Indian History Quiz-1 for SSC CHSL 2016-17

1. Who was the first Viceroy of India?
   (a) Lord Canning
   (b) Warren Hastings
   (c) Lord William Bentinck
   (d) Lord Curzon

2. “Tuhafat-ul-Muwahidin” a tract written by Ram Mohan Roy is
   (a) First tract against idolatry
   (b) First tract against Kulinism
   (c) First tract against system of Sati
   (d) First tract against widow remarriage. 

3. By which treaty, did the English East India Company gain the Diwani rights of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa?
   (a) Treaty of Murshidabad
   (b ) Treaty of Hoogly
   (c) Treaty of Allahabad
   (d) Treaty of Hariharpur

4. On whom emperor, Akbar conferred the title of ‘Jagat Guru’ ?
   (a) Purushottam
   (b) Dastur Meherji Rana
   (c) Hari Vijay Suri
   (d) Devi  

5. Who was the member of Ulema, who issued the Fatwa against Akbar from Jaunpur?
    (a) Mirza Hakim 
    (b) Mullayazdi
    (c) Abdun Nabi 
    (d) Abdullah Sultanpuri

6. Who among the following had joined Akbar’s Din-i-Ilahi?
   (a) Birbal 
   (b) Bhagwan Das
   (c) Man Singh 
   (d) Surjan Rai

7. What was the percentage (of the total revenue charged) of the extra tax charged by Sher Shah for the use of general welfare in calamities and emergencies?
   (a) 7.5% 
   (b) 5.0%
   (c) 2.5% 
   (d) 1.5%

8. Which one of the following was not constructed by Qutubuddin Aibak ?
   (a) Kubbat-ul-Islam mosque
   (b) Qutub Minar
   (c) Adhai Din Ka Jhopada
   (d) Alai Darwaja

9. “My own belief is that congress is tottering and one of my great ambitions is to assist it to peaceful death.” Who said it?
   (a) Winston Churchill
   (b) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
   (c) Lord Curzon
   (d) Lord Dufferin

10. Lord Curzon is best known for which of the following?
   (a) Universities Act 1904
   (b) Partition of Bengal in 1905
   (c) Indian Council Act 1892
   (d) Government of India Act 1909

11. Vande Mataram the national song was a part of
   (a) Durgesh Nandini 
   (b) Anand Math
   (c) Grihadaha 
   (d) Bhagvad-Gita

12. Who among the following is known as ‘Martin Luther’ of India?
   (a) Swami Vivekanand
   (b) Swami Shraddhanand
   (c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
   (d) Swami Dayanand Saraswati 

13. Which building constructed in India by the British was known as White Town?
   (a) Fort William (Calcutta)
   (b) Residency (Lucknow)
   (c) St. George (Madras)
   (d) Victoria Memorial (Calcutta)

14. From which year, did the British start striking Indian coins with the portrait of the British king?
   (a) 1835 
   (b) 1858
   (c) 1860 
   (d) 1758

15. Who was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of subsidiary alliance?
   (a) Sindhia of Gwalior
   (b) Nawab of Awadh
   (c) Dilip Singh of Punjab
   (d) Nizam of Hyderabad


Answers :

1. (a)  2. (a)  3. (c)  4. (c)  5. (b)  6. (a)  7. (c)  8. (d)  9. (c)  10. (b)  11. (b)  12. (d)      13. (c)  14. (a)  15. (d)

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