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upsc-p1-history-later-regional-kingdoms MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Arrange the following developments in chronological order, from earliest to latest: 1. Ranjit Singh captured Lahore 2. Ranjit Singh assumed the title of Maharaja 3. Treaty of Amritsar fixed the Sutlej frontier in practice 4. Death of Ranjit Singh Select the correct answer using the code below.
Option A is correct. Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in 1799, assumed the title of Maharaja in 1801, concluded the Treaty of Amritsar in 1809, and died in 1839. The order traces consolidation, monarchy, frontier limitation and the later endpoint of his reign.
Q2Consider the following statements: 1. Rajput rulers often had to bargain with thikanedars and landed chiefs, which could limit centralisation. 2. Bengal, Awadh and Hyderabad fit the successor-state model more closely than Jaipur or Mewar because they developed from Mughal provincial offices becoming hereditary. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Both statements are correct. Rajput authority was constrained internally by subordinate estates and clan politics. Bengal, Awadh and Hyderabad, unlike the older Rajput dynastic houses, arose more directly from Mughal provincial governments whose power became local and hereditary.
Q3Consider the following statements about Hyderabad: 1. Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah founded the Asaf Jahi line in 1724. 2. Hyderabad was immediately annexed when its subsidiary-alliance dependence increased in 1798 and 1800. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Statement 1 is correct. Statement 2 is incorrect because Hyderabad illustrates a move from autonomy to protected dependence without immediate annexation; indirect control could be cheaper for the Company than direct rule.
Q4With reference to cultural patronage by regional courts, consider the following statements: 1. Rajput painting comprised distinct regional schools rather than one uniform style. 2. The Bara Imambara at Lucknow, begun under Asaf-ud-Daula in 1784, is associated with Awadh. 3. Ranjit Singh's court excluded Hindu, Muslim and European personnel from administration. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Mewar, Marwar, Jaipur, Bundi and Kota developed distinguishable painting traditions, and the Bara Imambara is an Awadh architectural marker. Statement 3 is incorrect because Ranjit Singh employed capable Hindu, Muslim and European personnel.
Q5Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code below: List I (Person) A. Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah B. Murshid Quli Khan C. Saadat Khan D. Sawai Jai Singh II List II (Association) 1. Foundation of the Asaf Jahi line 2. Fiscal strengthening of Bengal 3. Building of a wealthy Gangetic state in Awadh 4. Planned capital at Jaipur
Option B gives the correct set. Asaf Jah founded the Asaf Jahi line; Murshid Quli Khan strengthened Bengal's fiscal base; Saadat Khan helped build Awadh's wealthy Gangetic state; and Sawai Jai Singh II is linked with planned Jaipur.
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6Consider the following statements about the later legal and constitutional links of regional-state history: 1. The Regulating Act of 1773 created a Governor-General of Bengal and a Supreme Court at Calcutta. 2. Pitt's India Act of 1784 created a Board of Control and strengthened governmental direction over Company political affairs. 3. Article 363A supplied the legal basis for regional autonomy in the eighteenth century. Which of the statements given above are correct?
7Arrange the following developments in chronological order, from earliest to latest: 1. Battle of Plassey 2. Battle of Buxar 3. Treaty of Allahabad and Company diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa 4. Pitt's India Act and creation of the Board of Control Select the correct answer using the code below.
8Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code below: List I (Instrument) A. Treaty of Amritsar, 1809 B. Regulating Act, 1773 C. Pitt's India Act, 1784 D. Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1971 List II (Effect) 1. Creation of the Board of Control 2. Practical Company-Sikh frontier at the Sutlej 3. Omission of Articles 291 and 362 and insertion of Article 363A 4. Creation of a Supreme Court at Calcutta
9With reference to the powers and limits of regional states, consider the following statements: 1. Control over revenue assessment, collection and arrears underpinned military power. 2. Minting coins or using titles by itself proved complete independence. 3. Company influence expanded through debt, residents and subsidiary forces as well as warfare. Which of the statements given above are correct?
10With reference to political formations in later eighteenth-century India, consider the following statements: 1. Successor states could retain Mughal titles while exercising effective autonomy. 2. Rajput states drew on older dynastic legitimacy, forts and clan networks. 3. The Sikh misls were a single centralised kingdom before Ranjit Singh's consolidation. Which of the statements given above are correct?