Ans: C

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Statement 1 is incorrect: Nizam-ul-Mulk, disgusted with the Mughal emperor who had appointed Mubariz Khan as a full-fledged viceroy of the Deccan, decided to fight Mubariz Khan. He defeated and later killed Mubariz Khan in the Battle of Shaker-Kheda (1724) and assumed control of the Deccan. The Deccan Sultanates were conquered by the Mughal Empire by stripping Berar from Ahmadnagar in 1596. Ahmadnagar was completely conquered between 1616 and 1636. Later, during 1686-1687, Golconda and Bijapur were conquered by Aurangzeb.

Statement 2 is incorrect: Battle of Deorai was fought between Aurangzeb and Dara Shikoh in 1659 and Dara Shikoh was defeated.  

The Battle of Khanwa was a decisive engagement between the Mughal forces under Babur and the Rajput alliance under Rana Sanga of Mewar. The Battle was fought in 1527 and ended in a decisive victory for the Mughal forces which consolidated Babur and his descendants’ rule for centuries to come.

Statement 3 is incorrect: Battle of Wandiwash (1760) was fought between British and French during the course of Third Carnatic War (1758-63). General Eyre Coote of the English totally routed the French army under Count Thomas Arthur de Lally.

Ans: C

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• The Battle of Chinsura or Battle of Bidara or Battle of Hooghly was fought in 1759 between the British East India Company and Mir Jafar, the Nawab of Bengal helped by the Dutch. The result of this battle was that the victorious British overthrew Mir Jafar and placed his son-in-law Mir Kasim as Nawab of Bengal. 
• After assuming power, Mir Kasim shifted the capital from Murshidabad to Munger in Bihar in 1762. The move was taken to allow a safe distance from the Company at Calcutta. 

Dual Government in Bengal (1765-72): After the Battle of Buxar, Robert Clive introduced the dual system of government, i.e., The Rule of two—the Company and the Nawab—in Bengal in which both the Diwani, i.e., collecting revenues, and Nizamat, i.e., police and judicial functions, came under the control of the Company. The dual system led to an administrative breakdown and proved disastrous for the people of Bengal. Warren Hastings did away with the dual system in 1772.

Ans: A

Exp: 

Pair 1 is incorrectly matched: The Treaty of Yandabo, signed in 1826, marked the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War. The treaty was signed between the East India Company and the King of Ava, with the former emerging as the victor. 

Pair 2 is correctly matched: During the course of the first Anglo-Maratha War (1775-82), English and the Maratha armies met on the outskirts of Pune. The English surrendered by mid-January 1779 and signed the Treaty of Wadgaon that forced the Bombay government to relinquish all territories acquired by the English since 1775.

Pair 3 is incorrectly matched:  The end of the first Anglo-Sikh War forced the Sikhs to sign a disappointing Treaty of Lahore.The Sikhs were not satisfied with the Treaty of Lahore, so they rebelled. In December, 1846, the Treaty of Bhairowal was signed. According to the provisions of this treaty, Rani Jindan was removed as regent and a council of regency for Punjab was set up. 

Ans: A

Exp: 

Statement 1 is correct:  Maharaja Ranjit Singh is the founder of the Sikh Empire. He combined the strong points of the traditional Khalsa army with western advances in warfare. He also employed a large number of European officers, especially French, to train his troops. He appointed a French General to modernize his army.

Statement 2 is incorrect:  Haidar Ali (not Zamorin) took the help of the French to set up an arms factory at Dindigul (now in Tamil Nadu), and also introduced Western methods of training for his army.

Ans: B

Exp: 

Statement 1 is incorrect: After the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, the new state of Mysore was handed over to the old Hindu dynasty (Wodeyars) under a minor ruler Krishnaraja III, who accepted the subsidiary alliance. In 1831 William Bentinck took control of Mysore on grounds of misgovernance. In 1881 Lord Ripon restored the kingdom to its ruler.

Statement 2 is correct: After the Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817-19), Peshwa finally surrendered and the Maratha confederacy was dissolved. The peshwaship was abolished. Peshwa Bajirao became a British retainer. Pratap Singh, a lineal descendant of Shivaji, was made ruler of a small principality, Satara, formed out of the Peshwa’s dominions.