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NCERT MCQ Class 8 History Objective for Students
Quick Quiz
Who amongst the following scholars was not in the Court of Kumbha?
A) Tilla Bhatt
B) Muni Sunder Suri
C) Muni Jin Vijay Suri
D) Natha
Option c - Muni Jin Vijay Suri
In the 10th Mandala of the Rigveda, which one of the following hymns reflects upon the marriage ceremonies?
A) Surya Sukta
B) Purusha Sukta
C) Dana Stutis
D) Urna Sutra
Option a - Surya Sukta
Ashoka's connection with Buddhism is evident from which one of the following edicts?
A) Major Rock Edict 13
B) Rock Edict 6
C) Minor Rock Edict 1
D) Pillar Edict 4
Option a - Major Rock Edict 13
In the Mesopotamian records, which one of the following terms was used for the Indus Valley (Harappans)?
A) Dilmum
B) Meluha
C) Magan
D) Failaka
Option b - Meluha
Who among the following was not a king of the Parmar dynasty?
A) Upendra
B) Munj
C) Gangeyadev
D) Udayaditya
Option c - Gangeyadev
In the period of Mahabharat, the name of Mahanadi was
A) Kaveri
B) Tapti
C) Mahananda
D) Ganga
Option c - Mahananda
Which was the first capital of the ancient Mahajanapada Magadh?
A) Pataliputra
B) Vaishali
C) Champa
D) Girivraj
Option d - Girivraj
The cylindrical stone seals were used in which civilization?
A) Harappan
B) Egyptian
C) Roman
D) Mesopotamian
Option d - Mesopotamian
The statement "Tamsoma Jyotirgamaya" was originally mentioned in
A) Upanishads
B) Mahakavyas
C) Puranas
D) Shaddarshanas
Option a - Upanishads
The literal meaning of which Upanishad is "white horse"?
A) Kathopanishad
B) Chhandogya Upanishad
C) Taittriya Upanishad
D) None of the above
Option d - None of the above
Which of the following land revenue settlements was first to have concluded with the village community?
(a) Permanent Settlement
(b) Mahalwari Settlement
(c) Ryotwari Settlement
(d) None of these
Option b - Mahalwari Settlement
Indigo cultivation in India declined by the beginning of the 20th century because of
(a) peasant resistance to the oppressive conduct of planters
(b) its unprofitability in the world market because of new inventions
(c) national leaders' opposition to the cultivation of indigo
(d) Government control over the planters
Option b - its unprofitability in the world market because of new inventions
What was the consequence of Permanent Settlement on rural society in Bengal?
(a) The zamindars invested capital and enterprise to improve agriculture along the lines of British yeoman farmers
(b) A group of rich peasants known as jotedars succeeded in consolidating their position in the villages
(c) The ryots prospered as a result of a fixed revenue levy imposed on them
(d) The system of Collectorate introduced by the Company for exercising supervisory control on zamindars failed to take off
Option b - A group of rich peasants known as jotedars succeeded in consolidating their position in the villages
Who believed that the Russian designs were 'an imminent peril to the security and tranquility' of the Indian Empire in 1836?
(a) Lord Auckland
(b) Lord Palmerston
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Alexander Burnes
Option b - Lord Palmerston
The Hunter Commission (1882) was appointed to survey the state of education in India
(a) Deprecated University education
(b) Overruled the Despatch of 1854
(c) Endorsed the Despatch of 1854 with greater emphasis on primary education
(d) Criticized the grants-in-aid system of schooling
Option c - Endorsed the Despatch of 1854 with greater emphasis on primary education
Who among the following was the first Indian to qualify for the Indian Civil Service?
(a) Satyendranath Tagore
(b) Surendranath Banerjee
(c) R.C. Dutt
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Option a - Satyendranath Tagore
The treaty of Yandabo was signed in:
(a) 1826
(b) 1825
(c) 1824
(d) 1823
Option a - 1826
Which of the following statements is true about the impact of the Industrial Revolution on India?
(a) Indian handicrafts were ruined.
(b) Machines were introduced in the Indian textile industry in large numbers.
(c) Railway lines were laid in many parts of the country.
(d) Heavy duties were imposed on the imports of British manufactures.
Option a - Indian handicrafts were ruined
Who merged Sikkim into India?
(a) Lord Hastings
(b) Lord William Bentinck
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord Auckland
Option c - Lord Dalhousie
In which year was the 'Native Marriage Act' passed?
(a) 1870
(b) 1872
(c) 1874
(d) 1876
Option b - 1872
The khuntkatti tenure was prevalent in which one of the following regions of India during the British Colonial Rule?
(a) Bundelkhand
(b) Karnataka
(c) Chhota Nagpur
(d) Madras Presidency
Option c - Chhota Nagpur
Who among the following started the Indian Agriculture Service?
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) William Bentinck
(c) Lord Minto
(d) Lord Ripon
Option a - Lord Curzon
Simla was founded as a hill station to use as a strategic place for billeting troops, guarding the frontier, and launching campaigns during the course of:
(a) Anglo-Maratha War
(b) Anglo-Burmese War
(c) Anglo-Gurkha War
(d) Anglo-Afghan War
Option c - Anglo-Gurkha War
During their rule, the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Madras to grow:
(a) jute
(b) tea
(c) sugarcane
(d) rice
Option d - rice
During whose Governor-Generalship was the Indian Civil Service (I.C.S.) introduced?
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Lord Cornwallis
Option d - Lord Cornwallis
Sir Thomas Munro was Governor of Madras during the years:
(a) 1820-1827 A.D.
(b) 1819-1826 A.D.
(c) 1822-1829 A.D.
(d) 1818-1825 A.D.
Option a - 1820-1827 A.D.
Which of the following was the first victim of Lord Dalhousie's 'policy of doctrine of lapse'?
(a) Jhansi
(b) Satara
(c) Karauli
(d) Sambalpur
Option b - Satara
Subsidiary Alliance was a system devised by:
(a) Lord Wellesley
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Lord Ripon
Option a - Lord Wellesley
Who was the first native ruler of India to accept the Subsidiary Alliance?
(a) Nawab of Oudh
(b) Gaikward of Baroda
(c) Scindia of Gwalior
(d) Nizam of Hyderabad
Option d - Nizam of Hyderabad
When did Ranjit Singh sign a treaty of perpetual friendship with the British at Amritsar?
(a) 1799
(b) 1805
(c) 1806
(d) 1809
Option d - 1809
The Younghushand Mission to Tibet was sent by which Viceroy?
(a) Ripon
(b) Lytton
(c) Mayo
(d) Curzon
Option d - Curzon
The Treaty of Sagauli took place in the year:
(a) 1800 A.D.
(b) 1803 A.D.
(c) 1805 A.D.
(d) 1815 A.D.
Option d - 1815 A.D.
Who was the great force behind the foundation of the first Indian Women's University in Bombay in 1906?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) D. K. Karve
(c) S. S. Bangali
(d) V. M. Malabari
Option b - D. K. Karve
Soon after the formation of the Indian National Congress, the British became suspicious of nationalists. Who among the following called Congress representing only the elite - 'a microscopic minority'?
(a) Lord Napier
(b) Lord Dufferin
(c) Lord Ripon
(d) Lord Lytton
Option b - Lord Dufferin
The British Officer who was a representative of the Governor General and who lived in a State that was not under direct British rule was called:
(a) Collector
(b) Viceroy
(c) Resident
(d) Agent
Option c - Resident
The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was a policy that aimed to:
(a) control the rebellions in the Princely States
(b) extend the military strength of the British
(c) regulate the landlords
(d) extend the territorial boundaries of the English East India Company
Option d - extend the territorial boundaries of the English East India Company
Which of the following tribes is associated with the "Tana Bhagat" movement?
(a) Uraon
(b) Munda
(c) Santhal
(d) Konda Dora
Option a - Uraon
When was Peshwaship abolished?
(a) In 1858
(b) In 1818
(c) In 1861
(d) In 1802
Option b - In 1818
Sindh was annexed by the British in:
(a) 1843
(b) 1845
(c) 1849
(d) 1854
Option a - 1843
The Indian Famine Code, of 1883 was prepared by:
(a) Hunter Commission
(b) Hartog Commission
(c) Strachey Commission
(d) Indigo Commission
Option c - Strachey Commission
On which of the following railway stations of South Africa, Mahatma Gandhi was thrown out of the train?
(a) Johannesburg
(b) Pietermaritzburg
(c) Durban
(d) Pretoria
Option b - Pietermaritzburg
The office of the Secretary of State for India was created by the:
(a) Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909
(b) Government of India Act, 1858
(c) India Councils Act, 1861
(d) Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
Option b - Government of India Act, 1858
The title of Viceroy was added to that of Governor-General in the year:
(a) 1858 A.D.
(b) 1885 A.D.
(c) 1905 A.D.
(d) 1917 A.D.
Option a - 1858 A.D.
Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
(a) Reimposition of Jaziya - Farrukhsiyar
(b) Capture of Masulipatnam - Forde
(c) Prohibition of Sati Act - Lord William Bentinck
(d) Suppression of slavery - Malcolm
Option d - Suppression of slavery - Malcolm
When were High Courts established in Bombay, Madras and Calcutta?
(a) 1861
(b) 1851
(c) 1871
(d) 1881
Option a - 1861
Which General, who commanded the British forces against the Americans in their War of Independence, later became Governor-General of India?
(a) Dalhousie
(b) William Bentinck
(c) Wellesley
(d) Cornwallis
Option d - Cornwallis
Which of the following was established first?
(a) Banaras Hindu University
(b) University of Bombay
(c) Aligarh Muslim University
(d) University of Allahabad
Option b - University of Bombay
Which one of the following events made the Crown of England take over the Indian Administration?
(a) Battle of Plassey
(b) Battle of Buxar
(c) The Carnatic Wars
(d) The Sepoy Mutiny
Option d - The Sepoy Mutiny
Who among the following started the first newspaper in India?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) James A. Hickey
(d) J. C. Maishman
Option c - James A. Hickey
The most important All India Nationalist Organisation before the Congress was:
(a) the East India Association
(b) the Indian Association of Calcutta
(c) the Bombay Presidency Association
(d) the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
Option b - the Indian Association of Calcutta
The oldest surviving newspaper in India is the:
(a) Bombay Samachar
(b) Bombay Herald
(c) Bombay Courier
(d) Samachar Darpan
Option a - Bombay Samachar
Who remarked 'The bones of the cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India'?
(a) Dada Bhai Naoroji
(b) R.P. Dutta
(c) M.K. Gandhi
(d) William Bentinck
Option d - William Bentinck
Who is known as the 'Grand Old Man of India'?
(a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(b) C. Rajgopalachari
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Option d - Dadabhai Naoroji
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) British India Society: Adams
(b) Indian National Union: A.O. Hume
(c) National Indian Association: Anand Mohan Bose
(d) East India Association: Dadabhai Naoroji
Option c - National Indian Association: Anand Mohan Bose
The 'Bombay Triumvirate' consisted of all the following except:
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) K.T. Telang
(c) Firozshah Mehta
(d) Badruddin Tayyabji
Option a - Dadabhai Naoroji
Which of the following was not a method adopted by the Extremists?
(a) Boycott of courts, schools, and government service
(b) Launching national education schemes as an alternative to Western education and building the national spirit
(c) Burning down shops and godowns storing foreign cloth
(d) Promoting the use of Swadeshi
Option c - Burning down shops and godowns storing foreign cloth
The first weekly Bengali newspaper "Samachar Darpan' was published by:
(a) Harish Chandra Mukherjee
(b) Dinabandhu Mitra
(c) Marshman
(d) Vidyasagar
Option c - Marshman
"The British empire is rotten to the core, corrupt in every direction, and tyrannical and mean". Who said this?
(a) Sri Aurobindo
(b) Tilak
(c) Sister Nivedita
(d) None of these
Option c - Sister Nivedita
Who was the first Englishman to preside over a Congress session?
(a) A. O. Hume
(b) W. Wedderburn
(c) George Yule
(d) None of these
Option c - George Yule
Who among the following never became President of the Indian National Congress?
(a) Badruddin Tayyabji
(b) B.G. Tilak
(c) G. K. Gokhale
(d) S.C. Bose
Option b - B.G. Tilak
One could not term as a 'Moderate':
(a) G. K. Gokhale
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Firozshah Mehta
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
Option d - Bipin Chandra Pal
The term 'Congress' was derived from:
(a) The History of North America
(b) Irish history
(c) British Commonwealth
(d) the name of the American Parliament (Congress)
Option a - The History of North America
In 1889 a British Committee of the Indian National Congress was started. Who was its Chairman?
(a) A.O. Hume
(b) Annie Besant
(c) W. Wedderburn
(d) Theodore Beck
Option c - W. Wedderburn
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