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CUET History Mock Test Objective for Students

The court language of the Mughals was:

(a) Arabic

(b) Hindi

(c) Persian

(d) Urdu

Option c – Persian

Which one of the following rulers assumed the title of Hazrat-i-Ala?

(a) Balban

(b) Alauddin Khalji

(c) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq

(d) Sher Shah Suri

Option d – Sher Shah Suri

Which one of the following kingdoms was annexed to the Mughal empire during the reign of Shahjahan?

(a) Golkonda

(b) Bijapur

(c) Ahmadnagar

(d) Khandesh

Option c – Ahmadnagar

Dara Shikoh finally lost the war of succession to Aurangzeb in the battle of:

(a) Dharmat

(b) Samugarh

(c) Deorai

(d) Khanua

Option c – Deorai

Din-i-llahi was accepted by:

(a) Birbal

(b) Tansen

(c) Raja Mansingh

(d) Todarmal

Option a – Birbal

Babar won the Battle of Panipat mainly because of:

(a) his cavalry

(b) his military skill

(c) Tulughma system

(d) Both (b) and (c)

Option d – Both (b) and (c)

Where did Babar die?

(a) Agra

(b) Kabul

(c) Lahore

(d) Delhi

Option a – Agra

The Mughal emperor, who died from a sudden fall from the staircase, was:

(a) Babar

(b) Humayun

(c) Jahangir

(d) Aurangzeb

Option b – Humayun

Din-i-llahi of Akbar was not a success because:

(a) after Akbar, it was not patronized

(b) the Muslims did not accept other religious practices

(c) though it was a collection of good principles in different religions, it was not suitably projected to the masses

(d) All of the above

Option c – though it was a collection of good principles in different religions, it was not suitably projected to the masses

The most famous court poet (in Hindi literature) of Akbar was:

(a) Raskhan

(b) Surdas

(c) Tulsidas

(d) Abdur Rahim-Khan-i-Khanan

Option d – Abdur Rahim-Khan-i-Khanan

Which of the following was built by Akbar?

(a) Agra Fort

(b) Fort of Daulatabad

(c) Red Fort

(d) Fort of Ahmednagar

Option a – Agra Fort

The medieval Indian writer who refers to the discovery of America is:

(a) Malik Muhammad Jayasi

(b) Amir Khusrau

(c) Raskhan

(d) Abul Fazl

Option d – Abul Fazl

The head of the military department under the recognized central machinery of administration during Akbar’s reign was:

(a) Diwan

(b) Mir Bakshi

(c) Mir Saman

(d) Bakshi

Option b – Mir Bakshi

Ibadat Khana, where learned men of all religions discussed religious issues during the time of Akbar, is a famous structure in:

(a) the Agra fort

(b) the Red fort of Delhi

(c) Sikandara

(d) Fatehpur Sikri

Option d – Fatehpur Sikri

Who amongst the following Mughals is regarded more as an adventurer than a ruler?

(a) Jahangir

(b) Akbar

(c) Babar

(d) Aurangzeb

Option c – Babar

Which one of the following Indian leaders was dismissed by the British from the Civil Service?

(a) Satyendranath Tagore

(b) Surendranath Banerji

(c) R.C. Dutt

(d) Subhash Chandra Bose

Option b – Surendranath Banerji

There was no independent development of industries in India during British rule because of the following:

(a) absence of heavy industries

(b) scarcity of foreign capital

(c) scarcity of natural resources

(d) preference of the rich to invest in land

Option d – preference of the rich to invest in land

Who among the following was associated with the suppression of Thugs?

(a) General Henry Prendergast

(b) Captain Sleeman

(c) Alexander Burnes

(d) Captain Robert Pemberton

Option b – Captain Sleeman

Where did Mahatma Gandhi first try the weapon of Satyagraha?

(a) South Africa

(b) Champaran

(c) Bardoli

(d) Dandi

Option a – South Africa

Who among the following was thrice elected President of the Indian National Congress?

(a) Dadabhai Naoroji

(b) Surendranath Banerjee

(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

(d) Shankaran Nair

Option a – Dadabhai Naoroji

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(a) Pitt’s India Act: Warren Hastings

(b) Doctrine of Lapse : Dalhousie

(c) Vernacular Press Act: Curzon

(d) Ilbert Bill : Ripon

Option c – Vernacular Press Act: Curzon

The Ilbert Bill agitation led to the foundation of which one of the following?

(a) Indian Association

(b) All India National Conference

(c) British Indian Association

(d) Jatiya Sabha

Option b – All India National Conference

In Indian history, which one of the following wars occurred earliest?

(a) First Anglo-Afghan war

(b) Second Carnatic war

(c) Third Anglo-Maratha war

(d) Fourth Anglo-Mysore war

Option b – Second Carnatic war

The Treaty of Amritsar was concluded between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and who of the following?

(a) Lord Cornwallis

(b) Lord Dalhousie

(c) Lord Hastings

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(d) Lord Minto

Option d – Lord Minto

In which one of the following cities was the East India Association founded by Dadabhai Naoroji in 1866?

(a) Paris

(b) London

(c) New York

(d) Tokyo

Option b – London

Who among the following was the first Governor-General of India?

(a) Lord Amherst

(b) Lord William Bentinck

(c) Sir Charles Metcalfe

(d) Robert Clive

Option b – Lord William Bentinck

During whose Viceroyalty, Queen Victoria was crowned with ‘Kaiser-i Hind’ in Delhi Durbar?

(a) Hastings

(b) Lytton

(c) Elgin

(d) Lord Minto

Option b – Lytton

The 19th Century reawakening in India was confined to the :

(a) priestly class

(b) upper middle class

(c) rich peasantry

(d) urban landlords

Option b – upper middle class

Which of the following helped to develop close ties between the government and the masses?

(a) Mahalwari Settlement

(b) Ryotwari Settlement

(c) Permanent Settlement

(d) All of these

Option b – Ryotwari Settlement

The famous “Ripon Resolution” of 1882 is most closely related to which among the following?

(a) Public Services in India

(b) Educational Reforms

(c) Local Self-Government

(d) Public Health Policy

Option c – Local Self-Government

The ruler of which one of the following States was removed from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance?

(a) Awadh

(b) Jhansi

(c) Nagpur

(d) Satara

Option a – Awadh

The First Factory Act restricting the working hours of women and children, and authorizing local governments to make necessary rules was adopted during whose time?

(a) Lord Lytton

(b) Lord Bentinck

(c) Lord Ripon

(d) Lord Canning

Option c – Lord Ripon

Who deciphered the Brahmi script?

(a) John F. Fleet

(b) James Princep

(c) Alexander Cunningham

(d) John Marshall

Option b – James Princep

Which one of the following Acts removed the legal recognition of slavery in India?

(a) Pitt’s India Act, 1784

(b) The Charter Act, 1833

(c) The Act XI of 1835

(d) The Act V of 1843

Option d – The Act V of 1843

Which among the following is known as the first avowed (acknowledged openly and boldly) nationalist organization founded in British India?

(a) Indian National Congress

(b) Indian National Association

(c) Indian Independence League

(d) Workers and Peasants Party

Option b – Indian National Association

The living conditions of spinners in India during the British Period

(a) improved substantially

(b) deteriorated

(c) became better because they turned agriculturalists

(d) improved because they migrated to Britain

Option b – deteriorated

Which one of the following combinations of forces conspired to rob the Begums of Oudh of their wealth?

(a) Hastings and Chet Singh

(b) Hastings and the Nawab Wazir

(c) Hastings, the Nawab Wazir, and Chet Singh

(d) Hastings, Chet Singh, and Mir Jafar

Option b – Hastings and the Nawab Wazir

The Confederates against Tipu Sultan in the Third Mysore War included

(a) the Nizam, the Nawab of Carnatic, and the English

(b) the Marathas, the English, and the Nawab of Carnatic

(c) the English, the Marathas, and the Nizam

(d) the Raja of Travancore, the Marathas, and the English

Option c – the English, the Marathas, and the Nizam

Which of the following statements is not correct?

(a) The Chinese recognized the British right over Sikkim.

(b) By 1885, Burma became a part of the British Empire.

(c) For a long time, Tibet remained under the nominal suzerainty of China.

(d) Bhutan maintained an independent foreign policy.

Option d – Bhutan maintained an independent foreign policy

“Never before was perpetrated an act of injustice as flagrant as readjustment of the cotton duties in favor of Lancashire”. The above reaction against the imposition of the Tariff and Cotton Duties Act of 1894 and 1896 was given by which among the following leaders?

(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(b) Lala Lajpat Rai

(c) Gopal Krishan Gokhle

(d) Bipin Chandra Pal

Option a – Bal Gangadhar Tilak

In which year, rulers made provisions for spreading English Education in India?

(a) 1813

(b) 1814

(c) 1815

(d) 1816

Option a – 1813

The aim of education as stated by the Wood’s dispatch of 1854 was

(a) The creation of employment opportunities for native Indians

(b) The spread of Western culture in India

(c) The promotion of literacy among the people using the English medium of language

(d) The introduction of scientific research and rationalism in the traditional Indian education

Option c – The promotion of literacy among the people using the English medium of language

Who is regarded as the creator of the Budget System in India?

(a) Charles Edward Trevelyan

(b) James Wilson

(c) Samuel Laing

(d) John Strachey

Option b – James Wilson

Land revenue under Tipu Sultan was

(a) mainly collected through revenue farmers.

(b) collected by government officials appointed by Tipu

(c) collected by feudal intermediaries.

(d) None of the above

Option b – collected by government officials appointed by Tipu

The rule of the Nizam of Hyderabad after 1724

(a) was completely under the Mughals.

(b) was symbolically under the Mughals.

(c) was completely under the French.

(d) None of the above

Option b – was symbolically under the Mughals

Which period in pre-colonial India proved most beneficial from the point of view of women’s education in India?

(a) 1835-1905

(b) 1870-1892

(c) 1893-1920

(d) 1921-1947

Option d – 1921-1947

Whose reign saw Marathas reach maximum expansion?

(a) Baji Rao I

(b) Shivaji

(c) Balaji Vishwanath

(d) Balaji Baji Rao

Option d – Balaji Baji Rao

The earliest intervention of the British Indian Government in the realm of education dates:

(a) 1813

(b) 1854

(c) 1833

(d) 1849

Option a – 1813

The ascendancy of the commercial administrative lobby that sponsored the anti-Siraj clique in Murshidabad consisted of the following. Point out the odd one.

(a) Jagat Seth

(b) Khwaja Wajid

(c) Mir Jafar

(d) Mir Qasim

Option d – Mir Qasim

Name the Governor-General who was responsible for the annexation of Sind.

(a) Lord Hastings

(b) Lord William Bentinck

(c) Lord Ellenborough

(d) Lord Dalhousie

Option c – Lord Ellenborough

The fourth Anglo-Mysore war was caused by several factors

(a) Tipu Sultan had challenged the British authority

(b) He obtained military help from the French against the British

(c) Wellesley wanted to protect British dominion from the attacks of Shah Zaman and Napoleon.

(d) Wellesley was determined to crush the power of Tipu Sultan

Option d – Wellesley was determined to crush the power of Tipu Sultan

Tipu Sultan posed a greater threat to the Company according to Thomas Munro than the Marathas because

(a) he was involved in centralizing his State structure

(b) he was regulating State revenues

(c) he was interested in the new modes of European warfare

(d) all the above

Option d – all the above

Lord Dalhousie applied the Doctrine of Lapse on many Indian states, and this has been seen as one of the important causes of the Mutiny of 1857. One of the important States annexed according to this Doctrine was

(a) Oudh

(b) Pegu

(c) Berar

(d) Nagpur

Option d – Nagpur

Who said, “The Sanskrit language whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure: more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could have possibly been produced by accident”?

(a) William Jones

(b) Ferdinand De Saussure

(c) Thomas Colebrooke

(d) John Gilchrist

Option a – William Jones

The Hunter Commission set up in 1882 consolidated the direction of colonial policy for a school, which had been established by Wood’s Despatch. It consisted of:

(a) Fixed Curriculum

(b) Centralized Exam or Centralization of the School system

(c) Trained teachers

(d) all the above

Option d – all the above

The ideological origin of the Mahalwari System was tied up with

(a) the failure of Permanent settlement to effectively implement land revenue collection

(b) an increasing crystallization of the British idea of the Indian ‘village republic’ powerful

(c) Utilitarianism becoming an ideal of colonial governance.

(d) all the above

Option d – all the above

Which of the following reports was the first official pronouncement on women’s education?

(a) Charles Wood Report

(b) Hunter Commission Report

(c) Butter Commission Report

(d) Hartog Commission Report

Option a – Charles Wood Report

The conquest of Bengal by the East India Company led to:

(a) colonization of India

(b) industrial revolution in India

(c) stoppage of all exports from India

(d) the rise of other European trading companies in India

Option a – colonization of India

Which Factory Act limited the working hours to 11 for women and 7 for children below the age of 14?

(a) Factories Act of 1881

(b) Factories Act of 1891

(c) Factories Act of 1911

(d) Factories Act of 1922

Option d – Factories Act of 1922

Which of the following was not an Indian business interest?

(a) Textiles

(b) Chemicals

(c) Iron and Steel

(d) Jute

Option d – Jute

The cotton boom in India was associated with

(a) Spanish War

(b) Crimean War

(c) American Civil War

(d) First World War

Option c – American Civil War

In the 19th century, the system of making advances by European planters to Indian cultivators was specific to which of the following?

(a) Jute

(b) Tea

(c) Indigo and Rubber

(d) Indigo and Opium

Option d – Indigo and Opium

Opium cultivation in the 19th century was largely concentrated in

(a) Punjab

(b) Bihar and Malwa

(c) Deccan districts

(d) Bengal and Assam

Option b – Bihar and Malwa

In the 19th century, which international event brought about the switch to jute as a packaging material thus providing an impetus to the development of the jute industry in India?

(a) Crimean War

(b) American Civil War

(c) Opening of the Suez Canal

(d) Russo-Japanese War

Option a – Crimean War

Between 1883 and 1914, the largest item in India’s export trade was

(a) Indigo

(b) Cotton

(c) Jute

(d) Foodgrains

Option d – Foodgrains

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