Pakistan Movement 1857-1947 MCQs

Who was the 1^st Mughal Emperor?

A) Jahangir

B) Aurangzeb

C) Zahir Uddin Babur

D) Bahadur Shah

Which of the following is not true about First Anglo-Mysore War?

A) First Anglo-Mysore War fought in AD 1767-69

B) Hyder Ali defeated the English in the First Anglo-Mysore War

C) Treaty of Madras was the result of First Anglo-Mysore War

D) All of the above are incorrect

Anthony McDonnel was the lieutenant governor of _________?

A) Sindh

B) Punjab

C) United provinces

D) Central provinces

The people of India agitated against the arrival of Simon Commission because:

A) Indians never wanted the review of the working of the Act of 1919

B) Simon Commission recommended the abolition of Dyarchy (Diarchy) in the provinces

C) there was no Indian member in the Simon Commission

D) the Simon Commission suggested the partition of the country

Which Governor General decided to make English as the medium of instruction in India?

A) Lord Canning

B) Lord Well Selly

C) Lord Harding

D) Lord William Bentick

Who Was the First to Raise the Slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’?

A) M Kelappan

B) Maulana Hasrat Mohani

C) Shankaran Nair

D) Veer Savarkar

The British attitude towards granting India independence changed partly owing to the

A) Change in the government of the UK

B) Impact of World War II

C) Growing tide of Indian Nationalism

D) All of the above

The single biggest item of British capital investment in India was __________?

A) Railways

B) Plantations and mines

C) Banking and insurance

D) Shipping

Who among the following founded the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal?

A) William Jones

B) Lord Cornwallis John

C) Shore

D) Warren Hastings

Who assassinated to Lord Louis Mountbatten the last Viceroy of United India?

A) Thomas Saviory

B) Henry Lekvin

C) Thomas McMahon

D) Ravin Simmon Bovey