India On The Eve Of British Conquest

Question 1

List the three categories of regional states in the wake of the fall of the Mughal empire?

Answer 1

Successor, independent and new states

Question 2

List the three successor states?

Answer 2

Hyderabad, Bengal and Awadh

Question 3

The state of Nizam was founded by____ in _____?

Answer 3

Nizam-ul-Mulk in 1724

Question 4

The state of Bengal was founded by ____ in ____?

Answer 4

Murshid Quli Khan in 1717

Question 5

The state of Awadh was founded by ____ in ____?

Answer 5

Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk in 1722

Question 6

List the three independent states?

Answer 6

Mysore, Kerala and Rajput states

Question 7

List the four new states?

Answer 7

Marathas, Sikhs, Jats and Afghans

Question 8

Elementary education was imparted in the early 18th century through?

Answer 8

Pathshalas and Maktabs

Question 9

Name the institutes of higher learning among Hindus in the early 18th century.

Answer 9

Chatuspathi or Tol

Question 10

Name the institutes of higher learning among Muslims in the early 18th century?

Answer 10

Madrasahs

Question 11

The Bada Imambara was located at?

Answer 11

Lucknow

Question 12

The Bada Imambara was built in the year _____ by _____.

Answer 12

1784, Asad ud Daulah

Question 13

Who built the Pink City of Jaipur?

Answer 13

Sawai Jai Singh

Question 14

List the places where the five astronomical observatories built by Sawai Jai Singh are located.

Answer 14

Benares, Delhi, Jaipur, Mathura and Ujjain

Question 15

Name the painting schools which came into prominence in North India in the early 18th century.

Answer 15

Kangra and Rajputana

Question 16

Name prominent Urdu poets of the early 18th century.

Answer 16

Mir, Sauda, Nazir and Mirza Ghalib

Question 17

Tamil Language was enriched by _______ in we early eighteenth century.

Answer 17

Sittar Poetry

Question 18

The Battle of Plassey took place in which year?

Answer 18

1757

Question 19

Who won over whom in the battle of or Plassey?

Answer 19

Robert Clive won over Siraj-ud-daulah