Modern History - MCQs with answers - Part 1
1. Who captured Beijing in 1644?a) Chongzhen Emperor
b) Li Zicheng
c) Wu Sangui
d) Yao Xueyin
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Li Zicheng
Li proclaimed himself the Emperor of the Shun dynasty.
a) 1600
b) 1603
c) 1707
d) 1761
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 1600
It cleared the path to the Shogunate for Tokugawa Ieyasu.
a) Ishida Mitsunari
b) Kuroda Yoshitaka
c) Oda Nobunaga
d) Tokugawa Ieyasu
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan.
a) Akechi Mitsuhide
b) Kuroda Yoshitaka
c) Oda Nobunaga
d) Toyotomi Hideyoshi
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) Toyotomi Hideyoshi
a) 1707
b) 1761
c) 1751
d) 1765
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) 1761
The Maratha army lost the Third Battle of Panipat and the empire was divided into a confederacy of Maratha states.
a) 1707
b) 1751
c) 1765
d) 1757
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) 1757
Pitt's India Act of 1784 gave the British government effective control of the private company for the first time.
a) 1707
b) 1751
c) 1757
d) 1765
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) 1757
The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company over the Nawab Bengal and his French allies.
a) 1707
b) 1751
c) 1757
d) 1765
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) 1765
Nawabs of Bengal were the rulers of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
a) 1772
b) 1818
c) 1858
d) 1857
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 1772
Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah occupied Kolkata in 1756.
a) 1818
b) 1857
c) 1858
d) 1819
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) 1857
The rebellion led to the dissolution of the East India Company in 1858.
