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UPSC 2010 · Q139 · Modern History › Advent Of Europeans & British Expansion · Save

What was the immediate reason for Ahmad Shah Abdali to invade India and fight the Third Battle of Panipat ?

(a) He wanted to avenge the expulsion by Marathas of his viceroy Timur Shah from Lahore
(b) The frustrated governor of Jullundhar Adina Beg Khan invited him to invade Punjab
(c) He wanted to punish Mughal administration for non-payment of the revenues of the Chahar Mahal (Gujarat, Aurangabad, Sialkot and Pasrur)
(d) He wanted to annex all the fertile plains of Punjab up to the borders of Delhi to his kingdom
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Answer: (a) He wanted to avenge the expulsion by Marathas of his viceroy Timur Shah from Lahore
UPSC 2010 · Q140 · Modern History › Advent Of Europeans & British Expansion · Save

With reference to Pondicherry (now Puducherry), consider the following statements :

  1. The first European power to occupy Pondicherry were the Portuguese.
  2. The second European power to occupy Pondicherry were the French.
  3. The English never occupied Pondicherry.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
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Answer: (a) 1 only