – Third Anglo- Maratha War
Governor-General during the Third Anglo-Maratha War was
(a) Warren Hasting
(b) Marquis of Hasting
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord Amherst
Option b – Marquis of Hasting
Which of the following is responsible for the revival of Vedas?
(a) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
(b) Ramanuja
(c) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
(d) Swami Vivekananda
Option c – Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Who gave the slogan ‘Back to Vedas’?
(a) Lala Hansraj
(b) Pandit Guru Dutt
(c) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Option c – Swami Dayananda Saraswati
According to Dayananda, which of the following was full of false teachings?
(a) Vedas
(b) Upanishads
(c) Puranas
(d) All of these
Option c – Puranas
Dayananda Saraswati founded
(a) Brahmo Samaj
(b) Arya Samaj
(c) Prarthana Samaj
(d) Bahujan Samaj
Option b – Arya Samaj
The year in which Arya Samaj was founded
(a) 1865
(b) 1870
(c) 1875
(d) 1880
Option c – 1875
Who was the founder of ‘Prarthana Samaj?
(a) Atmaram Pandurang
(b) Tilak
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Rashbehari Ghosh
Option a – Atmaram Pandurang
Who was the Chief Director of Prarthana Samaj in Maharashtra?
(a) RG Bhandarkar
(b) MG Ranade
(c) Pandita Ramabai
(d) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
Option b – MG Ranade
Which one among the following was not a demand of the Prarthana Samaj?
(a) Women’s Education
(b) Widow remarriage
(c) Raising the age of marriage for boys and girls
(d) Abolition of untouchability
Option c – Raising the age of marriage for boys and girls
His principal forte was social and religious reform. He relied upon legislation to do away with social ills and worked unceasingly for the eradication of child marriage, the purdah system. To encourage consideration of social problems on a national scale, he inaugurated the Indian National Social Conference, which for many years met for its annual sessions alongside the Indian National Congress. The reference in this passage is to
(a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(b) Behramji Merwanji Malabari
(c) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(d) BR Ambedkar
Option c – Mahadev Govind Ranade
The Deoband Movement in UP (United Provinces) started in the year
(a) 1900 AD
(b) 1888 AD
(c) 1885 AD
(d) 1866 AD
Option d – 1866 AD
Which reformer does the following passage relate to? “He insisted on the cooperation of the Muslims with the British Government and looked at all political movements with distrust. Thus, when the Indian National Congress was formed, he opposed it. He regarded education alone as the means of national progress.”
(a) Keshab Chandra Sen
(b) Lord Macaulay
(c) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(d) Badruddin Tyabji
Option c – Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Several socio-political organizations were formed in the 19th and 20th centuries in India, Anjuman-e- Khawatin-e-Islam, founded in the year 1914 was
(a) All India Muslim Ladies Conference
(b) A radical wing of the All India Muslim League
(c) All India Muslim Students’ Conference
(d) All India Islamic Conference
Option a – All India Muslim Ladies Conference
Who among the following is known as the ‘Father of Muslim Renaissance’ in Bengal?
(a) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(b) Ameer Ali
(c) Nawab Salimullah Khan
(d) Nawab Abdul Latif Khan
Option d – Nawab Abdul Latif Khan
Which one of the following proclaimed himself to be the ‘Masin Al-Maud’ and ‘Incarnation of Krishna’?
(a) Title Mir
(b) Haji Shariatullah
(c) Syed Ahmad Khan
(d) Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani
Option d – Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani
‘Darul Uloom was established by
(a) Maulana Shibli Nomani
(b) Maulavi Hussain Ahmed
(c) Maulavi Abdullah Chakralavi
(d) Maulana Ahmad Raza Khan
Option b – Maulavi Hussain Ahmed
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