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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
2 points
Which of the following is correct with reference to the outcome of the Treaty of Aix- La Chapelle:
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Treaty of Peace of Paris was signed after the third Carnatic war (1763).
It restored to the French their factories in India, the French political influence disappeared after the war.
The Dutch captured Pondicherry in 1693.
The Treaty of Ryswick concluded in September 1697 restored Pondicherry to the French.
The Gorkhas had control of Nepal from the successors of Ranjit Malla of Bhatgaon in 1760.
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Question 2 of 10
2. Question
2 points
23. Consider the following statements with reference to Robert Clive:
1. He was the first Governor-General of Bengal.
2. He forged a secret alliance with the traitors of the nawab in Bengal during the Battle of Plassey.
3. He signed the Treaty at Allahabad with Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II for Diwani rights in Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Robert Clive was the first governor of Bengal.
The first Governor-General of Bengal was Warren Hastings and the first Governor-General of British India was Lord William Bentinck and the first Governor-General of the Dominion of India was Lord Mountbatten.
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Question 3 of 10
3. Question
2 points
Consider the following statements with reference to the Dual government in Bengal:
1. Warren Hastings introduced the dual system of government in Bengal after the battle of buxar.
2. Under this system, a company acquired the Diwani functions from the emperor and nizamat functions from the subahdar of Bengal.
3. The dual system led to an effective administration and proved beneficial for the people of Bengal.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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After the battle of Buxar, the East India Company became the real masters of Bengal. Robert Clive introduced the dual system of government (and not Warren hasting).
The dual system led to an administrative breakdown and proved disastrous for the people of Bengal. (And not beneficial and effective).
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Question 4 of 10
4. Question
2 points
With reference to the company administration in British India, consider the following statements regarding the ‘Board of Control’:
1. It was introduced through the Pitts India Act 1784.
2. It was established to guide and control the work of the Court of Directors.
3. It had powers to appoint and dismiss officials of East India Company.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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The Pits India act protected the Company’s monopoly over Indian and Chinese trade.
Its directors retained the profitable right of appointing and dismissing its officials in India.
Incorrect
Question 5 of 10
5. Question
2 points
Police was one of the key pillars of colonial rule in India. In this context, who among the following established a system of thanas, each headed by a daroga and a superintendent of police (SP) at the head of a district?
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The third pillar of British rule was the police whose creator was Cornwallis.
He relieved the Zamindars of their police functions and established a regular police force to maintain law and order.
He organised a regular police force to maintain law and order by establishing a system of thanas (circles) in a district under a daroga (an Indian) and a superintendent of police (SP) at the head of a district.
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Question 6 of 10
6. Question
2 points
29. With the advent of British power in India, which of the following is not correct regarding subsidiary alliance in India?
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The Indian ruler had to agree to the posting of a British resident in his court.
The Indian ruler could not employ any European in his service without the prior consultation with the Company.
Nor could he go to war or negotiate with any other Indian ruler without consulting the governor-general.
In return for all this, the British would defend the ruler from his enemies and adopt a policy of non-interference in the internal matters of the allied state.
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Question 7 of 10
7. Question
2 points
With reference to English East India Company (EIC), consider the following statements:
1. Queen Elizabeth granted the company a Royal Charter and the exclusive privilege to trade in the East.
2. Shahjahan was the first Mughal emperor to grant a farman to EIC.
3. The company opened its first permanent factory in Surat.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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In 1613, Jahangir issued a farman permitting the English to establish a factory permanently at Surat.
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Question 8 of 10
8. Question
2 points
With reference to early colonialism in India, which of the following established urban trade centers lost their importance in the phase of the mid-eighteenth century after British political control in India?
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In the mid-eighteenth century, commercial centres like Surat, Dhaka and Masulipatnam lost their importance.
With the British becoming more powerful after the Battle of Plassey in 1757, the trade shifted to cities like Madras, Calcutta and Bombay which had emerged as new economic capitals due to the trade activities of the East India Company.
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Question 9 of 10
9. Question
2 points
Consider the following statements regarding the Government of India Act, 1919:
1. Local self-government was one of the reserved subjects under the Governor’s control.
2. It established a system of dyarchy in the Provincial government.
3. It resulted in complete financial decentralisation in the governmental setup.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Under this system, some subjects such as finance and law and order were called Reserved subjects and remained under the Governor’s direct control. Transferred subjects like Local-Self Government, Education, Public health were controlled by ministers responsible to legislatures.
The Governor retained complete control over the finances, therefore no financial decentralisation.
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Question 10 of 10
10. Question
2 points
Consider the following statements regarding ‘Downward Filtration Theory’:
1. The main reason for adopting this policy was the lack of expenditure on education.
2. It aimed to educate a few Indians from higher and middle-class groups only.
3. This led to the complete prevention of spreading education and modern ideas among the masses.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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Though education did not percolate downwards, modern ideas did largely, though not in the form desired by the rulers. Through political parties, the press, pamphlets, though not through schools and textbooks, the educated Indians or the intellectuals spread ideas of democracy, nationalism, anti-imperialism and social and economic equality and justice among the rural and urban masses.
