Indian History

CHRONOLOGY OF BRITISH INDIA MCQs

Total Questions : 66

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Question 1. Consider the following events:
  1. Annexation of Udaipur
  2. Annexation of Jhansi
  3. Annexation of Punjab
    4. ,li>Annexation of Oudh
The correct chronological sequence of these event is:
  1.    3-4-2-1
  2.    2-1-3-4
  3.    2-4-3-1
  4.    3-1-2-4
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option D. -> 3-1-2-4
Answer: (d)
Question 2. Lord Dalhousie introduced the first telegraph line in 1853, which ran between:
  1.    Calcutta and Bombay
  2.    Agra and Madras
  3.    Bombay and Thana
  4.    Calcutta and Agra
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option D. -> Calcutta and Agra
Answer: (d)
Question 3. Identify the Acts passed by the British Government in 1856.

  1. Religious disabilities Act

  2. General Service Enlistment Act

  3. Hindu Widow Remarriage Act

  4. Abolition of the Sati (Regulation XVII)


  1.    i, ii, iii
  2.    i, iii, iv
  3.    ii, iii, iv
  4.    All of them
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option A. -> i, ii, iii
Answer: (a)
Question 4. Arrange the following in correct chronological order
  1. Third Carnatic War
  2. First Burmese War
  3. First Mysore War
  4. Second Afghan War
Codes :
  1.    1, 4, 3, 2
  2.    1, 3, 2, 4
  3.    2, 4, 1, 3
  4.    3, 1, 2, 4
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option B. -> 1, 3, 2, 4
Answer: (b)Third Carnatic War (1756–1763)The First Anglo–Mysore War –(1767–1769)The First Anglo–Burmese War–(1824–1826)The Second Anglo–Afghan War (1878–1880)
Question 5. After his return to Britain, Robert Clive died in 1774 due to
  1.    A dreadful disease
  2.    Committed suicide
  3.    Was assassinated
  4.    Died under mysterious circumstances
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option B. -> Committed suicide
Answer: (b)
Question 6. Which one of the following statements about the rule of Saadat Khan in Awadh is not correct?
  1.    He suppressed the lawless and rebellious zamindars and thus increased the financial resources of his government
  2.    He carried out a fresh revenue settlement
  3.    He improved the lot of the peasants by levying equitable land revenue and by protecting them from oppressive zamindars
  4.    He took several steps to improve trade and commerce
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option D. -> He took several steps to improve trade and commerce
Answer: (d)
Question 7. The suppression of Indian language newspapers under the Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was caused by the criticism of
  1.    lavish lifestyle of the English officials
  2.    ill-treatment given to Indigo workers by their English masters
  3.    inhuman approach of English officials towards the victims of the famine of 1876-77
  4.    misuse of religious places of India by English officials
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option B. -> ill-treatment given to Indigo workers by their English masters
Answer: (b) The Vernacular Press Act in 1878 was passed by Lord Lytton and repealed by Lord Ripon. The suppression of vernacular newspapers was caused by the criticism of ill-treatment given to indigo workers by their English masters.
Question 8. The Cape of Good Hope was discovered by
  1.    Vasco-da-Gama
  2.    Dc almeida
  3.    Albuquerque Diaz
  4.    Bartholomew
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option D. -> Bartholomew
Answer: (d)
Question 9. “The greater the number of the forts you hold the weaker will be your power. Let our forces be on the sea, because if we should not be powerful at sea, everything will be at once against it” whose words are these?
  1.    Vasco-da-Gama
  2.    Albuquerque
  3.    Da Almeida
  4.    Duarte Pacheo
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option C. -> Da Almeida
Answer: (c)
Question 10. Which one of the following was not a result of British colonial rule in India?
  1.    Ruin of Indian agriculture
  2.    Ruin of Indian industries
  3.    Ruin of Indian trade
  4.    Ruin of Indian feudalism
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option D. -> Ruin of Indian feudalism
Answer: (d)Ruin of Indian Feudalism was not a result of British colonial rule in India.