Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists : List – I A. Treaty of Allahabad B. Treaty of Manglore C. Treaty of Salbai D. Treaty of Madras List – II 1. 1782 2. 1784 3. 1769 4. 1765 Codes :
- (a)A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1
- (b)A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1
- (c)A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3
- (d)A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
Correct — C, A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3. A. The Treaty of Allahabad was signed in August 1765 (List-II item 4) by Robert Clive after the Battle of Buxar; Emperor Shah Alam II granted the East India Company the Diwani — the right to collect the revenues — of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. B. The Treaty of Mangalore was signed on 11 March 1784 (item 2) between Tipu Sultan and the Company and ended the Second Anglo-Mysore War on terms of mutual restitution of conquests and prisoners. C. The Treaty of Salbai was signed on 17 May 1782 (item 1) and ended the First Anglo-Maratha War, with Mahadji Scindia acting as mediator. D. The Treaty of Madras was signed on 4 April 1769 (item 3) and ended the First Anglo-Mysore War between Hyder Ali and the Company. Reading the pairs off — 1765, 1784, 1782, 1769 — gives A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3.
- (a)A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1 — It dates Allahabad and Mangalore correctly but then swaps the last two: it makes Salbai a treaty of 1769 and Madras a treaty of 1782. In fact Salbai (with the Marathas) is 1782 and Madras (with Hyder Ali) is 1769 — this is the trap the question is built on.
- (b)A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1 — Wrong at every pair. It pushes the Treaty of Allahabad forward to 1784 and drags the Treaty of Mangalore back to 1765, which would put a treaty with Tipu Sultan before Tipu was even born as a ruler, and it also carries the Salbai-Madras swap.
- (d)A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3 — Salbai (1782) and Madras (1769) are right here, but Allahabad and Mangalore have been exchanged — Allahabad is given as 1784 and Mangalore as 1765. Allahabad belongs to the Bengal settlement of 1765, Mangalore to the Mysore settlement of 1784.
These four treaties mark the stages by which the East India Company turned from a trading body into a territorial power. Allahabad (1765) gave it the fiscal foundation — the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa — and inaugurated the dual government in Bengal. Madras (1769) and Mangalore (1784) close the first two Anglo-Mysore Wars, both on terms unfavourable or at best neutral to the Company; Mangalore is often noted as the last occasion on which an Indian power dictated terms to the English. Salbai (1782) closed the First Anglo-Maratha War and bought the Company roughly two decades of peace with the Marathas, which it used to concentrate on Mysore.
The safest route through this matching set is to fix the two dates you are surest of and let the codes eliminate themselves. Allahabad is tied to Buxar (1764) and so must be 1765; that alone kills options (b) and (d). Between the two survivors the only difference is whether Salbai is 1782 or 1769 — and Salbai is the Maratha treaty that followed the Convention of Wadgaon and the fighting of 1779-82, so it cannot be 1769. Remember that the Treaty of Madras is not about the city's founding: it is the settlement Hyder Ali extracted after marching to the gates of Madras.
- Treaty of Allahabad, August 1765 — Clive and Shah Alam II; the Company obtained the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa in return for an annual tribute and the districts of Kora and Allahabad for the emperor.
- Treaty of Madras, 4 April 1769 — ended the First Anglo-Mysore War with Hyder Ali; mutual restitution of conquests and a defensive alliance the Company later failed to honour.
- Treaty of Salbai, 17 May 1782 — ended the First Anglo-Maratha War; Madhavrao II recognised as Peshwa, the British retained Salsette, and Mahadji Scindia mediated.
- Treaty of Mangalore, 11 March 1784 — ended the Second Anglo-Mysore War with Tipu Sultan on terms of mutual restitution of territory and prisoners.
- Chronology of the four: 1765 Allahabad → 1769 Madras → 1782 Salbai → 1784 Mangalore.
- 1765 — Treaty of Allahabad: after Buxar, Shah Alam II grants the Company the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa (List-I A = 4)
- 1769 — Treaty of Madras: ends the First Anglo-Mysore War with Hyder Ali; mutual restitution and a defensive alliance (List-I D = 3)
- 1782 — Treaty of Salbai: ends the First Anglo-Maratha War; Madhavrao II recognised as Peshwa, Mahadji Scindia mediating (List-I C = 1)
- 1784 — Treaty of Mangalore: ends the Second Anglo-Mysore War with Tipu Sultan; territories and prisoners restored (List-I B = 2)
Answer (c): A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3. Salbai is highlighted because it is the pair the wrong codes swap — it belongs to 1782, not 1769.
- Swapping Salbai (1782, Marathas) with Madras (1769, Mysore) — the pair the wrong codes are designed around.
- Dating the Treaty of Allahabad to 1764, the year of Buxar, instead of 1765, the year of the settlement.
- Confusing the Treaty of Mangalore (1784, Second Anglo-Mysore War) with the Treaty of Seringapatam (1792, Third Anglo-Mysore War).
UPPSC prefers this matching format — treaty against year, or treaty against war; UPSC more often asks what a particular treaty provided, or which war a named treaty concluded.
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists: List I (Year) I. 1775 II. 1780 III. 1824 IV. 1838 List II (Event) A) First Anglo-Burmese War B) First Anglo-Afghan War C) First Anglo-Maratha War D) Second Anglo-Mysore War
- (a) I-D, II-C, III-B, IV-A
- (b) I-D, II-C, III-A, IV-B
- (c) I-C, II-D, III-A, IV-B
- (d) I-C, II-D, III-B, IV-A
Answer(c) I-C, II-D, III-A, IV-B
The same year-to-event matching over the wars of Company expansion — 1775 and 1780 open the very wars that the treaties of Salbai (1782) and Mangalore (1784) in this UPPSC question closed.
With reference to the Treaty of "Aix-la-Chapelle" – 1748, which of the following statements is/are correct ? 1. The I Carnatic War was ended. 2. The English got back Madras. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
- (a) 1 only
- (b) 2 only
- (c) Both 1 and 2
- (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer(c) Both 1 and 2
The same theme one round earlier — a treaty that closed an eighteenth-century war in India; Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) restored Madras to the English just as Madras (1769) and Mangalore (1784) rested on mutual restitution.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Treaty of Mangalore (1784) brought to an end which of the following?
- (a)First Anglo-Mysore War
- (b)Second Anglo-Mysore War
- (c)Third Anglo-Mysore War
- (d)Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
Answer(b) Second Anglo-Mysore War — signed on 11 March 1784 between Tipu Sultan and the East India Company, providing for the mutual restitution of conquered territories and prisoners.
- practice — not a real PYQ
By the Treaty of Allahabad of 1765, the East India Company obtained
- (a)the Nizamat of Bengal
- (b)the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
- (c)the cession of the Northern Circars
- (d)the right to fortify Calcutta
Answer(b) the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa — granted by Emperor Shah Alam II after the Battle of Buxar, giving the Company the revenues of the three provinces and beginning the dual government in Bengal.