Question

Who was appointed as the Peshwa after the First Anglo-Maratha War?
2. Write the purpose of opening Fort William College in Calcutta.
3. What was the main reason for the third Anglo-Mysore War?
4. Why did Rani Lakshmi Bai declare war against the British?
5. Who advocated "Drain Theory"?
6. Why did India declare its support to Nelson Mandela?
7. What does Article 21 stand for?
8. Sex ratio is declining gradually in our country. Why?
9. Define Subsistence farming.
10. What is Knowledge-based Industries?
11. What is a sovereign country?
12. Why did Curzon divide Bengal?
13. Why self-help groups are being formed?
14. Mention any two important factors required to establish sugar industry.

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Answer 1

Answer:

1. Narayanrao was murdered by his palace guards in August 1773, and his uncle Raghunathrao (Raghoba) became Peshwa. However, Narayanrao's wife, Gangabai, gave birth to a posthumous son, who was the legal heir to the throne. The newborn infant was named 'Sawai' Madhavrao (Sawai means "One and a Quarter").
2. Fort William College aimed at training British officials in Indian languages and, in the process, fostered the development of languages such as Bengali and Urdu. ... It is considered by many historians to be the starting point of the Bengali Renaissance.
3. The immediate cause of the third Anglo-Mysore war was the attack of Tipu on an ally of the English, the Raja of Travancore, who had provoked Tipu by some of his actions. The English purchased the neutrality of the Nizam and the Marathas in 1790 by offering them parts of the conquered territories of Tipu after the war.
4. The uprising spread from town to town, reaching Jhansi in June 1857. Dozens of British were killed in the ensuing massacre by the rebels. The British turned on Laxmibai, accusing her of conspiring with the rebels to seek revenge over their refusal to recognize her heir. Whether or not she did remains disputed.
5. Naoroji's drain theory and poverty. Dadabhai Naoroji's work focused on the drain of wealth from India to Britain during the period rule of British rule in India.