Modern India: the Advent of the Europeans SECTION 4

1.       Who among the following was not a party to the league that was defeated by the British in the battle of Buxar?

1.       Shuja-ud-Daulah

2.       Shah Alam

3.       Mir Jafar

4.       Mir Qasim

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

(a)    1  and 2

(b)   1, 2 and 4

(c)    2 , 3 and 4

(d)   3  and 4

2.       Who among the following Mughal Emperors had the longest reign?

(a)    Bahadur Shah

(b)   Jahandar Shah

(c)    Farrukh Siyar

(d)   Mohammad Shah

3.       During the time of which mughal Emperor did the English East India Company establish its first factory in India?

(a)    Akbar

(b)   Jahangir

(c)    Shahjahan

(d)   Aurangzeb

4.       During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India company establish its first factory in India?

(a)    Akbar

(b)   Jahangir

(c)    Shahjahan

(d)   Aurangzeb

5.       When the East India company come into existence ,England was ruled by the

(a)    Hanovarians

(b)   Normans

(c)    Stuarts

(d)   Tudors

6.       At which of the following places, the French East India Company did not establish a factory?

1.       Surat

2.       Mauslipatnam

3.       Madras

4.       Kolkata

5.       Bantam

6.       Chandernagore

Codes

(a)    1   and 5

(b)   3  and 4

(c)    2, 4 and 5

(d)   1  and 4

7.       Who among the following Europeans were the last to come to pre independence India as traders?

(a)    Dutch

(b)   English

(c)    French

(d)   Portuguese

8.       Black Hole episode, in which 146 English prisoners were confined in a very small room and only 23 survived, occurred during the regime of

(a)    Shuja-ud-daula

(b)   Alivardi Khan

(c)    Siraj –ud-daula

(d)   Mir Qasim

9.       Who was the founder of the French East India Company?

(a)    Dumas

(b)   Colbert

(c)    Dupleix

(d)   De La Haye

10.   Consider the following statements

1.       The first governor General of India under the British Rule was Warren Hastings.

2.       The first Governor General of free India was Dr Rajendra Prasad.

Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?

(a)    Only 1

(b)   Only 2

(c)    Both 1 and 2

(d)   Neither 1 nor 2

Directions (Q. Nos 11-14) in the question given below are two statements labeled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). In the context of the two statements which of the following is correct?

Codes

(a)    Both A and R are true and R is  the correct explanation of A

(b)   Both A and R are  true, but R is not the correct explanation  of A

(c)    A is true, but R is false

(d)   A is false, but R is true

11.   Assertion (A) the British defeated Tipu Sultan in the fourth Anglo-Mysore War.

Reason (R) the British had superior weaponry and superior skill.

12.   Assertion (A) Clive defeated Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah at the battle of Plessey in 1757.

Reason (R) Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah was betrayed by his own men.

13.   Assertion (A) in the 18^th century the British introduced the ‘Duel Policy ‘of Government.

Reason (R) the policy of the dual system of Government had failed

14.   Assertion (A) The British defeated the Marathas in 1818.

Reason (R) the confederate nature of the Maratha state made the Maratha saradars almost autonomous.

Answer:

1.       C

2.       D

3.       B

4.       B

5.       D

6.       B

7.       C

8.       C

9.       B

10.   A

11.   C

12.   A

13.   A

14.   A