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Questions : Darjeeling was annexed from Sikkim by Lord Dalhousie. He charged the Raja of Sikkim for
  1. Breaking the treaty of Yandaboo
  2. For maltreating British merchants
  3. For maltreating British doctors.
  4. For making alliance with Pegn
Select the correct option from the codes given below:

(a) 3 only

(b) 1 and 4 only

(c) 2 only

(d) 1 and 2 only

The correct answers to the above question in:

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.

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Question : 1

Which of the following statement(s) is / are correct?

  1. In the Charter act of 1833 Rupees one lakh was sanctioned for educational development in India.
  2. The wood’s Dispatch (1854) perpetuated the downward filtration theory
Select the correct option from the codes given below:

a) 2 only

b) 1 and 2 both

c) 1 only

d) None

Answer: (d)

The Annual Expenditure of one lakh rupees for education was sanctioned in chartered act, 1813. The Government of Lord William Bentinck accepted the Macaulayian system in 1835 and stressed on downward filtration theory.

Question : 2

Which one of the following Acts created ‘Board of Control’?

a) Act of 1833

b) Pitt’s India Act 1784

c) Regulating Act 1773

d) Act of 1813

Answer: (b)

Pitt’s India Act (1784) created the Board of Control. Relationship to the British government: the bill differentiated the East India Company’s political functions from its commercial activities.

In political matters, the East India Company was subordinated to the British government directly.

To accomplish this, the Act created a Board of Commissioners for the affairs of India, usually referred to as the Board of Control.

Question : 3

The kingdom of Ranjeet Singh included

a) Srinagar

b) Kabul

c) Delhi

d) Makran

Answer: (a)

Question : 4

Match the following treaties with the years of their conclusion:
Find the correct answer from the codes given below: 

A. Treaty of Srirangapatnam 1. 1792
B. Treaty of Sangoli 2. 1806
C. Treaty of Mangalore 3. 1816
D. Treaty of Rajghat 4. 1784 
Codes: A B C D

a) 3 2 1 4

b) 2 3 1 4

c) 4 3 1 2

d) 1 3 4 2

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.

Question : 5

Which Governor of Madras presidency made a Treaty of Mangalore with Tipu?

a) Wellesely

b) Stephenson

c) Eyercoote

d) Lord Macartany

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.

Question : 6

State the sectors where highest amount of British capital was invested in India?

a) Jute Mills

b) Railways, banking, insurance and shipping

c) Tea, coffee and indigo

d) Taxtiles

Answer: (b)

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