BRITISH HITORY (PAPER-I)
MCQS
1) The bank of England was founded in:
A) 1690
b) 1695
c) 1694
d) None of These
2) Great Britain captured Gibralter in:
A) 1704
b) 1700
c) 1703
d) None of These
3) Queen Anne ascended on the throne of England in:
A)1700
b) 1702
c) 1701
d) None of These
4) The Septennial Act was passed in:
A) 1702
b) 1715
c) 1716
d) None of These
5) Walpole became Prime Minister in:
a) 1720
b) 1721
c) 1722
d) None of These
6) Riot ACT was passed in:
A) 1712
b) 1715
c) 1718
d) None of These
7)’Social Contract’ was written by:
a) Hobbes
b) Lock
c) Rousseau
d) None of These
8) The Estates General met for the last time in:
A) 1650
b) 1670
c) 1614
d) None of These
9) Congress of Troppau held in:
A) 1819
b) 1820
c) 1821
d) None of These
10) David Ricardo was:
A) Philosopher
B) Statesman
c) Economist
d) None of These
11) The organizer of victory was:
a) Prieur
B)Lindet
c) Carnot
d) None of These
12) ‘Hogarth’ (d.1764) a painter belonged to the country and is a:
a) British
b) Dutch
c) German
d) None of These
13) Catholic Emancipation Act was passed on:
a) 1815
b)1829
c)1826
d) None of These
14) Battle of Wandewash won by:
a) Clive
b) Duplex
c) Eyre Coot
d) None of These
15) American declaration of Independence issued from:
a) York Town
b) Massachauset
c) Philadelphia
d) None of These
16) England began the peninsular war in Spain:
a) 1800
b) 1801
c) 1808
d) None of These
17) Canning became Foreign Secretary in:
a) 1820
b) 1825
c) 1822
d) None of These
18) In the battle of Navarino, who was defeated?
a) Germany
b) Austria
c) Turkey
d) None of These
19) Which British Prime Minister established a civilian Police force for London?
a) Lord North
b) PIIT the younger
c) Peel
d) None of These
20) Slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire in:
a) 1830
b) 1833
c) 1835
d) None of These
Q.NO.1 “For many generations to come, the Revolution of 1688-89 was spoken of by our ancestors as the Glorious Revolution (Prof. Trevelyon). Comment on its results.
Q.NO.2 How the First Coalition (1793-97) was formed against France; write the causes of its failure?
Q.NO.3 Write critical essay of George III Personal Rule?
Q.NO.4. What do you mean by Chartist Movement; what were its demands?
Q.NO.5. How the Industrial Revolution affected the life of common man? Comment.
Q.NO.6 Write down the Union of England and Scotland. Narrate its results.
Q.NO.7. Write notes on ANY TWO of the following
a) Pitt the Younger
b) Treaty of Paris (1763)
c) Social Results of Industrial Revolution
d) The Bed – Chamber Question.