Practice Anglo-Mysore, Anglo-Maratha and Anglo-Sikh Wars – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 3

Consider the following statements about the Company's methods of control over Indian states:

1. Residents were appointed in Indian states after the Battle of Buxar.

2. Residents were political or commercial agents of the Company who interfered in matters such as succession to the throne.

3. Under the subsidiary alliance, the Company paid for the subsidiary forces that protected the Indian ruler.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about Tipu Sultan's trade policy:

1. In 1785, Tipu Sultan stopped the export of sandalwood, pepper and cardamom through the ports of his kingdom.

2. Tipu Sultan directed local merchants to trade only with the Company.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following events:

1. Sind taken by the Company

2. Death of Rani Channamma of Kitoor in prison

3. Death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh

4. Hanging of Rayanna of Sangoli by the British

Select the correct chronological order.

Match List-I with List-II:

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Consider the following statements about the Marathas after 1761:

1. After their defeat at the Third Battle of Panipat, the Marathas split into several states under dynasties such as Sindhia, Holkar, Gaikwad and Bhonsle.

2. The Maratha confederacy was headed by the Peshwa, who was based at Nagpur.

3. Mahadji Sindhia and Nana Phadnis were well-known Maratha statesmen of the late eighteenth century.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Match List-I with List-II:

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Consider the following statements about the Company's expansion in the north-west:

1. The Company annexed Punjab while Maharaja Ranjit Singh was still ruling.

2. Fear of a Russian advance led the British to fight a long war with Afghanistan from 1838 to 1842.

3. Two long wars were fought with the Sikh kingdom before Punjab was annexed in 1849.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about the subsidiary alliance under Richard Wellesley:

1. In 1801, the Nawab of Awadh had to give over half of his territory to the Company for failing to pay for the subsidiary forces.

2. Hyderabad also ceded territory to the Company in a similar way.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about how the East India Company extended its control over Indian states:

1. Residents appointed by the Company interfered in matters such as succession to the throne and the appointment of officers.

2. Under the subsidiary alliance, an Indian ruler could keep his own independent army alongside the Company's subsidiary forces.

3. Under the subsidiary alliance, a ruler who failed to pay for the subsidiary forces had part of his territory taken away.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about Mysore and its conflict with the Company:

1. Mysore controlled the profitable trade of the Malabar coast, from where the Company bought pepper and cardamom.

2. Tipu Sultan built a close relationship with the French and modernised his army with their help.

3. The Company won its final victory over Mysore in the war of 1790-92.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?