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The Governor of the East India Company was.

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  1. Appointed by the monarch of England

  2. Appointed by the British Parliament

  3. Elected by the members of the East India Company

  4. Nominated by the Mughal Emperor

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Correct Option: C

The privileges of free trade granted to the English East India Company were confirmed in $1717$ by Emperor _________.

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  1. Bahadur Shah

  2. Farrukh-Siyar

  3. Muhammad Shah

  4. Aurangzeb

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Farrukh-Siyar was the Mughal emperor of India between 1713 and 1719. In 1717, the British East India Company purchased duty-free trading rights in all of Bengal from him. He issued a farman giving the British East India Company the right to reside and trade in the Mughal kingdom. 

Which of the African country was first affected by the Rinderpest diseases?

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  1. Cape of Good Hope

  2. Eritria

  3. Nigeria

  4. Madagascar

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Rinderpest was an infectious viral disease of cattle, domestic buffalo, and some other species of even-toed ungulates, including buffaloes, large antelope and deer, giraffes, wildebeests, and warthogs. The virus is thought to have been introduced into Eritrea in 1887 by Indian cattle brought by the Italians for their campaign against Somalia. It spread throughout the Horn of Africa, and crossed the Zambezi in March of 1896

The East India Company had taken Bombay from ________.

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  1. Dutch

  2. Charles I

  3. Charles II

  4. Portuguese

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Correct Option: C

The first strategically placed factory that the Britishers had fortified was at.

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  1. Surat

  2. Bombay

  3. Masulipatnam

  4. Madras

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Correct Option: D

The Young Turk Revolution of 1908 involved or resulted in all of the following EXCEPT:

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  1. Outside involvement by Western activists

  2. A coalition of various Turkish reform groups

  3. The abolition of the position of Sultan

  4. Industrial improvements

  5. A new constitutional government

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Members of the military tradition, military officers, among the Young Turks revolted.In some communities, such as the Jewish (cf. Jews in Islamic Europe and North Africa and Jews in Turkey), reformist groups emulating the Young Turks ousted the conservative ruling elite and replaced them with a new reformist one.The Ottoman general elections, 1908 took place during November and December of 1908. On the seventeenth of December, the Committee of Union Progress, a unionist organization, won a majority in the parliament. 

What allowed Britain and France to benefit from Spain's silver mining in Latin America?

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  1. Both nations manufactured goods for sale to Spain, which did not develop a strong manufacturing sector.

  2. Britain used military resources to take Spanish colonies while France's royal family inherited the Spanish throne through marriage.

  3. Britain used military resources to take Spanish colonies while France provided Spain with manufactured goods.

  4. Both of these nations used military force to seize colonies in the silver-producing areas.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Both nations manufactured goods for sale to Spain, which did not develop a strong manufacturing sector.

When the Abbasid and Ottoman decline are compared all of the following are true EXCEPT:

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  1. They both failed to develop a clear principle of succession leading to political power-struggles.

  2. They both faced the displeasure of the religious minorities living in their empires

  3. They both experienced intervention of mercenary soldiers and slave armies in politics

  4. They both dealt with peasant and towns people revolts due to oppression by the landed aristocracy

  5. They both dealt with powerful threats from the West

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Both Abbasid Caliphs and Ottoman Sultans avoided naming successors while alive, out of fear of an overthrow by the newly named heirs. Both empires were persecutory of Muslim religious minorities, in particular Shi'ism. Both the Abbasids and Ottomans, began to rely, to their detriment, on foreign mercenaries and even slave armies who grew powerful enough to influence politics with their military might. For the Abbasids these were Mamluks and for the Ottomans the Janissaries. Peasants revolt plagued both empires and often stemmed from the heavy tax burden levied on them by the landed aristocracies.

Who liberated Chile, Peru and Argentina?

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  1. Fidel Castro

  2. San Martin

  3. Simon Bolivar

  4. Rafael Trujillo

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Correct Option: B

Which Spanish conqueror plundered and conquered Peru?

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  1. Cortez

  2. Pizarro

  3. Montejo

  4. Castillo

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Correct Option: B