Q1. Babar laid the foundation of Mughal empire in 1526 by defeating-
(a) Daulat Khan Lodi
(b) Ibrahim Lodi
(c) Rana Sanga
(d) Alauddin Khilji
Q2. Who was last-Mughal emperor to sit on the peacock throne?
(a) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(b) Aurangzeb
(c) Muhammad Shah
(d) Shah Alam II
Q3. Akbar's land revenue system was known as-
(a) Bandobast system
(b) Zabti system
(c) Todarmal's revenue system
(d) All of these
Q4. Who among the following was the founder of the Servants of India Society?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Dadabhai Noroji
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhle
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Q5. Who founded the Fort William College at Calcutta?
(a) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Lord Ellenborough
(c) Lord Macalay
(d) Lord Wellesely
Q6. Consider the following statements related to Raja Ram Mohan Roy:
1.He advocated widow remarriage
2.He strongly advocated for the abolition of Sati system
3.He advocated for the promotion of English Education
(a) only 1
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Q7. Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the Revolt of 1857 at____
(a) Barrackpore
(b) Meerut
(c) Kanpur
(d) Jhansi
Q8. Who, among the following, was NOT associated with the Revolt of 1857?
(a) Maharaja Ranjit Singh
(b) Nana Sahib
(c) Begum Hazrat Mahal
(d) Khan Bahadur
Q9. One of the India’s first freedom fighters against British is____
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Kittur Rani Chennamma
(c) Rani Laxmi Bai
(d) None of these
Q10. During India’s freedom struggle, the Sepoy Mutiny started from which one of the following places?
(a) Agra
(b) Gwalior
(c) Jhansi
(d) Meerut
Q11. Who is the author of the book ‘The Last Mughal: The fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857’?
(a) John Kirkland
(b) William Dalrymple
(c) Thomas Wilson
(d) Simon Digby
Q12. Who was the Maratha Chieftain who captured Lahore and brought Punjab under Maratha Supremacy for a short period?
(a) Vishwas Rao
(b) Balaji Vishwanath
(c) Sadashiv Rao Bhau
(d) Raghunath Rao
Solutions
1.B
2.C
3.B
4.C
5.D
6.D
7.A
8.A
9.B
10.D
11.B
12.D
