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  1. British Crown assumed sovereignty over Indian from the East Indian Compnay in the year

  2. A.

    1857

    B.

    1858

    C.

    1859

    D.

    1860


  3. Who was the French Governor of Pondicherry who tried to make the French Company as a powerful company?

  4. A.

    Thomas Arthur, Comte de Lally

    B.

    Godeheu

    C.

    La Bourdonnais

    D.

    Joseph Francois Dupleix


  5. The first Mysore War Fought between the British and Hyder Ali in 1767 - 69 A.D., came to an end by the

  6. A.

    Treaty of Pondicherry

    B.

    Treaty of Madras

    C.

    Treaty of Mysore

    D.

    Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle


  7. The British Government intervened in the affairs of the Company and passed an Act in 1773 A.D. known as the

  8. A.

    Regulating Act

    B.

    Pitt's India Act

    C.

    Charter Act

    D.

    Company Act


  9. Cripps Mission came to India

  10. A.

    1946

    B.

    1945

    C.

    1942

    D.

    1940


  11. Who was the governor-general during the Second Anglo-Mysore War?

  12. A.

    Lord Wellesley

    B.

    Lord Cornwallis

    C.

    Sir John Shore

    D.

    Warren Hastings


  13. Who among the following introduced Ryotwari system in madras?

  14. A.

    Lord Hastings

    B.

    Lord Wellesley

    C.

    Sir Thomas Munro

    D.

    Lord Cannemara


  15. Under whose leadership was the Chittagong Armoury Raid organised?

  16. A.

    Sukhdev

    B.

    Bhagat Singh

    C.

    Surya Sen

    D.

    Rajguru


  17. Who was the ruler of Delhi when Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas in the third Battle of Panipat in 1761?

  18. A.

    Alamgir I

    B.

    Muhammad Shah

    C.

    Jahadar Shah

    D.

    Shah Alam II


  19. In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as President of the Congress Party defeating

  20. A.

    Pattabhi Sitharamayy

    B.

    Jawaharlal Nehru

    C.

    Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

    D.

    VB Patel