british period MCQs set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Match the following List I List II

a) 2 1 4 3

b) 2 4 1 3

c) 3 4 1 2

d) 3 1 4 2

Question : 2

“The greater the number of the forts you hold the weaker will be your power. Let our forces be on the sea, because if we should not be powerful at sea, everything will be at once against it” whose words are these?

a) Vasco-da-Gama

b) Albuquerque

c) Da Almeida

d) Duarte Pacheo

Question : 3

Why was Bombay handed over to the British by the Portuguese?

a) The Portuguese handed it over to the British after a peace-treaty in Europe

b) The marriage of Charles II with The Portuguese princes Catherine of Braganza

c) The defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British in 1588

d) Due to Portuguese independence from Spain

Question : 4

Who among the following Mughal Emperors, granted permission to trade of tax in the territories of Bengal. Hyderabad and Gujarat to the British?

a) Aurangzeb

b) Farrukh-siyar

c) Bahadur Shah

d) Muhammad Shah

Question : 5

The Treaty of Amritsar was concluded between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and who of the following?

a) Lord Cornwallis

b) Lord Dalhousie

c) Lord Hastings

d) Lord Minto

Question : 6

The British paramountcy in India was completed in 1856 with

a) Annexation of Punjab

b) Annexation of Sind

c) Annexation of Carnatic

d) Annexation of Awadh