{"id":1872,"date":"2025-12-07T20:20:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T20:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/?p=1872"},"modified":"2025-12-07T20:20:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T20:20:56","slug":"mcqs-based-on-modern-history-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/?p=1872","title":{"rendered":"MCQs Based On Modern History- (39)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q1. Why was Lord Wellesley recalled from India?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Defeat by Tipu Sultan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">His policies were too costly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">He refused to sign treaties<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">British lost interest in India<\/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. His policies were too costly. <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> The East India Company\u2019s debt rose to \u00a331 million, and his expansionist wars were financially unsustainable.\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 the significance of the Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817\u201318)?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Marathas regained independence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">British suffered defeat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">End of Maratha political power<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Creation of Mysore state<\/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. End of Maratha political power. <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> The Maratha Confederacy was finally dismantled, and their territories were annexed or reduced.\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. Who was made ruler of the new kingdom of Satara?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">A British general<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">A descendant of Shivaji<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">The Gaekwad<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">The Holkar king<\/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. A descendant of Shivaj. <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> The British established the kingdom of Satara and placed a descendant of Shivaji as its ruler under British control.\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 was the outcome for the Rajput states after the Marathas&#8217; fall?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Regained full independence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fought the British<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Accepted British supremacy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allied with the French<\/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. Accepted British supremacy. <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> Weakened after Maratha dominance, the Rajput states accepted British overlordship without resistance.\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. By what year had the British established control over almost all of India except Punjab and Sindh?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">1799<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">1806<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">1818<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">1835<\/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. 1818. <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> After the defeat of the Marathas and Rajputs by 1818, the British controlled all of India except Punjab and Sindh.\n\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q1. Why was Lord Wellesley recalled from India? View Answer Correct Option: 2. His policies were too costly. Explanation: The East India Company\u2019s debt rose to \u00a331 million, and his expansionist wars were financially unsustainable. Q2. What was the significance of the Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817\u201318)? View Answer Correct Option: 3. 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