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Answer: Option C. -> Both 1 and 2
Answer: (c)
Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General of India.
Lord Canning was the first Viceroy of India.
Answer: (c)
Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General of India.
Lord Canning was the first Viceroy of India.
Answer: Option A. -> 1498
Answer: (a)
Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India in 1498. The first Portuguese encounter with India was on 20 May 1498 when Vasco da Gama reached Calicut on Malabar Coast.
Vasco da Gama sailed to India for a second time with 15 ships and 800 men, arriving at Calicut on 30 October 1502, where the ruler was willing to sign a treaty.
Answer: (a)
Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India in 1498. The first Portuguese encounter with India was on 20 May 1498 when Vasco da Gama reached Calicut on Malabar Coast.
Vasco da Gama sailed to India for a second time with 15 ships and 800 men, arriving at Calicut on 30 October 1502, where the ruler was willing to sign a treaty.
Answer: Option A. -> Farrukhsiyar
Answer: (a)Farruksiyar granted permission to trade free of tax in the territories of Bengal, Hyderabad and Gujarat to the British.
Answer: (a)Farruksiyar granted permission to trade free of tax in the territories of Bengal, Hyderabad and Gujarat to the British.
Answer: Option C. -> Battle of Buxar
Answer: (c)
The first decisive military success of the English East India Company in India is marked by the battle of Buxar. The victory at the Buxar was solely due to superior military power.
The defeat of the confederacy was inherent in the defects of the Indian army and state organization.
Answer: (c)
The first decisive military success of the English East India Company in India is marked by the battle of Buxar. The victory at the Buxar was solely due to superior military power.
The defeat of the confederacy was inherent in the defects of the Indian army and state organization.
Question 595. Consider the following statements in regard to the event during the rule of Lord Cornwallis as the Governor-General:
Which of the statements given above are correct?
- He brought in the separation of revenue administration and civil jurisdiction through the Cornwallis code.
- He introduced civil services in India.
- Subsidiary alliance system was started under his rule.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Answer: Option A. -> 1 and 2 only
Answer: (a)
Subsidiary Alliance system was introduced by Lord Wellesley.
He introduced civil services in India.
Answer: (a)
Subsidiary Alliance system was introduced by Lord Wellesley.
He introduced civil services in India.
Question 596. Consider the following statements regarding Subsidiary Alliances introduced in India by Lord Wellesley.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
- Wellesley followed the policy of the annexation of the territories of previously subordinated rulers.
- The protected states under the Alliance could not employ any European in their service without the approval of the British.
- The British promised not to interfere in the internal affairs of the protected states and they often kept it.
- Though the armies of the protected states were remained but they were to be used by the British.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Answer: Option A. -> 1 and 2 only
Answer: (a)
The British promised not to interfere in the internal affairs of the protected states under the Subsidiary Alliance but they seldom keep it.
The Alliance also led to the disbandment of the armies of the protected states.
Answer: (a)
The British promised not to interfere in the internal affairs of the protected states under the Subsidiary Alliance but they seldom keep it.
The Alliance also led to the disbandment of the armies of the protected states.
Answer: Option C. -> Ram Mohan Roy
Answer: (c)Ram Mohan Roy authored the book entitled ‘The Precepts of Jesus, the Guide to Peace and Happiness.’ In this book, he tried to separate the moral and philosophical message of the New Testament, which he praised from its miracle stories.
Answer: (c)Ram Mohan Roy authored the book entitled ‘The Precepts of Jesus, the Guide to Peace and Happiness.’ In this book, he tried to separate the moral and philosophical message of the New Testament, which he praised from its miracle stories.
Answer: Option C. -> Zamindars
Answer: (c)
The permanent settlement of Lord Cornwallis gave the ownership of land to Zamindars.
The Zamindars were made the owners of the whole land in their Zamindaris as long as they paid their dues to the state and they worked as agents of government in collecting the land revenue.
Answer: (c)
The permanent settlement of Lord Cornwallis gave the ownership of land to Zamindars.
The Zamindars were made the owners of the whole land in their Zamindaris as long as they paid their dues to the state and they worked as agents of government in collecting the land revenue.
Answer: Option C. -> Dayanand Saraswati
Answer: (c)
The tomb of Lord Cornwallis is located at Ghazipur, a small town in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh approximately seventy kilometers east of Varanasi. It is well connected by road and railways with different parts of the country.
Lord Cornwallis is known as a great administrator and a successful commander-in-chief in the history of India during the British period.
Answer: (c)
The tomb of Lord Cornwallis is located at Ghazipur, a small town in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh approximately seventy kilometers east of Varanasi. It is well connected by road and railways with different parts of the country.
Lord Cornwallis is known as a great administrator and a successful commander-in-chief in the history of India during the British period.
Answer: Option A. -> Lord Cornwallis
Answer: (a)
Answer: (a)