History Of The Modern India Set 1

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This set of History of the Modern India Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on History Of The Modern India Set 1

Q1 | Social Background of Indian nationalism is written by…………………………….
  • bipan chandra
  • sekharbandhopadhyaya
  • a r desai
  • kn panikkar.
Answer: a r desai
Q2 | From Plassey to Partition: A History of Modern India is written by……………………………
  • bipan chandra
  • sekharbandhopadhyaya
  • a r desai
  • kn panikkar.
Answer: sekharbandhopadhyaya
Q3 | The arrival of Vasco da Gama in Calicut, India on…………
  • 1398
  • 1495
  • 1496
  • 1498
Answer: 1498
Q4 | Diu was the colony of the …………..
  • portuguese
  • english
  • dutch
  • french
Answer: portuguese
Q5 | In 1612 ……………established a trading post in Gujarat.
  • british
  • french
  • spain
  • dutch
Answer: british
Q6 | In 1614 Sir Thomas Roe was instructed by …………… to visit the court of Jahangir, the Mughal emperor of India.
  • james i
  • babar
  • shajahan
  • humayun
Answer: james i
Q7 | In 1661 the company obtained ………….. from Charles II.
  • bombay
  • madras
  • kannur
  • calcutta
Answer: bombay
Q8 | In 1650 Gabriel Boughton, an employee of the Company obtained a license for trade in ………….
  • bengal
  • orissa
  • mysore
  • surat
Answer: bengal
Q9 | Year of the Battle of Plassey is ………….
  • 1557
  • 1657
  • 1757
  • 1857
Answer: 1757
Q10 | Year of the Battle of Wandiwash is …………
  • 1560
  • 1660
  • 1760
  • 1860
Answer: 1760
Q11 | Year of the Battle of Buxar is………….
  • 1764
  • 1767
  • 1784
  • 1864
Answer: 1764
Q12 | Warren Hastings was appointed as the Governor of …………… in 1772.
  • bengal
  • madras
  • bombay
  • delhi
Answer: bengal
Q13 | Regulating Act was in the year of……………
  • 1573
  • 1673
  • 1773
  • 1873
Answer: 1773
Q14 | Hyder Ali was the ruler of …………..
  • hyderabad
  • mysore
  • cochi
  • bengal
Answer: mysore
Q15 | Mahe was a colony of …………..
  • english
  • french
  • dutch
  • germany
Answer: french
Q16 | In November 1781, Sir Eyre Coote defeated …………….. at Porto Nova.
  • hyder ali
  • marthandaverma
  • british
  • tipu sultan
Answer: hyder ali
Q17 | The Treaty of Mangalore was in the year ……………….
  • 1484
  • 1584
  • 1684
  • 1784
Answer: 1784
Q18 | Seringapatnam was the capital of ……………..
  • pazhassi raja
  • tipu sultan
  • kurumbranad raja
  • srimoolamtirunal
Answer: tipu sultan
Q19 | The fourth …………………..War was of short duration and decisive and ended withTipu’s death on May 4, 1799.
  • anglo-mysore
  • french- mysore war
  • maratha -mysore war
  • nyzam-mysore war
Answer: anglo-mysore
Q20 | The Treaty of Surat was in the year ……………
  • 1475
  • 1575
  • 1675
  • 1775
Answer: 1775
Q21 | Treaty of Rajpurghat" was signed on December 25, 1805 between Holkar and……………
  • french
  • british
  • portuguese
  • dutch
Answer: british
Q22 | The Company was granted an English Royal Charter, under the name Governor andCompany of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies, by ………………….on 31 December 1600.
  • elizabeth i
  • elizabeth ii
  • henry vii
  • henry viii
Answer: elizabeth i
Q23 | Under the Government of India ……………, the British Crown assumed directadministration of India in the new British Raj.
  • act of 1658
  • act of 1758
  • act of 1858
  • act of 1947
Answer: act of 1858
Q24 | Defeat of the Spanish Armada in ………….
  • 1256
  • 1288
  • 1588
  • 1688
Answer: 1588
Q25 | The English East Company achieved a major victory over the Portuguese in theBattle of …………………. in 1612.
  • buxar
  • plassey
  • swally
  • trafalgar
Answer: swally
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