History & Civics
Arrange the following in chronological order:
(i) Regulating Act changed the function of the English East India company from a trading company to an administrative body.
(ii) The Battle of Plassey transformed the British from a trading community to a political power.
(iii) Annexation of Awadh on the pretext of misgovernance.
Options:
- (iii), (i) and (ii)
- (iii), (ii) and (i)
- (ii), (iii) and (i)
- (ii), (i) and (iii)
Related Questions
Read the two statements given below about the Battle of Buxar (1764). Select the option that shows the correct relationship between (A) and (R).
Assertion (A): The British emerged victorious.
Reason (R): The British made Mir Jafar the Nawab of Bengal for the second time.
- (R) contradicts (A)
- (R) is the reason for (A)
- (A) is true but (R) is false
- (A) and (R) are independent of each other
Identify the methods used by Lord Dalhousie to expand British rule in India.
P: Dual government
Q: Doctrine of Lapse
R: Subsidiary Alliance
S: Maladministration
- P and Q
- R and S
- P and R
- Q and S
Priyanka is doing a project on Subsidiary Alliance. Which of the following Indian rulers, she is MOST LIKELY to highlight?
- Ruler of Panipat
- Ruler of Ajmer
- Nizam of Hyderabad
- Rajputana States
Identify the ODD one out of the following provinces annexed under the Doctrine of lapse.
- Bengal
- Jhansi
- Nagpur
- Satara