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History Entrance Exam Objective for Students

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

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(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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