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country which was not invaded by British or Euporean power
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Thailand
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under the treaty of nanking in 1842, china took over hong kong from british
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false- china lost hong kong to british
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the second opium war was fought between china and Japan
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false- british and french fought against china
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by the treaty of boque , which country made the British its most favoured nation.
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- China- after the treaty of Nanking, china made this treaty, British also enjoyed extra territorial favors.
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By 1885, Vietnam was completely under which country
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French
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which country occupied Egypt from Turkey in 1882
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- Britain- As a security from Turkey on huge financial debt
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the Mughal empire reached its zenith under which ruler
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- Aurangazeb- 21 provinces
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who created fatwa-i-alamgiri
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- Aurangazeb- to defend Islamism
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who was the first nizaam of hyderabad
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chin quilich khan- he founded hyd.
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who invaded delhi and took away peacock throne and koh-i-noor
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Nadir shah
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whom did chatrapati shivaji considered his guru
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Ramdas
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treaty of warna divided the maratha kingdom between
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- Sambhaji II (south maharashtra) and Sahuhji(North Maharashtra)
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[image]- misogyny
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ingrained prejudice against women
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[image]- caveat
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limitation
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who defeated the nizam ul mulk and imposed the treaty of durai surai on him
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- Baji Rao I- he defeated nizam and captured the territory of malwa. He also asked for 50 lakhs of war compensation
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the maratha restored shah alam II on the throne in 1772
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true- Power by restored by Madhav Rao 1 after a decade
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baji rao 1 was also known as nana saheb
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- false- balaji baji rao was known as nana saheb
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whom did sahuji, king of maratha kingdom, made the peshwa in 1713
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- balaji vishwanath
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Jiziya during the mughal empire was a tax levied on
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- non muslim citizens- it was started by aurangazeb
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the sardeshmukhi in maratha regime was a
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- tax levied (10%) on revenue over chauth (25%)
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who was the first of the hereditary peshwa of maratha kingdom
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- balaji vishwanath
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the first carnatic war, the british defeated the nawab of arcot
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- false- france defeated the nawab of arcot
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anwarud din was the nawab of arcot in the first carnatic war
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- true
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the french under joseph francois dupleix won the third carnatic war against british
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- false- British won the war
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the french under joseph francois dupleix won the third carnatic war against british
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- false- British won the war
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dutch joined british against the french in carnatic war
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- false- dutch was not involved in any crnatic war
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Eyre coote was the british general in the battle of wandiwash
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- True
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The British defeated France in the battle of wandiwash in 1970
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-true
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battle of buxar
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-Fought between- East India company led by hector munor VS Mir qasim( Nawab of Bengal), Nawab of Awadh and Mughal empreror shah alam II

- For: Bengal and parts of Bihar near Ganga

- British won with 10k men vs 40k men.
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in 1760, east indai company replaced mir jafar with his son in law as the nawab of bengal
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true
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what happened after battle of buxar? which treaty was signed giving them what rights?
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after battle of buxar, treaty of allahbad was signed giving the comany free rights of diwani (to collect taxes) from Bihar, orrisa and awadh. A certain amount of sum had to be paid to the company. In return if there is any foreign attacks, company would help the state but would not pay for allies expenses.
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the english company recived the diwani through which treaty
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treaty of allahbad
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which governor in general sold Allahbad and kara to nawab of awadh
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warren hastings- first governor general of Bengal
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what is a subsidiary alliance
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a pact in which the current government agrees to accept the foreign forces in his territory and agrees to pay a certain amount for their maintenance.
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who became the first indian power to accept the subsidiary alliance
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nizam of hyderabad
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how did treaty of bassein came into the picture of british india history
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n October 1802, the combined armies of Peshwa Baji Rao II and Scindia were defeated by Yashwantrao Holkar, ruler of Indore, at the Battle of Poona. Baji Rao fled to British protection, and in December the same year concluded the Treaty of Bassein with the British East India Company, ceding territory for the maintenance of a subsidiary force and agreeing to treaty with no other power. The treaty would become the "death knell of the Maratha Confederacy.
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treaty of amritsar- 1809
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british india and ranjit singh( founder of sikhs)- river sutlej was fixed as boundary between between empire (to the south of sutlej) and north (to the north of sutlej)
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what is treaty of sanguli
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- signed after first anglo nepalese war between gorkhas (nepalese) and british (led by paris bradshaw)
- British won and the treaty gave some amount of land to british india
- also deployment of american/european services was ceased.
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the treaty of sanguli was signed between british and
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-gorkhas
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who was the governor general of india during the first anglo sikh war
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lord hardinge
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Maharaja Dalip singh enetered the subsiduary alliance at lahore in 1846
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- true
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the second anglo sikh war was the last war fought by the british within the natural frontiers of india for extension of their empire
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-true
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from whom did the british take away the famous diamond koh-i-noor to send it to queen victoria
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- Maharaja Dalip Singh
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who was the political agent sent by lord hardinge to punjab to make them break the treaty of amritsar
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-Major Broadfoot- was sent to Punjab region to divide Sikh and hindu and make sikh cross the region beyond Sutlej which was declared British Area- this lead to declare a war
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who amoung the following governor general covenanted civil services in indiA
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- Robert Clive
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who introduced modern civil services in india?
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- Lord Cornwallis
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The Holkars one of the regional dynasties was founded by
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-Malhar Rao- HQ at Indore
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By treaty of Deogaon, Orrisa was surrendered to the British by
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- Raghuji Bhosle II
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the gaikwar dynasty was founded by
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Damaji I (in gujarat HQ: Baroda)
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who introduced dual government in bengal?
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Robert Clive- after introducing diwani of Bengal he introduced dual government wherein revenue was collected by east india company but the city was ruled by empire
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The governor general of bengal was made the governor general of India through the regulating act of 1773
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False- The governor general of bengal was made the governor general of india through the chater act of 1833
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The chater act of 1833 declared that no indian shall hold any government position under the company
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-false- under the act of 1833, Indians were allowed to hold government position in the company.
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which act made governor of bengal governor of other two presidency as well
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-act of 1773- it made the governor general of bengal gvernor general of madras and bombay
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swami dayanand saraswati's parental name was
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Mula Shankara- he was founder of arya samaj
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which governor general abolished sati?
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- Lord william bentnick abolished Sati
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after the premature death of raja ram mohan roy, the bramho movement was given a new life by
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debendra tagore
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MAhadev govind ranade was a member of Bramho samaj (T/F)
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- False ( he was a member of Prathna samaj)
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Henry Louis Vivian Derozio founded the
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young bengal movement
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founder of Bramho Samaj
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Raja ram mohan roy
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founder of prathna samaj
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mahadev govind ranade
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founder of arya samaj
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swami dayanad saraswati
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who founded satyashodhak samaj
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jyotibha phule
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deccan education society was formed by
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swami dayanand saraswati
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who founded servants of india society
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gopal krishna gokhale member of arya samaj
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his campaign for the upliftment of the weak aquired the charecter of anti brahmin movement. He is
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Jyotibha Phule
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the famous fergusson clg of Pune was formed under
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Deccan educational society
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the central hindu clg of varanasi was formed in 1989 by
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Annie beasant
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the first HQ of arya samaj was in
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Bombay
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shudhi movement was started by
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swami dayanad saraswati to convert non hindus to hindus
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