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  1. 1731JPSC2013HistoryEnglish

    The export of slaves from Bengal was banned in which year?

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    Correct option: B — 1789

  2. 1732UPPSC1994HistoryEnglish

    Awadh was annexed to British Empire in India by

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    Correct option: C — By declaring the State as maladministered

  3. 1733UKPSC2016HistoryEnglish

    James Andrew Ramsay was the real name of which Governor-General of India?

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    Correct option: A — Lord Dalhousie

  4. 1734UPPSC2013HistoryEnglish

    Awadh was amalgamated into the British dominion in year

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    Correct option: D — 1856

  5. 1735UPPSC2002HistoryEnglish

    Which of the underwritten pairs is correctly matched?

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    Correct option: C — 1856 A.D. - Merger of Awadh

  6. 1736UPPSC2011HistoryEnglish

    Who among the following formulated and implemented the ‘Doctrine of Lapse’?

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    Correct option: C — Dalhousie

  7. 1737UPSC2007HistoryEnglish

    The ruler of which one of the following states was removed from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance?

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    Correct option: A — Awadh

  8. 1738UPPSC2016HistoryEnglish

    Which of the following was the first victim of Lord Dalhousie’s policy of doctrine of lapse?

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    Correct option: B — Satara

  9. 1739UPPSC2012HistoryEnglish

    The conquest of Sindh by British was completed during the period of

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    Correct option: A — Lord Ellenborough

  10. 1740UPPSC2015HistoryEnglish

    Sindh was annexed by the British in

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    Correct option: A — 1843

History practice — common questions

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