CUET (UG) entrance exam Question Bank Solutions for History

Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding the establishment of the Mughal Empire?

Which of the following statements is incorrect about Mughal Empire?

In which of the following war Humayun was defeated by Sher Khan?

Consider the following statements regarding the early years of the East India Company establishment in India:

I. The colonial rule was first established in The Bengal.

II. In the beginning, the earliest attempts were made to reorder rural society and establish a new regime of land rights and a new revenue system.

III. The Permanent Settlement had come into operation in 1793. The East India Company had fixed the revenue that each zamindar had to pay.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

After acquiring the royal charter, the East India Company could:

Who was the ruler of England at the time when the East India Company got permission to trade with India?

Whose constitutional status remained ambiguous at the time of independence?

When was the East India Company acquired a charter from the ruler of England?

The election of the Constituent Assembly was held in ______.

The Constituent Assembly had how many members?

Who was the Governor General of Bengal when the Permanent Settlement was introduced in 1793?

BR Ambedkar was the Chairman of ______.

Consider the following statements regarding the failure of revenue payment by zamindars:

I. Initially, the company made very high initial demand because if the demand was fixed for all time to come, the Company would never be able to claim a share of increased income from land when prices rose and cultivation expanded.

II. The high demand was imposed in the 1790s, a time when the prices of agricultural produce were depressed, making it difficult for the ryots to pay their dues to the zamindar.

III. The revenue was invariable, regardless of the harvest, and had to be paid punctually. In fact, according to the Sunset Law, if payment did not come in by sunset of the specified date, the zamindari was liable to be auctioned.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

Who joined the Union Cabinet as Law Minister after Independence and also served as Chairman of the Drafting Committee?

Who was the first Law Minister of India?

Consider the following statements regarding making of Constituent Assembly.

1. The members were elected through direct election.
2. Muslim League chose to boycott the Constituent Assembly.
3. The Assembly also had representatives of the Princely states.
   Which of the above statement is/are correct?

Match the following.

Mahatma Gandhi came back to India in 1915 from ______.

Who served as the chairman of the drafting committee of the Indian Constitution?

Which of the following is correct about the objective of the work of Al-Biruni?