In the third Karnatak War, the British East India Company defeated French forces at the ______ in 1760, bringing an end to nearly a century of warfare over French sovereignty in India.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Battle of Wandiwash.
- The most significant action of the Third Carnatic War was the Battle of Wandiwash in 1760. The succession dispute in Karnataka and Hyderabad provided the context for the Second Carnatic War. At the Battle of Wandiwash, English General Eyre Coote defeated the French army under Count Thomas Arthur de Lally and took Bussy as a prisoner.