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Advent of Europeans & Company Rule — UPSC Prelims Modern History previous year questions — page 3
87 solved previous year questions on Advent of Europeans & Company Rule, papers from 1994 to 2023, drawn from UPPCS, UPSC CSE Prelims, State PCS. Each carries the printed answer key and the explanation from the source compilation.
- #81Practice setThe British East India Company administration passed several for social reforms in India. Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding this? 1. The Lex Loci Act of 1850 provided for the right to inherit ancestral by the Hindu converts to Christianity. 2. The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 abolished slavery in parts of the British Empire including India. 3. The Regulation VI of 1802 was enacted to ban the practice of untouchability.Select the correct answer from the options given below
- A1 only
- B2 and 3 only
- C1 and 3 only
- D1, 2 and 3
Answer: (A) 1 onlyExplanation
Option a is the correct 1 is correct. The Lex Loci Act of 1850 provided right to inherit ancestral property by Hindu 2 is incorrect. The Slavery Abolition Act by the British Parliament, abolished slavery in the British Empire with the exception of "the the Possession of the East India Company", Sri Lanka) and Saint Helena. The Indian Slavery outlawed many economic transactions associated 3 is incorrect. The Regulation VI of 1802 to ban the practice of female infanticide in Bengal
- #82Practice setWhich of the following statements regarding the Subsidiar liance system is/are correct? - 1. The Nizam of Hyderabad was the first to enter into Subsidiary 2. Subsidiary Alliance System was a strategic measure to counter the threat of Napoleonic invasion. 3. Under this agreement the Indian rulers were not to. have their independent armed forces. 76.Select the correct option using the code given below
- A1 and 2 only
- B2 and 3 only
- C1 and 3 only
- D1, 2 and 3
Answer: (D) 1, 2 and 3Explanation
Option d is the correct 1 is correct: The Nizam of Hyderabad was to enter into a Subsidiary Alliance System, in 2 is correct: Apart from getting and strategic use of fighting the French threat invasion, this system was a source of the Company. The Company demanded a fixed sum as maintenance of its modern and trained the native Prince against other native if the prince failed to pay, he had to cede a portion yielding revenue equivalent to the sum helped greatly in improving the financial condition Company and in increasing territories under British 3 is correct: According to the terms of Indian rulers were not allowed to have armed forces. They were to be protected by but had to pay for the "subsidiary forces" that was supposed to maintain for the purpose of If the Indian rulers failed to make the part of their territory was taken away as penalty
- #83Practice setWith reference to the Government of India Act, 1858, consider the following statements: 1. The act abolished the East India Company. 2. It abolished the Board of Control and Court of Directors. 3. It established a Council of India to assist the Secretary of State for India.How many of the statements given above are correct?
- AOnly one
- BOnly two EIII Practicebo
- CAll three
- DNone
Answer: (C) All threeExplanation
Option c is. the correct 1 is correct. The Government of India Act, the East India Company, and transferred of Government, territories and revenues to 2 is correct. It ended the system of by abolishing the Board of Control and 3 is correct. It established a 15,member India to assist the Secretary of State for India. was an advisory body. The secretary of state chairman of the council
- #84Practice setWith reference to British period in India, consider the following statements: 1. The British government followed a policy of non-interference social and cultural life till 1813. 2. The Conservatives school of thought administrators were sharply critical of Indian society. 3. The Radical school of thought administrators respected the Indian civilization.How many of the statements given above are correct?
- AOnly one
- BOnly two
- CAll three
- DNone
Answer: (A) Only oneExplanation
Option a is the correct administrators belonged tp different schools in. rest to adoption of policy towards social life of 1 is correct: The British authorities followed of non-interference in the religious, social, life of the country till 1813. But after 1813 active steps to transform Indian society and followed the rise of new ideas in Britain during the due to Industrial revolution, Intellectual French 2 is incorrect: The Paternalistic influential especially after 1800. They were of Indian society and culture and used to and political enslavement of 3 is incorrect: The Conservatives school advocated introduction of as few changes as of these thinkers respected Indian philosophy They thought that Indian civilization was the European one but not necessarily inferior to representatives of this school were Warren Burke, Munro, Metcalfe and Radicals went beyond the narrow criticism outloo
- #85Practice setIn the context of Subsidiary Alliance, consider the following statements: 1. It was first used in India by Lord Hastings. 2. Indian rulers agreed to permanent stationing of British force in their territory. 3. One of the objectives was to curb the Napoleon's expedition. 4. Hyderabad was one of the first state to accept the subsidiary alliance system.How many of the above given statements are correct? Practicebo
- AOnly one
- BOnly two
- COnly three
- DAll four
Answer: (C) Only threeExplanation
Option c is the correct 1 is incorrect. The policy of was actually used for the first time by the Marquis Dupleix (and not Wellesley (1798-1805) arrived in India determined Indian rulers and establish an empire in India. to attain his objectives, he abandoned the policy and gave new meaning and force to policy of a Subsidiary 2 is correct. Under this alliance, a friendly enjoyed British protection and got the support troops against his enemies, external and internal. prince agreed for permanent stationing of within his territory and to provide 'subsidy' for of the Company's 3 is correct. One of the objectives strengthening of the subsidiary was indeed to keep the French from reviving their influence in India. Around this time, of Napoleon's expedition towards the East was for the British who felt that the French could attack coast of India from their colony of Mauritius. of this system,
- #86Practice set"He started off at a high post in his country's trading Company in Pondicherry and went on to become the Governor of Chandernagore and later the Director General of his country's colonies in India in 1741. He was conferred with the title of Nawab by the Mughal Emperor. He was often at odds with the government in his home country. However, he was a skillful diplomat and administrator who started the trend of interfering in the politics of Indian princes with a view to gain monopoly and trading benefits:' Which person of 18th century Indian political landscape is being described above?
- ARobert Clive
- BAlfonso de Albuquerque
- CJoseph Francis Dupleix
- DCount de Lally lllr
Answer: (C) Joseph Francis DupleixExplanation
Option c is the correct was an officer in the French East India began his career stationed at a high post in went on to become the Governor of French Chandernagore in 1730. In 1741, till 1754, he was Director General of all French colonies in India. He was presented with the honorary title of Nawab by both Emperor and Muzzafar Jang, Subahdar of increased French trade while at Chandernagore and to participate in the Carnatic Wars in the larger Anglo-French rivalry for trade monopoly and India. He was very successful in the first Carnatic first half of the second Carnatic War raised his his enterprising and insubordinate him in conflict with the Home government recalled Important Tips Clive was an officer of the English East India Company. He won the Battle of Plassey against the Nawab Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daula and added the fertile and prosperous territory of Bengal to the fledgling British
- #87Practice set"He possessed qualities of an effective administrator and a diplomat. He was conferred the title of 'Nawab' by a Mughal emperor. He was the first European to interfere in the internal politics of the Indian rulers and paved the path of European conquest of India. He used the Nawab of Carnatic to forbid the English from waging war in his territories. He is considered the originator of the practice of subsidiary alliance in India!' 83. The above paragraph best describeswhich of the following personalities?
- ALord Wellesley
- BWarren Hastings
- CJoseph Dupleix
- DRobert Clive
Answer: (C) Joseph DupleixExplanation
Option c is the correct Francis Dupleix, born in 1697, was the son of Farmer-General of Taxes and the Company of the Indies. He possessed qualities administrator, a diplomat, and a leader besides insight with a broad 1730, Dupleix won his case, and was appointed as 1741, he was appointed as the Director-General colonies in India. Later, he was conferred the title by the Mughal emperor and the subahdar of enhanced the defences of Pondicherry and made it of commerce in south effective diplomacy of Dupleix can be seen from of the first two Carnatic wars. He used the Carnatic to forbid the English from waging war in so that the French settlements at be protected till the French forces acquired was the first European to interfere in the of the Indian rulers. He supported Muzzaffar Hyderabad and Chanda Sahib for Carnatic and emerged successful and, in return, gave to was, in fact, the originat