Chronology of British India Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions
Chronology of British India PRACTICE TEST [2 - EXERCISES]
chronology of british india MCQs set 1
chronology of british india MCQs set 2
Question : 31
Who among the following Governor Generals formed the Triple Alliance against Tipu Sultan?
a) Warren Hastings
b) Lord Cornwallis
c) Lord Wellesley
d) Lord William Bentinck
Answer »Answer: (b)
Triple Alliance consisted of British, Nizam and Marathas against Tipu sultan in 1791-92.
Question : 32
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
Answer »Answer: (d)
The Treaty of Amritsar of 1809 was an agreement between the British East India Company and Ranjit Singh, the Sikh leader who founded the Sikh empire. The treaty settled Indo-Sikh relations for a generation. The immediate occasion was the French threat to northwestern India, following Napoleon’s Treaty of Tilsit with Russia (1807) and Ranjit Singh’s attempt to bring the Cis-Sutlej states under his control.
The British wanted a defensive treaty against the French and control of Punjab to the Sutlej River. Although this was not a defensive treaty, it did fix the frontier of lands controlled by Ranjit Singh broadly along the line of the Sutlej River.
Question : 33
What was the occasion for the Portuguese to hand over Bombay to the British?
a) Growth of peaceful relations between the English and the Portuguese as a result of Portugal’s independence from the control of Spain.
b) The marriage of Charles II with the Portuguese princes Catherine of Braganza.
c) The defeat of Spanish Armada by the British in 1588.
d) The Treaty of Madrid concluded in 1630.
Answer »Answer: (b)
Question : 34
Which of the following statement is true with regard to the Golden Farman
a) It granted the privilege of trading in Bengal in return for a fixed annual payment of duties worth Rs. 3000
b) It allowed free trade in the ports belonging to the kingdom of Golkunda on payment of duties with 500 pagodas
c) The English factories were not bothered with demands of customs for goods imported or exported by land or by water
d) The English were allowed to fortify their positions on Indian soil
Answer »Answer: (b)
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» Pre Historic Period
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