Copy the questions and write only the correct alternatives:

1. The Kol rebellion took place in- (M.E. 2018]

(a) Medinipur (b) Jhargram (c) Chota Nagpur (d) Ranchi
2. The First Forest Act was passed in India in-
(a) 1859 AD (b) 1860 AD (c) 1865 AD (d) 1878 AD (M.E. 2018]
3. Into How many categories were the Indian forests divided by the Forest Act of 1878-
(M.E. 2017]
(a) Five (c) Eight (d) Three (b) Six
4. Who suffered most due to the Forest Acts of the colonial government ?
(a) tribals (b) villagers (d) ijaradars (c) jhum cultivators
5. The East India Company in India came to an end in--
(a) 1857 AD (b) 1858 AD (c) 1855 AD (d) 1859 AD
6. Which of the following items became the government property by the Forest Charter of
1855?
(a) bamboo (b) cattle (c) teak wood (d) opium
7. Which uprising or revolt gave way to the Permanent Settlement of 1793 ?
(a) Rangpur Revolt (b) Bheel Revolt (c) Munda Rebellion (d) Pagal Panthi Revolt
8. Who was the leader of the Rangpur Revolt ?
(a) Birsa (b) Dirjinarain (c) Hiria (d) Madara Mahato
9. Who was the leader of the Santhal Rebellion ?
(a) Doman Majhi (b) Dhirendranath (c) Buddhu Bhagat (d) Birsa
10. The leader of the Kol Rebellion was-
(a) Kanu (b) Sui Munda (c) Buddhu Bhagat (d) Bhawani Pathak
11. Sui Munda gave leadership to-
(a) Chuar Rebellion (b) Kol Rebellion (c) Santhal Hool (d) Munda Rebellion
12. The Rangpur Revolt took place in--
(a) 1783 (b) 1784 (c) 1785 (d) 1786
13. At first the Chuar rebels were led by--
(a) Durjan Singh (b) Jagannath Singh (c) Rani Shiromoni (d) Sui Munda
14. The Rangpur rebels were led by--
(a) Sidhu (b) Buddhu Bhagat (c) Nuruluddin (d) Durjan Singh
15. Durjan Singh was the leader of the--
(a) Rangpur rebels (b) Chuar rebels (c) Indigo rebels (d) Pabna rebels
16. Chuar means--
(a) high caste people (b) lower caste people (c) adivasi (d) civilized people
17. The Chuars belonged to - -
(a) Medinipur and Bankura(b) Chota Nagpur (c) Nadia (d) Rangpur
18. Name the ijaradar against whom the ryots of Rangpur rose in revolt.
(a) Durjan Singh (b) Debi Singh (c) Chil Naik (d) Majnu Shah
19. The Kol Rebellion took place in--
(a) North Bengal (b) East Bengal (c) Chota Nagpur (d) Bhagalpur
20. Of the following which was the area the tribals had settled ?
(a) Khandesh (b) Bankura (c) North Bengal (d) Chota Nagpur
21. Why did the Kol Rebellion take place ?
(a) torture of zamindars (b) misrule of the British (c) agrarian discontent(d) oppression of
ijaradars
22. Sui Munda was associated with the--
(a) Santhal Rebellion (b) Kol, Rebellion (c) Bheel Rebellion (d) Munda Rebellion
23. Of the following, who was the leader of the Mundari Movement ?
(a) Birsa (b) Sidhu (c) Karam Shah (d) Dudu Miyan
24. Inspired by the Munda Rebellion, the Oraons started the
(a) Kheda Satyagraha (b) Kherwar Movment (c) Tana Bhagat Uprising
(d) none of the above
25. Who led the 'Ulgulan'?
(a) Birsa Munda (b) Joa Bhagat (c) Kanhu (d) Sidhu
26. Who declared himself as the 'dhartiaba'?
(a) Sidhu (b) Chand (c) Bhairav (d) Birsa Munda
27. Birsa Munda died of--
(a) Malaria (b) Cholera (c) Pox (d) Pneumonia
28. Who was Rani Shiromoni ?
(a) Queen of Nawalhati (b) Queen of Medinipur (c) Queen of Maharashtra
(d) Queen of Khandesh
29. Who earned the reputation of 'Healer'?
(a) Majnu Shah (b) Buddhu Bhagat (c) Birsa Munda (d) Debi Singh
30. What does the word 'Hool' mean in Santhali language ?
(a) Mutiny (b) Uprising (c) Insurgence (d) Rebellion
31. Where did the Bheel exercise monopoly of power?
(a) Khandesh (b) Chota Nagpur (c) Rangpur (d) Barisal
32. Who was Dhadkar Shyamgagan?
(a) a leader of the Kol Rebellion (b) a leader of the Chuar Rebellion (c) a leader of the Bheel
Revolt (d) a leader of the Santhal Revolt
33. The 'Chuar' region was known as--
(a) Paikan land (b) Chuar Mahal (c) Jangal Mahal (d) Tal Mahal
34. Who was the Governor general of India during the Chuar Rebellion ?
(a) William Bentinck (b) Warren Hastings (c) Lord Wellesley (d) Lord Canning
35. When did the Kol Rebellion first take place ?
(a) 1829-30 (b) 1831-32 (c) 1838-39 (d) 1835-36
36. Who gave leadership to the English army in suppressing the Chuar Rebellion ?
(a) Stuart Wellesley (b) Captain Cook (c) Captain Morgan (d) Captain Edward
37. In which region did the Kol Rebellion first start ?
(a) Rangpur (b) Khandesh (c) Bankura (d) Ranchi
38. The Kols opposed the cultivation of
(a) tea (b) coffee (c) opium (d) indigo
39. The Kols used the term 'diku' to mean
(a) a friend (b) the outsiders (c) the zamindars (d) the money lenders
40. What does the word 'damin-i-koh' mean?
(a) Valley (b) Plain (c) Foothills (d) Plateau
41. The Santhal Insurrection of 1855-57 was written by
(a) J. C. Brown (b) Kalikinkar Dutta (c) W. C. Smith (d) Gautam Bhadra
42. The Santhal Rebellion took place under the leadership of -
(a) Kanu and Sidhu (b) Durjan Singh (c) Bindrai Manki (d) Jagannath Singh
43. Bhavani Pathak was a leader of the
(a) Farazi Rebel (b) Sannyasi Fakir Rebellion (c) Pabna Revolt (d) Indigo Rebellion
44. The movement started by Haji Shariatullah was
(a) Wahabi Movement (b) Faraizi Movement (c) Bheel Movement (d) Santhal Revolt
45. 'Nana Saheb of Bengal during Indigo Revca was
(a) Ramratan Mallick (b) Bishnu Charan Biswas (c) Rafique Mondal (d) Baidyanath Sardar
46. The English East India Company's rule in India was abolished by
(a) Queen's Proclamation (b) Regulatory Act (c) Charter Act (d) Better Government of India Act
47. The primary objective of the Farazi rebels was to
(a) protest the colonial (British) repression (b) bring about social reforms (c) reform Islam (d)
organise peasants into resistance
48.According to the Queen's Proclamation 1858, who was appointed as the first Viceroy of
India?
(a) Lord Bentinck (b) Lord Dalhousie (c) Lord Canning (d) Lord Mountbatten
49. The land was a gift from the 'Allah'—was an opinion held by
(a) Titumir (b) Shariatullah (c) Golam Massum (d) Dudu Miyan
50. The Wahhabi Movement in India was introduced by
(a) Abdul Wahab (b) Titumir (c) Shariatullah (d) Syed Ahmed
51. In which year the English East India Company established direct control on Chota
Nagpur ?
(a) 1821 (c) 1818 (b) 1820 (d) 1824
52. In which year the ryots of Rangpur raised their protest against Debi Singh under the
leadership of Nuruluddin ?
(a) 1873 (b) 1875 (c) 1874 (d) 1876
53. Buddhu Bhagat, Jhindrai Manki, Joa Bhagat, Sui Bhagat took part in
(a) Santhal Hool (b) Chaur Rebellion (c) Munda Rebellion (d) Kol Rebellion
54. When did the Bheel Rebellion first take place ?
 (a) 1818 (b) 1819 (c) 1820 (d) 1821
55. The Mahajans treated the Santhals like-
(a) serfs (b) servants (c) workers (d) slaves
56. In 1851 the English East India Company collected from 'daman-i-koh revenue of
(a) 40,000 rupees (b) 50,000 rupees (c) 60,000 rupees (d) 44,000 rupees
57. Sidhu and Kanu were
(a) nephews (b) friends (c) colleagues (d) brothers
58. The Santhal Hool ultimately led to the establishment of
(a) North-West frontier states (b) South-Eastern States (c) Santhal Parganas (d) North-24
Parganas
59. Which movement was initiated in the field of Bhagna-Dihi ?
(a) Munda Rebellion (b) Indigo Rebellion (c) Santhal Rebellion (d) Chuar Rebellion
60. Who used to furnish the Santhal Rebellions with the necessary information ?
(a) The boatmen (b) The porters (c) The milkmen (d) The blacksmiths
61. Kalo Pramanik was one of the leaders of the
(a) Kol Rebellion (b) Chuar Rebellion (c) Santhal Hool (d) Indigo Rebellion
62. The first Chuar Revolt took place in
(a) 1766 (b) 1767 (c) 1768 (d) 1769
63. The Ganjam Revolt took place in
(a) 1798 (b) 1788 (c) 1768 (d) 1778
64. When did the second phase of the Chuar Revolt (in Medinipur) take place ?
(a) 1798 (b) 1819 (c) 1799 (d) 1820
65. Majnu Shah was the leader of the
(a) Bheels (b) Santhals (c) Mundas (d) Fakirs
66. Who was the founder of the Pagal Panthi Revolt?
(a) Karam Shah (b) Musha Shah (c) Chil Nayek (d) Sugan Munda
67. What is 'Gira'?
(a) A branch of teak plant (b) A branch of sal plant (c) A branch of gulmohor plant (d) A branch
of simul plant
68. What was the aim of the Munda Movement ?
(a) to oust the British (b) to put an end of the zamindari system (c) to form an independent
Mundaraj (d) to get rid of the money lenders
69. Maheshlal Dutta was a
(a) police officer (b) zamindar (c) moneylender (d) leader
70. Which rebellion broke out before the Revolt of 1857 ?
(a) Munda Rebellion (b) Kol Rebellion (c) Santhal Hool (d) Chuar Rebellion
71. Who became the leader of the Pagal Panthi sect after Karam Shah ?
(a) Buddhu Bhagat(b) Tipu (c) Bhavani Pathak (d) Majnu Shah
72. Who amongst the following attacked the English officers ?
(a) The Santhals (b) The Fakirs (c) The Garos (d) The Sannyasis of Burdwan
73. What was the cause of the Pagal Panthi Revolt ?
(a) misrule of the British (b) the torture of the zamindars (c) the tax hike (d) oppression of the
money lenders
74. The Munda Rebellions compared the British with
(a) Ravana (b) Duryodhana (c) Kumbhkaran (d) Kansa
75. Birsa Munda died in the year
(a) 1890 (b) 1896 (c) 1897 (d) 1900
76. When did the Chota Nagpur Tenancy Act come into being ?
(a) 1904 (b) 1905 (c) 1908 (d) 1910
77. Which of the following was the first peasant revolt in Bengal ?
(a) Rangpur Rebellion (b) Sannyasi-Fakir Rebellion (c) Indigo Rebellion (d) Chuar Rebellion
78. Who was the founder of the Wahabi Movement (in Arabia) ?
(a) Muhammad Abdul Wahab of Nejd (b) Dudu Miyan (c) Syed Ahmed (d) Karam Shah
79. Who executed the Wahabi Movement in Bengal?
(a) Syed Ahmed (b) Shariatulla (c) Mir Nisar Ali (d) Dudu Miyan
80. Name the novel written by Bankim Chandra that reflected the Sanyasi-Fakir Rebellion.
(a) Anandamath (b) Rajsingha Maniklal (c) Kapal Kundala (d) Bishbriksha
81. When did the Sanyasi-Fakir Rebellion first take place?
(a) 1762 (b) 1763 (c) 1764 (d) 1765
82. In which year Bhabani Pathak died ?
(a) 1784 (b) 1785 (c) 1786 (d) 1787
83. The fakirs of North Bengal belonged to which sect?
(a) Naga (b) Giri (c) Madari (d) Gosain
84. Which movement was associated with religious sentiments ?
(a) Kherwar Movement (b) Santhal Rebellion (c) Kol Rebellion (d) Sanyasi-Fakir Rebellion
85. In 1845, Luthern went to preach Christianity to the
(a) Kols (b) Bheels (c) Mundas (d) Santhals
86. When did the Barosat Rebellion take place ?
(a) 1831 (b) 1833 (c) 1832 (d) 1834
87. Who built the fortress with bamboo and mud?
(a) Syed Ahmed (b) Majnu Shah (c) Titumir(d) Haji Shariatullah
88. Who converted the Faraizi Movement to a socio economic and political movement ?
(a) Titumir(b) Haji Shariatullah (c) Abdul Wahab (d) Dudu Miyan
89. Who popularised the Wahabi Movement in India
(a) Abdul Wahab (b) Syed Ahmed (c) Haji Waliullah (d) Abdul Aziz
90. Who wanted to establish a society on the basis communism and devoid of superstition ?
(a) Dudu Miyan (b) Haji Shariatullah (c) Haji Waliullah (d) Syed Ahmed
91. When did the battle of Balakot take place?
(a) 1832 (b) 1831 (c) 1834 (d) 1840
92. Tariqah-i-Muhammadiya was the real name of
(a) the Faraizi Movement (b) the Wahabi Movement (c) Kherwar Movement (d) The Aligarh
Movement
93. Where did the Wahabi Movement begin?
(a) France (b) Arabia (c) Russia China (d) China
94. The term 'dar-ul-harb' means
(a) holy land (b) land of Islam (c) land of Hindus (d) unholy land
95. The Bamboo Fortress of Titumir was constructed at
(a) Uluberia (b) Chakraberia (c) Narkelberia (d) Khariberia
96. What is the real name of Titumir ?
(a) Kripanath (b) Musha Shah (c) Mir Nisar Ali (d) Noya Miyan
97. The Wahabis and the Farazis gave emphasis to
(a) Hadish (b) Faraz (c) Tariquh-i-Mohammadia (d) Dar-ul-Islam
98. The Wahabi Movement was initially started Titumir to bring about
(a)cultural reforms(b) educational reforma (c) religious reforms (d) political reforms
99. The Wahhabi Movement In Bengal In 1831 reached Its climax In the month of -
(a) July (b)September (c) October (d) November
100. Tllumir took the title of -
(a) Badshah (b) Prince (c) Nawab (d) Maharaja
101. Who was the chief advisor of Titumir ?
(a) Milkin Shah (b) Abdul Aziz (c) Haji Wallullah (d) Syed Ahmed
102. Dudu Mlyan was the son of
(a) Hall Waliullah (b) Golam Massum (c) Haji Sharlatullah (d) Abdul Wahab
103. The Bamboo Fortress of Titumir was destroyed with cannon shells following the
Instruction of
(a) William Bentick (b) Lord Dalhousie (c) Warren Hastings (d) Wellesley
104. What is the real name of Dudu Mlyan ?
(a) Hazl Wahlullah (b) Abdul Wahab (c) Mohammad Mohsin (d) Golam Massum
105. Haji Sharlatullah was born in
(a) Malda (b) Rajsahi (c) Faridpur (d) Dacca
106. In which year Dadu Miyan and his followers were arrested?
(a) 1848 (b) 1846 (c) 1849 (d) 1847
107. When did the Peasants Revolt In Pabna take place?
(a) 1857 (b) 1856 (c) 1870 (d) 1890
108. Who gave leadership to the Peasants Revolt of Pabna ?
(a) Digambar Biswas (b) Ishan Roy (c) Kader Mollah (d) Mahesh Bandopadhyay
109. Where did the Indigo Rebellion first take place ?
(a) Chaugacha (b) Pabna (c) Malda (d) Nadia
110. Who was the most important Leader of the Indigo Rebellion ?
(a) Titumir (b) Digambar Biswas (c) Dinabandhu Mitra (d) Bhairab
111. Baldyanath Sardar and Biswanath Sardar wcrc leaders of
(a) Pabna Revolt (b) Santhal Hool (c) Indigo Rebellion (d) Rangpur Revolt
112. When was the Indigo Commission formed ?
(a) November 1860 (b) July 1860 (c) March 1860 (d) December 1860
113. The 'Bharat Sabha' of Surendranath Bancrcc supported the
(a) Rangpur Revolt (b) Bheel Revolt (c) Peasants' Revolt of Pabna (d) Indigo Revolt
114. Who wrote the book 'Banglar Krishok' In support of the peasants' Revolt of Pabna ?
(a) R. P. Dutta (b) R. C. Dutta (c) Ramchandra Guha (d) Gautam Bhadra
115. The 'Bengal Tenancy Act' was passed in
(a) 1881 (b) 1882 (c) 1885 (d) 1886
116. Who first started Indigo cultivation In India ?
(a) Portuguese traders (b) English traders (c) Dutch traders (d) French traders
117. Who was the first martyr of the Indigo Rebellion ?
(a) Rafique Mandol (b) Biswanath Sardar (c) Bishnucharan Biswas (d) Girish Mullick
118. Which of the following newspapers supported the Indigo peasants ?
(a) Desh (b) Anandabazar (c) Bamabodhini (d) Hindoo Patriot
119. How many indigo cultivators took part in the Indigo Revolt ?
(a) 40 lakhs (b) 50 lakhs (c) 60 lakhs (d) 80 lakhs
120. Ramratan Mallick also known as the Nanasaheb of Bengal was the zamindar of
(a) Aurangabad (b) Sundarban (c) Narail (d) Jessore
121. The first Indigo Revolt took place in Chowgacha in the year
(a) 1859 (b) 1860 (c) 1861 (d) 1862
122. Who wrote the play 'Nil Darpan'?
(a) Harish Chandra Mukherjee (b) Umesh Chandra Dutta (c) Dinabandhu Mitra (d) D. L. Roy
123. Who translated the play 'Nil Darpan' in English?
(a) Madhusudan Dutta (b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (c) J. Marshman (d) Rev. James
Long
124. The 'Indigo Committee' was formed in 1860 in the month of
(a) February (b) March (c) May (d) December
125. Who was the first indigo planter of India ?
(a) Ashley Eden (b) J. H. Manglers (c) Louis Bonnand (d) J.P. Grant
126. On 31st December 1860, the 'Indigo Commission' was constituted by
(a) James Long (b) Ashley Eden (c) J. H. Manglers (d) J. P. Grant
127. Akshay Kumar Dutta supported the Indigo Revolt through his newspaper
(a) Bamabodhini (b) Tattwabodhini (c) Hindoo Patriot (d) Somprakash
128. Iswarchandra Gupta wrote articles supporting the Indigo Revolt in
(a) Bangadarshan (b) Somprakash (c) Sangbad Pravakar (d) Hindoo Patriot
129. The Christian Missionaries for the first time supported the
(a) Sanyasi Fakir Rebellion (b) Chuar Rebellion (c) Indigo Revolt (d) Kol revolt
130. When did the Ho Rebellion in Singhbhum take place?
(a) 1820-21 (c) 1824-25 (b) 1822-23 (d) 1826-27
131. The Corvee system of labour meant
(a) Child labour(b) Labour without (c) Female labour(d) Labour with wage
132. The Santhals congregated on 30th June 1856 at
(a) Sagardighi (b) Taldihi (c) Poradihi (d) Bhagnadihi
133. The farmers who cultivated indigo were paid on advance or dadan of
(a) Rs 5 (b) Rs 2 (c) R 10 (d) Rs
134. Who passed Regulation XV?
(a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Minto (c) William Bentinck (d) Lord Moira
135. Regulation V was discarded in the year
(a) 1835 (b) 1836 (c) 1831 (d) 1838
136. Who encouraged the indigo farmers by writing letters in Hindoo Patriot under the
pseudonym M.L.L?
(a) Kaliprasanna Singha (b) Madhusudan Dutta (c) Sisir Kumar Ghosh (d) Prasanna Kumar
Tagore
137. Name the famous Bengali personality who paid the fine of Rs 1000 on behalf of Father
James Long.
(a) Sambhu Nath Pandit (b) Iswarchandra Bidyasagar (c) Hemchandra Kar (d) Kol Rebellion
138. Morad Biswas gave leadership to the indigo cultivators of
(a (b) Jessore ) Krishnanagar (d) Pabna Aurangabad
139. Who was known as 'Bishe Dakať?
(a) Bishnucharan Biswas (b) Biswanath Sardar (c) Baidyanath Sardar (d) Digambar Biswas
140. Who the was the Lt. Governor of Bengal during Indigo Revolt ?
(a) Lord Canning(b) Lord Amherst (c) Warren Hastings d) J. Peter Grant
141. What was the name of the leather bound whip that was used by the indigo planters on
farmers who refused to cultivate indigo ?
(a) Ramchand (b) Shyamchand (c) Neelchand (d) Gourchand
142. The 'Permanent Settlement Act' was introduced by
(a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Wellesley (c) Lord Cornwallis (d) Lord Minto
143. 'Beth-begari' means
(a) forced labour of the Mundas (b) forced labour of the Kols (c) forced labour of the Santhals
(d) forced labour of the Chuars
144. In which year the East India Company permitted the Europeans to take lease of land
for cultivation of indigo ?
(a) 1777 (b) 1779 (c) 1772 (d) 1823
145. In which year was the indigo contract abolished ?
(a) 1866 (b) 1868 (c) 1872 (d) 1876
146. To which country did Louis Bonnand belong?
(a) England (b) Portugal (c) Italy (d) France
147. To which tribe did the Pagal Panthis belong ?
(a) Jayanti (b) Modesio(c) Garo (d) Khasi
148, In Bengal The Indigo Rebellion started in
(a) Birbhum (b) Sunderban (c) Nadia (d) Malda
149. One of the leaders of the Indigo Rebellion was
(a) Titumir (b) Sui Munda (c) Karam Shah (d) Rafique Mondal
150. The meaning of the word 'dadan' is
(a) advance payment (b) loan (c) rent (d) grant