History Quiz 1 (Questions)

1. In which year was the British East India Company came into being?

2. Name the first European who came to India?

3. In which year was the Dutch East India Company set up?

4. In which year was the French East India set up?

5. Who was the First Governor General of Bengal?

6. Who was the first Governor General of India?

7. Who introduced the dual government in Bengal?

8. Who was the first viceroy of India?

9. By which act was the post of viceroy created?

10. By which Charter Act the monopoly of East India Company came to an end?

11. Who started the building of ‘Qutub Minar’?

12. Who completed the building of Qutub Minar?

13. Who started the Branding of Horses?

14. Who called the Revolt of 1857 as the First war of Independence?

15. In which year was the Regulating Act passed?

16. In which year was the Pitt’s India Act passes?

17. Who introduced Permanent Settlement in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa?

18. Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance?

19. Who is called as the ‘Father of Modern India’?

20. Who was the founder of the Marathas power?

21. Who was the 1st Peshwa?

22. In which year was the Indian National Congress formed?

23. Who was the founder of Indian National Congress?

24. Where was the first session of INC held?

25. Who was the 1st President of INC?

26. Name the 1st Indian Muslim to become INC president.

27. Name the 1st British to become the INC president?

28. Who was the 1st lady to become INC president?

29. Who was the 1st Indian lady to become the INC president?

30. Name the 1st movement of Mahatma Gandhi in India?

31. Who was the ruler of Calicut when Vasco da Gama came?

32. Who was the 1st Governor General among the Portuguese?

33. Who is called the father of Portuguese in India?

34. Which Indian land became the 1st European colony?

35. Who was the ruler of Goa in 1510 when it was captured by Portugals?

36. What is the modern name of Bijapur?

37. Who abolished the dual government in Bengal

38. Who was the wife of Bahadur Shah II?

39. By which act was the Governor General of Bengal, made the Governor General of

India?

40. Who was the 1st Chief Justice of Supreme Court in 1774?

41. Who is called the Father of Civil Service in India?

42. Who was the religious guru of Shivaji?

43. Who was the mother of Shivaji?

44. Who was the father of Shivaji?

45. Who was the 2nd Peshwa?

46. Who was the 3rd Peshwa?

47. Who invited Babar to India to fight against Ibrahim Lodi in 1526?

48. Who was the originator of ‘ Inquilab Zindabad’ ?