Q1. Who was as the last Mughal Emperor?
Q2. When was battle of Plassey fought?
Q3. Who are ‘factors’?
Q4. Where was first French factory established in India?
Q5. In which year Alivardi Khan died?
Q6. Who started the policy of ‘Doctrine of Lapse’?
Q7. What was the main objective of the Regulating Act of 1773?
Q8. Who was the head of Thanas?
Q9. When did Vasco-da-Gama reach India ?
Q10. Who was called the ‘Tiger of Mysore’?
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Answer:
1. BAHADUR SHAH II
The last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah II, also known as Zafar, died in a British prison in Burma
2. 23 June 1757
The Battle of Plassey was fought in north-eastern India on 23 June 1757. Troops of the British East India Company, led by Robert Clive, came up against the forces of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the last Nawab of Bengal, and his French allies.
3. Factor
A factor is a type of trader who receives and sells goods on commission, called factorage.
4. Surat
The first French factory in India was established at Surat in 1668 and later one at Machillipatnam. But they were driven out by the Dutch and the British by 1720. The French settlement in India began in 1673 with the purchase of land at Chandernagore from the Mughal Governor of Bengal.
5. 9 April 1756
6. Lord Dalhousie
Doctrine of lapse, in Indian history, formula devised by Lord Dalhousie, governor-general of India (1848–56), to deal with questions of succession to Hindu Indian states.
7. The key objectives of the Regulating Act of 1773 included – addressing the problem of management of company in India; address the problem of dual system of governance instituted by Lord Clive; to control the company, which had morphed from a business entity to a semi-sovereign political entity.
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9. 1498
Christopher Columbus' unsuccessful search for a western maritime route to India resulted in the "discovery" of the Americas in 1492, but it was Vasco da Gama who ultimately established the Carreira da India, or India Route, when he sailed around Africa and into the Indian Ocean, landing at Calicut (modern Kozhikode), .
10. Tipu Sultan
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