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Q. Which of the following was NOT the Presidency ?
  • (A) Bengal
  • (B) Madras
  • (C) Bombay
  • (D) Kalikata
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Kalikata
Q. Tipu Sultan stopped export through his kingdom in
  • (A) 1764
  • (B) 1772
  • (C) 1785
  • (D) 1790
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) 1785
Q. The first English factory was set up in the year
  • (A) 1600
  • (B) 1651
  • (C) 1655
  • (D) 1665
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) 1651
Q. Who discovered the sea route to India in 1498?
  • (A) Columbus
  • (B) Dutch
  • (C) East India Company
  • (D) Vasco-da-Gama
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Vasco-da-Gama
Q. Robert Clive committed suicide in the year
  • (A) 1770
  • (B) 1743
  • (C) 1767
  • (D) 1774
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) 1774
Q. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in the year
  • (A) 1743
  • (B) 1752
  • (C) 1761
  • (D) 1763
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) 1761
Q. Rani Channamma was the ruler of
  • (A) Bengal
  • (B) Kitoor
  • (C) Agra
  • (D) delhi
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Kitoor
Q. Name of Sirajuddaulah’s commander who cheated him at the Battle of Plassey?
  • (A) Mir Qasim
  • (B) Mir Jafar
  • (C) Murshid Quli Khan
  • (D) Alivardhi Khan
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Mir Jafar
Q. Who replaced Mir Jafar as the Nawab after his protest against the Company.
  • (A) Mir Qasim
  • (B) Bahadur Shah
  • (C) Aurangzeb
  • (D) Alivardhi Khan
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Mir Qasim
Q. Who led the British army at the time of Battle of Plassey?
  • (A) Vasco-da-Gama
  • (B) Warren Hastings
  • (C) Lord Wellesley
  • (D) Robert Clive
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Robert Clive
Q. Name the Governor – General under whom there was the maximum annexation.
  • (A) Lord Dalhousie
  • (B) Warren Hastings
  • (C) Robert Clive
  • (D) Lord Hastings
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Lord Dalhousie
Q. Who among the following states was annexed on the argument of misgovernment?
  • (A) Satara(1848)
  • (B) Sambhalpur (1850)
  • (C) Udaipur (1852)
  • (D) Awadh (1856)
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Awadh (1856)
Q. Name the powerful Mughal ruler who established his control over a very large area now known as India.
  • (A) Bahadur Shah
  • (B) Mir Jafar
  • (C) Aurangzeb
  • (D) Mir Qasim
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Aurangzeb
Q. Who among the Mughal rulers led the Battle of 1857?
  • (A) Bahadur Shah
  • (B) Aurangzeb
  • (C) Sirajuddaulah
  • (D) Mir Jafar
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Bahadur Shah
Q. Name of the Portugese explorer and discoverer of Sea route to India in 1498.
  • (A) Robert Clive
  • (B) Warren Hastings
  • (C) Wellesley
  • (D) Vasco-da-Gama
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Vasco-da-Gama
Q. 1st English factory on the Banks of river Hugli was setuped in?
  • (A) 1651
  • (B) 1764
  • (C) 1761
  • (D) 1696
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) 1651
Q. After the death of Arivardi Khan in 1756, who became the Nawab of Bengal?
  • (A) Murshid Quli Khan
  • (B) Mir Qasim
  • (C) Sirajuddaulah
  • (D) Mir Jafar
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Sirajuddaulah
Q. What do you mean by Mercantile?
  • (A) Freedom fighter
  • (B) Mughal Emperor
  • (C) Business enterprises
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Business enterprises
Q. Haidar Ali was the ruler of
  • (A) Bengal
  • (B) Delhi
  • (C) Bombay
  • (D) Mysore
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Mysore
Q. European trading companies were attracted to India due to
  • (A) cheap land
  • (B) cheap labour
  • (C) raw material like cotton silk and spices
  • (D) none of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) raw material like cotton silk and spices
Q. Competition among the companies resulted in
  • (A) reduced profits of companies
  • (B) quality of goods increased
  • (C) price became low
  • (D) none of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) reduced profits of companies
Q. Which new power was emerging on the political horizon by the 2nd half of the 18th century?
  • (A) East India Company
  • (B) Indian Company
  • (C) French Company
  • (D) None of these
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) East India Company
Q. Who were the three powerful Nawabs of Bengal?
  • (A) Siraj-ud-Daulah
  • (B) Murshid Quli Khan
  • (C) Ali Vardi Khan
  • (D) All of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) All of these
Q. The Maratha chiefs were held together in a confederacy under the Peshwa, Who were the members?
  • (A) Scindia
  • (B) Holkar
  • (C) Bhonsle and Gaikwad
  • (D) All of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) All of these
Q. What was required by the British army for fighting with Burma, Afghanistan, Egypt?
  • (A) Muskets
  • (B) Matchlocks
  • (C) Both a and b
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Both a and b
Q. What do you mean by the term β€˜puppet’?
  • (A) Person who is controlled by someone else
  • (B) Person who control someone else
  • (C) Person Who disrespect other
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Person who is controlled by someone else
Q. What do you mean by the term β€˜puppet’?
  • (A) Person who is controlled by someone else
  • (B) Person who control someone else
  • (C) Person Who disrespect other
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Person who is controlled by someone else
Q. Where did East India Company set up its trading factory?
  • (A) Son
  • (B) Ganga
  • (C) Hugli
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Hugli
Q. Which company was first to set up its trading factory in India?
  • (A) French Company
  • (B) East India Company
  • (C) Indian Company
  • (D) None of these
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) East India Company
Q. What do you mean by Privy Council?
  • (A) King’s council
  • (B) King’s Mansion
  • (C) king’s kingdom
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) King’s council
Q. Which Indian things were in a great demand in Europe?
  • (A) Cotton
  • (B) Pepper
  • (C) Cloves
  • (D) All of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) All of these
Q. Who introduced Doctrine of Lapse?
  • (A) Lord Dalhousie
  • (B) Lord Warren Hastings
  • (C) Maharaja Ranjit Singh
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Lord Dalhousie
Q. Who was Hyder Ali?
  • (A) Ruler of Hyderabad
  • (B) Ruler of Mysore
  • (C) Ruler of Delhi
  • (D) All of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Ruler of Mysore
Q. Which treaty gave the Divani to British?
  • (A) Treaty of Bengal
  • (B) Treaty of Bombay
  • (C) Treaty of Allahabad
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Treaty of Allahabad
Q. When was Battle of Plessey fought?
  • (A) 1757
  • (B) 1745
  • (C) 1796
  • (D) 1723
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) 1757
Q. Who was Ali Vardi Khan?
  • (A) Nawab of Gujarat
  • (B) Nawab of Bihar
  • (C) Nawab of Bengal
  • (D) None of these
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Nawab of Bengal

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Table of contents

  1. Which of the following was NOT the Presidency ?
  2. Tipu Sultan stopped export through his kingdom in
  3. The first English factory was set up in the year
  4. Who discovered the sea route to India in 1498?
  5. Robert Clive committed suicide in the year
  6. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in the year
  7. Rani Channamma was the ruler of
  8. Name of Sirajuddaulah’s commander who cheated him at the Battle of Plassey?
  9. Who replaced Mir Jafar as the Nawab after his protest against the Company.
  10. Who led the British army at the time of Battle of Plassey?
  11. Name the Governor – General under whom there was the maximum annexation.
  12. Who among the following states was annexed on the argument of misgovernment?
  13. Name the powerful Mughal ruler who established his control over a very large area now known as India
  14. Who among the Mughal rulers led the Battle of 1857?
  15. Name of the Portugese explorer and discoverer of Sea route to India in 1498.
  16. 1st English factory on the Banks of river Hugli was setuped in?
  17. After the death of Arivardi Khan in 1756, who became the Nawab of Bengal?
  18. What do you mean by Mercantile?
  19. Haidar Ali was the ruler of
  20. European trading companies were attracted to India due to
  21. Competition among the companies resulted in
  22. Which new power was emerging on the political horizon by the 2nd half of the 18th century?
  23. Who were the three powerful Nawabs of Bengal?
  24. The Maratha chiefs were held together in a confederacy under the Peshwa, Who were the members?
  25. What was required by the British army for fighting with Burma, Afghanistan, Egypt?
  26. What do you mean by the term β€˜puppet’?
  27. What do you mean by the term β€˜puppet’?
  28. Where did East India Company set up its trading factory?
  29. Which company was first to set up its trading factory in India?
  30. What do you mean by Privy Council?
  31. Which Indian things were in a great demand in Europe?
  32. Who introduced Doctrine of Lapse?
  33. Who was Hyder Ali?
  34. Which treaty gave the Divani to British?
  35. When was Battle of Plessey fought?
  36. Who was Ali Vardi Khan?