Ahom kings belonged to _______
1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Orissa
4.Assam
Asiatic society of Bengal was established in
1. 1762
2. 1784
3.1786
4. 1802
Awadh and Satara were captured under ________
1. Doctrine of Lapse
2. Subsidiary Alliance
3. Issue of Misgovernance
4. Mahalwari System
Awadh was annexed into the British empire in _________
1.1855
2. 1854
3. 1856
4.1853
Birjis Qadr was the younger son of ________
1.Nawab Shaukat Ali
2.Nawab Siraj-ud-daula
3.Nawab Mir Ali
4.Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Bombay was given to the company in ________
1.1690
2. 1661
3. 1639
4. 1680
Civil lines were established for the ________
1. Clerks
2.Kings
3.Labourers
4. British
Consider the following events: 1. Abolition of sati 2. Passing of Widow Remarriage Act. 3. The beginning of the revolt 4. Queen’s Proclamation. The correct chronological order of these events is:
1. 1, 2, 3, 4
2. 2, 3, 4, 1
3.3, 4, 1, 2
4. 2, 1, 3, 4
Consider the following events: 1. Introduction of Permanent settlement 2. American Civil war 3. Fifth report in the British Parliament 4. Santhals arrived in the hilly area of Rajmahal The correct Çhronological order of these events is:
1. 1, 2, 3, 4
2. 1, 4, 3, 2
3.1, 3, 2, 4
4.1, 3, 4, 2
Consider the following events: 1. Soldiers revolted at Meerut. 2. Bahadur Shah Zafar declared the leader of Barker. 3. Awadh was captured by the British. 4. Relief of Lucknow was painted by Thomas Jones Barker. Write these events in correct chronological order
1.1, 2, 3, 4
2. 2, 1, 3, 4
3. 3, 1, 2, 4
4.4, 3, 2, 1
Consider the following options. 1. The fifth report submitted to the British Parliament in 1813 AD. 2. Jotedars were quite powerful. 3. Santhals were a great danger to Paharis. 4. No Zamindari was auctioned in Bengal.
1. 1, 2 and 3
2. 1, 2, 3 and 4
3.2 and 3 only
4.3 and 4 only
Consider the following statements: 1. Permanent settlement was introduced in 1793 AD. 2. Jotedarswere quite powerful. 3. All the Zamindars paid their dues very easily. 4. The ryots came to see the moneylenders as devious and deceitful.
1. 1, 2 and 3
2. 1, 2, 3 and 4
3. 1, 2 and 4
4. 2, 3 and 4
Consider the following statements: 1. Rumours played a great role in the revolt of 1857 A.D. 2. Peshwa Baji Rao II adopted Nana Saheb as his son. 3. The British had no answer to the action of the rebels during the months of May and June in 1857 A.D. 4. Awadh was a major centre of revolt in 1857 A.D.
1. 1, 2, 3
2. 1, 2, 3, 4
3. 2, 3, 4
4.1, 2, 4
Damin-i-Koh was the area demarcated for the tribe.
1.Ho
2. Santhal
3. Munda
4. Junto
Daniin-i-koh was formed for ________
1.Santhals
2. Paharias
3. British
4.Zamindari
During the Mughal Empire, how did the Panchayats use the funds available to it?
1.It was used to entertain revenue officials.
2. It was used to pay salary to muqaddam and chowkidar.
3.It was used to meet expenses for the community welfare.
4.All of these.
During the Mughal Empire, what was Jins-i-Kamil?
1. Half crop
2. Perfect crop
3.Rabi crop
4. Kharif crop
First census survey was held in _________
1. 1872
2. 1882
3. 1892
4.1852
From where did the revolt of 1857 start?
1.Ambala
2.Meerut
3. Lucknow
4.Gwalior
Identify which of the following was not correct in the context of the Mughal Empire.
1.States help was available for irrigation.
2.Jins-i-Kamil was a Rabi Crop.
3.Many new crops reached India such as maize, potato, etc.
4.There were two types of peasants-khud- Kashta and Pahi-Kashta.
Identify which of the metal was used more often to make coins during the Mughal Empire?
1. Gold
2. Silver
3. Tin
4. Copper
Indicate which of the following is not correct:
1.Nana Saheb was the adopted son of Tantya Tope.
2. Tantya Tope was the general of Nana Saheb.
3.Wajid Ali Shah was exiled to Calcutta.
4.Lord Dalhousie captured 7 states with the Doctrine of Lapse.
Lije of Paharias of Rajmahal completely dependent upon _______
1. river
2. permanent agriculture
3. forests
4. Trade
Madras, among the British population, was known as _________
1.Fort William
2.Fort Saint George
3. Fort Augustus
4.All of these
Mother tongue of the Mughals was _______
1. Persian
2. Arabian
3. Turkish
4. Urdu
Mughals were the descendants (Fatheeside) of
1. Genghis Khan
2.Timur
3. Ibn Battuta
4. Safavids
Ottoman empire belonged to __________
1.China
2.Iran
3. Turkey
4. Iraq
The successor of Babur was _________
1. Humayun
2. Akbar
3.Shahjehan
4. Jehangir
There are _______ daftars (parts) of Ain.
1.Three
2.Four
3.Five
4. Six
Urdu is the mixture of which of the following languages?
1. Hindi and Bengali
2.Persian and Bengali
3. Hindi and Persian
4.Hindi and Tamil
Wajid Ali Shah was the Nawab of _______
1. Awadh
2. Bengal
3.Hyderabad
4. Karnataka
When was Fifth Report introduced in the British Parliament?
1. 1770
2. 1858
3.1813
4. 1795
When was the permanent settlement introduced in Bengal?
1.1785
2. 1764
3.1793
4. 1905
Which Mughal emperor made Persian the court language?
1.Jahangir
2. Akbar
3.Humayun
4. Aurangzeb
Which of the following statement is/are correct? (1) Jahanara was the daughter of Shah Jahan. (2) Abul Fazl was the Prime Minister of Akbar. (3) Badshahnama was written by Shah Jahan. (4) Gulbadan Begum was the daughter of Babur.
1. 1, 2 and 3
2. 1, 2 and 4
3. 1, 2, 3 and 4
4. 2, 3 and 4
Which of these cities was not the capital of the Mughal Court?
1. Delhi
2.Agra
3.Lahore
4. Calcutta
Which of these was a major reason for the higher status of Zamindars in the Mughal empire?
1.They had a very high income.
2.They had extensive personal land.
3.Most of the time, they belonged to upper castes.
4. All of these.
Which of these was the reason for Nana Saheb’s joining the revolt of 1857?
1. The British refused him the pension of Peshwa Baji Rao II.
2.The British captured Awadh
3. The British captured Jhansi under the doctrine of Lapse
4.Nana Saheb refused to accept Subsidiary Alliance
Who among the following emerged as a danger for Paharis?
1. Santhal
2. Bhil
3. Guj jar
4. Bekarwal
Who Introduced Permanent Settlement in Bengal?
1.Lord Cornwallis
2.Lord Dalhousie
3. Lord Curzon
4. Lord William Bentick
Who led the revolt at Kanpur?
1.Bahadur Shah
2.Nana Saheb
3.Shah Mai
4.Maulavi Ahmadulla Shah
Who was forced to lead the revolt?
1. Bahadur Shah Zafar
2.Peshwa Bazi Rao II
3.Nawab Shaukat Ali
4. Kunwar Singh
Who was requested by Akbar to write the history of earlier times under Babar and Humayun? (а) Gulbadan Begum (b) Abul Fazl (c) Abdus Samad Lahori (d) None of these
1.Gulbadan Begum
2. Abul Fazl
3.Abdus Samad Lahori
4. None of these
With which of the following methods, Zamindari consolidation was done in the Mughal period?
1.Colonisation of new lands
2. By transfer of rights
3.With the order of the State
4. All of these
_____ coins were more prevalent during the Mughal Empire.
1. Gold
2.Copper
3.Tin
4.Silver
______ was an important Jins-i-Kamil of Central India.
1. Cotton
2.Sugarcane
3. Oil Seeds
4.All of these
_______ was the court historian of Akbar.
1.Al-Biruni
2. Abul Fazl
3.Bernier
4.Ibn-Battuta
_______ was the major source of cotton for the British till 1862.
1.America
2.India
3.China
4. Japan
________ is considered the greatest Mughal Emperor.
1.Shahjehan
2.Akbar
3. Jehangir
4.Aurangzeb
_________ was a scriptorium where the emperor’s collection of manuscripts was preserved.
1. Library
2. Kitabkhana
3.Karkhana
4. Fort