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Indian HistoryMediumAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2022, GAT

Which one of the following areas was acquired by the British under the Treaty of Deogaon, 1803?

  1. A.Cuttack
  2. B.Murshidabad
  3. C.Surat
  4. D.Calicut

Correct answer

A. Cuttack

Explanation

The correct answer is A, Cuttack. By the Treaty of Deogaon (December 1803), Raghuji Bhonsle II of Nagpur ceded Cuttack, that is coastal Orissa including Balasore, to the East India Company.

The treaty ended the Bhonsle part of the Second Anglo-Maratha War. After defeats at Assaye and Argaon (Adgaon) at the hands of Arthur Wellesley, the Bhonsle raja gave up Cuttack and the lands west of the Wardha river and accepted a British Resident at Nagpur. Gaining Cuttack joined the Company's Bengal and Madras territories by land. A few days later Daulat Rao Scindia signed the Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon, giving up his lands between the Ganga and the Yamuna.

B is wrong because Murshidabad, the old capital of Bengal, had come under British control after Plassey (1757) and Buxar (1764). C is wrong because Surat was the site of the first English factory (1613) and passed under British rule through arrangements with its Nawab around 1800, not through Deogaon. D is wrong because Calicut in Malabar was ceded by Tipu Sultan under the Treaty of Seringapatam in 1792.

Exam tip: Second Anglo-Maratha War – Deogaon with Bhonsle (Cuttack), Surji-Anjangaon with Scindia (1803).

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The 'water frame' of Richard Arkwright was a device for

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  2. B.irrigating fields for rice cultivation
  3. C.producing strong threads of yarn
  4. D.the faster movement of steamships
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Correct answer: C. producing strong threads of yarn

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  2. B.2, 3 and 4
  3. C.3 and 4 only
  4. D.2 and 3 only
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The term Upari refers to which one of the following?

  1. A.A category of proprietary tenure under the Mughal rule
  2. B.A category of tenancy tenure under the Maratha rule
  3. C.A soldier in the Maratha army
  4. D.A village headman in the Mughal period
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With regard to nature of Mughal State, who among the following scholars argued that "the peculiar feature of the State in Mughal India was that it served not merely as the protective arm of the exploiting classes, but was itself the principal instrument of exploitation"?

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  2. B.Satish Chandra
  3. C.Athar Ali
  4. D.J. F. Richards
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