MODERN INDIAN HISTORY

 1) Who wrote the book , ' A History of British India'?

Ans: James Mill.

2) When did Vasco da Gama first come to India?

Ans: In 1498.

3)In which year did the British established their first factory?

Ans: In 1651.

4) Who granted a farman to trade in India to the British for duty free?

Ans: Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.

5) When did the Battle of Plassey take place?

Ans: In 1757.

6) When did Alivardi Khan die?

Ans: In 1756.

7) When did Mir Jafar die?

Ans: In 1765.

8) Who said " we must indeed become nawabs ourselves"?

Ans: Robert Clive.

9) Who was the tiger of Mysore?

Ans: Tipu Sultan.

10) Who introduced the doctrine of lapse?

Ans: Lord Dalhousie.

11) When did the third Battle of Panipat take place?

Ans: In 1761.

12) When did the first Anglo- Maratha war take place?

Ans: In 1782.

13) When did the second Anglo-Maratha war take place?

Ans: 1803 - 1805.

14) When did the third Anglo-Maratha war take place?

Ans: 1817 - 19.

15) When did the company introduced the permanent settlement for the improving of agriculture?

Ans: In 1793.