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British expansion in india - Test Set 1

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  1. Question 1

    WBCS Prelims 2018
    Who was the Nawab of Bengal at the time of the Battle of Buxar (1764)?
    1. Mir Qasim
    2. Mir Jafar
    3. Nizam-ud-Daulah
    4. Shuja-ud-Daulah
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  2. Question 2

    WBCS Prelims 2019
    Which battle established the supremacy of British rule in India?
    1. Battle of Plassey, 1757
    2. Battle of Buxar, 1764
    3. Third Mysore War, 1790–92
    4. Fourth Mysore War, 1799
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  3. Question 3

    WBCS Prelims 2013
    Who introduced the 'Doctrine of Lapse'?
    1. Lord Wellesley
    2. Lord Dalhousie
    3. Lord Canning
    4. Lord Linlithgow
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  4. Question 4

    WBCS Prelims 2018
    Which Governor-General of India advocated rapid railway construction in India?
    1. Lord Cornwallis
    2. Lord Dalhousie
    3. Lord Hardinge
    4. Lord Hastings
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  5. Question 5

    UPSC
    The Treaty of Bassein (1802) was signed between the British and which Maratha leader?
    1. Nana Fadnavis
    2. Baji Rao II
    3. Mahadji Scindia
    4. Raghunath Rao
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  6. Question 6

    WBCS Prelims 2019
    Who led the sepoys at Kanpur during the 1857 uprising?
    1. Tantia Tope
    2. Rani Lakshmibai
    3. Nana Sahib
    4. Kunwar Singh
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  7. Question 7

    SSC CGL 2012
    Which act of the British Parliament intended to overhaul the management of the East India Company's rule in India for the first time?Which act of the British Parliament intended to overhaul the management of the East India Company's rule in India for the first time?
    1. Regulating Act, 1773
    2. Pitt's India Act, 1784
    3. Charter Act, 1793
    4. Government of India Act, 1858
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  8. Question 8

    SSC CGL 2013
    The first Anglo-Mysore War ended with which treaty?
    1. Treaty of Madras
    2. Treaty of Seringapatam
    3. Treaty of Mangalore
    4. Treaty of Salbai
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  9. Question 9

    WBCS Prelims 2019
    Which battle is considered the decisive conflict in the Carnatic Wars?
    1. Battle of Plassey
    2. Battle of Buxar
    3. Battle of Wandiwash
    4. Battle of Adyar
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  10. Question 10

    UPSC Prelims 2021
    Who was the Governor-General of India during the annexation of Punjab?
    1. Lord Wellesley
    2. Lord Dalhousie
    3. Lord Canning
    4. Lord Cornwallis
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  11. Question 11

    UPSC Prelims 2021
    Which treaty was signed after the Battle of Buxar?
    1. Treaty of Allahabad
    2. Treaty of Kanpur
    3. Treaty of Pondicherry
    4. Treaty of Alinagar
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  12. Question 12

    Who among the following was sent by Emperor James I of England to Jahangir’s court?
    1. Thomas Munro
    2. Thomas Roe
    3. Captain William Hawkins
    4. None of the above
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  13. Question 13

    SSC CGL 2016
    Which British officer defeated Tipu Sultan in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War?
    1. Lord Wellesley
    2. Lord Cornwallis
    3. General Lake
    4. Lord Hastings
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  14. Question 14

    SSC CHSL 2017
    The Dual Government in Bengal was introduced by:
    1. Lord Cornwallis
    2. Warren Hastings
    3. Lord Wellesley
    4. Robert Clive
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  15. Question 15

    WBCS Prelims 2015
    Who was the Nawab of Bengal when the Battle of Plassey took place?
    1. Siraj-ud-Daula
    2. Mir Jafar
    3. Alivardi Khan
    4. Mir Qasim
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  16. Question 16

    Railway Group D 2018
    Which one of the following rulers challenged the British in South India?
    1. Rani Lakshmibai
    2. Hyder Ali
    3. Nana Sahib
    4. Kunwar Singh
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  17. Question 17

    SSC CGL 2015
    Which one of the following was annexed by the British under the Doctrine of Lapse?
    1. Hyderabad
    2. Awadh
    3. Mysore
    4. Jhansi
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  18. Question 18

    UPSC Prelims 2020
    Which of the following was NOT a party in the Battle of Buxar?
    1. Mir Qasim
    2. Shah Alam II
    3. Tipu Sultan
    4. Shuja-ud-Daulah
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  19. Question 19

    SSC CHSL 2020
    Which of the following was annexed by the British through the Doctrine of Lapse?
    1. Hyderabad
    2. Awadh
    3. Satara
    4. Mysore
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  20. Question 20

    Railway NTPC 2016
    Who introduced the Ryotwari System in India?
    1. Lord Cornwallis
    2. Thomas Munro
    3. Lord Dalhousie
    4. Holt Mackenzie
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