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Which battle listed below did not see the participation of the Mughal forces?
a) Battle of Haldighati
b) Battle of Buxar
c) Second Battle of Panipat
d) Battle of Aliwal
Option d – Battle of Aliwal
During the 18th century, how many wars did the British fight against the Mysore rulers?
a) Two
b) Six
c) Three
d) Four
Option d – Four
In which year did Tipu Sultan ascend the throne of Mysore?
a) 1765
b) 1782
c) 1775
d) 1762
Option b – 1782
Tipu Sultan lost his life while defending Seringapatam in which year?
a) 1799
b) 1802
c) 1792
d) 1794
Option a – 1799
Who emerged victorious in the Siege of Arcot in 1751 AD?
a) French
b) Dutch
c) Portuguese
d) British
Option d – British
Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah won against Henry Lawrence in which battle?
a) Battle of Saragarhi
b) Battle of Kintoor
c) Battle of Chinhat
d) Battle of Najafgarh
Option c – Battle of Chinhat
The Battle of Swally (1612) involved the British fighting against which European nation?
a) Danish
b) Portuguese
c) French
d) Dutch
Option b – Portuguese
The Treaty of Alinagar with the British was signed by whom?
a) Mir Qasim
b) Siraj-ud-Daula
c) Alivardi Khan
d) Mir Jafar
Option b – Siraj-ud-Daula
Which European power first came to India solely with the aim of trade?
a) Dutch
b) French
c) British
d) Portuguese
Option d – Portuguese
In 1673, Chandannagar became a French colony with permission from which Bengal Nawab?
a) Mansur Ali Khan
b) Murshid Quli Khan
c) Ibrahim Khan
d) Mir Zafar
Option c – Ibrahim Khan
The Bara Imambara of Lucknow, constructed in 1784, was commissioned by whom?
a) Jahangir
b) Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula
c) Akbar
d) Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula
Option b – Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula
The Danes SET up their settlement in India at which location?
a) Karaikal
b) Chinsura
c) Mahe
d) Tranquebar
Option d – Tranquebar
Arrange these Maratha-British treaties/conventions in chronological order (earliest first): 1. Treaty of Purandar 2. Treaty of Salbai 3. Treaty of Surat 4. Convention of Wadgaon
a) 4-2-3-1
b) 4-3-2-1
c) 1-2-3-4
d) 1-3-2-4
Option a – 4-2-3-1
In which battle did Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeat the Dutch?
a) Wandiwash
b) Rakshasi-Tangadi
c) Colachel
d) Pullalur
Option c – Colachel
The Treaty of Yandabo brought an end to which war?
a) Second Anglo-Burmese War
b) First Anglo-Burmese War
c) Anglo-Kuki War
d) Anglo-Maratha War
Option b – First Anglo-Burmese War
In the 18th century, the term “Dastak” referred to what?
a) Land document
b) Signature
c) Trade permit
d) Tax on textiles
Option c – Trade permit
Which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. The Dutch SET up factories on the east coast on lands given by the Gajapati rulers. 2. Alfonso de Albuquerque seized Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate. 3. The English East India Company founded a factory in Madras on land leased from a Vijayanagara official.
a) 2 and 3 only
b) 1 and 2 only
c) 1, 2 and 3
d) 1 and 3 only
Option a – 2 and 3 only
Which Medieval Gujarat ruler handed over Diu to the Portuguese?
a) Ahmad Shah
b) Mahmud Begarha
c) Bahadur Shah
d) Muhammad Shah
Option c – Bahadur Shah
Which statement(s) below is/are accurate? 1. The Dutch East India Company was founded after the British East India Company. 2. Vasco da Gama landed in Calicut in 1498.
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Neither 1 nor 2
d) Both 1 and 2
Option d – Both 1 and 2
In 1639, the British East India Company built a trading post at which South Indian location?
a) Cuddalore
b) Madraspatam
c) Karwar
d) Kalahasti
Option b – Madraspatam
Which battle is often regarded as laying the groundwork for British rule in India?
a) Third Battle of Panipat
b) Battle of Plassey
c) Battle of Buxar
Option b – Battle of Plassey
Under the Treaty of Deogaon (1803), which region came under British control?
a) Cuttack
b) Murshidabad
c) Surat
d) Calicut
Option a – Cuttack
Maize was introduced to India in the 17th century via which route?
a) Portugal
b) Africa and Spain
c) China and Mongolia
d) Turkey
Option a – Portugal
In 1611, the British East India Company SET up a factory at which location?
a) Madras
b) Masulipatam
c) Bombay
d) Balasore
Option b – Masulipatam
Who served as the first Portuguese Viceroy in India?
a) Duarte de Menezes
b) Alfonso de Albuquerque
c) Lopo Soares de Albergaria
d) Francisco de Almeida
Option d – Francisco de Almeida
Which Portuguese author recorded details about trade and society in South India?
a) Francois Bernier
b) Niccolao Manucci
c) Duarte Barbosa
d) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
Option c – Duarte Barbosa
Vasco da Gama, who discovered the maritime route from Europe to India, was from which nation?
a) Spain
b) England
c) Portugal
d) Germany
Option c – Portugal
Joseph François Dupleix held the position of Governor General in which European East India Company in India?
a) French
b) Dutch
c) Portuguese
d) English
Option a – French
In which year was the Battle of Bedara fought between British forces and the Dutch?
a) 1759
b) 1760
c) 1764
d) 1772
Option a – 1759
The Battle of Plassey (1757) saw the East India Company under Robert Clive face the Nawab of Bengal. Who was the Nawab?
a) Shah Alam
b) Mir Qasim
c) Mir Jafar
d) Siraj-ud-Daulah
Option d – Siraj-ud-Daulah
Which city functioned as the administrative capital of French territories in India?
a) Tuticorin
b) Cochin
c) Panjim
d) Pondicherry
Option d – Pondicherry
After the Battle of Wandiwash, French territories in India were returned through which treaty signed in 1763?
a) Purandar
b) Paris
c) Tordesillas
d) Surat
Option b – Paris
Which battle marked the first major and decisive success of the East India Company in India?
a) Battle of Sindhuli
b) First Anglo-Maratha War
c) Battle of Plassey
d) Battle of Tiruvannamalai
Option c – Battle of Plassey
Which of these foreign travellers is incorrectly matched with their native country?
a) Marco Polo – Italy
b) Peter Mundy – China
c) Ibn Battuta – Morocco
d) Al-Biruni – Uzbekistan
Option b – Peter Mundy – China
Following the death of Alivardi Khan in 1756, who assumed the role of Nawab of Bengal?
a) Shuja-ud-Daulah
b) Saadat Ali Khan
c) Siraj-ud-Daulah
d) Wazir Ali
Option c – Siraj-ud-Daulah
Who was installed as Nawab of Bengal by the British after the Battle of Plassey?
a) Mir Jafar Ali Khan
b) Murshid Quli Khan
c) Mansur Ali Khan
d) Mir Qasim
Option b – Murshid Quli Khan
Which of the following statements is correct? I. Siraj-ud-Daulah succeeded Alivardi Khan as Nawab of Bengal in 1756. II. Robert Clive led the Company’s army against Siraj-ud-Daulah at Plassey in 1757.
a) Neither I nor II
b) Only II
c) Both I and II
d) Only I
Option c – Both I and II
In which year was the Treaty of Amritsar formalized?
a) 1808
b) 1809
c) 1810
d) 1811
Option b – 1809
In 1850, Kashmir was transferred to the Dogra rulers of Jammu under which treaty?
a) Treaty of Allahabad
b) Treaty of Sugauli
c) Treaty of Amritsar
d) Treaty of Purandar
Option c – Treaty of Amritsar
During the 18th century, the Seven Years’ War was fought between Britain and which nation?
a) Portugal
b) Germany
c) France
d) Spain
Option c – France
The Second Anglo-Mysore War concluded with the signing of which treaty?
a) Treaty of Madras
b) Treaty of Arcot
c) Treaty of Mangalore
d) Treaty of Wandiwash
Option d – Treaty of Wandiwash
In which year did the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War take place?
a) 1796
b) 1797
c) 1799
d) 1800
Option c – 1799
Punjab was annexed by the British after defeating the Sikhs in which Anglo-Sikh War and year?
a) 1839
b) 1835
c) 1845
d) 1849
Option d – 1849
Who held the office of Governor General of Bengal during the Third Anglo-Mysore War?
a) 2nd Earl Cornwallis
b) John Macpherson
c) Warren Hastings
d) John Shore
Option a – 2nd Earl Cornwallis
Mir Qasim is linked to which significant battle?
a) Battle of Buxar
b) Battle of Kirkee
c) Battle of Lahore
d) Battle of Plassey
Option a – Battle of Buxar
The Battle of Karnal occurred during the campaign of which ruler?
a) Nasir Khan
b) Nadir Shah
c) Shah Shuja
d) Ahmad Shah Abdali
Option b – Nadir Shah
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