20. When was the English East India Company established? 21. By whom were the foundations of British Empire in India laid in the middle of last century? 22. In what celebrated battle did he defeat Surajah Dowlah? 23. When were the French settlements in the East Indies finally reduced by the English? 24. Who was the first Governor-General of India? 25. What great victory was gained in India by the Duke of Wellington? and over whom? 26. By whom was Seringapatam stormed? and what celebrated person fell on that occasion? 27. Name the three British Presidencies in India, and their respective capitals? 28. What is the date of the French Revolution? 29. What command had Bonaparte at the siege of Toulon? 30. At what battle, in his first Italian campaign, did he display remarkable bravery? 31. In what year did he invade Egypt? and what great battle did he gain? 32. Where did Nelson defeat the French fleet soon after? 33. By whom were the French finally defeated and driven from Egypt? 34. What great battle terminated Bonaparte's second campaign in Italy? 35. In what year was he crowned Emperor? 36. What battle induced Austria to agree to a peace in 1805? 37. What was the object of the Decrees of Berlin? and by whom issued? 38. What battle led to the peace of Tilsit? and who were the principal parties to that peace? 39. In what year did Bonaparte invade Russia? 40. What two great battles preceded his entry into Moscow ? 41. What battle led to the liberation of Germany in 1813? 42. How was Napoleon disposed of on his first dethronement? 1843. 1. What is the date of the call of Abraham? 2. What was the Metropolis of Middle Egypt, when visited by the patriarch Abraham ? 3. To whom did Abraham at his death transmit the inheritance of the Divine promise? 4. How did Jacob become the heir of this glorious privilege? 5. What policy induced Pharaoh to assign the land of Goshen to the Israelites ? 6. What reason may be assigned for the hatred of the Egyptians towards the "shepherds" or Nomade tribes? 7. How long did the Israelites sojourn in Egypt? 8. To what dynasty did the King "who knew not Joseph" probably belong? 9. What animal was reverenced as the emblem (a) of Isis? (b) of Osiris? (c) of Ammon? 10. Where was Moses when called by Jehovah to achieve the deliverance of the chosen people? and what had occasioned his being there? 11. What was the last of the ten plagues inflicted on the Egyptians? 12. What is the date of the Exodus ? 13. By whom were the Israelites first attacked on leaving Egypt? 14. What miracle signalized their victory? 15. Who visited the camp of the Israelites after this battle? and what did he recommend to Moses? 16. Of what heinous sin were the Israelites guilty at Mount Sinai? 17. What punishment was at last inflicted on them for their obstinate rebellion? 18. What led to the inclusion of Moses and Aaron in this sentence? 19. When did Aaron die? and where was he buried? 20. Whose assistance did Balak, King of Moab, solicit against the Israelites? and what was the result? 21. Whom did Moses appoint his successor? 22. Where did Moses die? Who of the murmuring generation survived him? 23. What miracle attended the passage of the Israelites over the Jordan? 24. What feast did they celebrate after crossing the river? What had led to its discontinuance during their wanderings? 25. What tribes settled in the land east of the Jordan? 26. How long were the Israelites engaged in completing the conquest of Canaan under Joshua? 27. How long did they remain under the government of Judges? 28. Who was the most remarkable of the Jewish heroes during that period? 29. Into whose hands did the Ark of the Covenant fall in the time of Eli? Where was it placed? and how was its profanation punished? 30. How long did the Ark remain at Kirjath-jearim? 31. In whose family was the Priesthood established? 32. Who was the last of the Hebrew Judges? 33. Whom did he anoint king? and when? 34. In what battle was the first king slain? 35. Over what tribe was David at first elected King? and where? 36. To whom did the other tribes adhere? 37. How long did this separation continue? 38. What place did David make the capital of the united kingdom? 39. Whom did he dispossess from it? 40. Who supplied him with materials and workmen to erect a palace? 41. What Prophet forbade him to build a temple for the worship of God as he had contemplated? and on what grounds? 42. How long did David reign? GEOGRAPHY. 1835. 1. What is the largest island in the world? 2. What is the largest ocean? 3. Write Europe, Asia, Africa, and America in the order of their size. 4. Give the highest mountains in the four continents, naming one range in each. 5. What are the boundaries of the county of Perth? 6. Describe the course of the Tweed. 7. Name the principal towns on the Clyde in Geographical order. 8. In what English Counties are the following towns,-Bath, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle, Portsmouth, Plymouth? 9. Mention the different political states of Europe with the capital of each. 10. How is France bounded? 11. Where are Alexandria, Barcelona, Delhi, Florence, Havannah, Leipsic, Nantes, New Orleans, Quito, Riga, and Smyrna? 12. Describe the course of the Rhine from its source to the sea, mentioning the countries, and sub-divisions of countries through which it flows, the principal tributaries which it receives, and the chief towns on its banks. 13. Give the latitude nearly of the southern extremities of the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. 14. What is the length of a degree of latitude? 15. On what principle is a table constructed which shews the length of a degree of longitude in any degree of latitude? 1836. 1. Draw the Outlines of Attica. 2. What is the length of the Apennines? 3. What extent of sea coast has France on the Mediterranean ? 4. Name all the States of Germany. 5. Name the chief cities on the Rhine. 6. Name the principal tributaries of the Po. 1837. 1. Name the principal countries through which the Danube flows, and the sea into which it falls. 2. Name the seas into which the following rivers fall,—the Thames, the Garonne, the Ebro, the Po, the Rhone, the Tagus, the Vistula, the Rhine, the Dnieper, the Volga. 3. Name the principal tributaries of the Tweed. 4. Draw the outlines of Ireland, and mark the four provinces. 5. What is the length of Great Britain? 6. What is the length of the Pyrenees? 7. Name the countries bordering on the Baltic. 8. Name the Gulfs on the north and east of the Baltic. 9. Give the latitude of Gibraltar and of the North Cape. 10. Draw the outlines of Great Britain, and lay down the rivers Severn, Humber, Thames, Tyne, Spey, Dee, Tay, Forth, and 1838. 1. Name the principal capes or headlands of Scotland, and the counties in which they are severally situated. 2. On what rivers do Carlisle, York, Sheffield, Hereford, Chester, Shrewsbury, and Ipswich, respectively stand? 3. Sketch the outline of Spain-including Portugal, and lay down its five largest rivers, attaching their names. 4. Mark also Capes Ortegal, Palos, Finisterre, Gata, St. Vincent, and Trafalgar. 5. What are the names of the five grand groups of the West India islands. 6. What great continents and islands, or clusters of islands, does the Equator cross? 7. Name as minutely as possible the particular state or province in which each of the following lies, viz. :— 1. Boston. 2. New Orleans. 3. Philadelphia. 4. Washington. 5. Saratoga. 6. Madras. 7. Benares. 8. Rio Janeiro. 9. Buenos Ayres. 8. What points of Asia and America approach the nearest? and what is the distance between them? 9. Through what point was the first meridian formerly wont to be drawn, and what is its longitude relatively to Greenwich? 10. Give the ancient names corresponding to |