UNIT 2 Chapter 4 India on the Eve of British Conquest

1. considers the following  statement?

1. during the reign of Muhammad shah, he was witnessed the establishment of the independent states of Hyderabad, Bengal, Awadh and Punjab.
2. Nadir Shah, conquered Lahore and defeated the Mughal army at Karnal on February 13, 1739.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

2. considers the following  statement?

1. Ahmad Shah Abdali invaded India several times between 1748 and 1767.
2. In 1757, Abdali captured Delhi and left behind an Afghan caretaker to watch over the Mughal emperor.

Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

3. Who among the following Indian rulers established embassies in foreign countries on modern lines? (upsc /IAS 2001)

4. considers the following  statement?

1. In 1761, Abdali defeated the Marathas in the The Second Battle of Panipat.
2. Panipat was on this route of the Grand Trunk Road constructed by Sher Shah
3. Prince Muazzam, the eldest son of Aurangzeb, became the emperor, taking the title Bahadur Shah.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

5. A: Shah Alam II spent the initial years as an Emperor outside Delhi.

R: There was always a lurking danger of foreign invasion from the north-west frontier. (upsc /IAS2003)

6. With reference to who got title Shah-i-Bekhabar, consider the following statements:

Choose the correct answer

7. Which one of the following statements is NOT correct? (upsc /IAS2003)

8. considers the following  statement?

1. Bahadur Shah adopted a pacific policy with the Marathas, the Rajputs and the Jats.
2. izara system was introduced by Bahadur Shah.
3. Jahandar Shah abolished Jaziya.
4. Farrukhsiyar followed a policy of religious tolerance by abolishing Jaziya and pilgrimage tax.

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

9. Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the battles fought

in India in the 18th Century? (upsc /IAS 2005)

10. Which of the following pairs are correctly

matched? (upsc /IAS2004)

List – I (War) List – II (Period)

1. First Anglo –     Maratha War             1. AD 1767-69
2. Third Mysore     War                              2. AD 1790-92
3. First Anglo –     Burmese War            3. AD 1824-26
4. Second Sikh War                                     4. AD 1845-46

Select the correct answer using the codes  given below:

11. With reference to who got title title of ‘Rangeela’ , consider the following statements:

Choose the correct answer

12. How did the Mughal emperor Jahandar Shah’s reign come to an early end? (upsc /IAS2003)

13. considers the following  statement?

1. In 1737, Baji Rao I, the Maratha Peshwa invaded Delhi
2. In 1724, Nizam-ul-Mulk became the wazir and founded the independent state of Hyderabad.
3. In 1739, Nadir Shah defeated the Mughals in the Battle of Karnal.

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

14. The ruler of which one of the following States was removed from power by the British on the pretext of mis governance?

(upsc /IAS 2007)

15. considers the following  statement?

1. Shah Alam II reign saw two decisive battles—the Third Battle of Panipat (1761) and the Battle of Buxar (1764).
2. Shah Alam II issued a Farman granting to the Company in perpetuity the Diwani (the right to collect revenue) of Bengal, Bihar and madras.
3. Akbar II gave the title of Raja to Rammohan Rai.

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

16. consider the following  statement regarding a futile attempt to declare him the Emperor of India. He was captured by the English and sent to Rangoon where he died in 1862. Statement is talking about to whom

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

17. With reference to Causes of Decline of Mughal Empire , consider the following statements:

1. Mughal rule has often been defined as “the rule of the nobility”,.
2. the growing financial crisis which took the form of a crisis of the jagirdari system.
3. the Rajputs no longer trusted the Mughals enough to ally with them for the welfare of the empire.

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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

Wellesley?(2018)

19. Match the correct pairs

Choose the correct answer

20. Consider the following Princely States of the British rule in India: (upsc /IAS2004)

1) Jhansi

2) Sambalpur

3) Satara

The correct chronological order in which

they were annexed by the British is

21. With reference to India’s  situation on the Eve of British Conquest , consider the following statements:

1. Ranjit Singh proved to be an efficient administrator. He greatly modernised his army with the help of Europeans.
2. India used to import gold from Europe.
3. Murshidabad, and patna was the only Important Centres of Textile Industry.
4. drugs used to import from Africa.

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

22. considers the following  statement?

1. Raja Sawai Jai Singh of Amber promote widow remarriage But could not succeed .
2. the status of slaves in India was better than That in Europe.
3. European trading companies purchased slaves from the markets of Bengal, and Bihar.
4. Sawai Jai Singh prepared a set of time-tables called Jij Muhammad-shahi,

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

23. With reference to Mughal India, what is/are the difference/differences between Jagirdar and Zamindar?(upsc /IAS2019)

1) Jagirdars were holders of land assignments in lieu of judicial and police duties, where

asZamindars were holders of revenue rights without obligation to perform any duty other

than revenue collection.

2) Land assignments to Jagirdars were hereditary and revenue rights of Zamindars were not hereditary.

Select the correct answer using the code

given below.

24. consider the following statement regarding Jij Muhammad-shahi which was prepared by sawai jai sing

What was it .

Choose the correct answer

25. . Consider the following statements(upsc /IAS 2004).

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-uddaulahin

the Battle of Plassey

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

26. What was the immediate reason for Ahmad Shah Abdali to invade India and

fight the Third Battle of Panipat?(upsc /IAS 2011)

27. Consider the following Statement .

1. the Padmanabhapuram Palace is famouse for mural paintings.
2. Padmanabhapuram Palace located in Andhra Pradesh .
3. the 18th century was the growth of Urdu language and poetry.
4. In south India, Malayalam literature flourished under the patronage of the Travancore rulers.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

28. Consider the following Statement .

1. Heer Ranjha, the romantic epic in Punjabi literature, was composed by Shah Abdul Latif
2.  Shah Abdul Latif composed Risalo, a collection of poems.
3. Tamil language was enriched by Sittar poetry.
4. 19^th century Prominent Urdu poets were Mir, Sauda, Nazir, and Mirza Ghalib.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?