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Reg. No St. Joseph’s College of Arts & Science Autonomous) St. Joseph’s College Road, Cuddalore – 607001 HI306-HISTORY OF INDIA 1707A.D TO 1857 A.D

Time: 3 hrs

Max Marks: 75 SECTION-A (15X1=15) Answer ALL the questions: Choose the correct Answer:

1. Which of the following was a Danish Settlement? a)Masulipatam b) Serampore c) Armegaon d) Pulicat 2. Chander Nagore was a settlement of a)Portuguese b) Dutch c) English d) French 3. Name the Moghal Padshah who participated in the Battle of Buxar a)Shah Alam II b) Akbar II c) Bahadur Shah II d) Alamgir II 4. Who was the first Governor General of British India a)Robert Clive b) Lord Cornwallis c) Warren Hastings d) Lord Wellesley 5. Who first Native ruler to sign Subsidiary Alliance System a)Maratta Peshwa b) Raja of Travancore c) Wodieyar of Mysore d) Nizam Hyderabad 6. Who was Law Member of William Bentick’s Executive Council a) James Grant b) Thomas Macauly c) Edmund Burke d) Gilbert Elliot 7. Pegu was annexed to the British Empire in a) 1850 b) 1851 c) 1852 d) 1853 8. Who was the regent of Maharaja Duleep Singh of Punjab a) Rani Jindan b) Kharg Singh c) Lal Singh d) Gulab Singh

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9. Mahava Rao Scindia accepted Subsidiary Alliance by the treaty of a)Bassein b) Deogaon c) Rajpur Ghat d) Suraj Arjangaon 10. Supreme Court was created at Calcutta as per a) Regulating Act of 1773 b) Charter Act of 1813 c) Charter Act of 1833 d) Charter Act of 1853 11. Board of Control consisting of six members was constituted by a) Pitt’s India Act of 1784 b) Charter Act of 1813 c) Charter Act of 1833

d) Charter Act of 1853

12. Direct Recruitment to ICS through a competitive Examination was introduced by a) Regulating Act of 1773 b) Charter Act of 1813 c) Charter Act of 1833

d) Charter Act of 1853

13. Who first opined the 1857 Revolt as First War of Indian Independence a) R.C. Majumdar b) V.D. Savarkar c) John Lawrence

d) S.N. Sen

14. Who of the following female led the 1857 Revolt in Luknow a) Begam Zeenat Mahal

b) Begum Hasrat Mahal

c) Lakshmi Bai

d) Julkari Bai

15. The real name of Tantia Tope was a) Ramachandra Pandurang b) Atmaram Pandurang c) Dhondu Pant

d) Kunwar Singh

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SECTION – B (6X5=30) Answer any SIX of the Following: 16. Write a brief account on the Danish settlements in india 17. Critically analyse the ‘Black Hole Tragedy’ 18. Examine the reforms of Lord William Bentick 19. Elucidate the First Afghan war 20. Explain the provisions of Pitt’s India Act 21. Briefly describe the Rohilla war 22. Give brief account of the role of Lakshmi Bai in 1857 Revolt 23. What were the results of the revolt of 1857 SECTION – C (2X15=30) Answer the Following questions: 24. a) Why were the battles of Plassey and Buxar fought? State their effects. (Or) b) State the Provisions, merits and demerits of Permanent Settlement System 25. a) Examine the Anglo- Mysore Relations (Or) b) What were the causes of the Revolt of 1857? ********

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