All Important Practice--- History Ncert MCQs class 8th
All
Important Practice --History Ncert MCQs class 8th
When
People Rebel 1857 and After (Ch 5 @History)
1.
Which one of the following is not correct?
Leaders Centre
of revolt 1857
(a)Mangal
Pandey Meerut
(b)
Bahadur Shah Zafar Punjab
(c)
Nana Saheb Kanpur
(d)
Rani Lakshmi Bai Jhansi
Ans: b
2.
Bahadur Shah Zafar was sent to exile to ____________.
(a)China (b) Tibet (c) Pakistan (d) Burma
Ans: d
3.
The Revolt of 1857 started in________
(a)Gwalior (b) Jhansi (c) Meerut
Ans: c
4.
____________ led the Revolt 1857.
(a)Nana
Saheb (b) Tantia Tope (c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
Ans: c
5.
Who was the last ruler Mughal Emperor of India?
(a)
Akbar (b) Bahadur Shah Zafar (c) Auranzeb (d) None of these
Ans: b
6.
Which was/were the reason of failure of 1857 revolt?
(a)
Lack of unity
(b)
Lack of popular support
(c)
Lack of Good Leadership
(d)
All of these
Ans: d
7.
The power to govern India was passed from the East India Company to the British
Crown through an act of______________
(a)
1862 (b) 1859 (c) 1860 (d) 1858
Ans: d
8.
Who was the first Viceroy and Governor General of India under Crown Rule?
(a)
Lord Canning (b) Lord Dalhouise (c) Lord Minto (d) None of these
Ans: a
9.
The Revolt of 1857 tool place under whose Governor Generalship?
(a)
Lord Canning (b) Lord Dalhouise (c) Lord Minto (d) None of these
Ans: a
10.
Read the following statements
carefully and choose the alternative from the following:
Statement
1: The British Parliament passed a new
act in 1858 and transferred the powers of the East India Company to the British
Crown.
Statement
2:
Lord Canning was the first Viceroy and Governor General of India under
Crown Rule
(a)
Both the statements are true.
(b)
Both the statements are false.
(c)
Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false.
(d)
Statement 2 is true and Statement 1 is false.
Ans: a
11.
The sepoy Mutiny took place in the year
(a)
Meerut(1857) (b) Meerut
(1757)
(c)
Meerut(1764) (d) Meerut
(1858)
Ans: a
12.The
Revolt of 1857 was started by:
(a)
The Sepoys (b) The Zamindar (b) (c) The Peasants (d) The plantations workers
Ans: a
Civilising
The Native Educating The Nation (Ch 6@ History)
1.
Who among the following founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal?
(a)
Lord Dalhouise
(b)
William Cornwallis
(c)
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d)
None of these
Ans: d
2.Which
of the following was/were not a fan of Orientalism?
(a)William
Jones (b) Lord Macaulay (c) Both (a and (b) (d) None
3. Read the following statements carefully and
choose the alternative from the following:
Statement 1:
The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by William Jones in 1784 to study the
Indian language, history of Ancient India and India heritage.
Statement 2:
James Mill was one of those who attacked the Orientalists. According to him education ought to be teach
what was useful and practical.
(a) Both the statements are
true.
(b) Both the statements are
false.
(c) Statement 1 is true and
Statement 2 is false.
(d) Statement 2 is true and
Statement 1 is false.
Ans: a
4.
“Education means all -round drawing out of the best in child and man-body, mind
and sprit” were the words of which of the following?
(a)
William Jones (b) Mahatma Gandhiji (c) Rabindranath Tagore
Ans: b
5.
“A single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native
literature of India and Arbia” was said by which of the following personality?
(a)
Charles Wood (b)
James Mill
(c)
William Adam (d)
Thomas Maculay
Ans: d
6.
Read the following
statements carefully and choose the alternative from the following:
Statement 1: Rabindranath
Tagore believed that creative learning could only be natured in natural
setting.
Statement 2: He
emphasised the need of teaching science, art and technology at Shantiniketan,
in addition to art, music and dance.
(a) Both the statements are
true.
(b) Both the statements are
false.
(c) Statement 1 is true and
Statement 2 is false.
(d) Statement 2 is true and
Statement 1 is false.
Ans: a
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7. Which of the following is
also know as the Magna Carta of India
Education?
(a) Sadler Commission (b) Wood’s
Despatch
(c) Indian Education (d) None of
these
Ans: b
8. When were the
universities of Bombay, Madras and Calcutta established?
(a) 1947 (b) 1857 (c) 1757 (d)
1935
Ans: b
9. Under whose leadership
from 1820, did the British adopt policies aimed at “reforming” Indian Society
by Introducing western education, western ideas and western Institution?
(a) Governor General Lord
Willaim Bentinck
(b) Governor General Lord
Dalhousie
(c) Governor General Lord
Cornwallis
(d) Governor General Lord
Warren Hasting
Ans: a
10. Who among the following
propounded that there is a close similarity the Europeans and Sanskrit
Languages?
(a) William Jones (b)
Max Muller
(c) V.A. Smith (d)
Karl Marx
Ans: a
11. When did Curzon passed
the Indian University Act?
(a) 1902 (b) 1904 (c) 1910 (d) 1906
Ans: b
12. Which of the following
committees prepared the details of the Wardha Scheme of Basic Education?
(a) Motilal Nehru Committee (b) Dr. Zakir Hussain
(c) Dr. Radhakrishnan
Committee (d) None of these
Ans: b
13. Sir Charles Wood
Dispatch of 1854 dealt primanily with?
(a) Administration reforms
(b) Social reforms
(c) Economic reforms
(d) Education reforms
Ans: d
14.
Wood’s Despatch of 1854 was associated with-
(a)
Modern Education (b)
Established of University
(c)
Social Reform (d)
More than one of the above
Ans: d
Women
, Caste and Reforms (Ch 7 ncert History)
1.Practice
of Sati was made illegal in the year.
(a)1830 (b) 1893 (c) 1829 (d)
1850
Ans: c
2.Who
wrote the book “Gulamgiri”?
(a)Ram
Mohan Roy (b)
Jyotiba Phule
(c)
Dayanand Sarswati (d)
Rabindranath Tagore
Ans: b
3.Satya
Shodak Samaj (Truth Seeking Society) was founded by
(a)
Jyotiba Phule (b)
M.G. Ranade
(c)
Raja Ram Mohan Rai (d)
None of these
Ans: a
4. Who was the founder of Brahmo Samaj?
(a)
Swami Dayanand Saraswati (b)
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c)
Ishwar Chandra Roy (d)
None of these
Ans: b
5.
Who emphasized the idea of Widow remarriage?
(a)
Swami Dayanand Saraswati (b)
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c)
Ishwar Chandra Roy (d)
None of these
Ans: c
6.
The famous statement “One caste, one religion, one god for humankind” was
associated with.
(a)
B.R. Ambedkar (b)
Shri Naryana Guru
(c)
Jyotirao Phule (d)
Periyar
Ans: b
7.
Who among the following founded a widow’s home at Poona for the betterment of
widows?
(a)
Pandita Ramabi (b)
Tarabai Shindhe
(c)
Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hosaain (d)
None of these
Ans: a
8.
Begum Rokeya Sakhwat Hosaain is known for one of the following reasons?
(a)
Work against Child Marriage (b)
Widow Remarriage
(c)
Girl’s education (d)
All of these
Ans: d
9.
Which of the following is correct?
(a)
Bim Rao Ambedkar Tempe
Entry Movement
(b)
E.V. Ramaswamy Self
Respect Movement
(c)
Jyotirao Phule Gulamgiri
(d)
All of these
10.
Who wrote the book “Stripurushtulna”?
(a)
Pandita Ramabi (b)
Tarabai Shindhe
(c)
Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hosaain (d)
None of these
Ans: b
11.
Read the following
statements carefully and choose the alternative from the following:
Statement 1:
The Practise of sati in India was abolished by Lord William Bentinck with the
help of Raja Rome Mohan Roy.
Statement 2: The
Regulation of 1829 was associated with Abolition of Sati.
(a) Both the statements are
true.
(b) Both the statements are
false.
(c) Statement 1 is true and Statement
2 is false.
(d) Statement 2 is true and
Statement 1 is false.
Ans: a
12.
Read the following
statements carefully and choose the alternative from the following:
Statement 1: In
1927, Ambekar started a temple entry movement, in which his Mahar caste
follower participated.
Statement 2:
Ambedkar led three temple entry movements between 1927 and 1935.
(a) Both the statements are
true.
(b) Both the statements are
false.
(c) Statement 1 is true and
Statement 2 is false.
(d) Statement 2 is true and
Statement 1 is false.
Ans: a
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13. Who said “ Go back to
the Vedas”?
(a)Dayanand Saraswati (b) Rajaram Mohan
Roy
(c) Vidyasagar (d)
Ishawar Chandar Vidyasagar
Ans: a
13. Who was the author of
Satyarth Parksash?
(a)Dayanand Saraswati (b) Rajaram Mohan
Roy
(c) Vidyasagar (d)
Ishawar Chandar Vidyasagar
Ans: a
14. The Widow Remarriage Act
was passed in
(a) 1856 (b) 1857 (c) 1858 (d)
1859
Ans: a
15. Singh Sabha Movement was
founded in 1873 at:
(a) Lahore (b) Amritsar
(c) Ludhiana (d) Jalandhar
Ans: a
16.The Young Bengal Movement
was founded by which of the following?
(a) M.G. Gandhi (b) Vivian Derozio
(c)Dayanand Saraswati (d)
Rajaram Mohan Roy
17. Who authored Anandamath?
(a) Dianbandhu Mitra (b)
Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Bankim Chadra
Chattopathyay (d) More than one
of the above
Ans: c
18. Who organized a
counter-petition of enlightened Hindus who were the supporters of the burning
rite of Sati?
(a)Dayanand Saraswati (b) Raja ram
Mohan Roy
(c) Vidyasagar (d)
Ishawar Chandar Vidyasagar
19. What was the primary aim
of the AKALI movement which rose in the Punjab in 1920’s?
(a) The voice the political
grievances of the Sikhs
(b) To bring about
modernisation in the Sikh social customs
(c) To streamline the
management of the gurudwara or Sikhs shines
(d) None of these
20. Deccan education society
was founded by:
a) R.G. Agarkar b)
K.G. Agarkar
c) G.G. Agarkar d)
A.G. Agarkar
21. Adyar was the
headquarter of which organisation?
a) Ramakrishna Mission b) Prathana Samaj
c) Theosophical Society d) Wahabi Movement
22. Which event was known as
the “Muslim war of National Independence”?
a) Khilafat Movement b) Aligarh movement
c) Wahabi Movement d) None of
these
23. A former Brahmo, Shiv
Naryan Agnihotri formed the Dev Samaj in the Punjab in:
a) 1885 b)
1886
c) 1890 d)
1859
24. Who founded the
Rajahmundary Social Reform Association in 1878?
a) Singharavel b)
Veeresalingam
c) R.G. Bandharkar d) N.C.
Chandavarkar
25. Who was the first
elected President of the All India Depressed Classes Association formed in
1926?
a) Dr. B.R. Ambekdar b) Rao
Bahaddur M.C. Rajah
c) Bhaskarrao d)
Jagivan Ram
ch 8 --The Making of the National
Movement: 1870s-1947
1.Who did partition of Bengal in 1905:
(a) Lord Curzon (b)
Lord Mountbatten
(c) Warren Hasting (d)
Lord Canning
Ans: a
2.The Indian National Congress was formed in:
(a) 1851 (b)
1880 (c) 1883 (d) 1885
Ans: d
3.The struggle against the partition of Bengal is known as:
a) Non-Cooperation Movement b)
Swadeshi Movement
c) Bengal Movement d)
Quit India Movement
Ans: b
4. “Freedom is my birthright and I shall have it” was related
to which of the following leader?
a) B.G. Tilak b)
Lala Lajpat Rai
c) Badruddin Tyabaji d)
Subarmania Iyer
5. Which of the following is not an extremist leader of early
congress?
a) Bipin Chandra Pal b)
Dadabhai Naoroji
c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak d)
Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans: b
6. In Which year was the Indian National Congress
divided/spilt for the first time?
a) 1905 b)
1907 c) 1909 d) 1910
Ans: b
a)
Abolition of Dowry
b)
Abolition of Untouchability
c)
Abolition of Salt Law
d) None of the above options
Ans: c
8. Where did
Mahatma Gandhi start his famous ‘Salt March’ on 12th March 1930?
(a)
Dandi
(b) Chauri-Chaura (c) Sabarmati (d) Surat
Ans:c
9. Who formed the ‘Swaraj Party’ within the Congress?
(a)
Jawahar
Lai Nehru and Motilal Nehru
(b)
Abdul
Ghaffar Khan and Mahatma Gandhi
(c)
Jawahar
Lai Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose
(d)
C.R.
Das and Motilal Nehru
Ans:d
10) Dandi March happened in the year:
(a) 1934 (b)
1932
(c) 1921 (d)
1930
Ans:d
11) Non Cooperation Movement started in:
(a) 1920 AD (b)
1921 AD (c) 1922 AD (d) 1919 AD
Ans:a
12) Under the presidency of Jawahahar Lai Nehru, the Lahore
Congress Session of 1929 formalised the demand of -
a) abolition of Salt Tax
b)‘Puma Swaraj’ or complete independence
(c) boycott of Simon Commission
(d) separate
electorate for the ‘dalits’
Ans:b
13) Read the following statements carefully and choose the alternative from the following:
Statement 1: Gandhiji’s
famous “Dandi March” in 1930 is popularly known as Salt Satyagraha.
Statement 2:
Seventy Eight Followers (Volunteers) were accompanied Gandhiji in Dandi March.
(a) Both the statements are
true.
(b) Both the statements are
false.
(c) Statement 1 is true and
Statement 2 is false.
(d) Statement 2 is true and
Statement 1 is false
Ans:a
16) Who led the Quit India
Movement?
a) Mahatma Gandhiji b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Sarojini Naidu d) None of these
Ans:a
Other Concerned Questions
--- Competition based
17) Who were the leaders of
the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army (HSRA)?
a) Bhagat Singh b) Subhash
Chandra Bose
c) Jatin Das d) Ajay
Ghosh
18) a and b only b) a,c and d only c) b and c only d) b, c and d
19) The revolution
boycotting the simon commission was passed the 1927_____ congress session.
a) Kanpur b) Lucknow c) Lahore d) Madras
20) ____________ was the
slogan of Anti-Simon Agitaiton.
a) Simon, stay Here b) Simon Go Back
c) We Want Home d) Bring Irwin Back
21. Who organised the
Hindustan Socialist Republican Army?
a) Veer Savarkar b) Ram Mohan
Lohia
c) Chandrashekhar d) Subhash Chandra
Bose
22. Who started the Khilafat
Movement?
a) Mahatma Gadhiji b) Mohammad Ali and
Shaukat Ali
c) Mohammad Jinnah d) Hyder
23. In which Congress
Session was the Revolution on Non- Cooperation Movement adopted?
a) Nagpur b)
Lucknow
c) Surat d)
More than one of the above
24. Read the following
statements carefully and choose the alternative from the following:
Statement 1: The
resolution of “Poorna Swaraj” was adopted in Lahore Session.
Statement
2:
It was
declared that 26 January 1930, would be celebrated as Independence Day. - But
the celebration attracted very little attention.
(a) Both the statements are
true.
(b) Both the statements are
false.
(c) Statement 1 is true and
Statement 2 is false.
(d) Statement 2 is true and
Statement 1 is false.
25. The Simon
Commission was boycotted because-
a) There was no Indian in the commission.
b) It supported the Muslim league.
c) Congress felt that the people deserved swaraj.
d)There were differences among the members
7. The first three successful Satyagraha movements by Gandhiji in India were :
(a)Against the Rowlatt Act, Civil Disobedience Movement and Quit India
(b) Non-Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience and Khilafat
(c) Peasants Movements in Champaran in Bihar, Kheda district in Gujarat and in Ahmedabad by cotton mill workers
(d) Khilafat movement, Non-Cooperation and Quit India movement
Ans: c
8. Why did Gandhiji withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement?
(a)Gandhiji realised that people were losing interest in the movement.
(b) Gandhiji felt that the movement was turning violent in many places.
(c) Some Congress leaders wanted to participate in elections to Provincial Councils.
(d) Some Congress leaders wanted more radical mass agitations