Welcome to your modernhistoryquiz3
1.
Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? [2004]
Period – Wars
- AD 1767- 69 : First Anglo Maratha War
- AD 1790 -92 : Third Mysore War
- AD 1824 -26 : First Anglo Burmese War
- AD 1845- 46 : Second Sikh War
2.
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [2004]
3.
Assertion (A): Marathas emerged as the strongest native power in India after the decline of Mughal empire.
Reason (R): Marathas were the first to have a clear concept of a united Indian nation. [2003]
Choose correct option.
4.
Which one of the following statements is NOT correct? [2003]
5.
Which one of the following provisions was NOT made in the Charter Act of 1833? [2003]
6.
Match List I (Acts of Colonial Government of India) with List II (Provisions) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [2002]
List I (Acts of colonial government)Â
- Charter Act, 1813
- Regulating Act
- Act of 1858
- Pitt’s India Act
List II (Provisions)
- Set up a Board of Control in Britain to fully regulate the east India Company’sÂ
affairs in IndiaÂ
- Company’s trade monopoly in India was ended
- The power to govern was transferred from the East India Company to theÂ
British Crown
- The Company’s directors were asked to present to the British government allÂ
correspondence and documents pertaining to the administration of theÂ
company
Correct match for A, B, C, D respectively is.
7.
With which one of the following mountain tribes did the British first come into contact after the grant of Diwani in the year 1765? [2002]
8.
Who among the following Indian rulers established embassies in foreign countries on modern lines? [2001]
9.
Under the Permanent Settlement, 1793, the zamindars were required to issue pattas to the farmers which were not issued by many of the zamindars. The reason was: [2001]
10.
Who among the following streamlined the Maratha administration after Sambhaji? [2000]
