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Question 21. Which of the following is wrongly matched?
  1.    The Pitt’s India Act (1784)—Board of Control to guide and control Company affairs.
  2.    Charter Act of 1813—Company’s monopoly of trade with India ended.
  3.    Charter Act of 1833—Company’s debt taken over by the Government of India.
  4.    Charter Act of 1853—To regulate Company’s affairs.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Charter Act of 1853—To regulate Company’s affairs.
Answer: (d)
Question 22. Separate electorates for Muslims in India were introduced by which one of the following Acts?
  1.    Government of India Act of 1909
  2.    Indian Councils Act of 1892
  3.    Rowlatt Act of 1919
  4.    Government of India Act of 1935
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Government of India Act of 1909
Answer: (a)
Government of India Act 1909 introduced separate and discriminatory electorates for Muslims. This was for the first time that, the electorate for returning to the representatives to the councils was decided on the basis of class & community.
For the central council, one more category Muslims was added. This was for the first time that the seats in the legislative bodies were reserved on the basis of religion for Muslims. This is called Communal representation.
Question 23. When and by whom were the Portuguese driven out of Hughli in Bengal?
  1.    1631-Qasim Khan
  2.    1666-Prince Shuja
  3.    1625-Shaista Khan
  4.    1650-Prince Murad
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 1631-Qasim Khan
Answer: (a)
Question 24. The title of ‘Viceroy’ was added to the centre office of the Governor-General of India for the first-time in
  1.    1848 A.D.
  2.    1858 A.D.
  3.    1862 A.D.
  4.    1856 A.D.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1858 A.D.
Answer: (b)
Question 25. Madras was restored to the English by the French by
  1.    The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1749)
  2.    The Treaty of Pondicherry (1754)
  3.    The Treaty of Salbai (1782)
  4.    The Treaty of Mangalore (1784)
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> The Treaty of Pondicherry (1754)
Answer: (b)
Question 26. Which one of the following powers was the first to establish trade links with India?
  1.    English
  2.    Dutch
  3.    Portuguese
  4.    French
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Portuguese
Answer: (c)
Question 27. Who among the following Governor Generals formed the Triple Alliance against Tipu Sultan?
  1.    Warren Hastings
  2.    Lord Cornwallis
  3.    Lord Wellesley
  4.    Lord William Bentinck
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Lord Cornwallis
Answer: (b)Triple Alliance consisted of British, Nizam and Marathas against Tipu sultan in 1791-92.
Question 28. Which of the following statement is true with regard to the Golden Farman
  1.    It granted the privilege of trading in Bengal in return for a fixed annual payment of duties worth Rs. 3000
  2.    It allowed free trade in the ports belonging to the kingdom of Golkunda on payment of duties with 500 pagodas
  3.    The English factories were not bothered with demands of customs for goods imported or exported by land or by water
  4.    The English were allowed to fortify their positions on Indian soil
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> It allowed free trade in the ports belonging to the kingdom of Golkunda on payment of duties with 500 pagodas
Answer: (b)
Question 29. Who among the following Mughal Emperors, granted permission to trade of tax in the territories of Bengal. Hyderabad and Gujarat to the British?
  1.    Aurangzeb
  2.    Farrukh-siyar
  3.    Bahadur Shah
  4.    Muhammad Shah
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Farrukh-siyar
Answer: (b)
Question 30. The Treaty of Amritsar was concluded between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and who of the following?
  1.    Lord Cornwallis
  2.    Lord Dalhousie
  3.    Lord Hastings
  4.    Lord Minto
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Lord Minto
Answer: (d)
The Treaty of Amritsar of 1809 was an agreement between the British East India Company and Ranjit Singh, the Sikh leader who founded the Sikh empire. The treaty settled Indo-Sikh relations for a generation. The immediate occasion was the French threat to northwestern India, following Napoleon’s Treaty of Tilsit with Russia (1807) and Ranjit Singh’s attempt to bring the Cis-Sutlej states under his control.
The British wanted a defensive treaty against the French and control of Punjab to the Sutlej River. Although this was not a defensive treaty, it did fix the frontier of lands controlled by Ranjit Singh broadly along the line of the Sutlej River.

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