CLASS TEST – 6

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GENERAL STUDIES
DVF/KB/F18/CT6 P/0923
Modern Indian History

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consider the best or the most appropriate.
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 1. Arrange the European countries chronologically in 5. Consider the following pairs:
order of their arrival in India: European Power First Factory in India
1. Portuguese 2. Dutch 1. English Surat
3. British 4. Danes 2. Danes Tranquebar
5. French 3. French Calicut
Which of the pair(s) given above is/are correctly
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
matched?
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (b) 1, 2, 3, 5, 4 (a) 3 only (b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 1, 3, 2, 5, 4 (d) 1, 4, 2, 3, 5 (c) 1 and 2 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
2. Consider the following statements: 6. Who laid the foundation of Pondicherry in 1673?
1. The Arabs were not the reason behind discovery (a) Francois Martin (b) Francis Day
of new trade routes by the Europeans. (c) Father Monserrate (d) William Norris
2. In 1498, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus
7. Consider the following statements:
discovered America.
1. Ahmad Shah Abdali was succeeded by Nadir Shah
3. Vasco da Gama was the first sailor to sail to the as the Persian Emperor.
Cape of Good Hope . 2. In 1757, Abdali defeated the Marathas in the Third
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are not battle of Panipat.
correct? Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(c) 3 only 8. Serampore Mission Press was established at Serampore
(d) 1, 2 and 3 in 1799 by which of the following?
(a) The British missionaries
3. Consider the following pairs:
(b) The Danish missionaries
European Trading Company Foundation Year (c) The Dutch missionaries
1. British East India Company 1664 (d) The French missionaries
2. Casa da India (Portuguese) 1600
9. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
3. Danes East India Company 1616
List I List II
4. French East India Company 1500 (1) Holkar Baroda
5. Dutch East India Company 1602 (2) Scindia Gwalior
Which of the pairs given above are not correctly (3) Gaekwad Nagpur
matched: (4) Peshwa Poona
(a) 1, 2 and 4 only (b) 2, 3 and 5 only Select the correct using the code given below:
(c) 1, 3 and 5 only (d) 3, 4 and 5 only (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 4 only (d) 1, 3 and 4 only
4. Consider the following statements:
1. Tobacco cultivation in India was introduced by 10. With reference to the Battle of Plassey, consider the
following statements:
Portuguese.
1. It was fought between English forces and Nawab
2. Ship making industry was one of the most Shuja-ud-Daula of Bengal.
flourishing industries in India before the advent
2. After the war, zamindari of 24 parganas was given
of Europeans. to the English.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
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11. Captain William Hawkins reached the court of which 17. Which of the following are the reasons behind the
of the following Mughal King? decline of Portuguese in India:
(a) Jahangir (b) Humayun 1. Rise of Marathas
(c) Aurangzeb (d) Akbar 2. Indulgence in slave trade
3. Arrival of Captain Hawkins in India
12. Consider the following statements with reference to
“Doctrine of Lapse”: 4. Discovery of Brazil
1. It was introduced by the French Governor Dupleix. 5. Abolishment of Sati by Alfonso de Albuquerque
2. It dealt with questions of succession to Hindu Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Indian states. (a) 2, 3, 4 and 5 (b) 1, 3, 4 and 5
3. It contributed to the discontent that resulted in (c) 1, 2, 4 and 5 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Indian mutiny of 1857.
18. With reference to the Anglo-Mysore wars, consider
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
the following statements:
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 only
1. The Treaty of Madras concluded the First Anglo-
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 2 and 3 only
Mysore war.
13. With reference to the Carnatic Wars, Consider the 2. Treaty of Mangalore ended the Second Anglo-
following pairs: Mysore war.
Wars Treaties 3. Treaty of Seringapatam marked the end of the
1. First Carnatic War Treaty of Pondicherry Third Anglo-Mysore war.
2. Second Carnatic War Treaty of Aix-La Chapelle Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
3. Third Carnatic War Treaty of Paris (a) 3 only
Which of the pair(s) given above is/are correctly (b) 1 and 2 only
matched? (c) 1, 2 and 3
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 1 and 3 only (d) None of the above
(c) 3 only (d) 2 and 3 only
19. With reference to the English East India Company,
14. Battle of Wandiwash took place in the year: which of the following is true:
(a) 1760 (b) 1860 (a) It was a state-owned body.
(c) 1660 (d) 1560 (b) It functioned without any state interference.
(c) It was regulated by the British Parliament.
15. Who among the following pioneered the subsidiary
alliance system? (d) It was regulated autonomously by the English
Monarch.
(a) Joseph François Dupleix
(b) Richard Wellesley 20. What were the reasons behind the success of British
(c) Francisco de Almeida in India?
(d) Lord Dalhousie 1. Robust finance
2. Rivalry among Native Indian States
16. With reference to 17th century India, what does a
‘factory’ means: 3. Military superiority
(a) A place where textile products were processed. 4. Materialist approach
(b) A Mughal arms manufacturing unit. 5. Presence of other European powers
(c) A transhipment point or entrepot established by Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
foreign merchants. (a) 1, 2, 3 and 5 (b) 2, 3, 4 and 5
(d) A handicraft unit established by Indian Merchants. (c) 1, 3, 4 and 5 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
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21. With reference to Second Carnatic War, consider the 2. System of drilling groups of infantry
following statements: 3. Cotton cultivation
1. It occurred between 1746-48. 4. Black pepper cultivation
2. Nasir Jung (for Nizamat of Deccan) and Anwar-ud- Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
din (for Nawab of Carnatic) were backed by the (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 3 and 4 only
French.
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 2 and 4 only
3. It ended with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.
Which of the statements given above are not correct? 26. Which was the first State to sign Subsidiary Alliance
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only system?
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 (a) Awadh (b) Hyderabad
(c) Mysore (d) Tanjore
22. Consider the following pairs:
Carnatic War Reason 27. Consider the following about Dutch in India:
1. First Austrian War of Succession 1. They primarily focused on India.
2. Second War of Succession in Hyderabad 2. They were successful in ousting the Portuguese
and Carnatic and the English from the Spice Islands.
3. Third Seven Year War 3. They mostly traded spices, indigo, raw silk, rice
Select the pairs which are not correctly matched: and opium.
(a) 1 and 3 only (b) 1 and 2 only 4. They defeated Travancore King Marthanda Varma
in the Battle of Colachel (1741).
(c) 1,2 and 3 (d) None of the above
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
23. With regards to Anglo-French rivalry, consider the (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2, 3 and 4 only
following statements: (c) 3 only (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
1. It emerged in Bengal.
2. The First Carnatic War (1746-48) was an extension 28. Burhan-Ul-Mulk Saadat Khan established a new
of the Seven Year War. independent state at:
3. After the Second Carnatic War (1749-54), Dupleix (a) Awadh (b) Bengal
was reinstated as the French Governor General (c) Mysore (d) Hyderabad
in India.
29. Arrange the following Portuguese personalities in
4. After the Third Carnatic War (1758-63), the Treaty
chronological order of their service in India:
of Paris was concluded.
1. Francisco de Almeida 2. Neno de Cunha
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
3. Afonso de Souza 4. Pedro Alvarez Cabral
(a) 1, 2 and 3 only (b) 2, 3 and 4 only
5. Alfonso de Albuquerque
(c) 3 and 4 only (d) 4 only
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
24. With reference to Battle of Wandiwash, consider the (a) 4-1-5-2-3 (b) 3-1-5-4-2
following: (c) 4-2-1-3-5 (d) 3-4-1-2-5
1. It was fought in Wandiwash (or Vandavasi) in
Karnataka. 30. Which of the following Governors captured Goa from
2. It was fought during the Third Carnatic War. the ruler of Bijapur?
3. Indians served as sepoys only in the French forces. (a) Alfonso de Albuquerque
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? (b) John Mildenhall
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 only (c) Gerald Angier
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 (d) Francisco de Almeida

25. Which of the following are the contributions of the 31. Who among the following introduced the ‘Policy of
Portuguese Rule in India? Imperialism’?
1. Multi-decked ships and use of heavier armaments (a) Francisco de Almeida
in ships (b) John Mildenhall
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 (c) Gerald Angier Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
(d) Alfonso de Albuquerque (a) 1 only (b) 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only (d) 2 and 3 only
32. Which of the following was/were the causes of success
of Portuguese to settle down in India? 36. The French established their factories at which of the
1. Emergence of smaller kingdoms in India. following places?
2. The Portuguese command over advanced ships 1. Chandranagar 2. Mahe
with cannons. 3. Karaikal 4. Qasim Bazar
3. Support of Mughal emperors who commanded Select the correct answer using the code given below:
respect and authority over the whole India. (a) 1 and 4 only (b) 2 and 3 only
Select the correct answer using the code given below: (c) 1, 2, and 4 only (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 3 only 37. Which European power was last to leave India?
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 (a) British (b) French
33. Which of the following was/were the reasons for (c) Dutch (d) Portuguese
decline of Portuguese power in India? 38. Which of the following factors led to discovery of new
1. Indulgence in Piracy. trade routes to India by the Europeans?
2. Indulgence in Slave Trade. 1. They wanted to reduce intermediaries.
3. Aggressive Religious Policy. 2. They wanted to evade tolls and duties levied by
4. Shifting of attention towards newly discovered Middle Eastern and North African nations.
Brazil. 3. Capture of Constantinople by Turks in 1453.
Select the correct answer using the code given below: 4. European Renaissance.
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(c) 3 and 4 only (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 3 and 4 only (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
34. Consider the following statements:
1. He captured Goa from the Sultan of Bijapur. 39. What were the reasons behind the decline of French
in India?
2. He is considered as the real founder of Portuguese
1. Direct control of the government over the French
rule in India.
Company
3. He is known to have abolished the Sati system.
2. Inferior French Navy
The above statements describe which of the following 3. Subordination of commercial interests
personalities?
4. Lack of leadership
(a) Francisco de Almeida
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(b) Alfonso de Albuquerque (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only
(c) Neno de Cunha (c) 3 and 4 only (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(d) Afonso de Souza
40. Consider the following statements:
35. Consider the following statements: 1. Murshid Kuli Khan was known to be the founder
1. Successor States were those which came into of Bengal.
existence due to the destabilisation of Mughal 2. The Black Hole Tragedy occurred in the reign of
control over the provinces. Siraj-ud-Daula.
2. Independent Kingdoms were those states which 3. Bengal was the prime export centre for raw
turned into states after breaking away from the products such as rice, indigo, silk, cotton etc.
Mughal Empire. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are not correct?
3. The New States were those which were set up by (a) 2 only (b) 3 only
the rebels against the Mughal Empire. (c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) None of the above
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