History · Sources of Modern Indian History
UGC NET June 2024 History (Re-Exam Shift-I)
Arrange the following in the correct chronological order (from first to last). Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- 1. Anglo-French War on the Coromandel Coast
- 2. Establishment of the Imperial Records Department (National Archives of India) in Calcutta
- 3. The famous resolution by Lord Ripon, also known as the Magna Carta of Local Self-Government
- 4. Annexation of Punjab and North-West Frontier Province by the British Empire
A1, 4, 3, 2 ✓ Correct
B2, 3, 4, 1
C4, 3, 2, 1
D3, 4, 1, 2
Correct answer: (A) 1, 4, 3, 2 — The correct order is 1, 4, 3, 2.
Explanation
★The correct order is 1, 4, 3, 2.
★The Anglo-French War on the Coromandel Coast, the First Carnatic War, was fought in 1746-48.
★The annexation of Punjab and the North-West Frontier Province came in 1849.
★Lord Ripon's famous resolution, the Magna Carta of local self-government, came in 1882.
★The Imperial Records Department was established at Calcutta in 1891.
★So the sequence runs from the Carnatic War to the Imperial Records Department.
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