British In India MSCS Quiz

1. Read the given statements and choose the correct option 

Statement A: The English East India Company received a royal charter to take control of Great Britain’s merchant trade in Indian Ocean. 

Statement B: The English East India company established a port city at Calcutta on India’s east coast. 

• Both statements are wrong 

• Both statements are correct 

• Statement A is correct but Statement B is wrong 

• Statement B is correct but Statement A is wrong 

The Mughal Emperors were allowed to continue trading in Bengal through agreements with the British.

• True

• False

Rivalry between the French and British traders created divisions among the Indian rulers.

• True

• False

In 1947, the independent states of __________ were formed. 

• India and Pakistan

• India and Bengal 

• India and Indonesia

• Sri Lanka and Ceylon

___________ Is the official home of the president of India.

• Rashtrapati Bhavan

• Parliament

• Supreme Court

• Lok Sabha

In, 1971 East Pakistan became __________  

• India

• Bangladesh

• Sri Lanka

• Nepal

The first Prime minister of Independent India was ___________

• Narendra Modi

• Pratibha Patil

• Jawaharlal Nehru 

• Indira Gandhi

____________________ was the first women president of Sri Lanka 

• Chandrika Kumaratunga

• Pratibha Patil

• Droupadi Murmu

• Indira Gandhi

What was previous name of Sri Lanka?

• Ceylon 

• Sri India

• Lankesri

• Colombo