Richard Wellesley Quiz

Richard Wellesley Quiz Questions

1) When did Richard Wellesley become the Governor General of India?
a) 1786
b) 1764
c) 1798
d) 1772

2) Which military alliance was introduced by Richard Wellesley?
a) Northern Alliance
b) Subsidiary Alliance
c) Axis Powers
d) Triple Entente

3) When was the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War?
a) 1799
b) 1785
c) 1798
d) 1805

4) Who was killed during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War?
a) Hyder Ali
b) Shah Alam II
c) Tipu Sultan
d) Ramaraya

5) When was the Second Anglo-Maratha War?
a) 1767-1769
b) 1775-1782
c) 1803-1805
d) 1817-1818

Portrait of Tipu Sultan once owned by Richard Colley Wellsley, now in the care of the British Library. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

6) Who captured Ahmednagar on 12 August 1803?
a) Arthur Wellesley
b) Richard Wellesley
c) Mountstuart Elphinstone
d) John Churchill

7) Which treaty was signed on 17 December 1803?
a) Treaty of Bassein
b) Treaty of Deogaon
c) Treaty of Rajpurghat
d) Treaty of Asgaon

8) Who signed the Treaty of Bassein with the British?
a) Bajirao II
b) Daulatrao Scindia
c) Sambhaji Bhonsle
d) Sayyajirao Gaekwad

9) When did Richard Wellesley die?
a) 31 December 1800
b) 21 June 1815
c) 26 September 1842
d) 18 January 1848

10) Where did Richard Wellesley die?
a) Bombay
b) Knightsbridge
c) Madras
d) New Jersey

Richard Wellesley Quiz Questions with Answers

The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1) When did Richard Wellesley become the Governor General of India?
c) 1798

2) Which military alliance was introduced by Richard Wellesley?
b) Subsidiary Alliance

3) When was the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War?
a) 1799

4) Who was killed during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War?
c) Tipu Sultan

5) When was the Second Anglo-Maratha War?
c) 1803-1805

6) Who captured Ahmednagar on 12 August 1803?
a) Arthur Wellesley

7) Which treaty was signed on 17 December 1803?
b) Treaty of Deogaon

8) Who signed the Treaty of Bassein with the British?
a) Bajirao II

9) When did Richard Wellesley die?
c) 26 September 1842

10) Where did Richard Wellesley die?
b) Knightsbridge

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