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Question 81. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

Battle of Buxar - Mir Jafar vs. Clive
Battle of Wandiwash - French vs. East India Company
Battle of Chilianwala - Dalhousie vs. Marathas
Battle of Khurda - Nizam vs. East India Company

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> Battle of Wandiwash - French vs. East India Company
Answer: (b)

Question 82. During whose Peshwaship was the second and third Anglo-Maratha fought resulting in the abolition of the Peshawaship by the English?

Narayan Rao
Raghunath Rao
Madhav Rao I
Baji Rao II

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> Baji Rao II
Answer: (d)

Question 83. Which one among the following was the immediate cause of attack by Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula on Calcutta in 1756?

Refusal of the English Company to pay the overdue trade tax
The English conspired against the Nawab with a view to depose him from the Throne
Siraj-ud-Daula wanted to drive out the English from Bengal
Refusal of the English to demolish the fortification of Calcutta

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> Refusal of the English to demolish the fortification of Calcutta
Answer: (d)

Question 84. Statement I:
The annexation of Awadh by Lord Dalhousie in 1856 adversely affected the financial conditions of the sepoys.
Statement II:
The sepoys had to pay higher taxes on the land where their family members stayed in Awadh.

Both the statements are true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
Both the statements are true, but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
Statement I is true, but Statement II is false
Statement I is false, but Statement II is true

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> Both the statements are true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
Answer: (a)
The annexation of Awadh by Lord Dalhousie on the pretext of maladministration left thousands of nobles, officials, retainers and soldiers jobless.
Moreover, the annexation of Awadh adversely affected the sepoy’s purse.

Question 85. Lord Cornwallis has been criticized for not destroying Tipu Sultan when he had the chance to do so after the third Anglo-Mysore war.
Which one of the following considerations was not a factor taken into account by Cornwallis in taking his decision?

Sickness spread among the English troops
War with France, and the consequent alliance between Tipu and the French, were apprehended
The territory was too large to be administered with any
Cornwallis was ill-disposed towards the court of Directors who were advising full annexation

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> Cornwallis was ill-disposed towards the court of Directors who were advising full annexation
Answer: (d)

Question 86. Who was the ruler of Delhi at the time of the battle of Buxar?

Aurangzeb
Shah Alam I
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Shah Alam II

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> Shah Alam II
Answer: (d)

Question 87. Consider the following statements

The battle of Buxar provided the key to the English to establish their rule in India.

The Treaty of Allahabad concluded in 1765, enabled the British to establish their rule in Bengal.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Only 1
Only 2
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> Both 1 and 2
Answer: (c)
The Battle of Buxar was fought between the British East India Company and the combined forces of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal, Shuja-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Awadh, and Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor on 23rd October 1764.
Shah Alam II signed the Treaty of Allahabad that secured Diwani Rights for the Company to collect and manage the revenues of almost 100,000,000 acres (400,000 km2) of real estate, which helped establish the English rule.

Question 88. Who led the Maratha forces in the 3rd Battle of Panipat in 1761?

Vishwanath Rao
Sadashiva Rao
Madhava Rao
Dattaji Scindia

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> Sadashiva Rao
Answer: (b)

Question 89. Which Nawab of Bengal shifted his capital from Murshidabad to Monghyr?

Mir Qasim
Mir Jafar
Siraj-ud-daulah
Shuja-ud-din

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> Mir Qasim
Answer: (a)

Question 90. Consider the following statements about Shivaji’s military acumen

He was a master in guerrilla tactics and swift cavalry warfare.

He had built a series of fortified strongholds on the table mountains of the Western Deccan.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

Only 1
Only 2
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> Both 1 and 2
Answer: (c)
Shiva Ji innovated military tactics, pioneering the guerrilla warfare methods (Shiva sutra or ganimi kava), which leveraged strategic factors like geography, speed, and surprise and focused pinpoint attacks to defeat his larger and more powerful enemies.
Shivaji himself constructed about 15-20 new forts (including key sea forts like Sindhudurg), but he also rebuilt or repaired many strategically placed forts to create a chain of 300 or more, stretched over a thousand kilometers across the rugged crest of the Western Ghats.