History - Modern India

Question 1

___ received Vasco da Gama when he arrived at port of Calicut [1498].

Answer 1

Zamorin, King of Calicut

Question 2

Initial capital of Portuguese

Answer 2

Cochin

• later shifted to Goa by Cunha

Question 3

First Governor of Portuguese in India

Answer 3

Francisco Almedia

• introduced the ‘policy of blue water’

Question 4

____ introduced policy of imperialism in India

Answer 4

Albuquerque

• arrived in 1503

Question 5

First Portuguese factory was established here

Answer 5

Calicut, Kerala

Question 6

Dutch lost to British in this battle.

Answer 6

Battle of Bedera [1759]

Question 7

English East India Company was started by a group of merchants called ___.

Answer 7

Merchant Adventures in 1599

Question 8

____ visited Jahangir’s court for permission to trade in India

Answer 8

Sir Thomas Roe

• ambassador of King James I

Question 9

First factory of East India Company was set up here.

Answer 9

Surat

Question 10

The Danes arrived in India in 1616 and set up their establishment in ___ & ___.

Answer 10

Tranquebar [Tamil Nadu] & Serampore [Bengal]

Question 11

French East India Company was set up by ____. The first was set up in ___ and then in ___.

Answer 11

Colbert, Surat, Masulipatnam

• under Louise XIV

Question 12

___ & ___ revived the French power in India in 1700s.

Answer 12

Lenoir & Dumas

Question 13

___ founded Hyderabad in 1724.

Answer 13

Nizam-ul-Mulk

• aka Chin Qilich Khan
• supported British in Revolt of 1857

Question 14

Founder of Awadh.

Answer 14

Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk

Question 15

Haider defeated the British in this war.

Answer 15

First Anglo-Mysore War, 1769

• died in 2nd Anglo-Mysore War

Question 16

___ planted the Tree of Liberty in Srirangapatnam.

Answer 16

Tipu Sultan

• succeeded Haider Ali
• member of Jacobian Club
• died in 4th Anglo-Mysore War

Question 17

First Nawab of Bengal

Answer 17

Murshid Quli Khan

• transferred capital from Dacca to Murshidabad

Question 18

This treaty was signed in 1757 between Robert Clive of the British East India Company, and the Nawab of Bengal Siraj-ud-Daula

Answer 18

The Treaty of Alinagar

Question 19

The Black Hole Tragedy of 1756 occurred here.

Answer 19

Fort William, Calcutta

• Siraj ud-Daulah held British prisoners of war

Question 20

Siraj-ud-Daula lost to the British in this battle.

Answer 20

Battle of Plassey, 1757

Question 21

First British Governor of the Bengal

Answer 21

Robert Clive

• in 1765

Question 22

____ ended the dual system of Government in India in 1772

Answer 22

Warren Hastings

• first Governor-General of Bengal

Question 23

The first Carnatic war between these two armies ended in the treaty of ____.

Answer 23

France & England

Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle

Question 24

The second Carnatic war ended in the treaty of ____.

Answer 24

Treaty of Pondicherry / Godehu

Question 25

____ invented the Gurmukhi script for Punjabi language

Answer 25

Guru Angad

Question 26

___ founded Amritsar.

Answer 26

Guru Ramdas

Question 27

___ compiled the Adi Granth, a sacred scripture of Sikhism.

Answer 27

Guru Arjun Dev

Question 28

___ organized the Khalsa community of warriors.

Answer 28

Guru Gobind Singh

Question 29

First commissioner of Punjab

Answer 29

John Lawrence

Question 30

___ first cited the Drain of Wealth Theory: the idea that Britain was draining and bleeding India for nothing.

Answer 30

Dadabhai Naoroji - in 'Poverty and un-British rule in India'

Question 31

____ was declared Shahenshah-i-Hindustan

Answer 31

Bahadur Shah II - leader of Revolt in Delhi in 1857

Question 32

___ was the leader of the revolt against the British in Jhansi in 1857,

Answer 32

Rani Lakshmi Bai

Question 33

The Revolt of 1857 was also known as:

Answer 33

- First war of Independence | - Sepoy mutiny

Question 34

Hasting and William Jones founded the ____.

Answer 34

Asiatic Society of Bengal

Question 35

Father of Civil Services in India

Answer 35

Lord Cornwallis - created the post of 'District Judge'

Question 36

___ introduced the first charter act 1793

Answer 36

John Shore - famous for policy of non-interference

Question 37

___ introduced the system of subsidiary alliance.

Answer 37

Lord Wellesley - rulers of states had to pay subsidy to British - Nawab of Hyderabad was first to accept

Question 38

Father of Modern Western Education in India

Answer 38

William Bentinck - first governor-general of India - abolished sati

Question 39

First medical college in India was opened here.

Answer 39

Calcutta

Question 40

Liberator of the press.

Answer 40

Charles Metcalfe

Question 41

___ introduced the Doctrine of Lapse.

Answer 41

Dalhousie - introduced the railways, postal system and telegraph in India

Question 42

First Viceroy of India

Answer 42

Lord Canning - revolt of 1857 - passed the Government of India Act 1858 which ended the rule of East India Company

Question 43

Income tax was introduced for the first time in ___.

Answer 43

1858

Question 44

____ established the Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

Answer 44

Lord Mayo - only viceroy to be murdered in office

Question 45

First census of India was conducted in ___.

Answer 45

1872

Question 46

____ passed the Vernacular Press Act 1878

Answer 46

Lord Lytton

Question 47

Father of Local Self-Government in India

Answer 47

Lord Ripon

Question 48

This bill was a controversial measure proposed in 1883 that allowed senior Indian magistrates to preside over cases involving British subjects in India.

Answer 48

Ilbert Bill

Question 49

Archaeological Survey of India was founded by ____.

Answer 49

Alexander Cunningham

Question 50

_____ was the Viceroy of India when Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place on April 13, 1919.

Answer 50

Lord Chelmsford

Question 51

Last governor general of free India

Answer 51

C. Rajagopalachari