Practice Modern east india company - indian history mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) The Battle of Plassey was fought in the year
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Q-2) With which one of the following mountain tribes did the British first come into contact with after the grant of Diwani in year 1765?
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Q-3) English was made the medium of instruction in India in the year of:
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Q-4) English was made the medium of instruction in India in the year of:
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Q-5) The battle field of Plassey is situated in
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Q-6) Consider the following statements about Shivaji’s military acumen
- He was a master in guerrilla tactics and swift cavalry warfare.
- He had built a series of fortified strongholds on the table mountains of the Western Deccan.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
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Shiva Ji innovated military tactics, pioneering the guerrilla warfare methods (Shiva sutra or ganimi kava), which leveraged strategic factors like geography, speed, and surprise and focused pinpoint attacks to defeat his larger and more powerful enemies.
Shivaji himself constructed about 15-20 new forts (including key sea forts like Sindhudurg), but he also rebuilt or repaired many strategically placed forts to create a chain of 300 or more, stretched over a thousand kilometers across the rugged crest of the Western Ghats.
Q-7) Consider the following statements about Shivaji’s military acumen
- He was a master in guerrilla tactics and swift cavalry warfare.
- He had built a series of fortified strongholds on the table mountains of the Western Deccan.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
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Q-8) Haider Ali’s administration is remembered for its:
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Q-9) What is the correct sequence of the following events?
- Third Maratha war
- Third Battle of Panipat
- Third Mysore War
- Third Burmese War
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Q-10) Between 1765 and 1800 the Sikhs brought the whole of Punjab and Jammu under their control. At that time they were organised into:
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Q-11) In which Governor’s tenure, Diwani rights of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa was granted to East India Company by Emperor Shah Alam?
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Q-12) Which one of the following rulers had granted Diwani to the East India Company?
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Q-13) Name the French Commander who was defeated in the battle of Wandiwash in 1760.
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Q-14) Who among the following has been called as a ‘Heaven Born General’?
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Q-15) During whose Peshwaship was the second and third Anglo-Maratha fought resulting in the abolition of the Peshawaship by the English?
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Q-16) Who granted the Diwani of Bengal to the East India Company in 1765?
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Q-17) Which was the following war consolidated British supremacy over India?
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Q-18) Which one among the following thinkers argued that Maratha rule in general and Shivaji in particular represented early nationalist consciousness in India?
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Gopal Krishana Gokhale was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and founder of the Servants of India Society.According to him Maratha rule in general and Shivaji in particular represented the early nationalist spirit and consciousness in India.
Q-19) The most decisive battle that led to the establishment of supremacy of the British in India was
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Q-20) Ghasiti Begam, Sahukat Jang, Rajballabh and Yar Latif Khan were sore enemies of
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