Knowledge Check: British Colonialism in India
Q1: Historians call the modern period in India as ‘colonial period’ because
A) It was ruled by Indian kings
B) India was under foreign rule for a long time
C) There were no changes in administration
D) Villages were independent
Q2: The Battle of Plassey (1757) made the Company politically strong because
A) They got huge wealth from Bengal treasury
B) They defeated French army
C) They won against Marathas
D) They captured Delhi
Q3: The right to collect land revenue from Bengal, Bihar and Orissa was given to the Company in
A) 1757
B) 1764
C) 1765
D) 1772
Q4: The policy of Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by
A) Lord Wellesley
B) Lord Cornwallis
C) Lord Dalhousie
D) Lord Warren Hastings
Q5: Which state was NOT annexed under Doctrine of Lapse?
A) Satara
B) Jhansi
C) Nagpur
D) Awadh
Q6: The Subsidiary Alliance system was started by
A) Lord Dalhousie
B) Lord Wellesley
C) Lord Cornwallis
D) Lord Hastings
Q7: Permanent Settlement was introduced in Bengal and Bihar in
A) 1773
B) 1793
C) 1822
D) 1857
Q8: The Ryotwari system was introduced by
A) Lord Cornwallis
B) Thomas Munro
C) Holt Mackenzie
D) Lord Wellesley
Q9: Mahalwari system was started in
A) Bengal
B) Madras
C) North-Western Provinces
D) Bombay
Q10: The Fifth Report was submitted to British Parliament in
A) 1773
B) 1813
C) 1857
D) 1909
Q11: Indigo cultivation was mainly done under two systems
A) Ryotwari and Mahalwari
B) Nij and Ryot
C) Permanent and Ryotwari
D) Nij and Mahalwari
Q12: The Indigo Commission was appointed in
A) 1857
B) 1860
C) 1878
D) 1905
Q13: The Indian Forest Act was passed in
A) 1858
B) 1865
C) 1878
D) 1927
Q14: The Forest Act was amended in
A) 1878 and 1927
B) 1865 and 1900
C) 1857 and 1865
D) 1927 and 1947
Q15: Birsa Munda belonged to which tribe?
A) Santhal
B) Munda
C) Ho
D) Oraon
Q16: Birsa was arrested and died in jail on
A) 9 June 1900
B) 3 March 1895
C) 1857
D) 1942
Q17: Thomas Macaulay introduced English education through his Minute of
A) 1825
B) 1835
C) 1854
D) 1905
Q18: Wood’s Despatch of 1854 is known as
A) Magna Carta of Indian Education
B) Charter Act
C) Regulating Act
D) Pitts India Act
Q19: The first three universities in India were established in 1857 at
A) Delhi, Madras, Bombay
B) Calcutta, Madras, Bombay
C) Calcutta, Allahabad, Lahore
D) Madras, Punjab, Bengal
Q20: Nationalists opened National Schools during
A) Swadeshi Movement
B) Non-Cooperation Movement
C) Civil Disobedience Movement
D) Quit India Movement
Q21: The Regulating Act was passed in
A) 1757
B) 1773
C) 1784
D) 1813
Q22: The Santhal Rebellion took place in
A) 1855-56
B) 1878
C) 1899
D) 1922
Q23: Which Governor-General is called the ‘Maker of Modern India’?
A) Lord Wellesley
B) Lord Dalhousie
C) Lord William Bentinck
D) Lord Cornwallis
Q24: The first railway line in India was started in
A) 1850
B) 1853
C) 1857
D) 1905
Q25: The Criminal Tribes Act was passed in
A) 1857
B) 1871
C) 1905
D) 1927
Q26: The Hunter Commission (1882) was appointed to look into
A) Revenue system
B) Education
C) Forest laws
D) Railways
Q27: The famous book ‘Neel Darpan’ was written by
A) Bankim Chandra
B) Dinabandhu Mitra
C) Rabindranath Tagore
D) Mahatma Gandhi
Q28: The Khasi uprising in hills took place in
A) 1829-32
B) 1855
C) 1899
D) 1922
Q29: The Orientalists supported teaching of
A) English only
B) Sanskrit and Arabic
C) Hindi and Urdu
D) No education
Q30: The Calcutta Madrasa was established by
A) Lord Wellesley
B) Warren Hastings
C) Lord Dalhousie
D) Lord Cornwallis
Q31: The Hindu College Calcutta was founded in
A) 1791
B) 1817
C) 1854
D) 1905
Q32: The first Indian to pass ICS examination was
A) Dadabhai Naoroji
B) Surendranath Banerjee
C) Satyendranath Tagore
D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Q33: The revolt of 1857 started from
A) Delhi
B) Meerut
C) Kanpur
D) Lucknow
Q34: The last Mughal Emperor during 1857 revolt was
A) Akbar II
B) Bahadur Shah Zafar
C) Shah Alam II
D) Aurangzeb
Q35: After 1857 revolt, the Company rule ended and power went to
A) Governor-General
B) British Crown
C) Indian princes
D) Parliament of India
Q36: Northern Circars came under direct British rule in
A) 1765
B) 1766
C) 1800
D) 1858
Q37: Ceded Districts (Rayalaseema) were given to British by Nizam in
A) 1766
B) 1800
C) 1853
D) 1905
Q38: The Rampa Rebellion (1879-80) in Godavari agency was led by
A) Alluri Sitarama Raju
B) Rambhupati
C) Birsa Munda
D) Tanguturi Prakasam
Q39: Alluri Sitarama Raju led tribal revolt in Andhra during
A) 1879
B) 1922-24
C) 1857
D) 1942
Q40: The first Telugu newspaper started in Andhra region was
A) Krishna Patrika
B) Andhra Patrika
C) Deshabhimani
D) Satya Doota