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Question 11. Between whom was the ‘Treaty of Bassein’ signed in 1802?
  1.    English and Bajirao I
  2.    English and Bajirao II
  3.    French and Bajirao I
  4.    Dutch and Bajirao II
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> English and Bajirao II
Answer: (b)
Question 12. The princely state of Baghat was annexed to the British in
  1.    1848
  2.    1850
  3.    1852
  4.    1853
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1850
Answer: (b)
Question 13. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
  1.    Lord Dalhousie - Annexation of Awadh
  2.    Lord Dufferin - Establishment of Indian National Congress
  3.    Lord William Bentinck - Passing of the Charter Act 1833
  4.    Lord Lytton - Beginning of first Anglo-Afghan War
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Lord Lytton - Beginning of first Anglo-Afghan War
Answer: (d)
Question 14. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
  1.    Lord Cornwallis - Permanent Settlement
  2.    Lord Wellesley - Subsidiary Alliance System
  3.    Sir John Shore - Anglo-Nepal War
  4.    Lord Hastings - Third AngloMaratha War
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Sir John Shore - Anglo-Nepal War
Answer: (c)
Question 15. Who is called the ‘Father of Indian Archaeology’?
  1.    Alexander Cunningham
  2.    John Marshall
  3.    Mortimer Wheeler
  4.    James Prinsep
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Alexander Cunningham
Answer: (a)
Question 16. Which of the following was the first victim of Lord Dalhousie’s policy of doctrine of lapse?
  1.    Jhansi
  2.    Satara
  3.    Karauli
  4.    Sambhalpur
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Satara
Answer: (b)
Question 17. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
  1.    Lord Ellenborough - Annexation of Awadh
  2.    Lord Dalhousie - Annexation of Sindh
  3.    Lord Wellesley - Fourth AngloMysore War
  4.    Sir John Shore - Third AngloMaratha War
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Lord Wellesley - Fourth AngloMysore War
Answer: (c)
Question 18. Who among the following was associated with suppression of thugs?
  1.    General Henry Prendergast
  2.    Captain Sleeman
  3.    Alexander Burres
  4.    Captain Robert Pemberton
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Captain Sleeman
Answer: (b)
Question 19. ‘‘In my belief, Congress is to tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise’’. Who wrote it?
  1.    Lord Lytton
  2.    Lord Dufferin
  3.    Lord Curzon
  4.    Lord Minto
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Lord Curzon
Answer: (c)
Question 20. At the time when empires in Europe were crumbling before the might of Napoleon,
Which one of the following Governors-General kept the British flag flying high in India?
  1.    Lord Dalhousie
  2.    Lord Cornwallis
  3.    Lord Wellesley
  4.    Lord Hastings
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Lord Wellesley
Answer: (c)

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