✓ Explanation: Explanation: Maharaja Ranjit Singh united the Sikh misls and established a powerful Sikh kingdom in Punjab, with Lahore as its capital.
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Question 2 / 15 MediumNational
The Battle of Aliwal was fought in:
✓ Explanation: Explanation: The Battle of Aliwal took place on 28 January 1846. British forces under Sir Harry Smith defeated the Sikh army.
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Question 3 / 15 MediumNational
Which battle was fought on 21 December 1845?
✓ Explanation: Explanation: The Battle of Ferozeshah began on 21 December 1845 and continued into the following day. It was one of the fiercest battles of the First Anglo-Sikh War.
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Question 4 / 15 MediumNational
Which river became an important boundary between Ranjit Singh's territories and British influence after the Treaty of Amritsar?
✓ Explanation: Explanation: The Sutlej became the effective boundary between Ranjit Singh's kingdom and the British-controlled Cis-Sutlej territories.
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Question 5 / 15 MediumNational
Which territory was transferred to the British under the Treaty of Lahore?
✓ Explanation: Explanation: Under the settlement of 1846, the Sikh state ceded territories including Kashmir, which was subsequently transferred by the British to Gulab Singh under a separate arrangement.
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Question 6 / 15 MediumNational
Consider statements: 1. Dutch defeated Portuguese and captured Nagapattinam 2. English defeated Dutch at Battle of Bedara 1759 3. French failed due to Battle of Wandiwash. Correct?
✓ Explanation: Explanation: All correct. Dutch captured Nagapattinam from Portuguese in 1658. Battle of Bedara (Chinsura) 1759 - English under Forde defeated Dutch - ended Dutch power in Bengal. Wandiwash 1760 ended French.
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Question 7 / 15 MediumNational
First Carnatic War (1746-48) was extension of which European war?
✓ Explanation: Explanation: I Carnatic War was extension of Austrian Succession War (1740-48) - English vs French in India as England vs France in Europe. Ended by Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle 1748, Madras returned to English.
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Question 8 / 15 MediumNational
Who was appointed British Resident at Lahore after the First Anglo-Sikh War?
✓ Explanation: Explanation: Henry Lawrence became the first British Resident at Lahore and exercised considerable influence over the Sikh government.
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Question 9 / 15 MediumNational
The 'Cartaz' system used by Portuguese refers to:
✓ Explanation: Explanation: Cartaz was a naval pass - compulsory license to sail in Indian Ocean. Without it, ships were seized. It was first maritime extortion system, later copied by Dutch and English.
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Question 10 / 15 MediumNational
Which of the following was NOT introduced by Portuguese in India?
✓ Explanation: Explanation: Portuguese introduced printing press (1556 Goa), tobacco, potato, cashew, pineapple. Indigo cultivation was promoted by British for export. Gotis system was Portuguese form of bonded labour in Goa.
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Question 11 / 15 MediumNational
Which statement about Dutch in India is correct?
✓ Explanation: Explanation: Dutch focus was Spice Islands (Indonesia). They used India to get textiles to barter for spices. They were traders, not empire builders in India, which is why they left easily in 1825 Anglo-Dutch treaty.
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Question 12 / 15 MediumNational
Which battle effectively ended the First Anglo-Sikh War?
✓ Explanation: Explanation: The Treaty of Lahore (1846) was signed after the Sikh defeat and imposed significant political and territorial concessions on the Sikh Empire.
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Question 13 / 15 MediumNational
Battle of Colachel (1741) is significant because:
✓ Explanation: Explanation: Colachel - Travancore army defeated Dutch East India Company. Commander De Lannoy captured, later helped build Travancore army. First major Asian victory over European power. UPSC favorite.
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Question 14 / 15 MediumNational
Sir Thomas Roe visited the court of Jahangir as ambassador of:
✓ Explanation: Explanation: Roe came 1615 as ambassador of James I to Jahangir. Hawkins came 1608 as representative of EIC with letter from James I too. Elizabeth I gave charter in 1600 but died 1603.
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Question 15 / 15 MediumNational
Consider: 1. François Martin founded Pondicherry in 1674 2. First French factory in India was at Surat 1668. 3. French HQ was Pondicherry. Correct?
✓ Explanation: Explanation: All correct. Surat 1668 first, but Pondicherry 1674 became main. Martin was founder of Pondicherry.