Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Rebels and the Raj

Question:

Arrange the following sequentially in order of their occurrence.

(A) Summary Settlement
(B) Subsidiary Alliance
(C) Sati Abolished
(D) Azamgarh Proclamation

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(A), (B), (D), (C)

(B), (C), (A), (D)

(B), (A), (C), (D)

(C), (B), (A), (D)

Correct Answer:

(B), (C), (A), (D)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → (B), (C), (A), (D)

(B) Subsidiary Alliance- 1798
(C) Sati Abolished- 1829
(A) Summary Settlement- 1856-57
(D) Azamgarh Proclamation- 1857

(A)- 1856-57: Summary revenue settlements introduced in Awadh by the British. The first British land-revenue settlement in Awadh known as the Summary Settlement of 1856-57 undermined the power and position of the taluqdars.
(B)- 1798: Subsidiary Alliance was a system devised by Lord Wellesley in 1798. All those who entered into such an alliance with the British had to accept certain terms and conditions mentioned by the Britishers.  Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Wellesley in Awadh
(C)- 1829: The British established laws to abolish customs like sati (1829) and to permit the remarriage of Hindu widows.
(D)- 1857: Azamgarh Proclamation is one of the main sources of knowledge about what the rebels wanted during the Revolt of 1857. It was issued on 25th August 1857.