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UPSC CDS Colonial India — practice questions — page 4

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The East India Company received its charter of sole right to trade with the East in 1600 from:Read the answer and worked solution →Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India in:Read the answer and worked solution →The first English factory in Bengal was set up on the banks of the Hugli in:Read the answer and worked solution →Nawab Sirajuddaulah marched with 30,000 soldiers to the English factory at:Read the answer and worked solution →Robert Clive defeated Sirajuddaulah at Plassey in:Read the answer and worked solution →Whose forces never fought at Plassey, having been promised the nawabship by Clive?Read the answer and worked solution →Mir Qasim was defeated by the Company at Buxar in:Read the answer and worked solution →In 1765 the Mughal emperor appointed the Company as Diwan of the provinces of:Read the answer and worked solution →Company officials who returned to Britain flaunting Indian wealth were mocked as:Read the answer and worked solution →Under Governor-General Richard Wellesley, the Nawab of Awadh surrendered half his territory in:Read the answer and worked solution →Tipu Sultan ruled Mysore from 1782 to:Read the answer and worked solution →Tipu Sultan died defending his capital Shrirangapatnam on:Read the answer and worked solution →After Tipu's death, Mysore was placed under which former ruling dynasty?Read the answer and worked solution →The Marathas' dream of ruling from Delhi was shattered at the Third Battle of Panipat in:Read the answer and worked solution →The first Anglo-Maratha war ended in 1782 with the Treaty of:Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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The East India Company received its charter of sole right to trade with the East in 1600 from:

  1. Queen Elizabeth I
  2. Queen Victoria
  3. King James I
  4. Oliver Cromwell
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Correct answer: A. Queen Elizabeth I

1. No other English group could then compete. 2. Queen Elizabeth I granted the charter. 3. Other European powers still competed. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 2, From Trade to Territory._

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Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India in:

  1. 1757
  2. 1498
  3. 1600
  4. 1651
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Correct answer: B. 1498

1. The Portuguese then based themselves at Goa. 2. The route was found in 1498. 3. The Dutch and French followed later. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 2, From Trade to Territory._

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The first English factory in Bengal was set up on the banks of the Hugli in:

  1. 1651
  2. 1600
  3. 1696
  4. 1757
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Correct answer: A. 1651

1. Company traders were called factors. 2. The factory dates from 1651. 3. A fort was begun in 1696. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 2, From Trade to Territory._

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