Modern History › Advent Of Europeans & British Expansion – UPSC Prelims PYQs

Consider the following statements regarding the British policy in Awadh immediately after its annexation in 1856 :

1. The taluqdars were dispossessed of their estates but allowed to retain their arms and forts.
2. A Summary Revenue Settlement was made in 1856 assuming that the taluqdars were outsiders.
3. The British believed in taking revenue directly from the peasants by removing the taluqdars.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements :

1. The Dutch established their factories/warehouses on the east coast on lands granted to them by Gajapati rulers.
2. Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate.
3. The English East India Company established a factory at Madras on a plot of land leased from a representative of the Vijayanagara empire.

Which of the statements given above are correct ?

In the first quarter of seventeenth century, in which of the following was/were the factory/factories of the English East India Company located?

1. Broach
2. Chicacole
3. Trichinopoly

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

With reference to Indian history, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. The Nizamat of Arcot emerged out of Hyderabad State.
2. The Mysore Kingdom emerged out of Vijayanagara Empire.
3. Rohilkhand Kingdom was formed out of the territories occupied by Ahmad Shah Durrani.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Which one of the following statements does not apply to the system of Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Lord Wellesley ?

Consider the following :

1. Assessment of land revenue on the basis of nature of the soil and the quality of crops
2. Use of mobile cannons in warfare
3. Cultivation of tobacco and red chillies

Which of the above was/were introduced into India by the English?

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

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 ?

The ruler

of which one of the following States was removed from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance?

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

Which one of the following was the first fort constructed by the British in India?

Who was the Governor-General of India during the Sepoy Mutiny?

In the year 1613, where was the English East India Company given permission to set up a factory (trading post)?

With reference to the revolt of the year 1857, who of the following was betrayed by a friend; captured and put to death by the British?

Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the battles fought in India in the 18th Century?

Which one of the following territories was not affected by the Revolt of 1857?

Which one of the following places did Kunwar Singh, a prominent leader of the Revolt of 1857, belong to?

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

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:

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?

In India, among the following locations, the Dutch established their earliest factory at

With reference to the entry of European powers into India, which one of the following statements is correct?

Assertion (A): Shah Alam II spent the initial years as an Emperor far away from his capital.

Reason (R): There was always a lurking danger of foreign invasion from the north-west frontier.

Assertion (A): Marathas emerged as the strongest native power in India after the decline of Mughal empire.

Reason (R): Marathas were the first to have clear concept of a united Indian nation.

Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?

With

which one of the following mountain tribes did the British first come into contact with after the grant of Diwani in the year 1765?

Who among the following Indian rulers established embassies in foreign countries on modern lines?

“In this instance we could not play off the Mohammedans against the Hindus”. To which one of the following events did this remark of Aitchison relate?

The last major extension of British Indian territory took place during the time of

Match List I with List II

and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:

List I (Year) I. 1775 II. 1780 III. 1824 IV. 1838

List II (Event) A) First Anglo-Burmese War B) First Anglo-Afghan War C) First Anglo-Maratha War D) Second Anglo-Mysore War

The educated middle class in India

Who among the following was the first European to initiate the policy of taking part in the quarrels of Indian princes with a view to acquire territories?

Examine the map given below:

The places marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 were respectively the seats of powers of the

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?