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Question 1

When did Aurangzeb die?

Answer 1

In 1707

Question 2

Who arrested Bahadur Shah Zafar and his sons?

Answer 2

Captain Hodson

Question 3

When did the East India Company acquire the charter of monopoly over trade with the East from Queen Elizabeth I of England?

Answer 3

In 1600

Question 4

When did Vasco da Gama discover the sea route to India?

Answer 4

In 1498

Question 5

Where was the first English factory established and when?

Answer 5

On the banks of river Hugli in 1651

Question 6

When did the East India Company begin fortifying their settlement?

Answer 6

In 1696

Question 7

Who granted the farman granting the East India Company the right to trade duty free?

Answer 7

Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb

Question 8

Who was the Nawab of Bengal who protested against the Company’s arrogant refusal to pay duties?

Answer 8

Murshid Quli Khan

Question 9

After the defeat of Plassey and the subsequent assassination of Sirajuddaulah, who succeeded his throne as the Nawab of Bengal?

Answer 9

Mir Jafar

Question 10

Who took the place of a deposed Mir Qasim?

Answer 10

Mir Jafar

Question 11

When was the Battle of Buxar fought?

Answer 11

In 1764

Question 12

When did Mir Jafar die?

Answer 12

In 1765

Question 13

When did the Mughal emperor appoint the Company as it’s Diwan of the provinces of Bengal?

Answer 13

In 1765

Question 14

When did an 18 year old Robert Clive arrive in India (Madras)?

Answer 14

In 1743

Question 15

When was Robert Clive appointed as the Governor of Bengal?

Answer 15

In 1764

Question 16

When was the cross examination of Robert Clive on account of charges of corruption?

Answer 16

In 1772

Question 17

When did Robert Clive commit suicide?

Answer 17

In 1774

Question 18

When did the Company begin to appoint Residents in Indian states?

Answer 18

After the Battle of Buxar (1764)

Question 19

What penalty followed when a state failed to make the payment for the “subsidiary forces”?

Answer 19

A part of their territory was taken away

Question 20

For what time period did Richard Wellesley serve as the Governor General?

Answer 20

From 1798 to 1805

Question 21

Who was the Nawab of Awadh at the time of the Battle of Buxar?

Answer 21

Nawab Shujauddaulah

Question 22

When was the Nawab of Awadh penalised for failing to make the payment for the “subsidiary forces”?

Answer 22

In 1801

Question 23

Haidar Ali of Mysore rules from _____ to _____.

Answer 23

From 1761 to 1782

Question 24

Tipu Sultan ruled from _____ to ______.

Answer 24

From 1782 to 1799

Question 25

What profitable trading coast was under Tipu Sultan of Mysore?

Answer 25

Malabar coast (pepper and cardamom trade)

Question 26

When did Tipu Sultan of Mysore put sanctions on the Company disallowing it the export of pepper, cardamom and sandalwood?

Answer 26

In 1785

Question 27

The First Anglo-Mysore war

Answer 27

1767-69

Question 28

The second Anglo-Mysore war

Answer 28

1780-1784

Question 29

The third Anglo-Mysore war

Answer 29

1790-92

Question 30

The fourth Anglo-Mysore war

Answer 30

1799

Question 31

What is the fourth Anglo-Mysore war also known as ?

Answer 31

The Battle of Seringapatam

Question 32

When did Tipu Sultan die?

Answer 32

On 4 May 1799

Question 33

In 1775, seven pandits were asked to compile a digest of Hindu laws. Who translated this digest into English?

Answer 33

N.B. Halhed

Question 34

When was the code of Muslim laws compiled for the benefit of European judges?

Answer 34

In 1778

Question 35

When was the Regulating Act passed

Answer 35

1773

Question 36

When was the third battle of Panipat fought?

Answer 36

In 1761

Question 37

When was the Treaty of Salbai concluded?

Answer 37

In 1782

Question 38

The Second Anglo-Maratha war

Answer 38

1803-05

Question 39

The Third Anglo-Maratha War

Answer 39

1817-19

Question 40

After the Third Anglo-Maratha War of 1817-19, the Peshwa was removed and sent away to which place?

Answer 40

Bithur (near Kanpur)

Question 41

Lord Hastings was the Governor General of India from _______ to ______.

Answer 41

1813 to 1823

Question 42

When was Rani Channamma who resisted the annexation of Kitoor arrested?

Answer 42

In 1824 (She died in prison in 1829)

Question 43

A poor chowkidar of Sangoli in Kitoor carried on the resistance against the British even after the arrest of Channamma Devi. What was his name?

Answer 43

Rayanna

Question 44

When was Rayanna hanged ?

Answer 44

In 1830

Question 45

When was Sind taken over by the East India Company?

Answer 45

In 1843

Question 46

For which period of time did the struggle between the Company and Afghanistan last?

Answer 46

between 1838 and 1842

Question 47

When did Maharaja Ranjit Singh die?

Answer 47

In 1839

Question 48

When was Punjab annexed?

Answer 48

In 1849

Question 49

Under which Governor General did the final wave of annexations occur in India?

Answer 49

Lord Dalhousie (1848 to 1856)

Question 50

When did the kingdom of Satara "lapse"?

Answer 50

1848

Question 51

When did the kingdom of Sambalpur lapse?

Answer 51

In 1852

Question 52

When did the kingdom of Sambalpur lapse?

Answer 52

In 1850

Question 53

When did the kingdom of Udaipur "lapse"?

Answer 53

In 1852

Question 54

When did the kingdom of Nagpur "lapse"?

Answer 54

In 1853

Question 55

When did the kingdom of Jhansi "lapse"?

Answer 55

In 1854

Question 56

When did the Company finally took over Awadh?

Answer 56

In 1856

Question 57

When did the British acquire Diwani from the Mughal emperor?

Answer 57

On 12 August 1765

Question 58

When did the famine break out in Bengal

Answer 58

In 1770

Question 59

When was the system of Permanent Settlement introduced?

Answer 59

In 1793

Question 60

Who devised the mahalwari system?

Answer 60

Holt Mackenzie

Question 61

When did the mahalwari system come into effect?

Answer 61

In 1822