Practice Modern East India Company - Indian History Mcq Online Quiz (Set-1) For All Competitive Exams

Q-1)   English was made the medium of instruction in India in the year of:

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Q-2)   The Battle of Plassey was fought in the year

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Q-3)   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-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
  1. The battle of Buxar provided the key to the English to establish their rule in India.
  2. The Treaty of Allahabad concluded in 1765, enabled the British to establish their rule in Bengal.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Explanation:

The Battle of Buxar was fought between the British East India Company and the combined forces of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal, Shuja-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Awadh, and Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor on 23rd October 1764.

Shah Alam II signed the Treaty of Allahabad that secured Diwani Rights for the Company to collect and manage the revenues of almost 100,000,000 acres (400,000 km2) of real estate, which helped establish the English rule.


Q-7)   Consider the following statements about Shivaji’s military acumen
  1. He was a master in guerrilla tactics and swift cavalry warfare.
  2. 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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(b)

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Explanation:

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-8)   Consider the following statements about Shivaji’s military acumen
  1. He was a master in guerrilla tactics and swift cavalry warfare.
  2. 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?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:


Q-9)   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-10)   An Indian ruler of the 18th century who planted “the Tree of liberty” at his capital, enrolled himself as a member of the Jacobin club of France and loved himself to be called ‘Citizen’, was

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Q-11)   Which of the following statements about Permanent Settlement are correct?
  1. It conferred proprietary rights to peasants.
  2. The Zamindars were recognised as the proprietors of land.
  3. The government permanently fixed the land revenue demand.
  4. The Zamindars acted as the middlemen between the peasants and the government.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below

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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)   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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Q-17)   Who was the founder of British Empire in India?

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Q-18)  
List I List II
A. Permanent Settlement 1. Parts of Madras and Bombay Presidencies
B. Ryotwari Settlement 2. Gangetic Valley, northwest Provinces, Punjab.
C. Mahalwari Settlement  3. Bengal and Bihar

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Explanation:


Q-19)   Ghasiti Begam, Sahukat Jang, Rajballabh and Yar Latif Khan were sore enemies of

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Q-20)   The most decisive battle that led to the establishment of supremacy of the British in India was

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