Rise of New States Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

Question 1. Who founded Hyderabad during the reign of Muhammad Shah ‘Rangila’?

(a) Nizam-ul-Mulk, (Asaf Jah I)
(b) Hasan Gangu
(c) Mir Jumla
(d) Quli Qutub Shah

Answer : a

Question 2. Hyderabad state was established in

(a) 1723
(b) 1724
(c) 1725
(d) 1726

Answer : b

Question 3. Who was the first Nawab Wazir of Awadh in the 18th century? [CDS 2018]

(a) Nawab Safdar Jang
(b) Nawab Saadat Ali Khan
(c) Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula
(d) Nawab Saadat khan

Answer : d

Question 4. Who founded the independent state of Awadh? [SSC 2008]

(a) Saadat Khan
(b) Yusuf Adil Shah
(c) Nizam-ul-Mulk
(d) Alivardi Khan

Answer : a

Question 5. Which state was known as ‘Buffer State’ during the British reign?

(a) Awadh
(b) Bengal
(c) Mysore
(d) Punjab

Answer : a

Question 6. Who was the second Nawab of Awadh?

(a) Shuja-ud-Daula
(b) Safdar Jang
(c) Asaf-ud-Daula
(d) Asaf Shah

Answer : b

Question 7. Which city was developed as fullfledged capital city by Nawab of Awadh Shuja-ud-Daula?

(a) Lucknow
(b) Kannauj
(c) Faizabad
(d) Prayag

Answer : c

Question 8. The Nawab of Awadh who permanently transferred his capital from Faizabad to Lucknow was

(a) Safdar Jang
(b) Shuja-ud-Daula
(c) Asaf-ud-Daula
(d) Saadat Khan

Answer : c

Question 9. Bara Imambara was built in 1784 in Lucknow by

(a) Wazir Ali
(b) Asaf-ud-Daula
(c) Shuja-ud-Daula
(d) Safdar Jang

Answer : b

Question 10. Who was Birjis Qadr? [WBCS 2020]

(a) The Nizam of Hyderabad
(b) The Nawab of Awadh
(c) The Mughal Emperor
(d) The Nawab of Bengal

Answer : b

Question 11. Who gifted the Badshah Nama to King George in 1799? [NDA 2018]

(a) Abul Fazl
(b) Abdul Hamid Lahori
(c) Nawab of Awadh
(d) William Jones

Answer : c

Question 12. Which of the following statement regarding the second Treaty of Allahabad (16th August, 1765) is not correct?

(a) This treaty was signed between Clive and Nawab Shuja-ud- Daula.
(b) Awadh, except the districts of Kara and Allahabad was to be restored to the Nawab.
(c) The Nawab was to maintain a British contingent at his own expense in Awadh.
(d)  53 Lakh was to be paid to company as war indemnity.

Answer : d

Question 13. Who founded Karnataka as an independent state in 1720?

(a) Yusuf Adil Shah
(b) Asaf Shah
(c) Hussain Shah
(d) Sadatullah Khan

Answer : d

Question 14. St Thome War is related to

(a) Anglo-Sikh War
(b) Anglo-Mysore War
(c) Anglo-Maratha War
(d) Carnatic War

Answer : d

Question 15. Between whom carnatic wars were fought? [WBCS 2019]

(a) French East India Corporation and English East India Corporation.
(b) French East India Corporation and Dutch East India Corporation.
(c) Dutch East India Corporation and the Portuguese.
(d) English East India Corporation and the Dutch.

Answer : a

Question 16. Assertion (A) The French were defeated by the British in the Third Carnatic War.
Reason (R) The Indian rulers did not support the French.

Codes

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true

Answer : c

Question 17. Who was appointed Deputy Diwan of Murshidabad by Robert Clive after the Allahabad Treaty? [BPSC 2001]

(a) Mohammad Raza Khan
(b) Shitab Raj
(c) Rai Durlabh
(d) Ghulam Hussain

Answer : a

Question 18. Who established powerful kingdom of Bharatpur in 1720?

(a) Churaman
(b) Surajmal
(c) Gokul
(d) Badan Singh

Answer : a

Question 19. Which Jat leader got the title of ‘Raja’ from Ahmed Shah Abdali?

(a) Badan Singh
(b) Rajarama
(c) Surajmal
(d) Deep Singh

Answer : a

Question 20. Which of the following is remembered as ‘the plato of Jat tribe’ and as ‘Jat ulysses’?

(a) Badan Singh
(b) Gokul Jat
(c) Surajmal
(d) Durga Singh

Answer : c

Question 21. At which of the following places did Haider Ali built a modern Arsenal with the help of French in 1755?

(a) Mysore
(b) Dindigul
(c) Srirangapatna
(d) Arcot

Answer : c

Question 22. Who was the first South Indian ruler to defeat British armies? [BPSC 2003]

(a) Tipu Sultan
(b) Haider Ali
(c) Nizam of Hyderabad
(d) None of the above

Answer : b

Question 23. Tipu Sultan was the ruler of which state?

(a) Magadh
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Bangalore
(d) Mysore

Answer : d

Question 24. At which place did Tipu Sultan establish his capital? [BPSC 1992]

(a) Mysore
(b) Bangalore
(c) Srirangapatna
(d) Coimbatore

Answer : c

Question 25. Who considered Tipu’s Mysore as “the most simple and despotic monarchy in the world”?

(a) Charles Napier
(b) Thomas Best
(c) Lord Cornwallis
(d) Thomas Munro

Answer : d

Question 26. Who among the following Indian rulers established embassies in foreign countries on Modern lines? [UPPSC (Pre) 2011, IAS (Pre) 2001]

(a) Mir Qasim
(b) Akbar II
(c) Tipu Sultan
(d) Haider Ali

Answer : c

Question 27. Who planted the ‘Tree of Liberty’ at Srirangapatnam? [WBCS 2020]

(a) Haider Ali
(b) Tipu Sultan
(c) Chin Qulich Khan
(d) Murshid Quli Khan

Answer : b

Question 28. Consider the following statements about the Tipu Sultan.

I. He encouraged sericulture.
II. He introduced new system of coinage, measures and calenders.
III. He was pioneer in the use of rocket artillery.
IV. He organised standing disciplined army.

Which of the following codes are correct.

(a) I, II, III
(b) II, III, IV
(c) I, III, IV
(d) All of these

Answer : d

Question 29. Consider the following statements.

I. Tipu had planted the tree of Liberty in Srirangapatinam and founded the Jacobian Club.
II. Fathul Mujahidin is the military manual that was written by Zainul Abedin at the instruction of Tipu Sultan.

Which of the following statement is/are correct?

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) None of these

Answer : c

Question 30. First Anglo-Mysore War was fought between English and

(a) Maratha
(b) Nizam of Hyderabad
(c) Haider Ali
(d) Tipu Sultan

Answer : c

Question 31. What was the main reason of first Anglo-Mysore War?

(a) To usurp the Nawab of Carnatic.
(b) To establish the British Supremacy.
(c) Border dispute of Mysore state.
(d) Treaty of Madras.

Answer : c

Question 32. Name the British General who had defeated the Haider Ali in the Battle of Porto Novo during the second AngloMysore War? [JKPSC (Pre) 2003]

(a) Sir Hector Munro
(b) Robert Clive
(c) General Goddard
(d) Sir Eyre Coote

Answer : d

Question 33. At which place did Tipu Sultan defeat the British in 1780? [UPPSC (Mains) 2009]

(a) Pollilur
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Nizamabad
(d) Dindigul

Answer : a

Question 34. By which Treaty Tipu surrendered Baramahal, Dindigul and Malabar to the British?

(a) Treaty of Madras
(b) Treaty of Mangalore
(c) Treaty of Srirangapatna
(d) Treaty of Lahore

Answer : c

Question 35. Treaty of Srirangapatinam was signed between [BPSC 1997]

(a) English and Tipu Sultan
(b) English and Haider Ali
(c) English and Nanraj
(d) English and Duplex

Answer : b

Question 36. Tipu Sultan was killed in Fourth Anglo-Mysore war in [MPPSC 2000]

(a) 1857 CE
(b) 1799 CE
(c) 1797 CE
(d) 1769 CE

Answer : b

Question 37. Which of the following is correctly matched? [UPPSC (Mains) 2014]

(a) First Anglo Mysore War – Haider Ali was defeated
(b) Second Anglo Mysore War – Haider Ali defeated the British
(c) Third Anglo-Mysore War – Tipu Sultan defeated the British and did not cede his dominions
(d) Fourth Anglo-Mysore War – Tipu Sultan was defeated and killed during the war

Answer : d

Question 38. Who was appointed Deputy Diwan of Murshidabad by Robert Clive after the Allahabad Treaty? [BPSC 2001]

(a) Mohammad Raza Khan
(b) Shitab Raj
(c) Rai Durlabh
(d) Ghulam Hussain

Answer : a

Question 39. Who founded Sikhism?

(a) Guru Nanak
(b) Guru Angad
(c) Guru Amar Das
(d) Guru Govind Singh

Answer : a

Question 40. Which of the following is the birth place of Guru Nanak? [SSC 2006]

(a) Amritsar
(b) Talwandi
(c) Gurdaspur
(d) Lahore

Answer : b

Question 41. Who was the successor of Guru Nanak?

(a) Guru Angad (Lahna) [SSC 2014]
(b) Guru Ram Das
(c) Guru Arjun
(d) Guru Hargovind

Answer : a

Question 42. Which of the following script was introduced by the second Sikh Guru, Guru Angad?

(a) Brahmi Script
(b) Devnagari Script
(c) Kharosthi Script
(d) Gurumukhi Script

Answer : d

Question 43. Guru Amar Das was the contemporary of which Mughal ruler?

(a) Akbar
(b) Jehangir
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangzeb

Answer : a

Question 44. Who founded the city, Amritsar?

(a) Guru Nanak
(b) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(c) Guru Govind Singh
(d) Guru Ram Das

Answer : d

Question 45. Which of the following book was completed by Guru Arjun Dev, the fifth Sikh Guru?

(a) Adi Granth
(b) Dasham Granth
(c) Beejak
(d) Vichitra Natak

Answer : a

Question 46. Who was the first of the two Gurus martyred in the Sikh faith?

(a) Guru Nanak Dev
(b) Guru Ram Das
(c) Guru Hargovind
(d) Guru Arjun Dev

Answer : d

Question 47. Which of the following Guru considered himself as the “Sacha Badshah”?

(a) Guru Arjun Dev
(b) Guru Hargovind Singh
(c) Guru Ramdass
(d) Guru Amardas

Answer : b

Question 48. Which of the following Sikh Guru has built the ‘Akal Takht’?

(a) Guru Amardas
(b) Guru Ramdas
(c) Guru Hargovind Singh
(d) Guru Arjun Dev

Answer : c

Question 49. Consider the following statements about Guru Hargovind Singh.

I. He was the seventh of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion.
II. He became the Guru at the young age of eleven.
III. He was the son of Guru Arjun dev.

Choose the correct code.

(a) I and II
(b) II and III
(c) I and III
(d) I, II and III

Answer : b

Question 50. Which Sikh Guru was publicly killed by Aurangzeb in 1675 for not embracing Islam? [UPPSC 2001]

(a) Guru Arjun Dev
(b) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(c) Guru Hargovind
(d) Guru Harkishan

Answer : b

Question 51. At which place the tenth and the last Guru of Sikh, Guru Govind Singh was born in 1666?

(a) Amritsar
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Gurdaspur
(d) Patna

Answer : d

Question 52. In which year did Guru Govind Singh found ‘Khalsa’? [SSC 2011, UPPCS 2002]

(a) 1599 CE
(b) 1699 CE
(c) 1707 CE
(d) 1789 CE

Answer : b

Question 53. Which of the following book/books was written by Guru Govind Singh?

I. Bachittar Natak (Autobiography)
II. Chandi di Vaar
III. Dasbodh
IV. Zafarnamah

Codes

(a) I, II and III
(b) I, II and IV
(c) I, III and IV
(d) II, III and IV

Answer : b

Question 54. Which of the following established the first Sikh state after the death of Guru Govind Singh?

(a) Banda Singh Bahadur
(b) Ranjit Singh
(c) Fateh Singh
(d) Duleep Singh

Answer : a

Question 55. Which of the following is not the Sikh Misl?

(a) Ahluwalia
(b) Sukerchakia
(c) Kanheya
(d) Dungarpuria

Answer : d

Question 56. Ranjit Singh was related to which Misl? [UPPSC (Pre) 1997]

(a) Sukerchakia
(b) Singhpuria
(c) Ahluwalia
(d) Ramgarhia

Answer : a

Question 57. Who has conferred the title of ‘Raja’ to Ranjit Singh? [SSC 2018]

(a) Diwan Shah
(b) King of Kashmir
(c) Nadir Shah
(d) Zaman Shah

Answer : d

Question 58. Maharaja Ranjit Singh made his political and religious capital to [UKPSC 2006, UPPSC (Pre) 1995]

(a) Amritsar, Keeratpur
(b) Patiala, Multan
(c) Lahore, Amritsar
(d) Kapurthala, Lahore

Answer : c

Question 59. Which of the following was included in the Maharaja Ranjit Singh empire? [UPPSC (Mains) 2004]

(a) Delhi
(b) Kabul
(c) Makrana
(d) Srinagar

Answer : d

Question 60. Who gave world famous ‘Kohinoor’ diamond to Ranjit Singh? [BPSC (Pre) 1996]

(a) Zaman Shah
(b) Dost Mohammad
(c) Sher Ali
(d) Shah Shuja

Answer : d

Question 61. Which Governor General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar? [SSC 2007]

(a) Minto-I
(b) William Bentick
(c) William Hastings
(d) Lord Auckland

Answer : b

Question 62. Who was the successor of Maharaja Ranjit Singh? [JPSC (Pre) 2003]

(a) Hair Singh Nalwa
(b) Kharak Singh
(c) Naunihal Singh
(d) Sher Singh

Answer : b

Question 63. Who was the last ruler of Sikh empire?

(a) Kharag Singh
(b) Sher Singh
(c) Hari Singh
(d) Duleep Singh

Answer : d

Question 64. Which of the following statement about the last ruler of Punjab is correct? [UPPSC (Mains) 2013]

(a) He died in Paris on 23rd October, 1893.
(b) He last ritual was performed in Nasik.
(c) He never apostated the Sikh religion.
(d) He never went to Russia.

Answer : a

Question 65. Who was the Governor General of India during first Anglo-Sikh war (1845-46)?

(a) Lord Hardinge
(b) Lord Ellenborough
(c) Lord Auckland
(d) Lord William Bentinck

Answer : a

Question 66. Treaty of Lahore (1846) was signed between

(a) Sikh-British
(b) Mysore-British
(c) Karnataka-Mysore
(d) Jat-British

Answer : a

Question 67. Who led the Gujarat victory during the second Anglo-Sikh war?

(a) Charles William
(b) Charles Napier
(c) General Gough
(d) General Martin

Answer : b

Question 68. After which war the Kohinoor diamond was studded in the British crown?

(a) First Anglo Sikh War
(b) Second Anglo Sikh War
(c) Gujarat War
(d) Ramnagar War

Answer : c

Question 69. Arrange the following battle between the British and Sikhs in correct chronological order

(a) Battle of Ramnagar, Battle of Chillianwala, Battle of Gujarat, Annexation of Punjab.
(b) Battle of Chillianwala, Battle of Gujarat, Battle of Ramnagar, Annexation of Punjab.
(c) Battle of Gujarat, Battle of Chillianwala, Battle of Ramnagar, Annexation of Punjab.
(d) Annexation of Punjab, Battle of Gujarat, Battle of Chillianwala, Battle of Ramnagar.

Answer : a

Question 70. Which of the following is not correct? Sikh War General

(a) First Anglo-Sikh War – Clive
(b) Second Anglo-Sikh War – Warren Hastings
(c) Third Anglo-Sikh War – Lord Cornwallis
(d) Forth Anglo-Sikh War – Lord Wellesley

Answer : a

Question 71. Consider the following statements.

I. Second Anglo-Sikh (1848-49) war was fought during the reign of Lord Dalhousie.
II. Battle of Chillianwala (1849) was fought during second Anglo-Sikh war.

Which of the above mentioned statement/s is/are correct?

(a) Only I
(b) Both I and II
(c) Only II
(d) Neither I nor II

Answer : b

Question 72. Which of the following was the last Subedar (Governor) of Bengal to be appointed by Mughal Emperor? [UPPSC 2013]

(a) Sarfaraj Khan
(b) Murshid Quli Khan
(c) Alivardi Khan
(d) Shuja-ud-Daula

Answer : b

Question 73. Murshid Quli Khan is the founder of which of the following state?

(a) Awadh
(b) Punjab
(c) Mysore
(d) Bengal

Answer : d

Question 74. Which of the following Nawab of Bengal agreed to pay ‘Chauth’ to Marathas?

(a) Alivardi Khan
(b) Sarfaraz
(c) Shujauddin
(d) Siraj-ud-Daulah

Answer : a

Question 75. Murshid Quli Khan, Alivardi Khan and Siraj-ud-Daulah were the Nawabs of

(a) Varanasi
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Bengal
(d) Bihar

Answer : c

Question 76. When was the Battle of Plassey fought? [SSC CGL 2015]

(a) 1761 CE
(b) 1757 CE
(c) 1785 CE
(d) 1760 CE

Answer : b

Question 77. Where is the Battlefield of Plassey situated? [UKPSC 2015]

(a) Bihar
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Bengal
(d) Rajasthan

Answer : c

Question 78. Battle of Plassey was fought between

(a) Mir Jafar and Robert Clive. [SSC 2015]
(b) Mir Qasim and Robert Clive.
(c) Siraj-ud-Daulah and Robert Clive.
(d) None of the above

Answer : c

Question 79. Who betrayed Nawab Siraj-ud- Daulah in the Battle of Plassey in 1757?

(a) Haider Ali [SSC 2014]
(b) Mir Qasim
(c) Mir Jafar
(d) Nawab of Awadh

Answer : c

Question 80. The work Siyar-Ul-Mutakherin which describes the Battle of Plassey, 1757 was written by [CDS 2020]

(a) Salabat Jung
(b) Qasim Khan
(c) Ghulam Husain
(d) Ram Mohan Roy

Answer : c

Question 81. Who signed the treaty of Alinagar with the British? [SSC CGL 2019]

(a) Mir Jafar
(b) Siraj-ud-Daulah
(c) Mir Qasim
(d) Alivardi Khan

Answer : b

Question 82. British continued the post of Nawab of Bengal even after Battle of Plassey, because

(a) they used to think that this system is still in their interest.
(b) they were agreed with the logic of Mir Jafar.
(c) they were scared of Mughal Emperor.
(d) None of the above

Answer : a

Question 83. Consider the following statements.

I. Battle of Buxar paved the way for the establishment of British rule in India.
II. Treaty of Allahabad which was held in 1765, helped the British in establishing British rule in Bengal.

Which of the above mentioned statement/s is/are correct ?

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Answer : c

Question 84. The Battle of Buxar was fought in [WBCS 2019]

(a) 1762
(b) 1764
(c) 1768
(d) 1772

Answer : b

Question 85. Which of the following was the most decisive battle which resulted in establishing the British rule in India? [UPPSC 2003]

(a) Battle of Plassey
(b) Battle of Buxar
(c) Battle of Wandiwash
(d) Third Battle of Panipat

Answer : b

Question 86. Who was the ruler of Delhi during the Battle of Buxar?

(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Shah Alam II
(c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(d) Shah Alam I

Answer : b

Question 87. Who was the Nawab of Bengal at the time of Battle of Buxar (1764)? [WBCS 2018]

(a) Mir Qasim
(b) Mir Jafar
(c) Nizam-ud-Daula
(d) Shuja-ud-Daula

Answer : a

Question 88. Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, granted Diwani rights of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to East India Company under the first Treaty of Allahabad on [BPSC 2008]

(a) 18th August, 1765
(b) 12th August, 1765
(c) 29th August, 1765
(d) 21st August, 1765

Answer : b

Question 89. Which of the following statement regarding Treaty of Allahabad is not correct? [Astt. Comm. 2017]

(a) It was signed in 1765.
(b) Mughal Emperor formally granted the East India Company, Diwani rights of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa by issuing a ‘Farman’.
(c) After paying war indemnity of ` 50 Lakh Awadh was returned to its Nawab.
(d) Varanasi and its surrounding areas were separated from Awadh and given to Shah Alam II.

Answer : d

Explore More MCQs Below

Ancient History

Medieval History

Modern History

Geography

World Geography

Indian Geography

Environment and Ecology

Indian Polity

Indian Economy

Science and Technology

Miscellaneous