MCQ Chapter 2 India’s Long Road to Independence Class 8 Social Science CBSE Board Advertisement 1. Who took direct control of India from the East India Company in 1858?The Indian National CongressThe British CrownThe All-India Muslim LeagueThe British ParliamentQuestion 1 of 202. Who represented the British Crown in India after 1858?The Governor of BombayThe Secretary of StateThe ViceroyThe Congress PresidentQuestion 2 of 203. What was the British term for their supremacy over the princely states?SwarajParamountcySwadeshiBoycottQuestion 3 of 204. What did the 1858 royal proclamation promise regarding Indian princes?Their complete independenceTheir removal from powerRespect for their rights, dignity and honourTheir membership in the British ParliamentQuestion 4 of 205. What was one major economic problem caused by British rule?Excessive production of Indian goodsHeavy land taxesComplete freedom of Indian industriesRemoval of all taxesQuestion 5 of 206. What did the Arms Act of 1878 restrict?British soldiers from carrying weaponsIndian people from keeping armsIndian newspapers from publishing articlesIndian farmers from owning landQuestion 6 of 207. What did the Vernacular Press Act of 1878 regulate?British newspapersIndian-language newspapersSchool textbooksGovernment reportsQuestion 7 of 208. Which social practice was opposed by Indian reformers?Modern educationChild marriageScientific studyIndustrial productionQuestion 8 of 209. Who founded the Brahmo Samaj?Swami Dayananda SaraswatiRaja Ram Mohan RoyJyotirao PhuleSyed Ahmad KhanQuestion 9 of 2010. When was the Arya Samaj founded?1828185818751885Question 10 of 2011. Which reform movement emphasised a return to the Vedas?Brahmo SamajArya SamajKuka MovementHome Rule MovementQuestion 11 of 2012. What was one aim of the Shuddhi Movement?To establish British schoolsTo reconvert people who had left HinduismTo promote British goodsTo abolish Indian industriesQuestion 12 of 2013. Which reformer strongly promoted girls’ education and widow rights?Raja Ram Mohan RoyGeorge CurzonAllan Octavian HumeDouglas KingsfordQuestion 13 of 2014. Who composed “Bande Mataram” in 1875?Rabindranath TagoreBankim Chandra ChattopadhyaySubramania BharatiAurobindo GhoseQuestion 14 of 2015. In which novel did “Bande Mataram” appear?KesariAnandamathVijayaThe BengaleeQuestion 15 of 2016. Who set “Bande Mataram” to music and sang it at the 1896 Congress Session?Rabindranath TagoreBal Gangadhar TilakLala Lajpat RaiBipin Chandra PalQuestion 16 of 2017. In which year did the Constituent Assembly adopt “Vande Mataram” as India’s National Song?1942194719501952Question 17 of 2018. What was Swami Vivekananda’s original name?Narendranath DattaAbul Kalam AzadMohandas GandhiDayananda SaraswatiQuestion 18 of 2019. Where did Swami Vivekananda give his famous speech in 1893?LondonBombayChicagoCalcuttaQuestion 19 of 2020. What organisation did Swami Vivekananda found?Arya SamajRamakrishna MissionSwaraj PartyAnushilan SamitiQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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