🧪 History MCQ Quiz Hub

1. Who called Muazzam as Shahi-i- Bekhabar?
Kafi Khan
Zulfikar khan
Kam Baksh
Nur Jahan

2. Which of the following Mughal ruler who tried to create affinity between Sikh and Maratha by granted the right to collect Sardesh Mukhi of Deccan but not Chauth to the Marathas?
Jahander Shah
Muazzam
Akbar
Farukhsiyar

3. Which Mughal Ruler?s gave permission for collecting Chauth and Sardesh Mukhi on Maratha land to Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath?
Farrukhsiyar
Rafi-ud-Darajat
Rafi-ud-Daula
Muhammed Shah

4. Who among the following Mughal Emperor became the first pensioner of the East India Company?
Ahmed Shah
Akbar II
Bahadur Shah
Muhammed Shah

5. Consider the following statement(s) related to Mughal?s decline. I. Mughal?s noble were well known for their loyalty but war of successor degenerated the nobility led to the decline of Mughal. II. Mughal Empire declined due to over decentralization of administration. Which statement (s) is/are correct?
Only I
Only II
Both I and II
Neither I and II

6. Who was Nur Jahans son-in-law?
Khurram
Nazim
Abdul
Shahryar

7. The Mughal leader Babur originally invaded northern India
To creates a Shiite Muslim state.
Because he was unable to achieve his ambitious goals in central Asia.
To control the trade routes into Southeast Asia.
To defeat his longstanding enemy the sultan of Delhi.

8. Which of the following statement is not related to the Akbars reign?
Religious toleration for Hindus and Sikhs.
A syncretic religion called divine faith which stressed loyalty to the emperor.
A centralized administrative structure with ministers appointed to regional provinces.
Education and basic rights for Indian women.

9. Which of the following statement is related to theMughal emperor Aurangzeb?
Replaced many Hindu temples with mosques.
Promoted religious toleration.
Converted to Hinduism.
Presided over an era of religious harmony.

10. Which of the following statement is not correct?
The tenth and the last Sikh guru was Guru Gobind Singh.
Banda Bahadur succeeded Guru Gobind Singh.
The followers of Guru Gobind Singh called him Sachha pad shah-the true emperor.
Nadir Shah and Ahmad Shah Abdali helped the rise of the Sikh power to a great extent.

11. When was First Anglo Sikh War fought?
1846 AD.
1826 AD.
1725 AD.
1816 AD.

12. First Anglo Sikh War fought between????.
The English & French
The English & Portuguese
The English & king Dalip Singh
None of the above

13. Treaty of Lahore taken place on ?
1836 AD.
1846 AD.
1725 AD.
1816 AD.

14. Sawai Raja Jai Singh was the ruler of??
Amber
Ajmer
Satara
Kannauj

15. Which of the following is not true about First Anglo-Mysore War?
First Anglo-Mysore War fought in AD 1767-69.
Hyder Ali defeated the English in the First Anglo-Mysore War
Treaty of Madras was the result of First Anglo-Mysore War
All of the above are incorrect

16. When was the second Anglo-Mysore War fought?
1780-84
1788-89
1784-88
1770-74

17. Which of the following is not true about Tipu Sultan?
He was a Great admirer of Jagadguru Sankracharya of Sringeri.
His autobiography was Tarikh-i-Khudai
He died during the fourth Anglo-Mysore war.
He laid the foundation of Krishnaraj Sagar Dam on Cauvery.

18. Which of the following statement is not correct?
He completed Lal Bagh Project (Bangalore) started by his father Haider Ali.
He signed the treaty of Mangalore in 1784
He signed the treaty of Srirangapatnam in 1792
Fourth Anglo Mysore war fought in 1796

19. Who built Imambara and Rumi Darwaza?
Wajid Ali Shah
Asaf-ud-daula
Shuja-ud-daula
Adbdul Mansur

20. The Battle of Buxar fought between??
The English the Nawab of Bengal and the French
Mir Kasim the Nawab of Bengal Nawab of Oudh and Shah Alam II The Mughal Emperor
Akbar II the Nawab of Bengal and Nawab of Oudh
Akbar II the Nawab of Bengal and the Marathas

21. Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance System in India?
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Ripan
Lord Wellesley
None of these

22. When was the battle of Buxar fought?
October 1764
October 1764
Sept. 1564
Jan. 1824

23. Which of the following statement is not true about ?Doctrine of Lapse??
It was started by Lord Dalhousie.
It was in operations between 1848 and 1856.
Nagpur was the first state annexed under this rule.
Satara jaipur Jhansi and Nagpur states were annexed under this rule.

24. Which of the following war decided the English as the ultimate rulers of India?
Revolt of 1857
Battle of Buxar
Third Battle of Panipat
First battle of Mysore

25. The treaty of Allahabad took place between?
Shuja-ud-daulah. Robert Clive and Shah Alam II
Shuja-ud-daulah Mir jafar and Shah Alam II
Shuja-ud-daulah Wajid Ali Shah and Shah Alam II
None of the Above

26. What was the policy of ?doctrine of lapse??
States were allowed to adopt son as an heir.
States were not allowed to adopt son as an heir.
According to this system every ruler in India had to accept to pay a subsidy to the British for the maintenance of British army.
None of these

27. Which state was the first victim of ?The Subsidiary Alliance System??
Satara
Mysore
Hyderabad
Awadh

28. Which of the following state was not the victim of ?The Subsidiary Alliance System??
Mysore
Satara
Awadh
Hyderabad

29. What is the correct order (first to last) of states annexed under the policy of ?Doctrine of Lapse??
Satara > Jaipur > Sambhalpur> Bahat
Jaipur > Satara > Sambhalpur> Bahat
Bahat >Satara > Jaipur > Sambhalpur
Satara > Jaipur > Bahat> Sambhalpur

30. Vasco da Gama a sailor belongs to?
Portuguese
American
German
South American

31. Who discovered a direct sea route to India?
Portuguese
Germans
The French
The Dutch

32. Where Dutch does founded their first factory in India?
Nagapatam
Masaulipatam
Pulicat
Cochin

33. Which European power was the last who reached India?
Portuguese
Germans
The French
The Dutch

34. Where French established their first factory?
Surat
Masaulipatam
Pulicat
Cochin

35. Which of the following statement is not correct about The French East India Company?
The French East India Company took hold of Yanam in 1723 AD Mahe on Malabar Coast in 1725 AD and Karaikal in 1739 AD.
They established their first company in Surat
The French East India Company was formed in 1764 AD
The French East India Company was formed during the reign of King Louis XIV

36. Which of the following statement is NOT correct?
Battle of Wandiwash fought between French and Portuguese
The French came to India mainly with a purpose of trade and commerce.
In 1673 AD the Mughal Subedar of Bengal allowed the French to set up a township at Chandernagore.
India Company was formed in 1664 AD

37. Which of the following statement is not correct?
Anglo-Dutch Treaty was signed in 1814 AD.
The Dutch during their stay in India tried their hands on the minting of coinages.
The Dutch minted coins with an image of Lord Venkateswara (God Vishnu).
All of the above are wrong

38. Which of the following statement is not correct about Portuguese?
They brought tobacco cultivation in India.
They spread Catholicism in western and eastern coast of India.
They established first printing press in India at Goa in AD 1556.
The Indian Medicinal Plants? was the first scientific work which was published at Andhra Pradesh in 1563.

39. Which of the following statement is not correct about Raja Ram Mohan Roy?
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born in a well-to-do family in Bengal probably in 1772.
He died in Indian in 1833.
He was given the title of Raja by the Mughal Emperor.
He started the newspaper named ?Sambad Kaumudi?

40. Who wrote the book? A Gift to monotheists??
David Hare
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Mahadev Govind Ranade
Ramkrishna Bhandarkar

41. Which of the following statement is not correct?
Rajaram Mohan Rai set up Brahmo Sabha in 1828.
Brahmo Sabha forbade idol-worship and discarded meaningless rites and rituals.
Rajaram Mohan Rai worked to abolish child marriage.
Sati Pratha was abolished in1829.

42. Who of the following leaders is not associated with the Brahma Samaj?
Debendranath Tagore
Keshab Chandra Sen
Raaja ram Mohan Rai
Atma Ram Pandurang

43. When was Brahmo Samaj split?
1866
1826
1843
1857

44. When was the Hindu College Calcutta established?
1829
1817
1858
1853

45. What was the greatest contribution of Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar in the social reforms in India?
He ensured the widow?s marriage and girl?s education.
Help in the abolition of Sati Pratha.
Established the Brahma Samaj
He adopted 100 villages to relocate them from Andhra Pradesh to Bengal for better life.

46. Who established Prarthna Samaj?
Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar
Derozio
David Hare
Athmaram Panduranga with the help of Keshav Chandra Sen

47. Who is called the ?Lokhitwadi??
Dayanand saraswati
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Mahadev Govend Ranade
Mul Sankara

48. Which of the following statement is not correct?
Vivekananda participated in the All World Religions Conference in 1893 at ChicagoU.S.A.
Satyashodhak samaj was established by the Jyotiba Phule.
Dayanand Saraswati established the Prarthna Samaj.
ARYA Samaj was founded in 1875 in Bombay.

49. Which of the following is not correct about Prarthana Samaj?
The Prarthana Samaj was founded in Bombay in1867.
The Prarthana Samaj was founded by Athmaram panduranga (with the help of Keshav Chandra Sen).
The main aim behind the establishment of the Prarthana Samaj was to make people believe in one God and worship only one God.
This society was against the widow remarriage.