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UPSC 2004 · Q31 · Modern History › Advent Of Europeans & British Expansion · Save

Consider the following princely States of the British rule in India:

  1. Jhansi
  2. Sambalpur
  3. Satara The correct chronological order in which they were annexed by the British is
(a) 1, 2, 3
(b) 1, 3, 2
(c) 3, 2, 1
(d) 3, 1, 2
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Answer: (c) 3, 2, 1
UPSC 2004 · Q60 · Modern History › Advent Of Europeans & British Expansion · Save

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

  1. AD 1767-69 : First Anglo-Maratha War
  2. AD 1790-92 : Third Mysore War
  3. AD 1824-26 : First Anglo-Burmese War
  4. AD 1845-46 : Second Sikh War

List I (Period) : List II (Wars)

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a) 2 and 4
(b) 3 and 4
(c) 1 and 2
(d) 2 and 3
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Answer: (d) 2 and 3
UPSC 2004 · Q134 · Modern History › Advent Of Europeans & British Expansion · Save

Consider the following statements:

  1. In the Third Battle of Panipat, Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated Ibrahim Lodi.
  2. Tipu Sultan was killed in the Third Anglo-Mysore War.
  3. Mir Jafar entered in a conspiracy with the English for the defeat of Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah in the Battle of Plassey.

Which of these statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3
(d) None
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Answer: (b) 3 only