Q. The original aim of the East India Company was (a) To colonise (b) To trade (c) To find a market for its manufactured goods (d) To explore India raw materials Ans: (b) To trade Explanation: The original aim of the East India Company was (b) To trade. When the East India ...

Q. The first country to establish trade relations with India was (a) Portugal (b) Holland (c) France (d) England Ans: (a) Portugal Explanation:  The correct answer is (a) Portugal. Portugal was the first country to establish trade relations with India. In the late 15th ...

Q. The British received permission to establish their trading Company in India from  (a) Akbar (b) Jahangir (c) Shah Jahan (d) Aurangzeb Ans: (b) Jahangir Explanation: The British received permission to establish their trading company in India from (b) Jahangir. The ...

Q. In the course of India’s struggle against the British some of the important movements that emerged among the Muslims were: 1. Arhar Movement: Muhammad Ali Hakim Ajmal Khan, Maulana Zafar Ali and Hasan Imam 2. Ahmadiya Movement: Mirza Gulam Ahmed 3. Deoband Movement: Muhammed Qasim, ...

Q. The first step taken by the government to spread of modern education was in (a) 1757 (b) 1813 (c) 1854 (d) 1857 Ans: (b) 1813 Explanation: The correct answer is (b) 1813. The first step taken by the British government to spread modern education in India was in 1813. This ...

Q. Rule of Law in British India meant (a) that everybody was equal in the eyes of law (b) that British and Indian subjects went to the same courts (c) that laws were framed and courts set up (d) the guarantee of personal liberty. Ans: (c) that laws were framed and courts set up ...

Q. Some of the important works of 19th century and their authors are given here: 1. Michael Madhusudan Dutt – Krishna kumari 2. Subramanya Bharati – Swatantra Pattu 3. Pyarechand Mitra – Alader Gharer Dulal 4. Sarat Chandra Chatterjee - Grihadaha Select the code for correct pairs: ...

Q. Which amongst the following provided a common factor for tribal insurrection in India in the 19th century?  (a) Introduction of a new system of land revenue and taxation of tribal products (b) Influence of foreign religious missionaries in tribal areas (c) Rise of a large number ...

Q. The first hundred years of British rule in India saw the resistance movement take the shape of 1. civil rebellions 2. tribal uprisings 3. national revolts 4. peasant movements (a) 1 (b) 1 and 4 (c) 3 (d) 1, 2 and 4 Ans: (d) peasant movements

Q. With regard to the revolt of 1857, point out the correct statement: (a) In 1857 the Indian soldiers of the British army revolted for the first against the British (b) Indian readily accepted the social reforms introduced by the British (c) Most Indian rulers joined the revolt of 1857 ...