east india company MCQs set 2 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

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.

a) Only 1

b) Only 2

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Question : 2

Bring out the correct statement about British expansion in Madras

1. In 1658, all the English settlement on the Coromandal and in Eastern India were placed under the control of Fort St. George.
2. In 1801, Lord Wellesley created the Madras presidency as it existed till Indian Independence.
3. In 1640, the British obtained the site of Madras from the Raja of Valikondapuram.
4. The British built a fortified factory, viz. Fort St George, at Madras.

a) 1, 2, 3

b) 1 & 3

c) 1, 2, 4

d) 2, 3, 4

Question : 3

Haider Ali established his authority over the Mysore state by overthrowing

a) Devraj

b) Nanjaraj

c) Kaviraja

d) Krishna Raj

Question : 4

Tipu Sultan was a man of complex character. He was an innovator, which of the following was not one of his innovations?

a) A new calendar

b) A new method of survey and settlement

c) A new system of coinage

d) New scales of weights and measures

Question : 5

Haider Ali declared war on English, thereby starting the second AngloMysore war on the ground that

a) His neutrality was violated

b) The English had abused him

c) The English had conspired against him

d) None of the above

Question : 6

Indicate the importance of the treaty of Amritsar (1809) signed between Ranjit Singh and the English?

a) It marked the beginning of an era of peace and prosperity in the Punjab

b) It helped Ranjit Singh in realising his ambition of conquering Multan, Kashmir, Ladakh and Peshawar

c) It recognised the power of the British as the political limit of Ranjit Singh’s policy of expansion

d) It made him the undisputed master of all the Sikhs