History

How, When and Where

Question:

What is Sati?

Answer:

Sati is a funeral practice among some Hindu communities in which a recently widowed woman would immolate herself on her husband’s funeral pyre.
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How, When and Where

Q 1.

What are Reserved forests?

Q 2.

What could be the reasons for the confidence of the British rulers about their position in India before May 1857?

Q 3.

How did the last Mughal emperor live the last years of his life?

Q 4.

Apart from official records what are the other sources of information that is available to historians?

Q 5.

What were the reasons for the decline of the Mughal Empire?

Q 6.

How and when did the British East India Company set foot in India?

Q 7.

What was the incidence that triggered the mutiny?

Q 8.

Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.

Q 9.

Write a brief note on the National Archives of India.

Q 10.

What did Tipu Sultan do that resulted in wars against the Company?

Q 11.

What were the ambitious plans of the East India Company?

Q 12.

What problems did shifting cultivators face under British rule?

Q 13.

What was the demand of Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi that was refused by the British?

Q 14.

Who was Nana Saheb?

Q 15.

What were the reforms introduced by the British?

Q 16.

What were the reforms introduced by the British?

Q 17.

What were the causes of the Sepoy Mutiny?

Q 18.

What were the activities of the Tribals?

Q 19.

Give a brief note on the Battle of Plassey.

Q 20.

What did Tipu Sultan do that resulted in wars against the Company?

Q 21.

Give a brief note on the wars between the Marathas and the British East India Company?

Q 22.

What was the doctrine of lapse?

Q 23.

What do we mean by "time-span" in connection with historical events?

Q 24.

Why did James Mill divide his book, The History of British India’ into the Hindu, Muslim and British

Q 25.

How will the information historians get from old newspapers be different from that found in police reports?

Q 26.

Give a brief note on the Battle of Plassey.

Q 27.

Give a brief note on the wars between the Marathas and the British East India Company?

Q 28.

Give two problems which arose with the new Munro system of fixing revenue.

Q 29.

What were to the two major systems of indigo cultivation in India?

Q 30.

What was Birsas vision of a golden age? Why do you think such a vision appealed to the people of the region?

Q 31.

What did the British do to protect the interests of those who converted to Christianity?

Q 32.

What impact did Bahadur Shah ZafaKs support to the rebellion have on the people and the ruling families?

Q 33.

What did Nana Saheb want of the British?

Q 34.

Give a brief description of Kingsway.

Q 35.

Give a brief description of the Viceroys Palace.

Q 36.

Describe a colonial bungalow during the early 20th century.

Q 37.

Which were the other trading Companies that came to the Indian shores?

Q 38.

What was the result of the competition between the trading companies from different European countries?

Q 39.

Mention a few other events, which if recorded, will make history more interesting to everyone.

Q 40.

What did British historians in India write about?

Q 41.

Define the word history.

Q 42.

What did British historians in India write about?

Q 43.

Who wrote the book The History of British India?

Q 44.

In what way was the administration of the Company different from that of Indian rulers?

Q 45.

Describe the changes that occurred in the composition of the Companys army.

Q 46.

Describe the changes that occurred in the composition of the Companys army.

Q 47.

What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?

Q 48.

When and between whom did the 3rd Battle of Panipat take place?

Q 49.

What was the doctrine of lapse?

Q 50.

How was the mahalwari system different from the Permanent Settlement?