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The policy of paramountcy was initiated under which Governor-General, who served 1813 to 1823?Read the answer and worked solution →Rani Channamma led anti-British resistance in the small state of:Read the answer and worked solution →Punjab was annexed by the Company after wars with the Sikh kingdom in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Doctrine of Lapse was devised by Governor-General:Read the answer and worked solution →Which kingdom was annexed under the Doctrine of Lapse in 1854?Read the answer and worked solution →Citing the Nawab's misgovernment, the Company took over Awadh in:Read the answer and worked solution →The first Governor-General, who served from 1773 to 1785, was:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Doctrine of Lapse statesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Bengal nawabsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Company datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Company wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Mysore or MarathaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the conquestsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Company rule bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Mughal emperor appointed the East India Company Diwan of Bengal on:Read the answer and worked solution →The terrible Bengal famine of 1770 killed about how many people?Read the answer and worked solution →The Permanent Settlement of Bengal 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 →Who was Governor-General when the Permanent Settlement was introduced?Read the answer and worked solution →Zamindars who could not pay the fixed revenue lost their zamindari, which was then:Read the answer and worked solution →Holt Mackenzie's revenue system for the North Western Provinces, effective from 1822, was the:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the mahalwari settlement, revenue collection was entrusted to the:Read the answer and worked solution →The ryotwari system in south India was first tried on a small scale by:Read the answer and worked solution →The ryotwari system was developed and extended over south India by:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the ryotwari system, the revenue settlement was made directly with the:Read the answer and worked solution →Between 1783 and 1789, world indigo production:Read the answer and worked solution →By 1810, what share of the indigo imported into Britain came from India?Read the answer and worked solution →The slave revolt that wrecked French indigo plantations in St Domingue broke out in:Read the answer and worked solution →In which system did planters grow indigo on land they directly controlled with hired labour?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The policy of paramountcy was initiated under which Governor-General, who served 1813 to 1823?

  1. Lord Cornwallis
  2. Lord Hastings
  3. Lord Dalhousie
  4. Lord Wellesley
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Correct answer: B. Lord Hastings

1. The Company claimed supreme authority over Indian states. 2. Lord Hastings began the policy. 3. It justified annexing any kingdom. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 2, From Trade to Territory._

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Rani Channamma led anti-British resistance in the small state of:

  1. Satara
  2. Nagpur
  3. Kitoor
  4. Jhansi
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Correct answer: C. Kitoor

1. She was arrested in 1824 and died in prison in 1829. 2. Kitoor is in present Karnataka. 3. Rayanna of Sangoli carried on the fight. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 2, From Trade to Territory._

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Punjab was annexed by the Company after wars with the Sikh kingdom in:

  1. 1839
  2. 1843
  3. 1856
  4. 1849
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Correct answer: D. 1849

1. Ranjit Singh's death in 1839 opened the way. 2. Punjab fell in 1849. 3. Sind had been taken in 1843. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 2, From Trade to Territory._

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