Best Modern History MCQ for SSC 2025 

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Modern History MCQ Set:- 1

Best Modern History 50 MCQ

Q1: In which year was the ‘Battle of Goa’ Fought?

a) 1500
b) 1503
c) 1510
d) 1526
Answer: c) 1510

Q2: Who among the following built the first European fort in India in the year 1503?

a) Dutch
b) English
c) Portuguese
d) French
Answer: c) Portuguese

Q3: The first Europeans to come to India were :

a) Dutch
b) English
c) Portuguese
d) French
Answer: c) Portuguese

Q4: Which of the following union territories was a Portuguese colony till 1954?

a) Puducherry
b) Daman and Diu
c) Lakshadweep
d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Answer: b) Daman and Diu
(Note: Goa, Daman, and Diu were Portuguese colonies. Goa was liberated in 1961, and Daman and Diu in 1961 as well. However, the question specifically asks for one till 1954, which might be a trick or refer to a specific legal transition, but among the given options, Daman and Diu is the most accurate as a former Portuguese colony.)

Q5: In 1498, who among the following was the first European to sail around Africa and discover a new sea route from Europe to India?

a) Christopher Columbus
b) Ferdinand Magellan
c) Vasco da Gama
d) James Cook
Answer: c) Vasco da Gama (Mock Test Now)

Q6: Who discovered sea route to India?

a) Christopher Columbus
b) Vasco da Gama
c) Ferdinand Magellan
d) Marco Polo
Answer: b) Vasco da Gama

Q7: In which year did Vasco da Gama land in Calicut (Kozhikode)?

a) 1492
b) 1498
c) 1502
d) 1505
Answer: b) 1498

Q8: Which explorer discovered a sea route to India in 1498?

a) Christopher Columbus
b) Vasco da Gama
c) Ferdinand Magellan
d) Amerigo Vespucci
Answer: b) Vasco da Gama

Q9: Where did Vasco da Gama arrive in India in 1498?

a) Goa
b) Bombay
c) Calicut (Kozhikode)
d) Cochin
Answer: c) Calicut (Kozhikode)

Q10: Who were the first among the following to establish trade relations with India?

a) Dutch
b) English
c) Portuguese
d) French
Answer: c) Portuguese

Q11: Churches and Convents of Goa were built by?

a) British
b) Portuguese
c) Dutch
d) French
Answer: b) Portuguese (Mock Test Now)

Q12: In which year did the Portuguese capture Goa?

a) 1498
b) 1500
c) 1510
d) 1530
Answer: c) 1510

Q13: Who among the following was the first viceroy of the Portuguese state of India?

a) Vasco da Gama
b) Afonso de Albuquerque
c) Francisco de Almeida
d) Nuno da Cunha
Answer: c) Francisco de Almeida

Q14: The ‘Instrument of Surrender’ which ended the Portuguese rule in India was signed on_____.

a) December 18, 1961
b) December 19, 1961
c) December 20, 1961
d) December 21, 1961
Answer: b) December 19, 1961

Q15: In the Battle of Swally (1612) the British fought against the ……….

a) Dutch
b) French
c) Portuguese
d) Mughals
Answer: c) Portuguese

Q16: The……….commercial companies set up their base in India during the Mughal Empire at Masulipatnam in 1605 :

a) British
b) Dutch
c) French
d) Portuguese
Answer: b) Dutch

Q17: Which of the following pairs is correct regarding the East India Company army?

a) Sipahi – Indian soldiers in British army
b) Sepoy – Indian officers in British army
c) Cavalry – Infantry soldiers
d) Infantry – Horse-mounted soldiers
Answer: a) Sipahi – Indian soldiers in British army

Q18: In which of the following years did the East India Company abolish the diarchy system of Bengal?

a) 1765
b) 1772
c) 1773
d) 1784
Answer: b) 1772

Q19: English East India company acquired Diwani of Bengal in –––––––.

a) 1757
b) 1764
c) 1765
d) 1772
Answer: c) 1765

Q20: The British East India Company captured Pondicherry (Puducherry) from the French in the year ––––.

a) 1757
b) 1761
c) 1763
d) 1780
Answer: b) 1761

Q21: Who among the following led the Battle of Buxar on behalf of British East India company?

a) Robert Clive
b) Hector Munro
c) Warren Hastings
d) Lord Dalhousie
Answer: b) Hector Munro

Q22: The British East India Company captured Pondicherry (Puducherry) from the French in the year __.

a) 1757
b) 1761
c) 1763
d) 1780
Answer: b) 1761

Q23: East India Company was established in……..

a) 1599
b) 1600
c) 1602
d) 1608
Answer: b) 1600

Q24: For how many years did the British rulers rule India?

a) Approximately 100 years
b) Approximately 150 years
c) Approximately 200 years
d) Approximately 250 years
Answer: c) Approximately 200 years

Q25: In 1617 the British East India Company was given permission by……….to trade in India.

a) Akbar
b) Jahangir
c) Shah Jahan
d) Aurangzeb
Answer: b) Jahangir (Mock Test Now)

Q26: Who was the first Englishman to appear in the Mughal Court during Jahangir’s reign?

a) Sir Thomas Roe
b) Ralph Fitch
c) William Hawkins
d) John Mildenhall
Answer: c) William Hawkins

Q27: The East India Company acquired a charter from the ruler of England, Queen Elizabeth I, granting it the sole right to trade with the East in the year:

a) 1599
b) 1600
c) 1605
d) 1608
Answer: b) 1600

Q28: In which year was the East India Company incorporated for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India?

a) 1599
b) 1600
c) 1602
d) 1608
Answer: b) 1600

Q29: British achieved political power in India after which of the following?

a) Battle of Plassey
b) Battle of Buxar
c) Third Battle of Panipat
d) Battle of Wandiwash
Answer: a) Battle of Plassey

Q30: The East India Company sent Captain William Hawkins to the court of Emperor _ in 1608 to seek permission to open a factory at Surat.

a) Akbar
b) Jahangir
c) Shah Jahan
d) Aurangzeb
Answer: b) Jahangir

Q31: British East India Company defeated the Portuguese in the _.

a) Battle of Plassey
b) Battle of Buxar
c) Battle of Swally
d) Battle of Wandiwash
Answer: c) Battle of Swally

Q32: In which year the administration of India was handed over to the British monarch by the proclamation of Queen Victoria?

a) 1857
b) 1858
c) 1860
d) 1876
Answer: b) 1858

Q33: In which year was the Battle of Saragarhi fought?

a) 1857
b) 1897
c) 1919
d) 1942
Answer: b) 1897

Q34: The Supreme Court was established at Fort William in __ as the Apex Court in 1774.

a) Bombay
b) Madras
c) Calcutta
d) Delhi
Answer: c) Calcutta

Q35: The English defeated the………in the battle of Wandiwash.

a) Portuguese
b) Dutch
c) French
d) Danes
Answer: c) French

Q36: Joseph Francois Dupleix was the Governor General of which of the following East India companies in India?

a) British
b) Dutch
c) French
d) Portuguese
Answer: c) French (Mock Test Now)

Q37: The French commercial companies set up their base in India at ……… in 1673 :

a) Surat
b) Masulipatnam
c) Pondicherry (Puducherry)
d) Chandannagar
Answer: c) Pondicherry (Puducherry)

Q38: The French Revolution, a period that brought far-reaching social and political upheaval in France, began in ……………..

a) 1776
b) 1789
c) 1799
d) 1815
Answer: b) 1789

Q39: Where in India was the first French factory established?

a) Surat
b) Masulipatnam
c) Pondicherry
d) Chandannagar
Answer: a) Surat

Q40: In which year did the French traveller Francois Bernier arrive in India?

a) 1650
b) 1656
c) 1665
d) 1670
Answer: b) 1656

Q41: The First Carnatic War was fought between the _ and the _.

a) English and Dutch
b) English and French
c) French and Portuguese
d) English and Marathas
Answer: b) English and French

Q42: In which of the following years was the third Battle of Panipat fought?

a) 1757
b) 1761
c) 1764
d) 1772
Answer: b) 1761

Q43: Baji Rao I or Baji Rao Ballal was the son of –.

a) Shivaji
b) Shahu
c) Balaji Vishwanath
d) Rajaram
Answer: c) Balaji Vishwanath

Q44: Which of the following Anglo-Maratha wars resulted in merging the Peshwas territories with the Bombay Presidency?

a) First Anglo-Maratha War
b) Second Anglo-Maratha War
c) Third Anglo-Maratha War
d) Fourth Anglo-Maratha War
Answer: c) Third Anglo-Maratha War (Mock Test Now)

Q45: Which of the following pairs is associated with the taxation system of the Marathas?

a) Jizya and Zakat
b) Chauth and Sardeshmukhi
c) Dahsala and Zabti
d) Ganga and Ghari
Answer: b) Chauth and Sardeshmukhi

Q46: Representatives of the Maratha Empire and the British East India Company signed the ‘Treaty of Salbai’ in which year?

a) 1775
b) 1782
c) 1784
d) 1792
Answer: b) 1782

Q47: What was the immediate aim of the Treaty of Purandar in 1665?

a) To establish peace between Mughals and Marathas permanently.
b) To stop Shivaji’s raids on Mughal territories.
c) To allow Shivaji to retain some forts.
d) To bring Shivaji under Mughal suzerainty.
Answer: b) To stop Shivaji’s raids on Mughal territories.

Q48: Who are credited to a large extent for ending the Mughal rule in India?

a) Rajputs
b) Sikhs
c) Marathas
d) Afghans
Answer: c) Marathas

Q49: Who pioneered the guerrilla warfare methods?

a) Tipu Sultan
b) Shivaji
c) Maharana Pratap
d) Ranjit Singh
Answer: b) Shivaji

Q50: In which year, Shivaji was crowned as the Chhatrapati?

a) 1664
b) 1674
c) 1678
d) 1680
Answer: b) 1674

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