Expansion of British Power in India

Hyder Ali was Tipu Sultan's _____

• General

• Father

• Brother

How many Anglo-Mysore wars were fought?

• 4

• 5

• 3

During the annexation of Punjab in 1849, ____ was the Governor General of India.

• Warren Hastings

• Lord Wellesley

• Lord Dalhousie

• None of the above

Who formulated Doctrine of Lapse?

• Lord Dalhousie

• Robert Clive

• Lord cornwallis

Which state did British annex on the grounds of maladministration?

• Awadh

• Jhansi

• Punjab

Who was the Ruler of the Sikh kingdom?

• Hyder Ali

• Ranjit Singh

• Raghunath Rao

• None of the above

Select options that shows the factors responsible for the success of the British.

• Lack of unity among the Indians rulers

• Organized and efficient administration in Indian states

• Superior military resources of the Company

• Naval supremacy of the British

• Weak economic resource of the Company

[p1] Instead of the British government colonizing India, British power in India was exercised by...

• the Mogul rulers.

• the British East India Company.

• the sepoys.

• Indian middlemen called Rajas.

[p1] Who were the "sepoys"?

• Governors who ruled as a representative of a monarch.

• Indian soldiers hired by the British East India Company.

• Soldiers who fought for the Mogul emperor.

Subsidiary Alliance was introduced by _____

• Lord Mountbatten

• ROBERT cLIVE

• William Bentick

• Lord Wellesley