Monday, 4 May 2015

Modern History: 01

DECLINE OF MUGHAL EMPIRE AND RISE OF OTHER POWERS

1.       The tendency towards carving out autonomous states first become prominent and started to get momentum since the period of ------- Muhammad Shah

                  Maratha Administration

2.       Pandit Rao ------------ Royal Chaplain

3.       Sumant ---------------- Foreign Minister

4.       Sachiva ---------------- In charge of correspondence and  provincial accounts

5.       Amatya ----------------- Finance minister

6.       Danadhyaksha --------- In-charge of charity

7.       The Peshwas originally were ----- Chitpawan Brahmins

8.       Next to Sivaji, the greatest exponent of guerilla tactics of warfare was by ----- Baji Rao-I

9.       Two Maratha states that always reminded hostile to each other ---- Holkar & Scindhia

10.    The lost glory of the Maratha empire was resumed after the battle of  Panipat by ---- Madhav Rao I

11.    Nana Saheb’ was actually ----- Balaji Baji Rao

                Maratha’s Divisions

12.    Peshwa ------------------------------- Poona

13.    Holkar -------------------------------  Indore

14.    Scindhia -----------------------------  Gwalior

15.    Gaekwad ----------------------------- Baroda

16.    Bhonsle ------------------------------- Nagpur

17.     In the third battle of Panipat who was defeated by Ahmad Shah abdali  ------ Marathas

18.    After the third battle of Panipat Ahmed Shah Abdali invaded India thrice to punish ----- The Marathas

19.    The most stiff resistance against the British in India by --- The Marathas

20.    Shivaji’s successor approached the British Government on many occasions to help them against the Peshwa --- Pratap Singh

21.     Murshid Quli Khan, the Mughal governor of Bengal basically was --------- A south Indian Brahmin

22.    The Indian ruler who has been called ‘Plato of his tribe’ of 18th century ------- Suraj Mal

23.    Responsible for the transformation of the Sikhs from a devotional religious sect into a militant anti-Muslim brotherhood in the 17th century ----- Guru Hargobind

24.    The institution of Guruship ended with the demise of Guru Govind Singh and the Spiritual authority passed to ---- Granth Sahib

25.    Ranjit Singh was the chief of ----- Sukerchakia Misil

26.    Tripartite Treaty was signature by ------ Ranjit Singh, Lord Auckland and William Bentick

27.    The world famous dimond Koh-i-noor came to Ranjit Singh from ------ Shah Shuja

28.    Rajput ruler of 18th century who was a great law maker, astronomer, town planner and scientist -- Sawai Jai Singh of Amber

29.    The founder of the Autonomous kingdom of Awadhi was ----- Saadat Khan

30.    The British paramountcy in India was completed in 1856 with ----- Annexation of Awadh

31.    The annexation of which of the following states by the British was not done by using Doctrine of Lapse - Awadh

32.    The state of Hyderabad was founded by --- Chin Qalich Khan Nizam-ul-mulk

33.    The battle of  Plassey was fought between ------ Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daulah and East India Company

34.    The Nawab of Bengal made twice by East India company he is ----- Mir Jafar

35.    The Englishman who gave all the information about the ‘Black-Hole Episode’, though in a single sided way ---- Holwell

36.    First Anglo-Mysore war ------------ 1767- 69 AD

37.    Treaty of Madras -------------------- 1769

38.    Second Anglo-Mysore war -------- 1780- 84 AD

39.    Death of Hyder ---------------------- 1782

40.    Treaty of Mangalore ---------------- 1784

41.    Third Anglo-Mysore war ----------  1790- 92 AD

42.    Treaty of Srirangapatam ------------- 1792

43.    Fourth Anglo-Mysore war -----------1799 AD

44.    Death of Tipu ------------------------- 1799 AD

45.    The Carnatic state annexed was happened by Governor General -------------- Lord Wellesly-1801

46.    No. of wars fought between Marathas and the East India Company ---- 4


47.    The subsidiary Alliance system was used by -- Wellesley

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