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Question 01
A mutiny among the Company's sepoys in Bihar in 1764, on the eve of the Battle of Buxar, was suppressed by Major Hector Munro by
1. Option A: disbanding the entire Bengal army and recruiting it afresh
2. Option B: transporting the mutineers to the Andaman Islands
3. Option C: shooting every tenth man of the regiments by firing squad
4. Option D: executing the ringleaders by blowing them from the mouths of guns
Answer and explanation
Answer: D. executing the ringleaders by blowing them from the mouths of guns
**Why A is incorrect.** The army was not disbanded; Munro took the same force into battle within months. **Why B is incorrect.** The **Andaman** penal settlement was founded only after **1857**. **Why C is incorrect.** Decimation was not the method used; punishment fell on identified ringleaders. **Why D is correct.** **Hector Munro** crushed the **1764** mutiny with exemplary severity, having the ringleaders **blown from guns**, before leading the army to victory at **Buxar**.
Question 02
Consider the following statements: Statement-I: Statement-I: The Company took more than a decade to subdue Pazhassi Raja. Statement-II: Statement-II: Pazhassi Raja commanded a European-trained regular army officered by Frenchmen. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
1. Option A: Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
2. Option B: Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
3. Option C: Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
4. Option D: Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct
Answer and explanation
Answer: C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
**Statement-I is correct.** From **1793** to **1805** he resisted almost continuously, and the Company regarded the Cotiote War as one of its hardest local campaigns. **Statement-II is incorrect.** His strength lay in **guerrilla warfare** in the forests of the Western Ghats, with **Nair** and **Kurichiya** fighters, not in a European-style regular army.
Question 03
One administrative outcome of the Santhal rising was
1. Option A: the extension of the Permanent Settlement to the Damin-i-Koh
2. Option B: the grant of the Rajmahal hills to the Raja of Parahat
3. Option C: the passing of the Chotanagpur Tenancy Act
4. Option D: the creation of a separate Santhal Parganas district
Answer and explanation
Answer: D. the creation of a separate Santhal Parganas district
**Why A is incorrect.** The Company did not extend the Permanent Settlement into the area as a response to the rising. **Why B is incorrect.** The Raja of Parahat belongs to the **Ho** risings in Singhbhum, not to the Santhal country. **Why C is incorrect.** The **Chotanagpur Tenancy Act** dates from **1908**. **Why D is correct.** The Company carved out a separate **Santhal Parganas** district under special arrangements, an early instance of protective administration for a tribal area.
Question 04
Consider the following statements regarding the Sanyasi-Fakir rebellion in Bengal: 1. It involved both Hindu sannyasis and Muslim fakirs. 2. The Bengal famine of 1770 intensified the unrest. 3. It was crushed within a year of the Battle of Buxar. Which of the statements given above are correct?
1. Option A: 1 only
2. Option B: 1 and 2 only
3. Option C: 2 and 3 only
4. Option D: 1, 2 and 3
Answer and explanation
Answer: B. 1 and 2 only
**Statement 1 is correct.** The rising united **Hindu sannyasis** and **Muslim fakirs**, which is why it is also called the **Sanyasi-Fakir rebellion**. **Statement 2 is correct.** The **famine of 1770** and rigid revenue collection drove **peasants** to join the ascetics. **Statement 3 is incorrect.** Clashes ran from the **1760s** to about **1800**, nearly four decades; it was not ended in 1765.
Question 05
Consider the following statements regarding the Ramosis: 1. They had served in the Maratha administration and lost employment after the Company annexed the Peshwa's territories. 2. They rose under Chittur Singh in 1822 and again in 1825–26. 3. The Company eventually pacified them partly by recruiting some of them into the hill police. Which of the statements given above are correct?
1. Option A: 1 only
2. Option B: 1 and 2 only
3. Option C: 2 and 3 only
4. Option D: 1, 2 and 3
Answer and explanation
Answer: D. 1, 2 and 3
**Statement 1 is correct.** The **Ramosis** were hill people employed by the **Maratha** state; the annexation of **1818** left them without work. **Statement 2 is correct.** They rose under **Chittur Singh** in **1822**, and famine drove them to rise again in **1825–26**. **Statement 3 is correct.** The Company adopted a **conciliatory** policy, recruiting some Ramosis into the **hill police** and granting lands.

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