Indian History : Multiple Choice Questions

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Multiple Choice Questions For Various Exams

Q.1.Which of the following is regarded as the real founder of Portuguese power in India ?

• Pedro Cabral
• Almeida
• Vasco da Gama
• Alfonso de Albuquerque

Q.2.Of the various Europeans who came to India,Whose missionary activities were more important than commerce ?

• Dutch
• Portuguese
• Danes
• English

Q.3.The battle of Swali Hole was fought between which of the following countries ?

I. Portugal

II. Nettherland

III. France

IV. Britain

• I and II
• II and III
• I and IV
• III and IV

Q.4.Who was the founder of the French East India Company ?

• Colbert
• De La Haye
• Duplex
• Dumas

Q.5.The Danes sold all their settlements in India to

• The Portuguese
• The Dutch
• The English
• The French

Q.6.Calicoes stood for Indian

• Indigo
• Textiles
• Cotton
• Spices

Q.7.The Portuguese established a number of factories in India.Which of the following was not one of them ?

• Bombay
• Masulipatam
• Bassein
• Salsette

Q.8.On which occasion did the Portuguese handed over Bombay to English ?

• Marriage of Charles II with the Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza
• By the treaty of Ax la chapelle
• As a result of Portugal's independence from the control of Spain
• The defeat of Spanish Armada by the British

Q.9.Match the following

a. Pondicherry          1. French

b. Goa                       2. Portuguese

c. Tranquebar           3. Donish

d. Nagapattinam      4. Dutch

• a b c d
• 4 3 2 2
• 2 4 1 3
• 3 2 1 4
• 1 2 3 4

Q.10.The term Interpolers was used by the

• Danish
• French
• English
• Dutch

Q.11.From whom was Goa acquired by Albu querque ?

• Bijapur
• Golcunda
• Berar
• Bidar

Q.12.Arrange the following in proper chronological order

I. Formation of Dutch East India Company

II. Formation of French East India Company

III. Formation of the Swedish East India Company

IV. Formation of the English East India Company

• I, II, IV, III
• IV, I, II, III
• II, I, IV, III
• III, II, I, IV

Q.13.The Dutch who discovered commercial possibilities in India and whose book caused sensation in the western world is

• Jan Pietyoovan Coen
• Huyghen van Linschoten
• William Barents
• Houtman

Q.14.Where did the English open their first factory in the South in 1611 ?

• Madras
• Trichonapally
• Masulipatam
• Pulicat

Q.15.Who said about the English company in Bengal that it is A company of base, quarreling people and foul dealers ?

• Mir Jumla
• Shaista Khan
• Murshi Quli Khan
• Aliwardi Khan

Q.16.The nickname of English East India Company was

• Bob Company
• Sam Company
• Tom Company
• John Company

Q.17.Which of the following statement is false with regard to the Dutch interest and activities in India ?

I. They treated the local inhabitants cruelly and exploited them

II. They did not get involved in the politics

III. They became the carrier of trade between India and the Islands of the Far East

IV. Many attempts were made by them to monopolise the channels of trade between India and the west.

• I, II, III
• II, III, IV
• I, III, IV
• I, II, IV

Q.18.Which of the following statement is false ?

• The lease of Madras in 1639 was obtained by the English from the ruler of Chandragiri
• Colbert founded the French East India Company
• The Blue Water Policy associated with Albuquerque
• The Portuguese power was not organized on commercial lines

Q.19.Who founded Calcutta in 1690 ?

• Almeida
• Albuquerque
• Job Charnock
• Lins Choten

20. The Dutch fort called Geldria was to eated at

• Golcunda
• Goa
• Pune
• Pulicat

21. What was the reason of Mughal wrath towards the English company

• Unreasonable demands of the Mughal official
• The French pirates
• Interlopers
• Arrongant attitude of the company's officials

22. Tick the greatest failure of Aurangzeb in contributing the rise of the European powers in India ?

I. He failed to understand the political and military implications of the fortified factories

II.He could not stop the exercise of administrative authority by the Europeans in their settlements

III. He permitted the Dutch and English to use their military power against Portuguese

IV. He thought that the European companies were only commercial in nature

• I, II
• II, III, IV
• I, III, IV
• I, IV

23. Which European power called the port of Chittagong as the Porto grande or the grand port was

• French
• Portuguese
• English
• Danes

24. The English Governor who was expelled by Aurangzeb was

• De la Haye
• Sir John Child
• Dumas
• Aungier

25. Name of state which granted the Golden Farman to the Dutch to trade freely on payment of only 500 Pagodas per annum as duty was

• Gingee
• Ikkeri
• Chandragiri
• Golcunda

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INDIAN HISTORY STUDY MATERIALS I INDIAN HISTORY NOTES I

Mauryan Dynasty

1.Chandragupta Maurya (321-293 BC)

• He was the founder of the Mauryan Dynasty. With the help of Chanakya, he overthrew the Nanda Dynasty (Dhanananda was the last ruler of Nanda Dynasty). His vast empire included Bihar, Bengal, Deccan (except modern Kerala,Tamilnadu and parts of North east India) , Eastern Afghanistan,Baluchistan and area west of Indus river.In this way he was the first emperor who tried to unify India politically.He is also considered as first genuine emperor of India.
• When Alexander died in Babylon, soon after in 323 BC, his empire fragmented, and local kings declared their independence,leaving several smaller satraps in a disunited state
• Chandragupta Maurya deposed Dhannanda with the help of Chanakya.The Greek generals Eudemus, and Peithon, ruled until around 316 BC, when Chandragupta Maurya (with the help of Chanakya, who was now his advisor) surprised and defeated the Macedonians and consolidated the region under the control of his new seat of power in Magadha.
• Chanakya encouraged Chandragupta Maurya and his army to take over the throne of Magadha. Using his intelligence network, Chandragupta gathered many young men from across Magadha and other provinces, men upset over the corrupt and oppressive rule of king Dhana, plus resources necessary for his army to fight a long series of battles. These men included the former general of Taxila, other accomplished students of Chanakya, the representative of King Porus of Kakayee, his son Malayketu, and the rulers of small states.
• According to the Jaina literatures, Chandragupta Maurya in his last days converted into jainism by Bhadrabahu and renounced his throne in favour of Bimbisar , his son.
• 'Mura' was the name of mother of Chandragupta Maurya. Some historians say that Chandragupta was an illegitimate child of the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha in eastern India, born to a Nanda prince and a maid named "Mura",
• Some other historians and literary texts say that Chandragupta may have been raised by peacock-tamers which earned him the Maurya epithet
• There are other literary traditions according to which Chandragupta belonged to Moriyas, a Kshatriya clan of a little ancient republic of Pippalivana located between Rummindei in the Nepali Terai and Kasia in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh.

2.Chanakya (Kautilya) (350-283 BC)

• Chanakya was an adviser and a prime minister to the first Maurya Emperor Chandragupta , who was the chief architect of his rise to power. Born as Vishnu Sharma, Kautilya and Vishnugupta, the names by which this ancient Indian Politico-economical treatise called the Arthaśāstra identifies its author. 
• He is known as "The Indian Machiavelli" in the Western world. Chanakya was a professor at Takshashila University and was responsible for the creation of Mauryan Empire. 
• Strabo (a greek Geographer) gives him the name Palibrothus. Arien Plutarch give him the names of Androkottus. 
• In Mudrarakshasa of Vishakhadatta he has been depicted by names Piyadamus, Vrishal, Chandrasiri & Kulihin. 
• In Mudrarakshasa Chandragupta has been depicted as a weak insignificant young man and Chanakya being the real ruler. 
• Historian Sir Thomas R. Trautmann has mentioned that Chanakya was born with a complete set of teeth , which gave a sign that he would become a King. However his teeth were broken so he would rule through someone else. 
• He was thrown out of Nanda court which prompted him to swear to take revenge. 
• Chanakya mixed poison to the food eaten by Chandragupta Maurya, now king, in order to make him immune. Unaware, Chandragupta feeds some of his food to his queen, who is in her ninth month of pregnancy. In order to save the heir to the throne, Chānakya cut the queen open and extracts the fetus, who is named Bindusara because he was touched by a drop (bindu) of blood having poison.

Arhashstra By Kautilya :

Arthshastra: It was written by Kautilya or Vishnugupta or Chanakya, who was a professor at Taxila University and later the prime minister of the Maurya Empire. The manuscript was discovered by Arya Sharma Shashtri in 1904. Arthshastra has been divided in 15 Adhikarans and 180 Prakarans. It is related to money and politics and contains 6000 shlokas. The 15 parts are as follows:

1. Concerning Discipline 
2. The Duties of Government Superintendents 
3. Concerning Law 
4. The Removal of Thorns 
5. The Conduct of Courtiers 
6. The Source of Sovereign States 
7. The End of the Six-Fold Policy 
8. Concerning Vices and Calamities 
9. The Work of an Invader 
10. Relating to War 
11. The Conduct of Corporations 
12. Concerning a Powerful Enemy 
13. Strategic Means to Capture a Fortress 
14. Secret Means 
15. The Plan of a Treatise.

3.Bindusara (298-273 BC) :

• Bindusara was son of Chandragupta Maurya and Durdhara. He inherited a vast empire from his father Chandragupta Maurya which included Northern, Central and Eastern parts of India along with parts of Afghanistan and Baluchistan. He was born in 320 BC and ruled from 298 BC to 272 BC. 
• He is also known as Amitraghata (amitra-enemy, ghata-slayer) in Sanskrit Literature. Strabo has named him Amitrochates or Allitrochades which are greek version of the name Amitraghata.
• In Rajvalli katha he is mentioned as Seemseri. Some texts even call in Bindupala. 
• He had two sons Sumana & Ashoka. Ashoka later succeded him, after his death
• Chanakya worked as Prime Minister of Bindusara too.
• He brought sixteen states under the Mauryan Empire and thus conquered almost the entire Indian peninsula. That is why he is called the "conqueror of Land between the two seas", Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal.
• Bindusara didn't conquer Dravidian kingdoms of the Cholas, Pandyas, and Cheras as they were friendly to him.
• Kalinga was the only kingdom in India that didn't form the part of Bindusara's empire. It was later conquered by his son Ashoka.
• Bindusara is known as "The Son of a Great Father and the Father of a Great Son" because he was the son of a great father Chandragupta Maurya and father of a great son Ashoka, the Great.
• Bindusara had friendly relationships with Syrian King Antiochus-I . A Greek Daimachos from Antiochus-I had come to his court.
• Ptolemy -II Philadelphus of Egypt had sent and ambassador Dionysios to Bindusara.

Sources of History of Mauryan Empire :

The starting of Mauryan Empire is from accession of Chandragupta Maurya to the Throne of Magadha in 321 BC. Sanskrit had emerged as a rich Indian Language by that time. Sources which gives an insight into the history of Maurya's are as follwos:

1. Puranas like Vishnupurana, Bhagawat Purana, Markandeya Purana 
2. Arthshastra by Kautilya
3. MudraRakshasha by Vishakhadatta
4. Mahabhasya by Patanjali
5. Malvikagnimitra by Kalidas
6. Harshcharita by Banabhatta
7. Rajtarangini by Kalhan
8. Some Buddhist Texts like Dipavansa, Mahavansa, Asokavadan , Milanda-Panho . Buddhist sources connect Maurya’s to some tribes of Sakya and gives details that their region was full of Peacocks (Mor in Hindi) and so known as Mauryas.
9. Some Jaina texts like Brihatkathakosha of Harisena, Aradhana by Prabhachandra, Kathakosha by Shrichand etc. Some of them link Chandragupta Maurya with Moriya tribe of peacock tamers.
10. The Brahamnical sources describe Maurya’s as Shudras. However Greek writers mention that they were from humble origin. In Greek sources Chandragupta is mentioned as Sandrokottas.
11. Greek accounts : Indica by Mehgasthanes. Accounts of Plutarch, Strabo, Ptolemy, Arian & Justin. Besides some writings of Fa Hien, Huen Tsang, I-tsing etc. Chinese Buddhist Pilgrims.
12. Asoka’s Inscriptions
13. Rocks & Pillar Edicts of Maurya’s
14. Hathigumpha Inscription gives account of Decline of Maurya’s
15. Girnar ‘s Inscription of Rudradaman gives account of Chandragupta and Asoka 
16. Cave edict of Nagarjuni gives account of Dasarath
    

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INDIAN HISTORY MCQ'S

STUDY MATERIALS

Q.1.The British Government declared to leave India in any case before June, 1948 in

• 1946A.D.
• February 1947 A.D.
• April 1947 A.D.
• June 1947 A.D.

Q.2.The Muslim league demanded a separate home land for the Indian Muslims openly for the first time at its annual session held in Lahore in the year

• 1938A.D.
• 1939A.D.
• 1940A.D.
• 1941A.D.

Q.3.Match List I with ListII and select the correct answer from the code given below the lists:
List�I
(Congress sessions)
(a) Lucknow session, 1916
(b) Lahore session, 1929
(c) Karachi session, 1931
(d) Faizpur session, 1936
List�II
(Ideological formulations)
1. Full Democracy
2. Congress-League Pact
3. Puma Swaraj Resolutions
4. Adoption of Fundamental Rights
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 2 4 1
(B) 2 3 4 1
(C) 2 4 1 3
(D) 4 3 2 1
Ans. (B)

Q.4.Which of the following reasons intensified the labour movements in India in the First Quarter of the 20th Century?
1. Influence of British Labour Movement
2. Russian Revolution of 1917
3. Rise in cost of living
4. Legislative measures of the British against Indian labour
Select the correct answer from the codes given below::

• (A) 2 and 3
• (B) 1 and 4
• (C) 2 and 4
• (D) 1 and 3

Q.5.According to the Cabinet Mission an Interim National Government was formed at the Center and the Constituent Assembly held its First Session on

• 9 December, 1946
• 8 December, 1946
• 7 December, 1946
• 6 December, 1946

Q.6.Who among the following is considered to be the father of the Idea of Pakistan?

• Sir Mohammad Iqbal
• Rahmat Ali
• Mohammad Ali Jinnah
• Sir Syaid Ahmad Khan

Q.7.Consider the following passage :

His records proclaim him as a feudatory of the emperor Somesvara III.He was his capitals at Talakad in the South and Bankpura in the North. It was in A. D. 1137 that he performed the great ceremony of Tulapurusha. The above passage refers to

• Mayursarman
• Ananta Varman Chodaganga
• Yayati Mahashivgupta-I
• Vishnuvardhana

Q.8.Service was his portion in life This was applicable to

• Buddhist Bhikshu
• Vaisya Varna
• Sudra Varna
• Chandala

Q.9.Megasthenese States There was no slavery in India. This statement must have been made because

• There was absence of slavery in India
• Slavery was not prevalent in India in the extreme from as he be had seen in Greece
• He moved only with the king and elites in the capital
• He work this on hearsay

Q.10.Amongst his great nobles he (the king) was so predominant that none dare lift his head too high but with the humble classes he was benevolent and debonair, willingly giving them audience and hearing their petitions. He was pleased to accept their presents, taking them into his hands and holding them to his breast.
Consider the question given above and indicate who it is attributed to and who was the king referred to in it

• Monserrate  Akbar
• Tavernier  Jahangir
• Fitch  Shahjahan
• Hawkings  Aurangazeb

Q.11.Why should the neglected state of this land create uneasiness in our minds and why should we expend our money and time to vender it fruitful ? We may be deprived of it in a single moment, and our exertions would benefit neither ourselves nor our children The above statement was made by

• Akbar
• Monserrate
• Tavernier
• Bernier

Q.12.The statement that If by worshipping stones one can find God, I shall worship a mountain, was made by

• Ramananda
• Namdev
• Guru Nanak
• Kabir

Q.13.I issue such order to the people as I consider to be beneficial for them and the State. I do not know whether they are permitted by the Shariat or not. This was said by

• Jalaluddin Khilji
• Alauddin Khilji
• Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
• Muhammad Tughluq

Q.14.No one is allowed to marry outside his own caste, or to exchange are profession or trade for another or to follow more than business. This observation was made by

• Megasthenese
• Fa Hien
• Hiuen-Tsaing
• Alberuni

Q.15.Every pearl in the Royal crown is but the crystallized drop of blood fallen from the tearful eyes of the Poor Peasant. The above remark about the poverty of the Indian Peasants during the Delhi sultanate was made by

• Ziauddin Barani
• Ibn Batuta
• Minhajuddin Siraj
• Amir Khusrau

Q.16.Decay is inherent in all component beings. Work out your own salvation with deligence. These words are attributed to

• Krishna
• Mahavira
• The Buddha
• Shankaracharya

Q.17.There was little sympathy in spite of loud professions of loyalty. Moderate and extremist alike learnt with satisfaction of German Victories. There was no love for Germany of course, only the desire to see our rulers humbled. Who among the following wrote this?

• C.R.Das
• Jawahar Lal Nehru
• Gandhiji
• Ravindra Nath Tagore

Q.18.Panchsheel was declared by India and China in

• 1952A.D.
• 1953A.D.
• 1954A.D.
• 1955A.D.

Q.19.Who worked for the upliftment of Ezhavazas in Kerla in 20th century?

• Naicker
• Narayan Guru
• C .N. Annadurai
• C. Raju

Q.20.The university Grants Commission was constituted in 1953 A.D. which among the followmg first recommended for it?

• The Hartog Committee 1929.A.D.
• Sargeant Plan of Education, 1944 AD.
• Radha Krishan Commission, 1948-49 AD.
• None of these

Q.21.Which one was not a principle of the Panchsheel?

• World peace and International Co-operation
• Respect for each other's Territory and Sovereignty
• Non-aggression
• Equality and Mutual benefit

Q.22.The first tri-colour flag was hoisted on

• 3lstJanauary, 1928
• 31st December, 1929
• 26th January, 1950
• 15th August, 1947

Q.23.Who were the leaders of Khilafat Movement?

• Mohd. Ali
• Shaukat Ali
• Both of them
• Neither of them

Q.24.What was the net gain of Non-co-operation Movement?

• Removed fear of the Britishers from the minds of the people
• Weakened the British government
• Brought National Unity
• None of these

Q.25.How did the British Government react to the Wardha Resolution?

• They gave their counter proposals
• They banned the Congress party
• The leaders were arrested
• None of these

Q.26.Which, among the following, Round Table Conferences held in London, was attended by M.K. Gandhi as the sole representative of the Congress?

• 1st in 1930 A.D.
• 2nd in 193l A.D.
• 3rd in 1932 A.D.
• None of these

Q.27.Who was the first Muslim to preside over the session of Indian National Congres?

• Badruddin Tyaibji
• Maulana Azad
• Liaqat Ali
• Sir Syaid Ahmed Khan

Q.28.Which among the following, Indians Political parties, decided to co-operate with the working of the Simon Commission?

• The Hindu Mahasabha
• All India Muslim league
• National Liberal Federation
• None of these

Q.29.On 23rd March 1940. The Pakistan Resolution was passed by the All India Muslim League at its

• Hyderabad session
• Karachi session
• Lahore session
• Lucknow session

Q.30.The call of deliverance day was given by

• The Muslim League
• The Congress
• The Hindu Mahasabha
• The Communist Party

Q.31.In which year All India Muslim League was founded?

• 1904A.D.
• 1905A.D.
• 1906A.D.
• 1909A.D.

Q.32.On 23rd March 1940, the Pakistan Resolution was passed by the All India Muslim League at its

• Karachi session
• Hyderabad session
• Lahore session
• Lucknow session

Q.33.1951, Saw the biggest peasant guerrilla war so for the Modern Indian History

• Bombay
• Noakhali
• Tebhaga
• Telengana

Q.34.Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission?

• Lord Wavell
• Sir Stafford Cripps
• Lord Pethic-Lowrence
• A.V. Alexander

Q.35.The Civil Disobedience Movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in the year

• 1932
• 1930
• 1932
• 1925

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