Which Indian ruler requested Napolean for help to drive the British from India?
(a) Rani of Jhansi
(b) Tipu Sultan
(c) Jai Singh
(d) Shiva Jee
Marathas and Coming of the Europeans MCQs
Marathas and Coming of the Europeans MCQs Portion covers all the important aspects of the subject and would be instrumental in getting good marks in all kind of Competitive Examinations in Pakistan Studies Paper.
In 1498, Vasco da Gama landed at:
(a) Mumbai
(b) Cochin
(c) Goa
(d) Calicut
Who succeeded Siraj-ud-Daula as Nawab of Bengal after the Battle of Plassey?
(a) Aliwardi Khan
(b) Mir Qasim
(c) Mir Jafar
(d) None of these
In 1757, Siraj-ud-Daula was defeated by:
(a) Canning
(b) Robert Clive
(c) Hastings
(d) Cornwallis
Surangapattam is associated with:
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Tipu Sultan
(c) Hyder Ali
(d) Ahmad Shah Abdali
Which of the following statements about Hyder Ali is incorrect?
(a) He was a great scholar.
(b) He was defeated at Posto Nova in 1781 by Hastings.
(c) He was a man of great determination.
(d) He made a coalition with Nizam and Marathas against English in second Anglo-Mysore War.
The tax collected by the Maratha was known as:
(a) Jazia
(b) Chauth
(c) Prilgrim tax
(d) Sardeshmukhi
Which of the following statements about Hyder Ali is incorrect?
(a) He was a great scholar.
(b) He was defeated at Posto Nova in 1781 by Hastings.
(c) He was a man of great determination.
(d) He made a coalition with Nizam and Marathas against English in second Anglo-Mysore War.
The final defeat of the Maratha confederacy came during the time of:
(a) Wellesley
(b) Hastings
(c) Minto
(d) Cornwallisf
Who was the ruler of an Indian state who allied himself with France?
(a) Nizam-ul-Mulk Asif Jah
(b) Tipu Sultan
(c) Saadat Khan
(d) Akbar