initial modern india mcq set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Lord Macartany the Governor of Madras Presidency made treaty of Mangalore with Tipu. The second Anglo-Mysore war was ended on 11 March 1784 with the signing of the treaty of Mangalore.

The treaty is an important document in the history of India because it was the last occasion when an Indian power dictated terms to the British, who were under orders from London to negotiate peace.

Answer: (d)

1. Treaty of Srirangapatnam held in 1792.
2. Treaty of Sangoli held in 1816.
3. Treaty of Mangalore held in 1784.
4. Treaty of Rajghat held in 1806.

Answer: (a)

The Raja of Sikkim was charged with the offence of maltreating and imprisonment of two British doctors. This situation was used by Lord Dalhousie to annex Darjeeling and some other districts.

Answer: (a)

Lord Dalhousie formulated and implemented the ‘Doctrine of Lapse.’

It was customary for a ruler without a natural heir to ask the British Government whether he could adopt a son to succeed him.

According to Dalhousie, if such permission was refused by the British, the state would “lapse” and thereby become part of British India.

Dalhousie maintained that there was a difference in principle between the right to inherit private property and the right to govern. This principle was called the Doctrine of Lapse.

Answer: (a)

1. Sanyasi revolt begins in 1760.
2. Kol revolt begins in 1831-32.
3. Santhal revolt begins in 1855- 56 in Bihar.
4. The Mopala revolt uprises in 1921 in Kerala.

Answer: (c)

John Eliot Bethune was the founding father of Bethune College. Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay was one of the first graduate of Calcutta University. Raja Rammohan Roy’s campaign against Sati led to the enactment of a law to ban Sati (1829).