1 viii H/C Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) (for 3rd Term) CLASS: VIII SUBJECT: HISTORY & CIVICS ============================================================================================= Chapter – 11 Question 1) Who is the expontent of the theory of economic drain of India. During the British rule? (a) Dadabhai Naroji (b) MN Roy (c) Jai Prakash Question 2) Which character Act directed the company to spend one lakh rupees on the education of Indians? (a) Character Act of 1813 (b) Character Act of 1854 (c) Character Act of 1831 Question 3) In 1854, who was the President of company’s Board of control. (a) Charles wood (b) James Prinsep (c) Thomas Macaulay Question 4) Who was the first law member in the Governor General’s council, promoted the English language? (a) Thomas Ma caulay (b) James Prinsep (c) MN Roy Question 5) Who has Supported Macaulay’s view? (a) William Bentinck (b) Charles wood (c) James Prinsep Question 6) The tradional educational in institution for Hindu are called. (a) Gurukul (b) Pathshala (c) School Question 7) The _______ rule had wide- scale impact on the social, economic and cultural life of the Indians. (a) England (b) Europe (c) British Question 8) The state of owing money to same one (a) Oebt (b) Debt (c) Vebt Question 9) The educational institution for Islamic learning. (a) Muslims (b) Madrasas (c) upnishads Question 10) The English introduced Ryotwari settlement in (a) Bengal Presidency (b) Madras Presidency (c) Bombay Presidency Question 11) Who among the following Indian freedom fighters made an attempt to estimate the per capital income of India? (a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (b) Feroz Shah Mehta (c) Dadabhai Naoroji Question 12) Who among the following has started the Public works Department in India in 1848 (a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Wellesley (c) Lord Cornwallis Question 13) Who authord the book ‘Poverty and the British Rule in India’ ? (a) Dadabhai Naroji (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (c) Amrita Kumar Sen Question 14) Permanent settlement was a feature of : (a) Zamindari system (b) Ryotwari system (c) Mahalwari system Question 15) The Period of industrial growth in England. (a) Industrial Revolution (b) French Revolution (c) none of these Question 16) These policies made the life of the farmers very _______ (a) unhappy (b) miserable Question 17) Indian landlords who had the right of collecting tax from the peasants are called (a) Zamindar (b) Ryotwar (c) Mahalwar Question 18) The Mahalwari system was introduced in _______ (a) Italy (b) Gujarat (c) Punjab Question 19) The _______ of the mahal was responsible for collecting revenue from the villages. (a) Zamindar (b) Talukdar (c) Sarpanch Question 20) In the Ryotwari system the land revenue was a fixed for a period of _______ years. (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 40 Question 21) The British policies destroyed ________ and the cheap manufactured goods of British factories flooded the Indian markets. (a) France Industries (b) England Industries (c) Indian Industries Question 22) In the field of education, the British introduced ________ in India (a) western education (b) eastern education (c) Indian education Question 23) The killing of in fonts soon after birth : (a) Infanticide (b) Invanticide (c) vanticide Question 24) The first railway line was opened to traffic in _______ (a) 1852 (b) 1853 (c) 1854 Question 25) In ________, English became the official language. (a) 1854 (b) 1834 (c) 1844 Chapter – 12 Question 1) Which of the following was the main reason for out break of 1857 revolt? (a) Introduction of Doctrine of Laps (b) Introduction of subsidiary Alliance (c) Both a and b Question 2) The first half of the ________ century also witnessed a number of tribal revolts. (a) 16th (b) 18th (c) 19th Question 3) Whose adopted son was not permitted to sit on the throne of Jhansi (a) Rani Lakshmi Bai’s (b) Tantia Tope’s (c) Mangal Pandey’s Question 4) In Bihar the revolt wasted by ________ (a) Bahadur shah (b) Kunwar Singh (c) S.K Singh Question 5) Who led the revolt in Kanpur? (a) Nana Saheb (b) Rani Lakshmi Bai (c) Begum Hazrat Mahal 2 viii H/C Question 6) The revolt in Jhansi was led by (a) Rani Laxmibai (b) Kunwar Singh (c) Bahadur Shah Question 7) Mangal Pandey was executed on (a) 2nd June, 1857 (b) 4th May, 1844 (c) 9th May, 1857 Question 8) Who was the emperor of Britain at the time of 1857 revolt? (a) Queen Victoria (b) James I (c) Charles XIV Question 9) Queen victoria’s proclamation was read at Allahabad Durbar on (a) 2nd May, 1845 (b) 1st Nov, 1858 (c) 6th July, 1844 Question 10) A tribe in Bengal and Bihar are called (a) Kalapani (b) Santhals (c) Sepoy Question 11) The rich merchants, traders and zamindars of ________ helped the British to suppress the revolt. (a) Gujarat (b) Jhansi (c) Bengal Question 12) The main centres of the revolt were Delhi, Kanpur Jhansi and ________ (a) Lucknow (b) Punjab (c) Allahabad Question 13) The Queen of ________ became the Empress of India. (a) France (b) Europe (c) England Question 14) The English edueated middle class helped the revolutionaries to fight against the British (a) True (b) False Question 15) An Act in ________ allow a Hindu who had converted to chirstianity to inherit his ancestral property. (a) 1850 (b) 1860 (c) 1870 Question 16) ________ was the capital of Awadh. (a) Punjab (b) Gujarat (c) Lucknow Question 17) The British finally attacked Delhi and for ________ there was desperate fighting. (a) six days (b) five days (c) seven days Question 18) There the muntinous _______ were joined by the disbanded Soldiers from the Old Awadh army. (a) Sepoys (b) Santhals (c) anthals Question 19) Literally “black water” the term refers to the caste tab against sea voyages. (a) Kharapani (b) Kalapani (c) Safed pani Question 20) Indian Sepoys formed more than ________% of British troop in India. (a) 67 (b) 87 (c) 77 Question 21) Indian Sepoy could not rise to a rank higher than that of a _______ (a) Talukedar (b) Zamindar (c) Subedar Question 22) The first expression of organised resistance was the Revolt of ________. (a) 1857 (b) 1858 (c) 1859 Question 23) ________ and Jhasi were annexed under the Doctrine of Lapse. (a) Kanpur (b) Nagpur (c) Lucknow Question 24) ________ would not be allowed to live in the Red Fort. (a) Tantia Tope (b) Rani Lakshmi Bai (c) Bahadur Shah II Question 25) The Meerut Metiny marked the beginning of the Revolt of 1857. (a) True (b) False Chapter – 13 Question 1) Who was among them a great patriot, scholar and humanist. (a) Ram Mohan Roy (b) Ishwar Chandra (c) Keshab Chandra Question 2) Who is known as the ‘Father of the Indian Renaissance’ (a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (b) Nana Saheb (c) Bahadur Shah Zafar Question 3) Ram Mohan Roy was born in ________ in Radha nagar, a small village in Bengal. (a) 1752 (b) 1762 (c) 1772 Question 4) In which city Ram Mohan Roy has settled and dedicated his life to the cause of Social and religious reforms. (a) Bengal (b) Punjab (c) Calcutta Question 5) Who was the most important journal brought out by Ram Mohan Roy? (a) Samved Kaumudi (b) Ramvad Kaumudi (c) Kamved Kaumudi Question 6) He celebrated the Suecess of the revolution in ________ in 1823 by hosting a public dinner. (a) France (b) Japan (c) Spain Question 7) He himself published journals in Bengali, Persian, Hindi and _______ to educate the public on carious current issues. (a) Sanskrit (b) Urdu (c) English Question 8) Who was a firm believer in internationalism? (a) Swami Vivekananda (b) Singh Sabhas (c) Ram Mohan Roy Question 9) Ram Mohan Roy founded a new religious society known as the ________. (a) Amiy Sabha (b) Atmiya Sabha (c) Anmiya Sabha Question 10) The establishment of Hindu college in 1817 was a major event in the history of ________. (a) Punjab (b) Bengal (c) Lucknow Question 11) Who was among them born in 1809? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Henry Vivian Derozio (c) Keshab chandra sen Question 12) Who was responsible for revitalising the Brahmo Samaj? (a) Rabindranath Tagor (b) Dwarkanath Tagore (c) Debendranath Tagore Question 13) In ________, he merged the Brahmo Sabha and Tattwabodhini Sabha and named it Calcutta Brahmo Samaj. (a) 1834 (b) 1843 (c) 1853 Question 14) ________ was a philosopher and Social reformer who carried on an intensive programme of social reform. (a) Henry Vivian Derozio (b) Keshab Chanda Sen (c) Debendranath Tagore Question 15) Who was born in poor Brahmin family of Birsingha village in Bengal. (a) Swami Vivekanand (b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (c) Singh Sabhas 3 viii H/C Question 16) After prolonged struggle the widow Remarriage Act was passed in ________ (a) 1857 (b) 1858 (c) 1856 Question 17) Rama Krishna was born in a poor Brahmin family in ________ village. (a) Birsingha village (b) Kamarpukur village (c) Radhanagar village Question 18) Swami Vivekananda was born in Calcutta in January, ________. (a) 1861 (b) 1862 (c) 1863 Question 19) The practice of having more than one wife : (a) Monotheism (b) Polygamy (c) none of them Question 20) Who founded the Arya Samaj? (a) Mohammad Iqbal (b) Swami Vivekananda (c) Dayanand Saraswati Question 21) Who was an active member of the Theosophical Society? (a) Sarojni Naidu (b) Pandita Ramabai (c) Annie Besant Question 22) The Singh Sabhas spearheaded the reform movement among the _______ (a) Muslims (b) Hindu (c) Sikhs Question 23) Ranade and Bhandarkar founded the Prarthana Samaj in ________ (a) Delhi (b) Punjab (c) Bombay Question 24) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Ramjrishna Paramabamsa Swami Vivekananda were other reforms from _______ (a) Punjab (b) Bombay (c) Bengal Question 25) Annie Besant was a _______ woman who came to India.