{"id":1855,"date":"2025-12-07T19:36:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T19:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/?p=1855"},"modified":"2025-12-07T19:36:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T19:36:29","slug":"mcqs-based-on-modern-history-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/?p=1855","title":{"rendered":"MCQs Based On Modern History- (37)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q1. Who was the British Governor-General during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Lord Hastings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Lord Cornwallis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Lord Wellesley<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Lord Dalhousie<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 3. Lord Wellesley. <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> Lord Wellesley served as Governor-General from 1798\u20131805 and was instrumental in launching the attack against Tipu Sultan in 1799.<br\/>\n<b>Fourth Anglo-Mysore War:<\/b><br\/>\n<b>Main Opponents:<\/b><br\/>\nBritish East India Company, allied with:\n\nThe Nizam of Hyderabad and\n\nThe Marathas<br\/>\n\nVS.<br\/>\n\nTipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore<br\/>\n<b>Causes:<\/b><br\/>\n<b>Tipu&#8217;s Alliance with the French:<\/b> Tipu Sultan sought military help from Napoleon and tried to restore French influence in India, which alarmed the British.<br\/>\n\n<b>British Fear of French Involvement:<\/b> The British feared a Franco-Mysore alliance, especially during the Napoleonic Wars.<br\/>\n\n<b>Refusal to Join the Subsidiary Alliance:<\/b> Tipu refused Wellesley&#8217;s offer to join the British Subsidiary Alliance system.<br\/>\n\n<b>Aggressive British Expansionism:<\/b> Lord Wellesley, the then Governor-General of India, was determined to eliminate Tipu and consolidate British power.<br\/>\n<b>Results:<\/b><br\/>\nDeath of Tipu Sultan \u2014 End of resistance from Mysore.<br\/>\n\n<b>Mysore partitioned:<\/b><br\/>\n\n-Half of Tipu\u2019s territories were annexed by the British and their ally, the Nizam of Hyderabad.<br\/>\n\n-The Wodeyar dynasty (Hindu royal family) was restored to the throne.<br\/>\n\n-Mysore became a Subsidiary Ally \u2014 effectively a British puppet state.<br\/>\n\n-Elimination of French Threat: The British eliminated French influence in South India.<br\/>\n\n-Rise of British Power: This victory cemented British supremacy in southern India.<br\/>\n<b>Significance:<\/b><br\/>\n-This war marked the end of a strong indigenous resistance in South India.<br\/>\n\n-It was a turning point in the British conquest of India, paving the way for future expansion.<br\/>\n\n-It demonstrated British military dominance and strategic diplomacy through alliances.\n\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q2. What was Tipu Sultan\u2019s attitude before his death during the Siege of Seringapatam?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">He begged for peace<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">He fled the battlefield<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">He surrendered unconditionally<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">He chose to die fighting<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 4. He chose to die fighting. <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> Tipu Sultan refused to accept humiliating peace terms and declared it was &#8220;better to die like a soldier&#8221; than live as a dependent.\n\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q3. Which war resulted in the death of Tipu Sultan?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First Anglo-Mysore War<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Second Anglo-Mysore War<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Third Anglo-Mysore War<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fourth Anglo-Mysore War<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 4. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> Tipu Sultan was killed in 1799 during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War while defending Seringapatam.\n\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q4. What happened to Mysore after Tipu Sultan&#8217;s defeat?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Annexed directly by the British<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Given to the French<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Returned to the original Hindu dynasty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Declared an independent republic<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 3. Returned to the original Hindu dynasty. <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> The British restored Mysore to the descendants of the Hindu Wodeyar dynasty, under a Subsidiary Alliance.\n\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q5. Which treaty made the Peshwa a dependent ally of the British in 1802?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Treaty of Salbai<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Treaty of Bassein<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Treaty of Seringapatam<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Treaty of Rajghat<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 2. Treaty of Bassein. <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> After being defeated by Holkar, the Peshwa signed the Treaty of Bassein with the British on 31 December 1802.<br\/>\n<b>Key Facts: Treaty of Bassein<\/b><br\/>\n<b>Date:<\/b><br\/>\n-31 December 1802<br\/>\n\n<b>Location:<\/b><br\/>\n-Bassein (now Vasai), near Mumbai<br\/>\n\n<b>Signatories:<\/b><br\/>\n-Peshwa Baji Rao II (leader of the Maratha Confederacy)<br\/>\n\n-British East India Company, represented by Lord Wellesley (Governor-General)<br\/>\n\n<b>Background: Why was it signed?<\/b><br\/>\n<b>Maratha Infighting:<\/b><br\/>\n\nThe Maratha Confederacy was divided and weakened by internal conflicts.<br\/>\n\nYashwant Rao Holkar defeated a combined army of Peshwa Baji Rao II and Daulat Rao Sindhia in October 1802 (on Diwali day).<br\/>\n\n<b>Flight of the Peshwa:<\/b><br\/>\n\nAfter the defeat, Baji Rao II fled to the British for protection.<br\/>\n\n<b>Opportunity for the British:<\/b><br\/>\n\nLord Wellesley saw this as a perfect moment to bring the Marathas under British influence without a direct war.<br\/>\n\n<b>\ud83d\udcdc Main Provisions of the Treaty:<\/b><br\/>\n<b>Subsidiary Alliance:<\/b><br\/>\n\n-The Peshwa accepted a British army contingent stationed in his territory.<br\/>\n\n-He would pay for their maintenance.<br\/>\n\n<b>No Foreign Relations Without British Consent:<\/b><br\/>\n\nThe Peshwa agreed not to negotiate or go to war with any other Indian or European power without British permission.<br\/>\n\n<b>Cession of Territory:<\/b><br\/>\n\nThe Peshwa ceded valuable territories to the British for the upkeep of the subsidiary force.<br\/>\n\n<b>British Control Over Maratha Affairs:<\/b><br\/>\n\nThough the Peshwa remained the nominal head, real political and military power shifted to the British.<br\/>\n\n<b>Consequences:<\/b><br\/>\n<b>-For the British:<\/b><br\/>\nGained strategic military control in western India.<br\/>\n\nMarked the beginning of British dominance over the Maratha Confederacy.<br\/>\n\nSparked the Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803\u20131805) when other Maratha chiefs (Sindhia, Bhonsle) resisted British expansion.<br\/>\n\n<b>-For the Marathas:<\/b><br\/>\nThe unity of the Maratha Confederacy was broken.<br\/>\n\nOther chiefs viewed Baji Rao II\u2019s act as betrayal and submission.<br\/>\n\nLed to long-term subjugation of Maratha states under British influence.<br\/>\n\n<b>\ud83d\udccc Historical Significance:<\/b><br\/>\nConsidered by many historians as the nail in the coffin of Maratha independence.<br\/>\n\nBritish power transitioned from influence to direct control in western and central India.<br\/>\n\nWellesley called it a &#8220;crisis of affairs&#8221; that gave the British a chance to establish dominance without full-scale war at first.\n\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q1. 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