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Who among the following had during his reign introduced a new calendar, a new system or coinage, and new scales or weights and measures?

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  1. Tipu Sultan

  2. Murshid Quli Khan

  3. Raghunath Rao

  4. Lord Cornwallis

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Correct Option: A

Mangalore, Parambakkam, and Porto Navo were places where Major battles took place during the ______________.

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  1. Third Anglo-Mysore war

  2. Second Anglo-Mysore war

  3. First Anglo-Mysore war

  4. Fourth Anglo-Mysore war

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Correct Option: B

The Kannada people are known as________.

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  1. Kannadigas

  2. Kannadigaru

  3. Both of above

  4. None of above

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Kannada people known as the Kannadigas and Kannadigaru, are the people who naively speak Kannada.

The independent native state of coorg was under the control of which rulers?

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  1. Lkkeri

  2. Haleri

  3. Mysore

  4. Bahmani

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The independent native state of coorg was under the control of Haleri rulers.

Who died fighting the British during the last Mysore War?

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  1. Tipu Sultan

  2. Haider Ali

  3. Siraj- ud daulah

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Anglo-Mysore was the conflict in South India between British East India Company and the Kingdom of Mysore. They fought four wars and in the last,  Fourth Anglo-Mysore war the ruler Tipu Sultan was killed and the British captured the capital of Mysore.

The treaty of Srirangapatnam was signed between TipuSultan and __________.

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  1. Clive

  2. Darhousie

  3. Cornwallis

  4. Wellesley

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Threatry of Seringapatam was the result of Third Anglo-Mysore War. It was signed on 18th March 1792, which ended the Third Anglo-Mysore war. Mainly it was signed between  British East India Company and Kingdom of Mysore. It signatories included Lord Cornwallis on behalf of the British East India Company, representative of the Nizam of Hydrebad and the Maratha Empire and the ruler of Mysore Tipu Sultan.

___________ was signed after the First Anglo-Mysore War.

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  1. The Treaty of Allahabad

  2. The Treaty of Salbai

  3. The Treaty of Madras

  4. The Treaty of Srirangapatnam

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
First Anglo-Mysore War which lasted from 1766 to 1769 was a conflict in India between the Sultanate of Mysore and the East India Company. The war ended with Treaty of Madras which was signed in April 1769.  As per the treaty:
  • Both the Parties returned the areas won by each other.
  • British & Hyder Ali promised that they would support each other if there is any foreign invasion.

Tipu Sultan was a man of complex character. He was an innovator, which of the following was not one of his innovations?

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  1. A new system of coinage

  2. A new calendar

  3. A new method of survey and settlement

  4. New scales of weights and measures

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Correct Option: C