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CUET History Mock Test Objective for Students
Quick Quiz
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
(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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