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upsc-p1-history-advent-europeans MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Consider the following statements: 1. The Dutch in India concentrated mainly on profitable maritime trade and did not construct an all-India territorial state. 2. The Danish presence in India became a political-military rival comparable to the French in the Carnatic. Which one of the following is correct?
Statement 1 is correct: Dutch priorities in India remained chiefly commercial, with greater attention eventually directed to the Indonesian archipelago. Statement 2 is incorrect because the Danish settlements were small and are noted especially for printing, education and missionary activity, not for a French-scale military contest.
Q2Consider the following statements about devices of British territorial expansion: 1. A subsidiary alliance could leave the ruler formally on the throne while restricting independent defence and diplomacy. 2. The doctrine of lapse could be used when the Company refused to recognise an adopted successor in specified cases. 3. Awadh was annexed in 1856 as a classic application of the doctrine of lapse. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1 and 2 correctly distinguish indirect control from annexation. Under a subsidiary alliance, the ruler could remain while defence and diplomacy shifted under Company influence; lapse concerned refusal to recognise adoption in specified succession cases. Awadh was annexed on the ground of alleged misgovernment, making statement 3 incorrect.
Q3Arrange the following developments in chronological order, from earliest to latest: (a) Grant of Diwani over Bengal, Bihar and Orissa (b) Battle of Plassey (c) Regulating Act (d) Battle of Buxar Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Plassey occurred in 1757, Buxar in 1764, the Diwani grant in 1765 and the Regulating Act in 1773. This order also distinguishes political influence, military confirmation, fiscal authority and Parliamentary regulation. Therefore option B is correct.
Q4Consider the following statements regarding the Company's rise in Bengal: 1. Plassey gave the Company decisive influence in Bengal politics. 2. Buxar tested Company power against a wider alliance that included Shah Alam II. 3. The Diwani grant amounted to full modern sovereignty over Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Plassey altered Bengal's political balance, and at Buxar the Company defeated the combined forces of Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daula and Shah Alam II. Diwani was revenue-collection authority within a layered arrangement, not full modern sovereignty; hence statement 3 is incorrect.
Q5Consider the following statements about the Portuguese model in India: 1. It relied on fortified ports, naval passes and cannon-bearing ships. 2. It established deep control over the subcontinent's inland agrarian economy. 3. Goa became a centre of Indo-Portuguese art, church architecture and printing. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1 and 3 are correct. Portuguese power was maritime: forts, naval passes and armed ships supported it, while Goa developed as an Indo-Portuguese cultural centre. Its inland agrarian control remained limited, so statement 2 is incorrect.
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6Match List I with List II: List I (European power) (a) Portuguese (b) Dutch (c) Danish (d) French List II (Indian centre) 1. Serampore 2. Pulicat 3. Puducherry 4. Goa Select the correct answer using the code given below.
7Match List I with List II: List I (Instrument) (a) Diwani (b) Subsidiary alliance (c) Doctrine of lapse (d) Misgovernment annexation List II (Feature or example) 1. Awadh 2. Revenue-collection authority 3. Indirect control through British troops and a resident 4. Refusal to recognise adoption in specified succession cases Select the correct answer using the code given below.
8Arrange the following events in chronological order, from earliest to latest: (a) English victory at Wandiwash (b) Vasco da Gama reached Calicut (c) Annexation of Punjab (d) Foundation of the French East India Company Select the correct answer using the code given below.
9Consider the following statements about Parliamentary control over the Company: 1. The Regulating Act, 1773 led to the establishment of the Supreme Court at Calcutta in 1774. 2. Pitt's India Act, 1784 created the Board of Control for supervision of political affairs. 3. The Charter Act, 1813 ended the Company's monopoly over both the tea trade and trade with China. Which of the statements given above are correct?
10Consider the following statements concerning constitutional continuity: 1. Article 372 continued existing laws subject to constitutional change. 2. Article 395 repealed the Indian Independence Act, 1947 and the Government of India Act, 1935 at the commencement of the Constitution. Which one of the following is correct?