Mysore War Pitt's India Act 1784 - Modern Indian History

Mysore War I & II, Pitt's India Act

Modern Indian History - British Rule - Importance of Anglo Mysore War and Pitt's India Act, 1784
First Anglo Mysore War - 1767- 69
Second Anglo Mysore War - 1780- 84
Pitt's India Act - 1784

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• 1. The Board of control established by the British parliament following the Pitts India act of 1784 did not include
• A) Secretary of Finance
  B) Governor General
  C) Councilors of Indian states 
  D) Secretary of states of India
• Answer
• B

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• 2. Consider the following statements
• i) Distinguished company functions as Commercial and Political.
  ii) A new body called Board of Control was established.
  iii) British Govt was given supreme control over the company’s administration in
  India.
  iv) Company’s territories were called British territories for the first time.
  
  Which of the above statements are the features of Pitts India act of 1784?
  A) i, ii and iii
  B) ii, iii, and iv
  C) i, ii and iv
  D) i, ii, iii and iv
• Answer
• D

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• 3. Which act was also known as ‘Half loan system’?
• A) Charter act 1786
  B) Pitt’s India act 1784
  C) Settlement act 1781
  D) Regulating act 1773
• Answer
• B

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• 4. The Treaty of Mangalore marked the end of which war?
• A) Second Anglo Maratha war
  B) Battle of Calicut
  C) Battle of Kolachal
  D) Second Anglo Mysore war
• Answer
• D

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• 5. Which of the following is correctly matched?
• i) Treaty of Maangalore – First Anglo Mysore war
  ii) Treaty of Madras – Second Anglo Mysore war
  
  A) i only
  B) ii only
  C) i and ii
  D) none of these
• Answer
• D

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• 6. Which among the following forces was not a member of the triple alliance which attacked Hyder Ali of Mysore in the First Anglo Mysore war?
• A) King of Travancore
  B) Marathas
  C) Nizam of Hydrabad
  D) British
• Answer
• A

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• 7. Identify the correct statement about Hyder Ali
• i) Hyder Ali was the son of a faujdar of Mysore army
  ii) Hyder Ali strengthened army by including Dutch soldiers into his service
  iii) Hyder Ali signed the Treaty of Madras with the British in 1769
  
  A) i and ii
  B) ii and iii
  C) I and iii
  D) i, ii and iii
• Answer
• C

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