Initial Modern India(Indian History ) Questions and Answers

Question 1. Khalsa was founded by?
  1.    Guru Gobind Singh
  2.    Guru Ramdas
  3.    Guru Nanak
  4.    Guru Arjun Dev
  5.    None of these
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> Guru Gobind Singh

Question 2.

Which was the birth place of Guru Nanak?

  1.    Gurdaspur
  2.    Amritsar
  3.    Lahore
  4.    Talwandi
  5.    None of these
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> Talwandi

Question 3.

Which Governor General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar?

  1.    Minto I
  2.    William Bentick
  3.    Hastings
  4.    Auckland
  5.    None of these
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> William Bentick

Question 4.

Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse?

  1.    Lord Ripon
  2.    Lord Dalhousie
  3.    Lord Bentick
  4.    Lord Curzon
  5.    None of these
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> Lord Dalhousie

Question 5.

Tipu Sultan took support of which one of the following powers to fight the English?

  1.    Portuguese
  2.    French
  3.    Spanish
  4.    Dutch
  5.    None of these
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> French

Question 6.

In which of the following years, the Battle of Buxar was fought?

  1.    1761
  2.    1764
  3.    1766
  4.    1767
  5.    None of these
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> 1764

Question 7.

Which one of the following places was famous as capital of Tipu Sultan?

  1.    Srirangpattam
  2.    Gulbarga
  3.    Hampi
  4.    Mysore
  5.    None of these
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> Srirangpattam

Question 8.

Tipu Sultan died fighting the English forces under:

  1.    Lord Cornwallis
  2.    Lord Wellesley
  3.    Lord Dalhousie
  4.    Lord Hastings
  5.    None of these
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> Lord Wellesley

Question 9.

When did the British Government start ruling India directly?

  1.    After the Battle of Plassey
  2.    After the Battle of Panipat
  3.    After the war of Mysore
  4.    After Sepoy Mutiny
  5.    None of these
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> After Sepoy Mutiny

Question 10.

Who issued Farman granting Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the English?

  1.    Ahmed Shah
  2.    Bahadur Shah
  3.    Farrukhsiyar
  4.    Shah Alam II
  5.    None of these
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> Shah Alam II