1)

Who initiated the policy of  Subsidiary Alliance?

Lord Wellesley

2)

When did Lord Wellesley become the Governor General of India?

1798 AD

3)

Which state was the first to ratify the Subsidiary Alliance?

Haidrabad

4)

Apart from the Subsidiary Alliance, what other methods did  Lord Wellesley use to expand the British Empire?

Wars and Pensions

5)

Where did Tipu Sultan rule over?

Mysore

6)

The Treaty of Sagoli was signed between which  two parties?

the British and the Gorkhas

7)

Which British Governor General saved the people from the plunder of Gorkhas and Pindaris?

Lord Hastings

8)

Which British Governor General is considered to be the greatest imperialist  Governor General of India?

Lord Dalhousie

9)

What was the policy adopted by Lord Dalhousie to annex the Indian States?

Doctrine of Lapse

10)

When did Lord Dalhousie become the Governor General of India?

1848 AD

11)

When was Punjab annexed to the British Empire?

1849 AD

12)

Which was the first Indian state to be annexed by the British under the Doctrine of Lapse?

Satara

13)

On what charges, did the British annex the Awadh?

Misgovernence

14)

When was the first Anglo-Afghan War fought?

1839 AD

15)

What was the biggest revolt of the Indians against the British?

The Revolt of 1857

16)

Which date was fixed for the revolt of 1857?

May 31, 1857

17)

When did the revolt of 1857 start?

March 29, 1857

18)

Where did the revolt of 1857 start?

Barrackpore (Calcutta)

19)

When did the Indian troops start a mutiny at Meerut?

May 10, 1857

20)

Who was the first martyr of 1857 revolt?

 Mangal Pandey

21)

What was the immediate cause of the revolt of 1857?

Greased cartridges

22)

By what other name is the revolt of 1857 known?

The First War of Independence and the Spy Mutiny

23)

Whom did the rebels declared their king?

Bahadur Shah Zafar

24)

Where did the British send Bahadur Shah Zafar as a prisoner?

Rangoon

25)

Who led the revolt in Jhansi?

Rani Lakshmi Bai and Tantia Tope

26)

Who was the leader of the rebels in Bihar?

Kanwar Singh

27)

When did the rule of East India Company end?

1858 AD

28)

When was the proclamation of Queen Victoria read?

November 1, 1858

29)

On November 1, 1858, India came under whose rule?

Queen Victoria

30)

Who is considered as the founder of civil services in India?

Lord Cornwallis

31)

Who was the first Indian to qualify the Civil Services Examination?

Satyendra Nath Tagore