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Question 1Single Answer
The Turkish Commander who conquered Bihar and Bengal was :
  1. A
    Mohammad of Ghur        
  2. B
    Qutb - ud - din Aibak
  3. C
    Ikhtiyar - ud - din  Muhammad 
  4. D
    Bakhtiyar Khalji      
Question 2Single Answer
Bengal passed from the Palas to the control of a new dynasty, the Senas. Where did the Senas come from?
  1. A
    Orissa        
  2. B
    Central India
  3. C
    Kamrupa   
  4. D
    The Deccan.               
Question 3Single Answer
A Pala king who has been immortalised in popular Bengali traditions, folk songs and ballads , is :
  1. A
    Dharmapala       
  2. B
    Devapala
  3. C
    Gopala         
  4. D
    Mahipala 
Question 4Single Answer
Bengal was frequently independent of the control of Delhi. Which of the following was not one of the reasons for this ?
  1. A
    Its distance from Delhi
  2. B
    The composition of  its population
  3. C
    Its communications depended upon waterways with which the Turkish rulers were unfamiliar
  4. D
    Its profuse wealth tempted its governors to rebel against the central authority       
Question 5Single Answer
The Sultan of Delhi who twice made unsuccessful efforts to recover Bengal during the reign of Ilyas Shah and his son Sikander Shah was :
  1. A
    Ghiyasuddin Balban    
  2. B
    Ghiyasudin Khalji
  3. C
    Alauddin Khalji       
  4. D
    Firuz Tughluq            
Question 6Single Answer
The Ilyas Shahi Sultan who exchanged embassies with the Chinese emperor of the Ming dynasty was :
  1. A
    Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah   
  2. B
    Sikander Shah
  3. C
    Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah    
  4. D
    Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah      
Question 7Single Answer
Slaves belonging to which of the following nationalities played an important role in the politics of Bengal in the last quarter of the fifteenth Century ?
  1. A
    Turk    
  2. B
    Afghan
  3. C
    Abyssinia           
  4. D
    Arab       
Question 8Single Answer
During the region of which of the following kings of Hussain Shahi dynasty did Sikander Lodi attack Bengal ?
  1. A
    Alauddin Hussain Shah    
  2. B
    Nasiruddin Nusrat Shah
  3. C
    Alauddin Firuz Shah       
  4. D
    Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah            
Question 9Single Answer
Which of the following was not one of the contributions of Alauddin Hussain Shah of Bengal?
  1. A
    The creative genius of the people of medival Bengal reached its zenith
  2. B
    The  Bengali literature made a tremendous advance
  3. C
    He liberally conferred high posts upon the Hindu subjects
  4. D
    He was a great poet of Bengali language         
Question 10Single Answer
Bengal had a number of popular rulers who promoted communal harmony and worked for the prosperity of the State. Which of the following was not one of them ?
  1. A
    Iliyas Shah      
  2. B
    Shamsuddin Ahmad
  3. C
    Raja Ganesh       
  4. D
    Alauddin Hussain Shah.           
Question 11Single Answer
The Sultans of Bengal issued a rich variety of coins. The coins issued by which of the following Sultans are said to carry a "refreshing air of refinement" and are regarded as "Veritable gems of the art of coin-striking" ?
  1. A
    Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah      
  2. B
    Shamsuddin Iliyas Shah
  3. C
    Sikander Shah     
  4. D
    Alauddin Husain Shah            
Question 12Single Answer
The Sultans of Bengal issued a rich variety of coins. The coins issued by which of the following Sultans are said to carry a "refreshing air of refinement" and are regarded as "Veritable gems of the art of coin-striking" ?
  1. A
    Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah     
  2. B
    Shamsuddin Iliyas Shah
  3. C
    Sikander Shah         
  4. D
    Alauddin Husain Shah            
Question 13Single Answer
Who finally annexed Bengal and brought about the decline and fall of the dynasty of Ilyas khan ?
  1. A
    Babur      
  2. B
    Humayun
  3. C
    Sher Shah Suri            
  4. D
    Akbar      
Question 14Single Answer
Which of the following was not one of the warring kingdoms of Assam and East Bengal at the time ?
  1. A
    Kamata      
  2. B
    Ahom
  3. C
    Kamarupa   
  4. D
    Vanga              
Question 15Single Answer
The ruler of Bengal who annexed Kamata with the support of Ahoms Was :
  1. A
    Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah      
  2. B
    Raja Ganesh
  3. C
    Husain Shah   
  4. D
    Nasiruddin Nusrat Shah    
Question 16Single Answer
The imported style mingled with rhe contemporary Indian Schools of painting which were flourishing in various parts of the country . Which of the following was not an important centre of Indian painting in the early Mughal period ?
  1. A
    Gujarat   
  2. B
    Bengal
  3. C
    Rajputana    
  4. D
    Kashmir       
Question 17Single Answer
The portuguese established a number of settlements in India. Which of the following was not one of them?
  1. A
    Salsette    
  2. B
    Bassein
  3. C
    Masulipatam   
  4. D
    Bombay       
Question 18Single Answer
The port of Bengal which was called by the Portuguese the porto grande or grand port was :
  1. A
    Satgaon      
  2. B
    Chittagong
  3. C
    Hughli     
  4. D
    Chandradwip         
Question 19Single Answer
The credit for founding Calcutta in 1690 goes to :                                                      
  1. A
    Captain William Heath      
  2. B
    William Hedges
  3. C
    Job Charnock        
  4. D
    Robert Clive         
Question 20Single Answer
From 1685 to 1690 "the English in Bengal were in a state of Flux" because of :
  1. A
    Their repeated defeats and expulsion out of Hughli by the Mughals
  2. B
    Attacks on the English settlements by the Portuguese pirates
  3. C
    Attacks on the English settlements by the Dutch fleet
  4. D
    All of the above                 
Question 21Single Answer
From Bengal, the English largely exported :
  1. A
    Sugar           
  2. B
    Saltpetre
  3. C
    Silks   
  4. D
    All of the above
Question 22Single Answer
Who called the English in Bengal "a company of base, quarrelling people and foul dealers" ?
  1. A
    Aurangzed   
  2. B
    Shayista Khan, Mughal governor of Bengal
  3. C
    Mir Jumla   
  4. D
    Murshid Quli Khan                
Question 23Single Answer
Job Charnock founded Calcutta at the site of :
  1. A
    Sultanauti     
  2. B
    Kalikata
  3. C
    Govindpur     
  4. D
    All of the above
Question 24Single Answer
Who edited a Bengali weekly the Jugantar and the Basumati, the oldest Bengali daily paper .
  1. A
    Barindra Ghosh        
  2. B
    Aurbindo Ghosh
  3. C
    Ganesh Ghosh          
  4. D
    Anand Mohan Bose                  
Question 25Single Answer
After the partition of Bengal, the two new provinces which came into existence were :
  1. A
    East Bengal and Bengal      
  2. B
    East Bengal and west Bengal
  3. C
    East Bengal and Assam  
  4. D
    East Bengal and North Bengal
Question 26Single Answer
The leader of the Ghadar Party in Bengal and Orissa Was :
  1. A
    Jatindranath Mukherjee      
  2. B
    Jatindranath Das
  3. C
    Barindra Ghosh          
  4. D
    M.N. Roy.              
Question 27Single Answer
The greatest and bravest revolutionary leader from Bengal was :
  1. A
    Jatindranath Mukherjee   
  2. B
    Jatindranath Das
  3. C
    Surya Sen     
  4. D
    Sachindra Sanyal                   
Question 28Single Answer
What was the main political weapon used by the moderate nationalists to exert pressure upon the government against the partition of Bengal?
  1. A
    Satyagraha     
  2. B
    Civil disobedience
  3. C
    Non-Coopertion    
  4. D
    Swadeshi and boycott           
Question 29Single Answer
Through which of the following was the partition of Bengal subsequently annulled ?
  1. A
    The Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909
  2. B
    Report on Indian Constitutional Reforms , 1918
  3. C
    A proclamation of the King made during the coronation Durbar staged ar Delhi on December 12, 1911
  4. D
    The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919        
Question 30Single Answer
What was the main programme of Bengal revolutionary terrorists who came to the fore on account of government repression and frustration caused by the failure of the political struggle
  1. A
    To generate a mass revolution
  2. B
    To assassinate unpopular officials after the fashion of the Irish terrorists and the Russian Nihilists
  3. C
    To have a trial of strength with the British Government
  4. D
    To create a new band of leaders to guide the national movement             
Question 31Single Answer
The date of partition of Bengal, October 16, 1905, was celebrated on the suggestion of Rabindranath Tagor, as :
  1. A
    Solidarity Day     
  2. B
    Rakhi Bandhan Day
  3. C
    Black Day              
  4. D
    Brotherhood Day               
Question 32Single Answer
Under whose leadership was the Chittagong Armoury Raid organised ?
  1. A
    Jatin Das    
  2. B
    Surya Sen
  3. C
    Ganesh Ghosh   
  4. D
    Ambika Chakraborty        
Question 33Single Answer
Which of the following was responsible for the large communal riots during and after August 1946, especially the Great Calcutta Killings ?
  1. A
    Failure of the Cabinet Mission League
  2. B
    Uncompromising attitude of the Muslim League
  3. C
    The unilateral offer made by the Viceroy to Nehru to from the Interim Government
  4. D
    The Observance of Direct Action Day by the Muslim League         
Question 34Single Answer
Who was the founder of the Hindu College, Calcutta ?
  1. A
    Raja Ram Mohan Roy      
  2. B
    David Hare
  3. C
    Henry Vivian Derozio       
  4. D
    Asutosh Choudary            
Question 35Single Answer
A woman revolutionary, who while receiving her Degree at the Convocation of the University of Calcutta from the Governor of Bengal shot him, was :
  1. A
    Kalpana Datta         
  2. B
    Preetilata Waddedar
  3. C
    Bina Das          
  4. D
    Lila Nag        
Question 36Single Answer
Who influenced, like Socrates the first generation of the English - educated young men of Bengal ?
  1. A
    Raja Rammohan Roy      
  2. B
    Rabindranath Tagore
  3. C
    Henry Vivian Derozio           
  4. D
    Aurobindo Ghosh.             
Question 37Single Answer
Who established the Tattvabodhini Sabha for philosophical and religious discussion and Started Tattvabodhini Patrika to Propagate Brahmoism ?
  1. A
    Raja Ram Mohan Roy          
  2. B
    Raj Narayan Bose
  3. C
    Debendranath Tagore       
  4. D
    Keshab Chandra sen             
Question 38Single Answer
The Bethune College founder by Drinkwater Bethune in Calcutta in 1849 won the symbol of :
  1. A
    A revival of ancient Indian Culture
  2. B
    The dissemination of western scientific knowledge among Indian youth
  3. C
    A powerful movement for women's education that arose in the 1840s and 1850s
  4. D
    The creation of a spirit of self-confidence among the Indian youth         
Question 39Single Answer
Which of the following circumstances of the Bengal Army in 1824 proved to be the prover-bial last straw leading to a mutiny ?
  1. A
    Changes in regimental arrangements
  2. B
    Concentration of authority with the higher commanders
  3. C
    Orders issued to march to Burma which entailed crossing the sea
  4. D
    The sepoys were paid inadequate over seas allowances             
Question 40Single Answer
Where did the first signs of unrest appear early in 1857 ?
  1. A
    Awadh     
  2. B
    Bengal
  3. C
    Meerut      
  4. D
    Upper Provinces.        
Question 41Single Answer
The Zamindars of Bengal remainder loyal to the British because :
  1. A
    They were a creation of the British
  2. B
    The hostility of Bihar peasants towards their Zamindars frightened the Bengal zamindars
  3. C
    They had no faith in the ability of the rebels to overthrow the British
  4. D
    Both (1) and (2) above             
Question 42Single Answer
The agrarian unrest in East Bengal during 1872-76 was largely directed against the oppression of :
  1. A
    The government        
  2. B
    The money-lenders
  3. C
    The zamindars      
  4. D
    The foreign planters              
Question 43Single Answer
 What was the occasion for the mutiny of the Bengal Army in 1844 after the conquest of Sind ?
  1. A
    Rudeness of English officers
  2. B
    Changes in the regimental arrangements
  3. C
    Stoppage of allowances for active service in a foreign country
  4. D
    Change in dress regulations requiring removal of traditional head gear           
Question 44Single Answer
How did Murshid Quli khan lay the foundation of a new landed aristocracy in Bengal ?
  1. A
    He started a new Jagirdari System of officers of the State.
  2. B
    In choosing revenue farmers he gave preference to local zamindars and money-lenders who were mainly Hindus .
  3. C
    He filled the highest civil posts and many of the military posts with Irani nobles.
  4. D
    He removed the older zamindars and in their place appointed upstart revenue farmers.        
Question 45Single Answer
Which of the following was not one of the steps taken by Murshid Quli khan to increase the resources of the Bengal government ?
  1. A
    He converted large parts of jagir lands into khalisa lands
  2. B
    He carried out a fresh revenue settlement
  3. C
    He introduced the system of revenue farming
  4. D
    He introduced the mahalwari system in place of ryotwari settlement    
Question 46Single Answer
Which of the following was not one of the politico-administrative short comings of the nawabs of Bengal?
  1. A
    Their failure to realise the true nature of English interest in India
  2. B
    Their failure to check the growing corruption among their officials
  3. C
    Their neglect to build a strong army
  4. D
    Their failure to promote amity between the Hindu and Muslim subjects      
Question 47Single Answer
Before the foundation of Calcutta at the biggest English settlement in Bengal was :
  1. A
    Qasim Bazar      
  2. B
    Chittagong
  3. C
    Hughli                
  4. D
    Murshidabad    
Question 48Single Answer
Which of the following was not a reason for the commercial importance of Bengal to the English ?
  1. A
    Well-established local commercial institutions
  2. B
    Rich and extensive hinter land
  3. C
    Excellent communications by water
  4. D
    Availability of goods that were in great demand in Europe         
Question 49Single Answer
The main English exports from Bengal were :
  1. A
    Saltpetre   
  2. B
    Silk and cotton goods
  3. C
    Both (1) and (2) above        
  4. D
    Indigo              
Question 50Single Answer
Which of the following privileges obtained by the English under the royal farman of 1717 proved to be a bone of contention between  them   and the nawabs of Bengal?
  1. A
    The freedom to export and import their goods in Bengal without paying customs dues
  2. B
    Permission to rent additional territory around Calcutta
  3. C
    Exemption from payment of all customs and duties at Surat
  4. D
    Free currency granted throughout the Mughal dominions to the Company's coins minted at Bombay
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