Modern Sources and British Expansion Questions and Answers

Q: Match the List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :List - IList - IIa. Treaty of Allahabad1. 1769b. Treaty of Madras2. 1765c. Treaty of Purandar3. 1776d. Treaty of Mangalore4. 1784Codes : a b c d

The match is a-1765, b-1769, c-1776, d-1784 (code 2 1 3 4).The Treaty of Allahabad was concluded in 1765, the Treaty of Madras with Haidar Ali in 1769, the Treaty of Purandar with the Marathas in 1776 and the Treaty of Mangalore with Tipu Sultan in 1784.Code (C) gives these dates in order, and the other codes mix the treaties and years.

Q: Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A), and the other is labelled as Reason (R) :Assertion (A) : The process of transition to Colonialism was underway over almost a century 1757-1856.Reason (R) : English East India Company annexed all the Indian territories directly under its control. Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below :Codes :

(A) is correct but (R) is false.The transition to colonial rule took nearly a century, from Plassey in 1757 to the annexations of the 1850s. The Reason says the Company annexed all the Indian territories directly, which is untrue, because the princely states remained under indirect control.So the Assertion is right and the Reason is wrong. Between 1757 and 1856 the Company moved from trading power to ruler, through Plassey, Buxar, the Subsidiary Alliance and the doctrine of lapse, but a large part of India was still under princes in subordinate alliance in 1856.

Q: Match the List - I with List - II :List - I (Princely State)List - II (Gun salutes entitled by the ruler)a. Sangli1. 17b. Gwalior2. 9c. Dholpur3. 15d. Kutch4. 21Codes : a b c d

The match is a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1.Sangli was entitled to a gun salute of 9, Gwalior to 21, Dholpur to 15 and Kutch to 17.Code (D) gives these in order, and the other codes interchange the salutes. The number of guns in a salute measured a ruler's rank in the British scheme. The five-state group Hyderabad, Mysore, Baroda, Jammu and Kashmir and Gwalior had 21 guns, and smaller states such as Sangli had fewer, which is why Sangli goes with the lowest figure and Gwalior with 21.

151.

Which one of the following provisions was not part of the Subsidiary Alliance ?

A.The State has to keep British force under the command of English General.
B.The State should take prior permission from the Company for waging of war or making peace with another State.
C.The State should not have relation with any European power except English East India Company.
D.The State can go for adoption in the case of not having natural heir.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: D

The Subsidiary Alliance required the state to keep a British force under a British officer, to accept a Resident, to have no relation with other European powers and to seek the Company's permission for war or peace. Permission to adopt an heir when there was no natural heir was not part of it. That is a separate matter, which Dalhousie later turned into the Doctrine of Lapse by refusing such adoption in certain cases. The provision that was not part of the Alliance is therefore option D.

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152.

Arrange the following in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below :

(i) The Policy of Ring Fence
(ii) The Policy of Equal Federation
(iii) The Policy of Subordinate Union
(iv) The Policy of Subordinate Isolation
Codes :

A.(i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
B.(i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
C.(iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
D.(iv) (ii) (i) (iii)

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: A

The chronological order is Ring Fence, Subordinate Isolation, Subordinate Union, Equal Federation.

British policy towards the Indian states began with the Ring Fence policy of Warren Hastings, then Subordinate Isolation, then Subordinate Union after 1857, and Equal Federation, which was proposed in the twentieth century.

The other options put the later policies before the earlier ones.

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153.

English East India Company lost the monopoly of Chinese trade by

A.The Charter Act of 1813
B.The Charter Act of 1833
C.The Charter Act of 1853
D.The Charter Act of 1893

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: B

The Charter Act of 1833 ended the Company's monopoly of the China trade.

The Act of 1813 had ended the Company's monopoly of trade with India except for tea and trade with China. The Act of 1833 ended the remaining monopoly, so the Company ceased to be a trading body.

The Acts of 1853 and 1893 did not deal with the China trade. The sequence of Charter Acts shows the step-wise loss of the Company's trading privileges: the Act of 1793 renewed its monopoly, the Act of 1813 ended it for India, the Act of 1833 ended it for China and the Company's trading functions.

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154.

Match the List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :

List - I	List - II
a. Treaty of Allahabad	1. 1769
b. Treaty of Madras	2. 1765
c. Treaty of Purandar	3. 1776
d. Treaty of Mangalore	4. 1784

Codes : a b c d

A.2 3 4 1
B.3 4 1 2
C.2 1 3 4
D.1 2 4 3

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: C

The match is a-1765, b-1769, c-1776, d-1784 (code 2 1 3 4).

The Treaty of Allahabad was concluded in 1765, the Treaty of Madras with Haidar Ali in 1769, the Treaty of Purandar with the Marathas in 1776 and the Treaty of Mangalore with Tipu Sultan in 1784.

Code (C) gives these dates in order, and the other codes mix the treaties and years.

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155.

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A), and the other is labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : The process of transition to Colonialism was underway over almost a century 1757-1856.
Reason (R) : English East India Company annexed all the Indian territories directly under its control. Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :

A.(A) is correct but (R) is false.
B.(A) is incorrect but (R) is correct.
C.Both are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
D.Both are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: A

(A) is correct but (R) is false.

The transition to colonial rule took nearly a century, from Plassey in 1757 to the annexations of the 1850s. The Reason says the Company annexed all the Indian territories directly, which is untrue, because the princely states remained under indirect control.

So the Assertion is right and the Reason is wrong. Between 1757 and 1856 the Company moved from trading power to ruler, through Plassey, Buxar, the Subsidiary Alliance and the doctrine of lapse, but a large part of India was still under princes in subordinate alliance in 1856.

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156.

What did the ruler of Nabha and Jind offer Ranjit Singh as a token of accepting his subordination ?

A.Their forts
B.Their territory
C.Costly gifts
D.Their horses

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: C

The rulers of Nabha and Jind offered costly gifts to Ranjit Singh.

In 1806 the Cis-Sutlej chiefs of Nabha and Jind accepted Ranjit Singh's superiority by presenting costly gifts as a token of submission.

Forts, territory and horses were not what the key names as the token. The Cis-Sutlej Sikh chiefs were threatened by Ranjit Singh's advance in 1806, and the rulers of Nabha and Jind gave him gifts and accepted his claims, until the British intervened in 1809 under the Treaty of Amritsar.

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157.

Match the List - I with List - II :

List - I (Princely State)	List - II (Gun salutes entitled by the ruler)
a. Sangli	1. 17
b. Gwalior	2. 9
c. Dholpur	3. 15
d. Kutch	4. 21

Codes : a b c d

A.3 4 2 1
B.4 2 1 3
C.1 3 4 2
D.2 4 3 1

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: D

The match is a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1.

Sangli was entitled to a gun salute of 9, Gwalior to 21, Dholpur to 15 and Kutch to 17.

Code (D) gives these in order, and the other codes interchange the salutes. The number of guns in a salute measured a ruler's rank in the British scheme. The five-state group Hyderabad, Mysore, Baroda, Jammu and Kashmir and Gwalior had 21 guns, and smaller states such as Sangli had fewer, which is why Sangli goes with the lowest figure and Gwalior with 21.

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158.

Arrange the following Peshwas in chronological order :

(i) Balaji Bajirao
(ii) Bajirao II
(iii) Madhav Rao I
(iv) Madhav Rao Narayan
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :

A.(i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
B.(i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
C.(ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
D.(iii) (ii) (iv) (i)

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: B

The chronological order of the Peshwas is Balaji Bajirao (1740 to 1761), Madhav Rao I (1761 to 1772), Madhav Rao Narayan (1774 to 1795) and Bajirao II (1796 to 1818), that is (i), (iii), (iv), (ii).

The other codes place Bajirao II before Madhav Rao I or Narayan, which does not agree with the dates of their rule. The three Madhav Rao and Balaji names are easy to mix up, so keep in mind that Madhav Rao I came directly after Balaji Bajirao, and that Madhav Rao Narayan was the infant Peshwa of the 1770s.

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159.

The founder of the Nizam's State in Hyderabad was

A.Nizam Ali Khan
B.Muzaffar Jung
C.Chin Lulich Khan
D.Mir Osman Ali Khan

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: C

The founder of the Nizam's State of Hyderabad was Chin Qilich Khan (Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah I), who became independent in the Deccan in 1724 after the decline of Mughal power.

Nizam Ali Khan and Mir Osman Ali Khan were later Nizams, and Muzaffar Jung was a claimant in the succession struggle, so none of them was the founder. He had been a high noble under the Mughal emperors and held the title Nizam-ul-Mulk, and the line he founded lasted until the integration of Hyderabad in 1948.

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160.

The English East India Company lost its monopoly of Indian trade by throwing it open to the Britishers by the Charter Act of

A.1793
B.1813
C.1833
D.1853

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: B

The English East India Company lost its monopoly of Indian trade by the Charter Act of 1813, which opened the Indian trade to all British subjects but kept the monopoly of the tea trade and the China trade.

The Act of 1793 renewed the monopoly, the Act of 1833 ended the Company's commercial functions altogether, and the Act of 1853 dealt with administrative changes, so the year of loss of the Indian monopoly is 1813.

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