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History Entrance Exam Objective for Students
Quick Quiz
The name of D.K. Karve of Western India figures in the context of which of the following?
(a) Sati Pratha
(b) Infanticide
(c) Women Education
(d) Widow Remarriage
Option c – Women Education
Who among the following founded the Atmiya Sabha in 1815?
(a) Keshab Chandra Sen
(b) Debendranath Tagore
(c) Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Bijoy Krishna Goswami
Option c – Ram Mohan Roy
Satya Shodhak Samaj organized:
(a) a movement for the upliftment of tribals in Bihar
(b) a temple-entry movement in Gujarat
(c) an anti-caste movement in Maharashtra
(d) a peasant movement in Punjab
Option c – an anti-caste movement in Maharashtra
In collaboration with David Hare and Alexander Duff who of the following established Hindu College at Calcutta?
(a) HLV Derozio
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c) Keshab Chandra Sen
(d) Raja Rammohan Roy
Option d – Raja Rammohan Roy
Which religious reform movements of the following influenced nationalism in India?
(a) Brahmo Samaj
(b) Arya Samaj
(c) Ramakrishna Mission
(d) All of these
Option d – All of these
Who organized the ‘Council of Barabhais’?
(a) Madhav Rao Narayan
(b) Baji Rao II
(c) Mahadji Scindia
(d) Nana Phadnavis
Option d – Nana Phadnavis
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan earned Knighthood in:
(a) 1857 AD
(b) 1876 AD
(c) 1878 AD
(d) 1888 AD
Option d – 1888 AD
The Deoband Movement in U.P. (United Province) started in the year:
(a) 1900 A.D.
(b) 1888 A.D.
(c) 1885 A.D.
(d) 1866 A.D.
Option d – 1866 A.D
Who associated with the formation of the Deccan Educational Society?
(a) Justice Ranade
(b) Feroze Shah Mehta
(c) B. G. Tilak
(d) Dayanand Saraswati
Option c – B. G. Tilak
Which one among the following was the primary reason behind the failure of the Young Bengal Movement in Bengal?
(a) It did not appeal to educated people
(b) Its economic program was not popular
(c) It was too radical
(d) It did not have good leaders
Option c – It was too radical
Who among the following was associated with the Gudem-Rampa Rebellion?
(a) Birsa Munda
(b) Kushal Konwar
(c) Alluri Sitarama Raju
(d) Mangal Pandey”
Option c – Alluri Sitarama Raju
‘India for the Indians’ was the political message of:
(a) Dayanand Saraswati
(b) Swami Vivekananda
(c) A.O. Hume
(d) D. Wacha
Option a – Dayanand Saraswati
Raja Rammohan Roy and David Hare were associated with the foundation of the:
(a) Hindu College
(b) Ripon College
(c) M.A.O. College
(d) Sanskrit College
Option a – Hindu College
Who was the founder of the Radha Swami Satsang?
(a) Haridas Swami
(b) Siva Dayal Saheb
(c) Siva Narayan Agnihotri
(d) Swami Sradhananda
Option b – Siva Dayal Saheb
Who among the following set up the Atmiya Sabha in Kolkata in the first half of the nineteenth century?
(a) Radha Kant Deb
(b) Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Ishwar Chand Vidhyasagar
(d) Devendra Nath Tagore
Option b – Ram Mohan Roy
During the colonial period of India, the Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded:
(a) for carrying on research into the history and antiquities of India
(b) to examine the policy colonial of mination against the Indians
(c) for developing English education in India
(d) for carrying out social reforms
Option a – for carrying on researches into the history and antiquities of India
The original name of Swami Dayananda Saraswati was:
(a) Abhi Shankar
(b) Gowri Shankar
(c) Daya Shankar
(d) Mula Shankar
Option d – Mula Shankar
Who among the following was the first to emphasize that instruction in science and literature through the English language was necessary for building up modern India?
(a) Raja Rammohan Roy
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Option a – Raja Rammohan Roy
The leader to have the unique distinction of firing the first shot in the rebellion of 1857 was:
(a) Tantya Tope
(b) Bakht Khan
(c) Mangal Pande
(d) None of these
Option c – Mangal Pande
The sepoys revolted openly in 1857 at:
(a) Meerut
(b) Kanpur
(c) Berhampur
(d) Barrackpore
Option a – Meerut
Who was known by the sobriquet of ‘Mahak Pari’ during the 1857 revolt?
(a) Rani Laxmibai
(b) Zeenat Mahal
(c) Hazrat Mahal
(d) None of these
Option b – Zeenat Mahal
The real name of Tantiya Tope was:
(a) G.K. Gokhale
(b) Nana Saheb
(c) Balaji Rao
(d) Ramchandra Panduranga
Option d – Ramchandra Panduranga
Who said, “Good government is never a good substitute for self-government”?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Swami Dayananda
(c) Ramakrishna Paramhansa
(d) Swami Vivekanand
Option b – Swami Dayananda
Which reformer from Maharashtra was known as Lokahitavadi?
(a) Pandit Ramabai
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) M.G. Ranade
(d) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Option d – Gopal Hari Deshmukh
During the 1857 Revolt, who captured Gwalior from the Scindhia?
(a) Nana Saheb
(b) The British
(c) Rani Lakshmibai
(d) Maulavi Ahmadullah
Option c – Rani Lakshmibai
With reference to the Revolt of 1857, who laid siege to Jhansi in March 1858?
(a) Major General Wyndham
(b) Major General Havelock
(c) Sir Colin Campbell
(d) Sir Hugh Rose
Option d – Sir Hugh Rose
With reference to the revolt of the year 1857, who was betrayed by a friend; captured and put to death by the British?
(a) Nana Sahib
(b) Kunwar Singh
(c) Khan Bahadur Khan
(d) Tantia Tope
Option d – Tantia Tope
Dhondu Pant is better known as:
(a) Tantia Tope
(b) Nana Saheb
(c) Gangadhar Rao
(d) Kunwar Singh
Option b – Nana Saheb
Who was at the forefront of support for the Age of Consent Act, of 1891?
(a) Tilak
(b) Keshab Chandra Sen
(c) B.M. Malabari
(d) Vivekanand
Option c – B.M. Malabari
Who wrote the book ‘High Caste Hindu Woman’?
(a) Sarla Devi
(b) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
(c) Kailashbashini Devi
(d) Pandita Ramabai
Option d – Pandita Ramabai
The call to return to Faraiz was given by
(a) Syed Ahmad Barelvi
(b) Shariatullah
(c) Dudu Miyan
(d) Syed Ahmad Khan
Option b – Shariatullah
Who opposed the proposed move of raising the minimum age of marriage of a girl from 10 to 12 years under the Age of Consent Act, of 1891?
(a) Ranade
(b) Vivekanand
(c) B.G. Tilak
(d) G. K. Gokhale
Option c – B.G. Tilak
Which of the following sentences denotes R.M. Roy’s understanding of the Bible?
(a) That the Bible denotes belief in the unity of God accompanied by its appropriate expression in moral conduct
(b) That it was the only means to obtain salvation by mankind
(c) That it was the only repository of truth in the world.
(d) That it was the only medium for the moral upliftment of mankind
Option a – That the Bible denotes belief in the unity of God accompanied by its appropriate expression in moral conduct
The second friction in Brahmo Samaj occurred in 1878 because
(a) Kesha Chandra Sen had violated a Brahmo rule by marrying his young daughter to the Maharaja of Cooch Behar
(b) he had become an authoritarian
(c) he had deviated from the views of Ram Mohan Roy.
(d) he wanted absolute control over the Samaj
Option a – Kesha Chandra Sen had violated a Brahmo rule by marrying his young daughter to the Maharaja of Cooch Behar
In which year was Satyarth Prakash published?
(a) 1874
(b) 1875
(c) 1876
(d) 1877
Option b – 1875
Identify the leading Brahmo in late 19th century Punjab.
(a) Dyal Singh Majithia
(b) Sunder Singh Majithia
(c) Bhai Dit Singh
(d) Bhai Kahn Singh
Option a – Dyal Singh Majithia
Which of these women refused to live with her uneducated husband and was constantly referred to in the Age of Consent debate?
(a) Phulmoni Das
(b) Rashsundari Devi
(c) Pandita Ramabai
(d) Rakhmabai
Option d – Rakhmabai
Bal Gangadhar Tilak used it to inculcate a spirit of Hindu nationalism among people.
(a) Vibhuti sangam
(b) Ganapati festival
(c) Gaurakshini sabha
(d) Nagari pracharini sabha
Option b – Ganapati festival
Which of these statements is not true regarding the 19th-century reformers?
(a) They often sought to use the colonial state’s machinery to push forward progressive legislation.
(b) They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society
(c) They wanted women to be equals in the workplace
(d) They felt reform of women’s lives would lead to reform of society as a whole
Option c – They wanted women to be equals in the workplace
Who of the following gave the town Masulipatnam to the French?
(a) Asaf Jah
(b) Nasir Jang
(c) Muzaffar Jang
(d) Salabat Jang
Option d – Salabat Jang
The Maratha confederacy was virtually dissolved after the:
(a) death of Baji Rao I
(b) Third Battle of Panipat
(c) death of Balaji Baji Rao
(d) death of Madho Rao I
Option b – Third Battle of Panipat
India’s famous Peacock Throne and the diamond Koh-e-Noor were taken away by:
(a) Ahmad Shah Abdali
(b) Mohammad Ghori
(c) Nadir Shah
(d) Robert Clive
Option c – Nadir Shah
The main cause of the conflict between Nawab Sirajuddaulah and the East India Company was that:
(a) the British opposed the succession of Sirajuddaulah
(b) the British misused the trade concessions
(c) the British attacked the settlement French of Chandranagar in Bengal
(d) the incident of the Black hole occurred
Option d – the incident of the Black hole occurred
Who was the founder of the French East India Company?
(a) Dumas
(b) Colbert
(c) Dupleix
(d) De La Haye
Option b – Colbert
With reference to the entry of European powers into India, which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
(a) The Portuguese captured Goa in 1499
(b) The English opened their first factory in South India at Masulipatam
(c) In eastern India, the English Company opened its first factory in Orissa in 1633.
(d) Under the leadership of Dupleix, the French occupied Madras in 1746.
Option a – The Portuguese captured Goa in 1499
When did the British Govt. start ruling India directly?
(a) After the Battle of Plassey
(b) After the Battle of Panipat
(c) After the War of Mysore
(d) After Sepoy Mutiny
Option d – After Sepoy Mutiny
At a time when empires in Europe were crumbling before the might of Napoleon which one of the following Governor General kept the British flag flying high in India?
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord Hastings
Option c – Lord Wellesley
In 1717 which Mughal Emperor gave the English East India Company a ‘Firman’ granting trade privileges in India?
(a) Shah Alam II
(b) Bahadur Shah
(c) Jahandar Shah
(d) Farrukhsiyar
Option d – Farrukhsiyar
Bombay was acquired by the English from the Portuguese in the year:
(a) 1662
(b) 1612
(c) 1600
(d) 1595
Option a – 1662
Where was the first Cotton mill in India established?
(a) Surat
(b) Bombay
(c) Ahmedabad
(d) Coimbatore
Option b – Bombay
Which of the following statements is wrong?
(a) The French India Company was formed in 1664
(b) The French Company established their first factory at Masulipatam in 1669
(c) In 1674, Francois Martin founded Pondicherry, which was to become the future capital of the French in India
(d) Fortunes of the French East India Company dwindled in the first decade of the 18th century
Option b – The French Company established their first factory at Masulipatam in 1669
The French failed to establish power in the Deccan because
(a) Dupleix was not a capable general
(b) The English had a strong navy
(c) The French were not liked by the Indians
(d) Pondicherry was not a strategic place
Option b – The English had a strong navy
What function did the Portuguese port at Goa perform?
(a) To supervise Malabar
(b) To control the East Indian spice trade
(c) To act as the entrepot for the Far East
(d) To act as the base for further expansion in India
Option a – To supervise Malabar
The French East India Company was reconstituted sometime in the first half of the 18th century. It adopted a new name known as:
(a) French Traders Company of the Indies
(b) Indo-French Company
(c) Perpetual Company of the Indies
(d) None of the above
Option c – Perpetual Company of the Indies
Through the Europeans (especially the Portuguese), some new crops were introduced into India. Point the odd one out
(a) Potato
(b) Tobacco
(c) Pineapple
(d) Maize
Option d – Maize
Who was the first Portuguese Viceroy to visit India on the Western Coast?
(a) Alfonso Albuquerque
(b) Francisco Almeida
(c) Pedra Cabral
(d) Vasco de Gama
Option b – Francisco Almeida
Vande Mataram was first sung at the session of the Indian National Congress in:
(a) 1886
(b) 1892
(c) 1896
(d) 1904
Option c – 1896
Who were the bankers of Bengal Nawab Murshid Quli Khan?
(a) Ami Chand and sons
(b) Jagat Seths
(c) Rai Durlabh and sons
(d) Rai Rayan and sons
Option b – Jagat Seths
The first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress was:
(a) Ajmal Khan
(b) Abul Kalam Azad
(c) M.A. Jinnah
(d) Badruddin Tayyabji
Option d – Badruddin Tayyabji
Who said the following of the Indian National Congress: ‘A safety valve for the escape of great and growing forces generated by our actions was urgently needed’?
(a) Annie Besant
(b) A.O. Hume
(c) Lord Rippon
(d) Lord Curzon
Option b – A.O. Hume
Indian National Congress found wide acceptance initially among:
(a) peasants and working class
(b) landlords
(c) educated middle class
(d) businessmen
Option c – educated middle class
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