Modern History of India questions with answers
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- At which of the following places was the Revenue Controller Council initially established by the British Company in Bengal?Asked in Department Recruitment 2024 (Archivist) 2024
- Under which of the following Act, it was stipulated that no employee of the East India Company could accept any gift, donation or reward in any form from any other person? - (5) Question not attemptedAsked in Department Recruitment 2024 (Archivist) 2024
- Which Governor of Fort William wrote a book "A View of the Rise, Progress and Present State of the English Government in Bengal"? - (5) Question not attemptedAsked in Department Recruitment 2024 (Research Officer) 2024
- Who among the following was appointed by British East India Company to conduct detailed survey of the areas under its jurisdiction? - Question not attemptedAsked in Department Recruitment 2024 (Research Scholar) 2024
- The last Nawab of Avadh wasAsked in Assistant Prosecuting Officer (APO) Exam 2009
- Which of the following had been called as the 'Nursery of Bengal Army' ?Asked in Government Dairy Supervisor and Sugar Cane
- In which of the following year, was the authority of the British established over the fort of Prayagraj (U.P.)? (a) 1790 A.D. (b) 1792 A.D. (c) 1796 A.D. (d) 1797 A.D.Asked in RO ARO pre 2021
- Which one of the following had bestowed the title of ‘Jagat Seth’ to Fatehchand ?Asked in UPPCS Prelims 2009
- Consider the following statements: In the Third Battle of Panipat, Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated Ibrahim Lodi. Tipu Sultan was killed in the Third Anglo Mysore War. Mir Jafar entered in a conspiracy with the English for the defeat of Nawab Siraj-ud- daulah in the Battle of Plassey. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?Asked in UPPCS Prelims 2004
- East India Company, to begin with, exported Indian goods to Western countries. Which one of the following is NOT one of the goods in the trade?Asked in UPSC Geoscientist 2020
- The Dastak system which was adopted by the British in the initial stages of their expansion was related to theAsked in PPSC CS Prelims 2018
- Who remarked about the East India Company that "The Company is an anomaly but it is part of a system where everything is an anomaly" ?Asked in UPPCS Prelims 2017
- Which Mughal emperor granted 'Farman' in 1717 to the British East India Company?Asked in WBPSC CS Prelims 2023
- After Bengal, the English secured the rights of duty free trade in the dominions ofAsked in WBCS Main Paper 3 2019
- The staple commodities of export by the English East India Company from Bengal in the middle of the 18th century wereAsked in UPSC IAS 2018
- The British appointed Mir Jafar as the Nawab of _______ after the Battle of Plassey in 1757.Asked in MPSC CS Prelims 2022
- Who was the Nawab of Bengal at the time of Battle of Buxar (1764)?Asked in WBPSC CS Prelims 2018
- Which of these Nawabs of Bengal abolished all duties on internal trade?Asked in APPSC Group II Prelims 2016
- Whose infantry was of European pattern and equipped with gun and bayonets made in India? - Question not attemptedAsked in Department Recruitment 2024 (Research Scholar) 2024
- In the context of eighteenth century India, what was 'Dastak'?Asked in UPSC CDS 1 2023
- Nawab Alivardi Khan was the grandfather ofAsked in WBCS Main Paper 3 2022
- Which ruler of Garhwal sought assistance from the East India Company against the Gorkhas ?Asked in Deputy Superintendent of Police (Police Telecom) Exam 2024
- The last Nawab of Awadh wasAsked in Inspector(Legal Metrology & Consumer Affairs) 2020
- During whose tenure did the incident of ‘Black Hole’ take place ?Asked in UPPCS Prelims 2009
- Who is considered as prime author of story of "Black Hole" tragic incident? (1) Colonel Malleson (2) Ghulam Hussain (3) Caillaud (4) J.Z. Holwell (5) Question not attemptedAsked in Department Recruitment 2024 (Research Officer) 2024
