British Expansion in India: UPSC Previous Year Questions (Modern History)
1 previous year UPSC Prelims question on British Expansion in India (Modern History). Choose an option to see the answer and explanation.
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UPSC 2004Modern History · British Expansion in India
Q1. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
List-I (Period)
List-II (Event)
1. AD 1767-69
First Anglo-Maratha War
2. AD 1790-92
Third Mysore War
3. AD 1824-26
First Anglo-Burmese War
4. AD 1845-46
Second Sikh War
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Explanation
The 18th and 19th centuries were marked by a series of wars between the British and various Indian powers as part of the British East India Company’s efforts to consolidate control.
Pair 1 is incorrectly matched: AD 1767-69 marks the First Anglo-Mysore War, not the First Anglo-Maratha War. The First Anglo-Maratha War occurred later, from 1775 to 1782.
Pair 2 is correctly matched: AD 1790-92 corresponds to the Third Mysore War, fought between the British East India Company and Tipu Sultan.
Pair 3 is correctly matched: AD 1824-26 corresponds to the First Anglo-Burmese War, which resulted in British territorial expansion in Burma.
Pair 4 is incorrectly matched: AD 1845-46 marks the First Sikh War, not the Second Sikh War. The Second Sikh War occurred in 1848-49.
Answer key for these questions
Q
UPSC year
Correct answer
1
2004
(d) 2 and 3
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This page covers 1 previous year UPSC Prelims GS Paper-I questions on British Expansion in India (Modern History), asked from 1999 to 2018. Each has the correct answer and an explanation.
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