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Q1- Aurangzeb died in the year
A) 1707 B) 1710 C) 1705 D) 1711
Q2- ______was the last ruler of Mughal empire.
A) Akbar II B) Bahadur Shah Zafar C) Aurangzeb D) Shah Alam II
Q3- _____ granted a Charter to East India Company in early 1600s in order to trade with India
A) Queen Elizabeth I B) Queen Victoria C) King George V D) Queen Elizabeth II
Q4- _____ was the first person to discover a trading route to India.
A) Vasco da Gama B) James Cook C) Columbus D) Thomas Cook
Q5- Portugese were first to discover sea route to India in _____
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A) 1490 B) 1496 C) 1498 D) 1500
Q6- Fine qualities of ____ had big market in Europe when European traders started marketing in India.
A) cotton B) timber C) wheat D) pepper
Q7- The first English company came up in the year ____
A) 1666 B) 1651 C) 1652 D) 1655
Q8- Kalikata is the old name of
A) Calicut B) Kozhikode C) Kolkata D) Madras
Q9- Battle of Plassey took place in the year
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A) 1757 B) 1789 C) 1760 D) 1755
Q10- During late 1690s, the Nawab of Bengal was
A) Akbar II B) Khuda Baksh C) Shujauddaulah D) Murshid Quli Khan
Q11– Alivardi Khan passed away in the year
A) 1756 B) 1791 C) 1780 D) 1777
Q12 ______was the first major victory of Englishmen in India.
A) Battle of Plassey B) Battle of Madras C) battle of Mysore D) Battle of Delhi
Q13- _____ led Englishmen in the Battle of Plassey against Bengal nawab in 1757
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A) Warren Hasting B) Louis Mountbaitten C) Robert Clive D) Lord Canning
Q14- _____ were appointed by Company in Indian States after Battle of Buxor
A) Resident B) Nawab C) Minister D) Financer
Q15- Battle of Buxor was fought in
A) 1765 B) 1764 C) 1767 D) 1769
Q16- Richard Wellsely was Governor General of Bengal from
A) 1798-1805 B) 1790-95 C) 1766-1770 D) 1775-1780
Q17- Kolkata city is on the banks of river
A) Yamuna
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B) Hugli C) Swarnaprabha D) Mahi
Q18- _____ was capital of Tipu Sultan
A) Calicut B) Mangalore C) Seringapatnam D) Masulipatnam
Q19- Sirajuddaulah was the successor of
A) Murshid Quli Khan B) Shah Alam II C) Alivardi Khan D) Aslam II
Q20- ______was administrative head of Marathas based in Pune.
A) Holkar B) Scindia C) Peshwa D) Bhonsle
Q21- ______was Bengal’s governor in 1764.
A) Lord Canning B) Sujauddaulah
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C) Robert Clive D) Warren Hasting
Q22- Marathas were defeated by English in _____ battle of Panipat.
A) third B) first C) fourth D) second
Q23- After Second Anglo-Maratha war, Peshwa was sent to exile near
A) Lucknow B) Bithur C) Delhi D) Amravati
Q24- In 1765, Mughal Empire appointed ____ as Diwan of Bengal Provinces.
A) East India Company B) Nawab C) Nagarseth D) Akbar II
Q25- ______preceded Tipu Sultan
A) Mir Jafar B) Haider Ali C) Aslam II
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D) Lord Canning