Question

The first Anglo-Maratha war came to an end with the treaty of ______.
A. Bassein
B. Madras
C. Surat
D. None of these

Answer 1

Hint:The first Anglo Maratha war was fought between the Marathas and the East India Company in which the British were defeated badly. This led to the signing of the treaty of salbai between the company and the Marathas in 1782.

Complete answer:
Let us discuss each option individually in detail to figure out the correct option.
Bassein: As stated in the hint, the first anglo Maratha war came to an end with the treaty of Salbai. Therefore , this is not the correct option.

Madras: As stated in the hint, the first anglo Maratha war came to an end with the treaty of Salbai. Therefore , this is not the correct option.

Surat: As stated in the hint, the first anglo Maratha war came to an end with the treaty of Salbai. Therefore , this is not the correct option.

None of these : Since none of the options matches the correct answer, therefore we can say that this is the correct option.

Hence, the correct answer is option D.

Note: The treaty of Salbai was signed between the Marathas and the British East India Company. It was signed between Warren Hastings and Mahadaji Scindia. Under this treaty, the company retained the administration of Salsette and Broach and the Marathas acquired the guarantee of the company’s support to defeat Hyder Ali of Mysore to take back the territories in Carnatic.