Mixed revision tests

Attempt these only after completing the chapters. Cover the explanation column, set a timer, and mark guessed answers separately. Analyse every error by chapter.

Mixed Test 1

Choose one answer. Target: 8/10 accurately before reducing time.

1. Which battle broke French political power in south India?

(A) Wandiwash (B) Plassey (C) Buxar (D) Panipat

Key: A — Wandiwash was the decisive English victory in 1760.

2. The English East India Company received its charter in:

(A) 1498 (B) 1600 (C) 1664 (D) 1757

Key: B — The English Company was chartered in 1600.

3. The Carnatic Wars mainly reflected:

(A) Anglo-French rivalry (B) Anglo-Maratha rivalry (C) Mughal-Sikh rivalry (D) Portuguese-Dutch rivalry

Key: A — European rivalry was expressed through Indian succession politics.

4. The Company obtained Diwani rights in:

(A) 1757 (B) 1764 (C) 1765 (D) 1773

Key: C — The grant followed the Treaty of Allahabad in 1765.

5. Buxar was fought against:

(A) Siraj alone (B) Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-daula and Shah Alam II (C) Tipu Sultan alone (D) Ranjit Singh

Key: B — It was a three-party coalition against the Company.

6. Dual Government is associated with:

(A) Robert Clive (B) Warren Hastings (C) Cornwallis (D) Dalhousie

Key: A — Clive introduced the arrangement in Bengal.

7. The first Governor-General of Bengal was:

(A) Clive (B) Warren Hastings (C) Cornwallis (D) William Bentinck

Key: B — Warren Hastings held the office created by the Regulating Act.

8. Pitt’s India Act established:

(A) Board of Control (B) Federal Court (C) Public Service Commission (D) Dyarchy

Key: A — The Board of Control represented the British government.

9. The Charter Act of 1833:

(A) Ended Company trade (B) Introduced separate electorates (C) Transferred power to Crown (D) Created the Supreme Court

Key: A — It ended the Company’s commercial functions.

10. Permanent Settlement is most closely associated with:

(A) Cornwallis (B) Munro (C) Dalhousie (D) Wellesley

Key: A — Cornwallis introduced it in 1793.

Score: ______ / 10 Time: ______ minutes Re-test date: __________

Mixed Test 2

Choose one answer. Target: 8/10 accurately before reducing time.

1. Ryotwari settlement was made primarily with:

(A) Zamindars (B) Cultivators (C) Village headmen only (D) European merchants

Key: B — The ryot was treated as the revenue-paying cultivator.

2. Mahalwari refers to settlement with the:

(A) Mahal or village estate (B) Company army (C) Urban guild (D) Port authority

Key: A — Mahal means the village or estate used as the revenue unit.

3. Tipu Sultan died in:

(A) 1757 (B) 1799 (C) 1805 (D) 1818

Key: B — He died defending Seringapatam in 1799.

4. Treaty of Bassein was signed with:

(A) Baji Rao II (B) Ranjit Singh (C) Nizam Ali (D) Siraj-ud-daulah

Key: A — The treaty strengthened British influence over the Maratha confederacy.

5. Subsidiary Alliance meant that the ruler generally:

(A) Accepted British troops and lost independent diplomacy (B) Ended all land revenue (C) Joined the French (D) Abolished the army without replacement

Key: A — The system created political dependence.

6. Awadh was annexed in 1856 on the ground of:

(A) Lapse (B) Misgovernance (C) Religious conversion (D) Treaty violation by France

Key: B — The official justification was maladministration.

7. Jhansi was annexed under:

(A) Subsidiary Alliance (B) Doctrine of Lapse (C) Permanent Settlement (D) Dual Government

Key: B — Jhansi is a classic lapse example.

8. The cartridge issue was best described as:

(A) A long-term cause only (B) An immediate trigger amid wider grievances (C) A revenue settlement (D) A constitutional Act

Key: B — It accelerated the outbreak.

9. Brahmo Samaj was founded by:

(A) Rammohan Roy (B) Dayanand (C) Vivekananda (D) Phule

Key: A — Rammohan Roy founded it in 1828.

10. Arya Samaj was founded in:

(A) 1828 (B) 1856 (C) 1875 (D) 1905

Key: C — Dayanand Saraswati founded it in 1875.

Score: ______ / 10 Time: ______ minutes Re-test date: __________

Mixed Test 3

Choose one answer. Target: 8/10 accurately before reducing time.

1. The Hindu Widows’ Remarriage Act was passed in:

(A) 1829 (B) 1856 (C) 1875 (D) 1891

Key: B — The Act was passed in 1856.

2. The revolt began at:

(A) Delhi (B) Meerut (C) Kanpur (D) Jhansi

Key: B — The initial outbreak was at Meerut on 10 May 1857.

3. Begum Hazrat Mahal led resistance at:

(A) Lucknow (B) Jhansi (C) Bihar (D) Bareilly

Key: A — She led the Lucknow resistance.

4. Kunwar Singh was associated with:

(A) Bihar (B) Punjab (C) Madras (D) Sindh

Key: A — He led in the Bihar region.

5. The Government of India Act, 1858:

(A) Ended Crown rule (B) Transferred power from Company to Crown (C) Created INC (D) Introduced dyarchy

Key: B — It ended Company rule.

6. The first Viceroy of India was:

(A) Canning (B) Curzon (C) Ripon (D) Dalhousie

Key: A — Lord Canning became the first Viceroy.

7. Queen’s Proclamation was issued in:

(A) 1757 (B) 1857 (C) 1858 (D) 1885

Key: C — It followed the transfer to Crown rule.

8. The first INC session was held at:

(A) Bombay (B) Calcutta (C) Madras (D) Allahabad

Key: A — The first session met in Bombay in 1885.

9. Drain Theory was associated with:

(A) Naoroji (B) Tilak (C) Gandhi (D) Curzon

Key: A — Dadabhai Naoroji developed the argument.

10. The first president of INC was:

(A) W.C. Bonnerjee (B) Hume (C) Gokhale (D) Mehta

Key: A — Bonnerjee presided over the first session.

Score: ______ / 10 Time: ______ minutes Re-test date: __________

Mixed Test 4

Choose one answer. Target: 8/10 accurately before reducing time.

1. Swadeshi movement followed:

(A) Partition of Bengal (B) Rowlatt Act (C) Simon Commission (D) Quit India

Key: A — The 1905 partition triggered it.

2. Surat split occurred in:

(A) 1905 (B) 1907 (C) 1916 (D) 1920

Key: B — The split occurred in 1907.

3. Ghadar movement was strongly connected with:

(A) Indian communities abroad (B) Permanent Settlement (C) Princely courts only (D) Civil Services Act

Key: A — It mobilised Indians overseas.

4. Separate electorates were introduced by:

(A) 1909 reforms (B) 1919 Act (C) 1935 Act (D) Indian Independence Act

Key: A — Morley–Minto reforms introduced them.

5. Home Rule Leagues began in:

(A) 1905 (B) 1916 (C) 1920 (D) 1930

Key: B — Tilak and Besant launched them in 1916.

6. Lucknow Pact was signed between:

(A) Congress and Muslim League (B) Congress and Justice Party (C) League and Unionists (D) Company and Crown

Key: A — It represented temporary Congress–League cooperation.

7. Champaran is associated with:

(A) Indigo (B) Salt (C) Textile tariff (D) Forest law

Key: A — Indigo cultivation was the issue.

8. Ahmedabad movement involved:

(A) Mill workers (B) Indigo peasants (C) Tribal forest rights (D) Soldiers

Key: A — It was a labour dispute.

9. Kheda satyagraha demanded:

(A) Revenue relief (B) Separate electorates (C) Factory closure (D) Partition reversal

Key: A — Crop failure made revenue relief the core demand.

10. Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place at:

(A) Amritsar (B) Lahore (C) Delhi (D) Kanpur

Key: A — It occurred at Amritsar.

Score: ______ / 10 Time: ______ minutes Re-test date: __________