Modern Sources and British Expansion Questions and Answers

Q: Under whose command the Sikhs got unified into a single body, Dal Khalsa in 1748?

The Dal Khalsa was formed under Jassa Singh Ahluwalia.At the Sarbat Khalsa held at Amritsar on Baisakhi in 1748, the many Sikh fighting bands (jathas) were merged into one army, the Dal Khalsa, and Jassa Singh Ahluwalia was made its supreme commander. The bands were grouped into what became the twelve misls.Banda Singh Bahadur had been executed in 1716, decades earlier. Hari Singh Nalwa was a general of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in the next century. Baba Deep Singh led the Shaheedan misl and fell in 1757, but he did not command the unified Dal Khalsa.

Q: Find the incorrect statement:-1 Maharaja Ranjit Singh belonged to the Ramgarhia Misl.2 Maharaja Ranjit Singh got the Koh-i-Noor back from Shah Shuja.3 Maharaja Ranjit Singh employed Europeans to train his army on the modern lines.4 He was known to be a secular Maharaja. He donated gold to Hindu Shrines in Himachal along with the Harmandir Sahib.

Only statement 1 is incorrect, so the answer is 1 only.Maharaja Ranjit Singh belonged to the Sukerchakia misl, which his father Maha Singh led, not to the Ramgarhia misl.The other statements are correct. He obtained the Koh-i-Noor from the exiled Afghan ruler Shah Shuja in 1813. He hired European officers such as Ventura, Allard and Avitabile to train his army on modern lines. He was known for his tolerance and gave gold to Hindu shrines, including the temples at Jwalamukhi in Himachal and Kashi Vishwanath, as well as gilding the Harmandir Sahib. So options naming 2 or 3 are wrong.

Q: Ranjit Singh captured 'Zamzama' which was a-

Zamzama was a gun.The Zamzama, also called the Bhangian wali Top, is a large bronze cannon cast in Lahore in 1757 for Ahmad Shah Abdali. It passed to the Bhangi Sikh misl and was later taken by Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who used it in his campaigns. It now stands in front of the Lahore Museum and is famous as 'Kim's Gun' from Kipling's novel Kim.It is not a fort, a factory or a diamond; the famous diamond associated with Ranjit Singh is the Koh-i-Noor.

Q: Who was the Governor General of India during first Anglo-Sikh war?

The Governor-General was Hardinge I.The First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46) was fought while Sir Henry Hardinge (later Viscount Hardinge) was Governor-General (1844-48); it ended with the Treaty of Lahore in March 1846.Dalhousie was Governor-General during the Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-49) and annexed Punjab. Canning and Dufferin came later, in 1856-62 and 1884-88.

Q: Consider the following events:1. Introduction of Ilbert bill.2. Appointment of Education Commission under Sir Wilson Hunter.3. First complete synchronous decennial census in India.4. Enactment of First Factory act.These key events of British rule in India were associated with the tenure of:

These events belong to the tenure of Lord Ripon (1880-1884).The Ilbert Bill, allowing Indian judges to try Europeans, was introduced in 1883. The Hunter Commission on education was appointed in 1882. The first synchronous, complete decennial census was taken in 1881, and the first Factory Act was passed in 1881.Warren Hastings and William Bentinck governed long before these measures, and Lord Curzon (1899-1905) came after them.

Q: 'Delhi Durbars' were majestic events organised by the British Viceroys to mark the coronation of Emperors or Empresses. In this regard, consider the following statements and choose the correct option-1. First Delhi Durbar was organized by Lord Dalhousie. Queen Victoria visited the Durbar and assumed the title of 'Empress of India'.2. Second Durbar of 1903 saw the announcement of Shifting of the Imperial Capital from Calcutta to Delhi by Lord Cornwallis.3. Delhi Durbar of 1911 marked the succession of King George V and was attended by Emperor himself.

Only statement 3 is correct.The Delhi Durbar of December 1911 was attended by King George V and Queen Mary in person to mark their coronation, and at it the King announced the transfer of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi.Statement 1 is wrong: the first Durbar (1877) was held by Lord Lytton to proclaim Queen Victoria Empress of India, and she did not attend. Statement 2 is wrong: the 1903 Durbar was held by Lord Curzon for Edward VII, and the shift of capital was announced in 1911, not by Cornwallis, who was Governor-General in the 1780s.

Q: What provided the immediate pretext for the second Anglo-Mysore war ?

The immediate pretext was the British capture of Mahe.In 1779, during the Anglo-French war, the English seized Mahe, a French settlement on the Malabar coast that lay within the area Hyder Ali regarded as under his protection and through which he received supplies. Hyder took this as a hostile act and invaded the Carnatic in 1780, beginning the Second Anglo-Mysore War.Hyder's alliance with the Marathas and the Nizam against the English was formed in response, and a British alliance with those powers did not trigger the war. The attack on Travancore was Tipu's in 1789, which led to the Third Anglo-Mysore War.

Q: Raghuji Bhosle II of Nagpur ceded to the company the province of Cuttack by the ....................... .

Cuttack was ceded by the Treaty of Deogaon.After his defeat in the Second Anglo-Maratha War, Raghuji Bhosle II of Nagpur signed the Treaty of Deogaon (Devgaon) on 17 December 1803, giving the East India Company the province of Cuttack (Orissa, including Balasore) and his territory west of the Wardha river.The Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon (December 1803) was Daulat Rao Scindia's settlement. The Treaty of Poona (1817) was imposed on Peshwa Baji Rao II, and the Treaty of Mandsor (1818) on the Holkars after the Third Anglo-Maratha War.

Q: Who was made the ruler of Satara, formed out of the Peshwa’s dominions after the third Anglo-Maratha war ?

The ruler of Satara was Pratap Singh.After the Third Anglo-Maratha War, the Peshwa's dominions were annexed in 1818, but the British carved out a small principality at Satara and placed Pratap Singh, a descendant of Shivaji, on its throne to win the goodwill of the Maratha nobility. He was deposed in 1839, and Satara was annexed in 1848 under the doctrine of lapse.Chait Singh was the Raja of Banaras deposed by Warren Hastings. Appa Saheb and Raghuji Bhosle II belonged to the Bhonsle house of Nagpur.

Q: Who planted the Tree of Liberty at Srirangapatnam ?

The Tree of Liberty was planted by Tipu Sultan.In 1797, French officers at Srirangapatna formed a Jacobin club with Tipu Sultan's support and planted a Tree of Liberty, a symbol of the French Revolution. Tipu reportedly enrolled as 'Citizen Tipu'. The episode reflected his alliance with revolutionary France against the British.Hyder Ali died in 1782, before the French Revolution. Chikka Krishnaraja Wodeyar and Devaraja (the Dalavayi) belonged to the period of Wodeyar rule before Hyder took power.

61.

Under whose command the Sikhs got unified into a single body, Dal Khalsa in 1748?

A.Banda Singh Bahadur
B.Jassa Singh Ahluwalia
C.Hari Singh Nalua
D.Baba Deep Singh

Exam Year(s)

Punjab Civil Service - 2017,

Answer: B

The Dal Khalsa was formed under Jassa Singh Ahluwalia.

At the Sarbat Khalsa held at Amritsar on Baisakhi in 1748, the many Sikh fighting bands (jathas) were merged into one army, the Dal Khalsa, and Jassa Singh Ahluwalia was made its supreme commander. The bands were grouped into what became the twelve misls.

Banda Singh Bahadur had been executed in 1716, decades earlier. Hari Singh Nalwa was a general of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in the next century. Baba Deep Singh led the Shaheedan misl and fell in 1757, but he did not command the unified Dal Khalsa.

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62.

Find the incorrect statement:-

1 Maharaja Ranjit Singh belonged to the Ramgarhia Misl.
2 Maharaja Ranjit Singh got the Koh-i-Noor back from Shah Shuja.
3 Maharaja Ranjit Singh employed Europeans to train his army on the modern lines.
4 He was known to be a secular Maharaja. He donated gold to Hindu Shrines in Himachal along with the Harmandir Sahib.

A.1 only
B.1 and 2 only
C.1 and 3 only
D.None of the above

Exam Year(s)

Punjab Civil Service - 2017,

Answer: A

Only statement 1 is incorrect, so the answer is 1 only.

Maharaja Ranjit Singh belonged to the Sukerchakia misl, which his father Maha Singh led, not to the Ramgarhia misl.

The other statements are correct. He obtained the Koh-i-Noor from the exiled Afghan ruler Shah Shuja in 1813. He hired European officers such as Ventura, Allard and Avitabile to train his army on modern lines. He was known for his tolerance and gave gold to Hindu shrines, including the temples at Jwalamukhi in Himachal and Kashi Vishwanath, as well as gilding the Harmandir Sahib. So options naming 2 or 3 are wrong.

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63.

Ranjit Singh captured 'Zamzama' which was a-

A.Fort
B.Gun
C.Mughal factory
D.Diamond

Exam Year(s)

Punjab Civil Service - 2024,

Answer: B

Zamzama was a gun.

The Zamzama, also called the Bhangian wali Top, is a large bronze cannon cast in Lahore in 1757 for Ahmad Shah Abdali. It passed to the Bhangi Sikh misl and was later taken by Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who used it in his campaigns. It now stands in front of the Lahore Museum and is famous as 'Kim's Gun' from Kipling's novel Kim.

It is not a fort, a factory or a diamond; the famous diamond associated with Ranjit Singh is the Koh-i-Noor.

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64.

Who was the Governor General of India during first Anglo-Sikh war?

A.Hardinge I
B.Dalhousie
C.Canning
D.Dufferin

Exam Year(s)

Punjab Civil Service - 2024,

Answer: A

The Governor-General was Hardinge I.

The First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46) was fought while Sir Henry Hardinge (later Viscount Hardinge) was Governor-General (1844-48); it ended with the Treaty of Lahore in March 1846.

Dalhousie was Governor-General during the Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-49) and annexed Punjab. Canning and Dufferin came later, in 1856-62 and 1884-88.

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65.

Consider the following events:

1. Introduction of Ilbert bill.
2. Appointment of Education Commission under Sir Wilson Hunter.
3. First complete synchronous decennial census in India.
4. Enactment of First Factory act.

These key events of British rule in India were associated with the tenure of:

A.Warren Hastings
B.Lord Ripon
C.William Bentinck
D.Lord Curzon

Exam Year(s)

Punjab Civil Service - 2024,

Answer: B

These events belong to the tenure of Lord Ripon (1880-1884).

The Ilbert Bill, allowing Indian judges to try Europeans, was introduced in 1883. The Hunter Commission on education was appointed in 1882. The first synchronous, complete decennial census was taken in 1881, and the first Factory Act was passed in 1881.

Warren Hastings and William Bentinck governed long before these measures, and Lord Curzon (1899-1905) came after them.

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66.

'Delhi Durbars' were majestic events organised by the British Viceroys to mark the coronation of Emperors or Empresses. In this regard, consider the following statements and choose the correct option-

1. First Delhi Durbar was organized by Lord Dalhousie. Queen Victoria visited the Durbar and assumed the title of 'Empress of India'.
2. Second Durbar of 1903 saw the announcement of Shifting of the Imperial Capital from Calcutta to Delhi by Lord Cornwallis.
3. Delhi Durbar of 1911 marked the succession of King George V and was attended by Emperor himself.

A.1 only
B.2 only
C.3 only
D.1, 2 and 3

Exam Year(s)

Punjab Civil Service - 2024,

Answer: C

Only statement 3 is correct.

The Delhi Durbar of December 1911 was attended by King George V and Queen Mary in person to mark their coronation, and at it the King announced the transfer of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi.

Statement 1 is wrong: the first Durbar (1877) was held by Lord Lytton to proclaim Queen Victoria Empress of India, and she did not attend. Statement 2 is wrong: the 1903 Durbar was held by Lord Curzon for Edward VII, and the shift of capital was announced in 1911, not by Cornwallis, who was Governor-General in the 1780s.

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67.

What provided the immediate pretext for the second Anglo-Mysore war ?

A.British capture of Mahe
B.Hyder Ali’s alliane with the Marathas and the Nizam
C.Hyder’s attack an Travancore
D.British alliance with the Marathas and the Nizam

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: A

The immediate pretext was the British capture of Mahe.

In 1779, during the Anglo-French war, the English seized Mahe, a French settlement on the Malabar coast that lay within the area Hyder Ali regarded as under his protection and through which he received supplies. Hyder took this as a hostile act and invaded the Carnatic in 1780, beginning the Second Anglo-Mysore War.

Hyder's alliance with the Marathas and the Nizam against the English was formed in response, and a British alliance with those powers did not trigger the war. The attack on Travancore was Tipu's in 1789, which led to the Third Anglo-Mysore War.

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68.

Raghuji Bhosle II of Nagpur ceded to the company the province of Cuttack by the ....................... .

A.Treaty of Deogaon
B.Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon
C.Treaty of Poona
D.Treaty of Mandsor

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: A

Cuttack was ceded by the Treaty of Deogaon.

After his defeat in the Second Anglo-Maratha War, Raghuji Bhosle II of Nagpur signed the Treaty of Deogaon (Devgaon) on 17 December 1803, giving the East India Company the province of Cuttack (Orissa, including Balasore) and his territory west of the Wardha river.

The Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon (December 1803) was Daulat Rao Scindia's settlement. The Treaty of Poona (1817) was imposed on Peshwa Baji Rao II, and the Treaty of Mandsor (1818) on the Holkars after the Third Anglo-Maratha War.

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69.

Who was made the ruler of Satara, formed out of the Peshwa’s dominions after the third Anglo-Maratha war ?

A.Pratap Singh
B.Chait Singh
C.Appa Saheb
D.Raghuji Bhosle II

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: A

The ruler of Satara was Pratap Singh.

After the Third Anglo-Maratha War, the Peshwa's dominions were annexed in 1818, but the British carved out a small principality at Satara and placed Pratap Singh, a descendant of Shivaji, on its throne to win the goodwill of the Maratha nobility. He was deposed in 1839, and Satara was annexed in 1848 under the doctrine of lapse.

Chait Singh was the Raja of Banaras deposed by Warren Hastings. Appa Saheb and Raghuji Bhosle II belonged to the Bhonsle house of Nagpur.

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70.

Who planted the Tree of Liberty at Srirangapatnam ?

A.Hyder Ali
B.Chikka Krishnaraj
C.Tipu Sultan
D.Devraj

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: C

The Tree of Liberty was planted by Tipu Sultan.

In 1797, French officers at Srirangapatna formed a Jacobin club with Tipu Sultan's support and planted a Tree of Liberty, a symbol of the French Revolution. Tipu reportedly enrolled as 'Citizen Tipu'. The episode reflected his alliance with revolutionary France against the British.

Hyder Ali died in 1782, before the French Revolution. Chikka Krishnaraja Wodeyar and Devaraja (the Dalavayi) belonged to the period of Wodeyar rule before Hyder took power.

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