Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Which one of the following is correctly matched?

Q. What policy was followed by British administrators towards the Indian States after the Revolt of 1857?
  1 To annex as many Indian states as possible to the British empire
  2 To maintain the status of Indian States
  3 To give more powers to Indian states
  4 To allow Indian states to maintain relations with foreign powers
    Ans:2 

Q. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
  1 Permanent Settlement - Madras
  2 Ryotwari Settlement - Bengal
  3 Mahalwari Settlement - United province and North Western Province
  4 Talukdari System - Bombay
    Ans:3 

Q. Which of the following was the first event relating to the Revolt of 1857?
  1 Revolt in Kanpur and taking over the leadership by Nana Saheb
  2 Marching of sepoys to Red Fort of Delhi
  3 Raising of the Banner of revolt by the Rani Jhansi
  4 Hanging of Tantia Tope to death
    Ans:2 

Q. Who among the following writers described the Revolt of 1857 as the 'First War of Independence'?
  1 V. D. Savarkar
  2 R. C. Majumdar
  3 S. N. Sen
  4 Ashok Mehta
    Ans:1 

Q. Which of the following Acts abolished thebtrading rights of the East India Company?
  1 Regulating Act
  2 Charter Act of 1813
  3 Charter Act of 1833
  4 Charter Act of 1853
    Ans:3 

Q. During whose Governor Generalship the Maratha confederacy ended?
  1 Wellesley
  2 Cornwallis
  3 Lord Hastings
  4 Dalhousie
    Ans:3 

Q. Historians are of the view that the British signed the Treaty of Bassien (1802) with a 'Cypher'. Who was this 'Cypher'?
  1 Baji Rao II
  2 Raghunath Rao
  3 Nana Phadanvis
  4 Daulat Rao Sindhia
    Ans:1 

Q. What was the British policy towardsMysore after Tipu Sultan's death?
  1 Establishing control over the whole of Mysore
  2 The whole of Mysore was handed over to the successor of Tipu Sultan
  3 The whole of Mysore was handed over to the successor of Wadyar dynasty
  4 Only the central part of erstwhile Mysore was handed over to the successor of Wadyar dynasty
    Ans:4 

Q. Who were the signatories of the Treaty of Salbai?
  1 Peshwa and the East India Company
  2 Haider Ali, Peshwa and East India Company
  3 Haider Ali and Peshwa
  4 Mahadaji Sindhia and Warren Hastings
    Ans:4 

Q. What situation gave an opportunity to Warren Hastings to intervene in Maratha politics?
  1 Weakening Maratha power after the Third Battle of Panipat
  2 Struggle among Deccan Kingdoms
  3 Haider Ali - Maratha Struggle
  4 Vaccum in Poona after Madhawa Rao's death
    Ans:4

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