MCQ 8 S.St.

MULTIPLE QUESTIONS CLASS-8.
Chapter 8
.Modern India.

1.Choose the correct statement from the statements given below about the Modern Indian History. 

(a) It began in 18th century. (b) It began in 19th century. (c) It began after the death of Akbar. (d) It began after the death of Bahadur Shah Zafar 2 nd . 
2.Which one of the following building is located in Kolkata? 
(a) Victoria Terminus (b) Victoria Memorial (c) Gateway of India (d) Viceroy House 

3.The death of which Mughal ruler Marks the beginning of Modern Period Indian history? 
(a) Bahadur Shah jafar-2 (b) Aurangzeb (c) Shah jahan (d) Jahangir 

4.Which one of the following places has the largest collection of Gandhiji's writings?

(a) Shanti Van (b) Raj Ghat (c) National Museum (d) Gandhi Smriti 

5.Name the founder of Marathi Newspaper Kesari. 

(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (b)Mahatma Gandhi (c)Lala Lajpat Rai (d)Jawaharlal Nehru. 

Chapter 9.Establishment of Company Rule in India.

1.The East India company was established as: 

(a) trading company (b) agency British government. (c) revolutionary party (d) international organization. 

2.Who abolished dual government in1772? 

(a) Lord Clive (b) General Dupleix (c) Warren Hastings (d) Lord Dalhousie 

3.Where were the headquarters of the French trading company located? 

(a) Bombay (b) Madras (c) Pondicherry (d) Calicut. 

4.Which of the following was not a trading post of the British East India company? (a)Surat (b) Pondicherry (c) Bombay Castle(d) Fort William in Bengal. 

Chapter 10.Colonialism Rural and Tribal Societies.

1.Munda tribe belongs to: 

(a) Chennai (b) Mumbai (c) Chota Nagpur (d) Maharashtra. 

Chapter 11.The Revolt of 1857. 

1.Who was the Governor General of India when the revolt of 1857 broke out? 

(a) Lord Canning (b) Lord Wellesley (c) Lord Warren Hastings (d) Lord Robert Clive. 

2.Name the Governor General who introduced the ‘Doctrine of Lapse'. 
(a) Lord William Bentick (b) Lord Cornwallis (c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Lord Warren Hastings. 

3.He was proclaimed the Shahenshah-e-Hindustan. 

(a) Babur (b) Bahadur Shah Zafar (c) Nana Saheb (d) Aurangzeb 

4.Who led the Revolt of 1857 in Kanpur? 

(a)Nana Saheb (b)Rani Lakshmi Bai (c)Tantia Tope (d)Begum Hazrat Mahal. 

Chapter 12.Impact of British Rule on India.

1.The Shuddhi movement was started by: 

(a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (b)Raja Ram Mohan Roy (c)Swami Dayanand Saraswati (d) Jyotiba Phule
2.Harijans were known as: 
(a) Priest (b) Untouchables (c) Artisans (d) Farmers
3.What minimum age of marriage of girls was fixed by the Sharda Act of 1829? 
(a)12yrs (b)14yrs (c)16yrs (d)18yrs 

4.The persistent efforts of which one of the following social reformers led to the passing of Widow Remarriage Act in1856? 

(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (c) Shri Narayan Guru (d) Jyotiba Phule. 
5.Which social reformer is known as the prophet of modern Andhra Pradesh? 

(a) Ramaswamy (b) Dayanand Saraswati (c) Shree Naranyan Guru (d) Veersalingam Kandukuri. 

Chapter 13.Colonialism and Urban Changes.

Chapter 14.The National Movement. 

1.Which one of the following statements is true about Simon Commission? 
(a) It has form Indian representative. (b) It reviewed the government of India Act 1919. (c) It reviewed the government of India Act 1935. (d) It came to India in 1930.
2.Who among the following was popularly known as ‘Frontier Gandhi ‘. 

(a)Mahatma Gandhi (b) A.O.Hume (c) Pt.Jawahar Lal Nehru (d) Abdul Gaffar Khan

3.The official reason given by the Britishers for the partition of Bengal was: 

(a) to unite the Hindus and the Muslims (b) to improve the economic condition of Bengal. (c) to improve the governance and the collection of revenue. (d) to weaken the Hindu and Muslim unity. 

4.” If Indian refused to co-operate,British rule would collapse and swaraj would come “.Who said these words? 

(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Lala Lajpat Rai (d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. 

5.Who presided over the Lahore Session of Indian National Congress in1929? 

(a) Subhash Chandra Bose (b) Gopal Krishnan Gokhale (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Dadabhai Nauroji.

Chapter 15.India Marches Ahed.
1.Which of the following Princely States joined the Indian Union after a military action? (a) Patiala (b) Ambala (c) Chittour (d) Hyderabad 
2.Who was the first Indian Governor General of Independent India? 

(a) Raja Gopalachari (b) Lord Mountbatten (c) Indira Gandhi (d) Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel. 
3.Who amongst the following was the chairman of the drafting committee of the constitution of India? 

(a) Dr.Rajendra Prasad (b) Dr.S.Radha Krishnan (c) Dr.B.R.Ambedkar (d) Dr.Zakir Hussain