This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Exam Based > The First One – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The First One Quiz 7 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first-Indian war of independence by A) R. C. Mazumdar. B) B. G. Tilak. C) S. N. Sen. D) V. D. Savarkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) V. D. Savarkar. 2. The ..... were the first Europeans to start a Joint-stock company trade with India? A) Dutch. B) Danish. C) Portuguese. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Portuguese. 3. The first women's university in India was founded by: A) Rani Ahilya Devi. B) J.C. Kumarappa. C) Dhondo Keshave Karve. D) Gandhiji. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dhondo Keshave Karve. 4. What was the most important reason for the First Anglo- Sikh War (1845-46)? A) The attempts of the English Company to interfere with the internal matters of the Lahore state. B) To divert the energies of ungovernable Khalsa army. C) The war-like preparations of the English across the Sutlej. D) The agreement entered into the Dogra Chief, Gulab Singh, by the English to sell Kashmir to the former. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To divert the energies of ungovernable Khalsa army. 5. On ..... the first Cloth Mill started at Bombay. A) 1870. B) 1857. C) 1890. D) 1851. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1851. 6. Who was the first victory of the protughese in the East? A) Vasco da Gamma. B) Pedro Alvaraz carbol. C) Francisco d'Almeda. D) Albuquerque. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Francisco d'Almeda. 7. By which Act the Public Service Commission was first established in India? A) The Government of India Act, 1935. B) The Act of 1909. C) The Indian Council Act, 1892. D) The Government of India Act, 1919. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Government of India Act, 1919. 8. Who among the following rulers was first to embrace Buddhism? A) Bindusara. B) Ashoka. C) Bimbisara. D) Ajatsatru. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ajatsatru. 9. Who among the following first used the word 'Swarajya' in its political sense and accepted Hindi as the national language of India? A) Swami Vivekananda. B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. C) Rammohan Roy. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. 10. The credit of the discovery of the first Palaeolithic in India which opened the field of prehistoric studies in the country goes to A) De Terra and Paterson. B) H D Sankalia. C) Robert Bruce Foote. D) Burkitt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Robert Bruce Foote. 11. The English established their first factory in Bengal in 1651 at ..... A) Patna. B) Calcutta. C) Kassimbazar. D) Hugli. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hugli. 12. In which year were Factories opened for the first time in Orissa. A) 1639 A.D. B) 1613 A.D. C) 1663 A.D. D) 1632 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1663 A.D. 13. Which one of the following nations was the first to start sea trade with India? A) Netherland. B) France. C) Portugal. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Portugal. 14. Who among these was not a part of triple alliance on the eve of first Anglo-Mysore war of 1767-69? A) The English. B) The Marathas. C) Raja of Travancore. D) Nizam of Hyderabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Raja of Travancore. 15. According to the theory of double invasion of India by the Aryans, the first group inhabited the Punjab, and the second group pushed its way through Gilgit and Chitral and settled in the midland country. Who put forward this theory? A) Dr. Giles. B) Dr. Hoernle. C) C.V. Vaidya. D) Sir George Grierson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dr. Hoernle. 16. Where in India, did the Protuguese build their first fortress? A) Anjidiv. B) Cochin. C) Goa. D) Cannanore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cochin. 17. Which country was first to start a joint stock company to trade with India? A) Portugese. B) Danish. C) Dutch. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dutch. 18. Who among the following foreigners was the first to visit India? A) Fahien. B) Hiuen-Tsang. C) I Ching. D) Megasthenese. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Megasthenese. 19. The slogan of 'Bande Mataram' was first adopted during the ..... Movements? A) Non-cooperation. B) Civil Disobedience. C) Swadeshi. D) Quit India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swadeshi. 20. The term 'Pre-history' was first used by A) Tournal. B) Henry Christy. C) Lewis Henry Morgan. D) William Robertson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tournal. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesThe First One Quiz 1The First One Quiz 2The First One Quiz 3The First One Quiz 4The First One Quiz 5The First One Quiz 6The First One Quiz 8The First One Quiz 9The First One Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books