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Battle of Lalsot took place on

  1. $1787$

  2. $1790$

  3. $1765$

  4. $1780$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Battle of Lalsot was fought between the Rajputs of Jaipur and Jodhpur on one side and Maratha Empire on other side.This battle was fought in 1787.

Battle of Assaye took place in

  1. $1803$

  2. $1806$

  3. $1804$

  4. $1805$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The battle of Assaye took place on 23 September 1803. This battle was the major battle of Second Anglo-Maratha War fought between Maratha Empire and British East India Company. In this battle the Maratha Army was lead by Daulat Sindhia and Raja of Berar and the British Army was lead by Commander General Arthur Wellesely.

Siege of Aligarh also known as battle of Aligarh took place in

  1. $1809$

  2. $1806$

  3. $1803$

  4. $1807$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Siege of Aligarh also known as battle of Aligarh was fought between the Maratha and British East India Company during the Second Anglo-Maratha War. It was took place in 1803 at Aligarh.

Battle of Argaon took place in

  1. $1805$

  2. $1803$

  3. $1809$

  4. $1806$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The battle of Argaon was fought during the Second Anglo-Maratha War. This battle was fought between British East India Company and the forces of Bhosle of Berar and Sindhia of Gwalior on 29 November 1803.

Siege of Bharatpur took place in

  1. $1805$

  2. $1806$

  3. $1807$

  4. $1808$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Siege of Bharatpur was the battle during Second Anglo-Maratha War. The battle was fought between Maratha Army and British East India Company. The battle was fought between 02 January and 22 February 1805 in the Indian Princely state of Bharatpur, India. 

Siege of Ahmednagar as part of the Second Anglo-Maratha War took place in

  1. $1803$

  2. $1808$

  3. $1806$

  4. $1807$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Siege of Ahmednagar was the first battle of Second Anglo-Maratha War fought between Maratha Army and British East India Company. This battle was took place in 1803. The main cause of the second Maratha war due to the defeat of the peshwa Baji Rao II by the Holkars, one of the prominent Maratha clans, as a result of which he accepted British protection by signing the Treaty of Bassein in December 1802.

Battle of Deeg as part of Second Anglo-Maratha War took place in

  1. $1804$

  2. $1805$

  3. $1806$

  4. $1807$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Battle of Deeg was fought during the Second Anglo-Maratha War. The battle was fought of 13 November 1804 between Maratha Empire and British East India Company. A force of the British East India Company led by Major General Fraser defeated Maratha Army.

Battle of Delhi between Maratha Empire and Rohilla Afghans to control Delhi took place in

  1. $1767$

  2. $1766$

  3. $1757$

  4. $1760$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The battle of Delhi was the battle fought on 11 August 1757 between the Maratha Empire and Rohilla Afghans to control Delhi. This battle also referred to as the Second Battle of Delhi.

When did the Battle of Deeg as part of Second Anglo-Maratha War take place?

  1. 1804

  2. 1805

  3. 1806

  4. 1807


Correct Option: A

After the defeat in third Anglo-Maratha war, Peshwa Baji Rao II was given an annual pension of Rs ______.

  1. 3 lakh

  2. 5 lakh

  3. 8 lakh

  4. 12 lakh


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Peshwa surrendered, and was permitted to reside at Bithur, near Cawnpore (Now Kanpur) , on a pension of 8 Lakh Rupees per year. His adopted son Nana Sahib later led the Mutiny of 1857.