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RRB JE Colonial India — practice questions

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The East India Company obtained its first charter in the year:Read the answer and worked solution →Which English monarch granted that charter?Read the answer and worked solution →The charter gave the Company the sole right to trade with:Read the answer and worked solution →Who became nawab of Bengal after Alivardi Khan died in 1756?Read the answer and worked solution →Who led the Company's army at the Battle of Plassey?Read the answer and worked solution →The Battle of Plassey was fought in:Read the answer and worked solution →Mir Qasim was defeated at which battle?Read the answer and worked solution →The Battle of Buxar was fought in:Read the answer and worked solution →In 1765 the Mughal emperor appointed the Company as Diwan of:Read the answer and worked solution →Officials posted in Indian states to serve Company interests were:Read the answer and worked solution →Under a subsidiary alliance, Indian rulers could not keep their own:Read the answer and worked solution →Richard Wellesley was Governor-General from:Read the answer and worked solution →In 1785 Tipu Sultan stopped the export of which spice?Read the answer and worked solution →Tipu Sultan began his rule in:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Governor-General devised the Doctrine of Lapse?Read the answer and worked solution →Lord Dalhousie served as Governor-General until:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the Doctrine of Lapse a kingdom lapsed if the ruler died without a:Read the answer and worked solution →Jhansi was annexed under the Doctrine of Lapse in:Read the answer and worked solution →Which kingdom was the first annexed under the Doctrine of Lapse?Read the answer and worked solution →The Company took over Awadh in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Permanent Settlement was introduced in:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the Permanent Settlement, rajas and taluqdars were recognised as:Read the answer and worked solution →The revenue demand under the Permanent Settlement was:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the mahalwari settlement, revenue was calculated for each:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the mahalwari settlement, who collected the revenue?Read the answer and worked solution →The mahalwari revenue demand was:Read the answer and worked solution →The system devised for south India came to be known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Who first tried the ryotwari system on a small scale?Read the answer and worked solution →Who developed the ryotwari system across south India?Read the answer and worked solution →Place each event in its yearRead the answer and worked solution →

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The East India Company obtained its first charter in the year:

  1. 1600
  2. 1700
  3. 1800
  4. 1500
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Correct answer: A. 1600

1. The charter came from the ruler of England. 2. It granted the sole right to trade with the East. 3. The year was 1600. _Source: syllabus Social Science, 'Our Pasts III'_

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Which English monarch granted that charter?

  1. Elizabeth I
  2. Elizabeth II
  3. Victoria I
  4. Victoria II
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Correct answer: A. Elizabeth I

1. She ruled England at the time. 2. The charter shut out rival English traders. 3. She was Queen Elizabeth I. _Source: syllabus Social Science, 'Our Pasts III'_

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The charter gave the Company the sole right to trade with:

  1. The South
  2. The East
  3. The West
  4. The North
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Correct answer: B. The East

1. No other English trading group could compete. 2. The direction is named in the charter. 3. It was the East. _Source: syllabus Social Science, 'Our Pasts III'_

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