Multiple Choice Questions in Class VIII for the Chapter 4 (The Colonial Era in India) in Subject Social Science(History)
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Multiple
Choice Questions:
1. Which European
power was the first to arrive in India by sea route?
a) Dutch
b) Portuguese
c) French
d) British
Ans: b)
Portuguese
2. Vasco da Gama reached Calicut in
the year:
a) 1492
b) 1498
c) 1502
d) 1600
Ans: b)
1498
3. The British East India
Company was established in:
a) 1599
b) 1600
c) 1608
d) 1612
Ans: b)
1600
4. Which Mughal
emperor gave permission to the British to trade in Surat?
a) Babur
b) Akbar
c) Jahangir
d) Aurangzeb
Ans: c)
Jahangir
5. Which battle
marked the beginning of British political dominance in India?
a) Battle of Panipat
b) Battle of Plassey
c) Battle of Buxar
d) Battle of
Haldighati
Ans: b)
Battle of Plassey
6. Who
betrayed Siraj-ud-Daulah at
the Battle of Plassey?
a) Mir Qasim
b) Mir Jafar
c) Shuja-ud-Daulah
d) Tipu
Sultan
Ans: b)
Mir Jafar
7. The Battle of
Buxar (1764) was fought between the British and:
a) Siraj-ud-Daulah
b) Mughals and Marathas
c) Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daulah and Shah Alam II
d) Tipu Sultan
Ans: c)
Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daulah and Shah Alam II
8. Who introduced
the Permanent
Settlement in Bengal?
a) Lord Clive
b) Warren Hastings
c) Lord Cornwallis
d) Lord Dalhousie
Ans: c)
Lord Cornwallis
9. The ‘Doctrine of Lapse’
was associated with:
a) Lord Wellesley
b) Lord Cornwallis
c) Lord Dalhousie
d) Lord Hastings
Ans: c)
Lord Dalhousie
10. The first
railway line in India was laid between:
a) Bombay–Thane
b) Calcutta–Howrah
c) Delhi–Agra
d) Madras–Chennai
Ans: a)
Bombay–Thane
11. The first
Indian telegraph line connected:
a) Calcutta to Bombay
b) Calcutta to Agra
c) Delhi to Lahore
d) Bombay to Pune
Ans: b)
Calcutta to Agra
12. Who described British
rule in India as “a knife of sugar”?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Rabindranath
Tagore
Ans: b)
Mahatma Gandhi
13. The idea of ‘Drain of Wealth’
was popularised by:
a) R.C. Dutt
b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) Gopal
Krishna Gokhale
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans: b)
Dadabhai Naoroji
14. Which cash crop
was forced upon Indian peasants for British trade?
a) Wheat
b) Indigo
c) Maize
d) Jute
Ans: b)
Indigo
15. The revolt of
1857 began in which city?
a) Meerut
b) Delhi
c) Kanpur
d) Jhansi
Ans: a)
Meerut
16. Rani
Lakshmibai of Jhansi died in battle in:
a) 1857
b) 1858
c) 1859
d) 1860
Ans: b)
1858
17. Who led
the Santhal
Rebellion of 1855?
a) Birsa
Munda
b) Sidhu and
Kanhu
c) Tantia
Tope
d) Kunwar
Singh
Ans: b)
Sidhu and Kanhu
18. The Indigo Revolt took
place in:
a) Bihar
b) Punjab
c) Bengal
d) Maharashtra
Ans: c)
Bengal
19. Which law
allowed British rulers to annex princely states if rulers died without a male
heir?
a) Subsidiary Alliance
b) Doctrine of Lapse
c) Permanent Settlement
d) Pitt’s India Act
Ans: b)
Doctrine of Lapse
20. The Regulating
Act was passed in:
a) 1757
b) 1773
c) 1784
d) 1858
Ans: b)
1773
21. Who introduced
the Subsidiary Alliance system?
a) Warren Hastings
b) Lord Cornwallis
c) Lord Wellesley
d) Lord Dalhousie
Ans: c)
Lord Wellesley
22. Which of the
following was a major result of British land policies?
a) Prosperity of peasants
b) Growth of Indian industries
c) Famines and rural poverty
d) Increase in handicrafts
Ans: c)
Famines and rural poverty
23. Who was the
Governor-General during the Revolt of 1857?
a) Lord Canning
b) Lord Dalhousie
c) Lord Cornwallis
d) Lord Wellesley
Ans: a)
Lord Canning
24. Who led the
revolt in Kanpur in 1857?
a) Kunwar Singh
b) Nana Saheb
c) Tantia Tope
d) Bahadur Shah Zafar
Ans: b)
Nana Saheb
25. The
introduction of railways in India was mainly for:
a) Comfort of Indians
b) Faster military movement and trade
c) Religious pilgrimages
d) Rural development
Ans: b)
Faster military movement and trade
26. The first
Governor-General of India was:
a) Warren Hastings
b) Lord Cornwallis
c) Lord William Bentinck
d) Lord Canning
Ans: a)
Warren Hastings
27. Which year is
considered as the end of Company rule and the start of Crown rule in India?
a) 1757
b) 1764
c) 1857
d) 1858
Ans: d)
1858
28. Who wrote the
book “Poverty and Un-British Rule in India”?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) R.C. Dutt
c) Tilak
d) Gokhale
Ans: a)
Dadabhai Naoroji
29. Which famine in
British India caused millions of deaths in 1943?
a) Bengal famine
b) Madras famine
c) Bihar famine
d) Orissa famine
Ans: a)
Bengal famine
30. Which British
Governor-General introduced English education in India?
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) Lord Macaulay
c) Lord William Bentinck
d) Warren Hastings
Ans: c)
Lord William Bentinck
True
/ False:
1.
The British introduced railways mainly for the benefit of
Indians. – False
2.
Indigo was grown in India to meet demands in Europe.
– True
3.
The Revolt of 1857 was confined only to Delhi. – False
4.
Dadabhai Naoroji exposed the ‘Drain of Wealth’ theory.
– True
5.
The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by Lord Cornwallis.
– False
6.
Rani Lakshmibai was a leader in the Revolt of 1857.
– True
7.
The British encouraged unity among Indians. – False
8.
The Permanent Settlement benefited zamindars more than
peasants. – True
9.
The East India Company came first for trade, not
conquest. – True
10. The
revolt of 1857 led directly to the end of Company rule. – True
Fill
in the blanks:
1.
Vasco da Gama reached Calicut in ______. – 1498
2.
The Battle of Plassey was fought in ______. – 1757
3.
The British introduced the ______ Settlement in Bengal in
1793. – Permanent
4.
The first railway line in India was laid in ______.
– 1853
5.
The ______ of 1857 was the first major revolt against
British rule. – Revolt
6.
The Governor-General during the Revolt of 1857 was
______. – Lord Canning
7.
______ was the leader of Kanpur in 1857. – Nana Saheb
8.
The Indigo Revolt took place in ______. – Bengal
9.
Dadabhai Naoroji wrote ______. – Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
10. The
Bengal famine occurred in the year ______. – 1943
Match
the Following:
1.
Lord Dalhousie –
(a) Permanent Settlement
2.
Lord Wellesley –
(b) Revolt of 1857 heroine
3.
Lord Cornwallis –
(c) Doctrine of Lapse
4.
Dadabhai Naoroji –
(d) Drain of Wealth
5.
Rani Lakshmibai –
(e) Subsidiary Alliance
Ans: 1
→ c, 2 → e, 3 → a, 4 → d, 5 → b
Assertion–Reasoning:
1.
Assertion (A): The British built railways in India.
Reason (R): They wanted to improve Indian transport and unity.
- a) Both A and R are true, and R explains A
- b) Both A and R are true, but R does not explain A
- c) A is true, R is false
- d) Both are false
Ans: c) A is true, R is false
2.
Assertion (A): The Doctrine of Lapse led to the annexation of Indian
states.
Reason (R): Indian rulers without male heirs lost their kingdoms.
- a) Both A and R are true, and R explains A
- b) Both A and R are true, but R does not explain A
- c) A is true, R is false
- d) Both are false
Ans: a) Both A and R are true, and R explains A
3.
Assertion (A): The Revolt of 1857 is often called the First War of
Independence.
Reason (R): It united all Indians across caste, class, and region.
- a) Both A and R are true, and R explains A
- b) Both A and R are true, but R does not explain A
- c) A is true, R is false
- d) Both are false
Ans: b) Both A and R are true, but R does not explain A
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