Day: August 1, 2020

Solution: Weekly Problem Practice For History Optional- 2021 [Modern India: Week 1] Q.1 Give a brief account of the nature and growth of British Paramountcy over the Princely States. [20 Marks] Ans: ‘Paramountcy’ is defined as ‘The quality of being supreme authority of jurisdiction’. The British Paramountcy in India connotes that the British had established […]

Weekly Problem Practice For History Optional- 2021 [Modern India: Week 1] Q.1 Give a brief account of the nature and growth of British Paramountcy over the Princely States. [20 Marks] Q.2 What factors led to the revolution of 1760 in Bengal? Why the revolution of 1760 (Bengal) was really no revolution? [20 Marks] Q.3 Critically […]

Solution: Daily Problem Practice for 2021 History Optional [Modern India: Day 6] Q. “If the prosperity and happiness of a nation be the criterion of wisdom and success, Lord Cornwallis’s permanent settlement of 1793 is the wisest and most successful measure which the British nation had adopted in India”: R.C. Dutt. Critically examine. [20 Marks] […]

Daily Problem Practice for 2021 History Optional [Modern India: Day 6] Q. “If the prosperity and happiness of a nation be the criterion of wisdom and success, Lord Cornwallis’s permanent settlement of 1793 is the wisest and most successful measure which the British nation had adopted in India”: R.C. Dutt. Critically examine. [20 Marks] NOTE: […]

Q. How did the British East India Company acquire a vast empire in India ? यह दिखाइए कि ब्रिटिश ईस्ट इण्डिया कम्पनी ने भारत में कैसे एक विशाल साम्राज्य स्थापित किया। [BPSC, 1997] ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The British East India Company (EIC) arrived in India in early 17th century as a commercial entity. They remained a commercial […]