NDA Modern India and British Rule questions with solutions
British expansion, policies, 1857 revolt and social reform. 41 questions from our 2016–2025 NDA pattern papers, from the Class 8 History syllabus. Each has the answer and a full solution.
NDA 2025
NDA 2024
- Establishment of British power in India: 1. The Battle of Plassey (1757) was fought before the Battle of Buxar (1764). 2. After Buxar, the Treaty of…
- The Doctrine of Lapse, under which states without a natural heir were annexed, is associated with which Governor-General?
- Revolt of 1857: 1. It began at Meerut on 10 May 1857. 2. At Lucknow, the revolt was led by Nana Sahib.
- The Poona Pact of 1932 was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr B. R. Ambedkar over which issue?
- Which Governor-General's Subsidiary Alliance system was first accepted by the Nizam of Hyderabad?
NDA 2023
- Land revenue systems under British rule: 1. The Permanent Settlement was introduced in Bengal by Lord Cornwallis in 1793. 2. The Ryotwari system was…
- After the Battle of Plassey in 1757, whom did the British install as Nawab of Bengal?
- British expansion in India: 1. The Doctrine of Lapse was applied extensively by Lord Dalhousie. 2. Satara was one of the states annexed under the…
- Which Governor-General abolished the practice of sati in 1829?
NDA 2022
- The Battle of Buxar (1764) was followed by the Treaty of Allahabad (1765), under which the East India Company obtained the
- The practice of sati was declared illegal in British India by Regulation XVII of 1829 under the Governor-General
- Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance system as a means of extending British control over Indian states?
- The revolt of 1857 broke out first at which place?
- The Vernacular Press Act of 1878, which restricted newspapers in Indian languages, was passed under the Viceroy
NDA 2021
- The Battle of Plassey in 1757 was fought between the forces of Siraj-ud-Daulah and the army of the
- Who was the Governor-General of India at the time of the Revolt of 1857?
- The Ilbert Bill controversy of 1883 concerned the right of Indian judges to try European offenders; it arose during the viceroyalty of
- The Partition of Bengal in 1905 was announced by which Viceroy, and it gave a strong impetus to the Swadeshi movement?
- Jallianwala Bagh massacre: 1. General Dyer ordered his troops to fire on an unarmed gathering at Amritsar on 13 April 1919. 2. Rabindranath Tagore…
- Gandhi began the Salt Satyagraha with the Dandi March on 12 March 1930 from
- The Quit India Movement was launched in August 1942 with the call 'Do or Die' at
- Which event led Gandhi to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement in February 1922?
- The Simon Commission was boycotted by most Indian political parties in 1928 mainly because
- Subhas Chandra Bose: 1. He founded the Swaraj Party along with C. R. Das. 2. 'Delhi Chalo' was the call he gave to the Indian National Army.
- The Doctrine of Lapse, under which a princely state without a natural male heir could be annexed, was applied most extensively by
NDA 2020
- The Brahmo Samaj, a major socio-religious reform movement of nineteenth-century India, was founded in 1828 by
- The Battle of Plassey, which laid the foundation of British political power in Bengal, was fought in
- Permanent Settlement: 1. It was introduced in Bengal by Lord Cornwallis in 1793. 2. Under it the zamindars were recognised as owners of land and the…
- The Treaty that formally ended the First World War between the Allied Powers and Germany was the Treaty of
NDA 2019
NDA 2018
NDA 2017
- The Diwani (right to collect revenue) of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa was granted to the East India Company in 1765 by
- The Doctrine of Lapse, by which a princely state could be annexed if the ruler died without a natural male heir, is associated with
- Revolt of 1857: 1. It began with the revolt of sepoys at Meerut in May 1857. 2. The rebels declared Bahadur Shah Zafar as the symbolic leader at…
NDA 2016
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