initial modern india Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 36

Find the correct chronological order of the following events from the codes given below:

1. Abolition of dual government in Bengal
2. Treaty of Allahabad
3. Battle of Plassey
4. Battle of Wandiwash

a) 1, 2, 3, 4

b) 2, 3, 4, 1

c) 3, 4, 2, 1

d) 4, 1, 3, 2

Question : 37

Where did Maharaja Jai Singh build observatories?

1. Delhi
2. Jaipur
3. Ujjain
4. Varanasi

a) 1 and 2

b) 1 and 3

c) 2 and 3

d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Question : 38

Who was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of subsidiary alliance?

a) Nizam of Hyderabad

b) Nawab of Awadh

c) Sindhia of Gwalior

d) Dilip Singh of Punjab

Question : 39

Who started the practice of granting the rights of collecting land revenue to the highest bidder?

a) Warren Hastings

b) Lord Cornwallis

c) Lord Clive

d) Lord Wellesley

Question : 40

Who among the following joined Mir Qasim and Shuja-ud-Daula in declaring war upon the English East India Company and was later defeated by the British at the Battle of Buxar?

a) Shah Alam II

b) Jahandar Shah

c) Farrukhsiyar

d) Muhammad Shah