Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
- A.Hector Munro - Battle of Buxar
- B.Lord Hastings - Anglo-Nepal War
- C.Lord Wellesley - Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
- D.Lord Cornwallis - Third Anglo-Maratha War
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Explanation
The correct answer is D, which is the wrongly matched pair. Lord Cornwallis fought the Third Anglo-Mysore War of 1790 to 1792 against Tipu Sultan and closed it with the Treaty of Srirangapatnam; he had no connection with the Third Anglo-Maratha War, which was fought in 1817 and 1818, long after his time, and which ended with the Treaty of Mandsaur and the abolition of the Peshwa's office. Option A is correctly matched, because Major Hector Munro commanded the Company's army at the Battle of Buxar in 1764. Option B is correctly matched, because the Anglo-Nepal War of 1814 to 1816, closed by the Treaty of Sugauli, was fought in the time of Lord Hastings. Option C is correctly matched, because Lord Wellesley fought the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War of 1799 in which Tipu Sultan was killed.
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View allBy which treaty did the East India Company obtain the diwani rights of Bengal, Bihar and Odisha?
- A.Treaty of Alinagar
- B.Treaty of Allahabad
- C.Treaty of Salbai
- D.Treaty of Purandar
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It was signed in 1765 by Robert Clive with the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula of Awadh after the Company's victory at Buxar in 1764.
Read the full explanation →The Treaty of Salbai, signed in 1782, ended which war?
- A.First Anglo-Maratha War
- B.Second Anglo-Maratha War
- C.Second Anglo-Mysore War
- D.Third Anglo-Maratha War
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That war began after the Treaty of Surat of 1775, by which the Bombay government supported Raghunath Rao's claim to the Peshwa's seat, and it ended with the Treaty of Salbai in 1782 between Warren Hastings and Mahadji Scindia.
Read the full explanation →The Treaty of Bassein of 1802 was signed between the East India Company and which ruler?
- A.Tipu Sultan
- B.Peshwa Baji Rao II
- C.Ranjit Singh
- D.Nizam of Hyderabad
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Defeated by the Holkars at Poona, the Peshwa took shelter with the Company and signed the Treaty of Bassein in December 1802, accepting Wellesley's subsidiary alliance and a British force at his capital.
Read the full explanation →The Treaty of Srirangapatnam of 1792 was signed at the end of which war?
- A.First Anglo-Mysore War
- B.Second Anglo-Mysore War
- C.Third Anglo-Mysore War
- D.Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
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Fought between 1790 and 1792 between Tipu Sultan and Lord Cornwallis, supported by the Nizam and the Marathas, it ended with the Treaty of Srirangapatnam, under which Tipu surrendered about half his territory and paid a heavy war indemnity, and two of his sons were taken as hostages.
Read the full explanation →The Poona Pact of 1932 was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and:
- A.Dr B. R. Ambedkar
- B.Lord Irwin
- C.Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- D.Madan Mohan Malaviya
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The Communal Award of August 1932 had given the Depressed Classes separate electorates.
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