east india company MCQs set 3 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

What was the most important reason for the First AngloSikh War (1845-46)?

a) The attempts of the English Company to interfere with the internal matters of the Lahore state

b) The agreement entered into the Dogra Chief, Gulab Singh, by the English to sell Kashmir to the former

c) To divert the energies of ungovernable Khalsa army

d) The war-like preparations of the English across the Sutlej

Question : 2

English was made the medium of instruction in India in the year of:

a) 1844

b) 1835

c) 1833

d) 1813

Question : 3

What is the correct sequence of the following events?

1. Third Maratha war
2. Third Battle of Panipat
3. Third Mysore War
4. Third Burmese War

a) 3-4-2-1

b) 2-1-3-4

c) 2-4-3-1

d) 3-1-2-4

Question : 4

Which of the following opposed British in India vigorously?

a) Maratha

b) Mughal

c) Rajputana

d) Sikh

Question : 5

Identify the name of the wife of the Mughal Emperor who is believed to have sabotaged the work of the rebels by acting as an informer to the British.

a) Zeenat Mahal

b) Fatima Begum

c) Hazrat Mahal

d) Mumtaz Mahal

Question : 6

a) 2 1 3 4

b) 2 1 4 3

c) 1 2 4 3

d) 1 2 3 4