east india company MCQs set 2 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Which one among the following was the immediate cause of attack by Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula on Calcutta in 1756?

a) Refusal of the English Company to pay the overdue trade tax

b) The English conspired against the Nawab with a view to depose him from the Throne

c) Siraj-ud-Daula wanted to drive out the English from Bengal

d) Refusal of the English to demolish the fortification of Calcutta

Question : 2

Lord Cornwallis has been criticized for not destroying Tipu Sultan when he had the chance to do so after the third Anglo-Mysore war.
Which one of the following considerations was not a factor taken into account by Cornwallis in taking his decision?

a) Sickness spread among the English troops

b) War with France, and the consequent alliance between Tipu and the French, were apprehended

c) The territory was too large to be administered with any

d) Cornwallis was ill-disposed towards the court of Directors who were advising full annexation

Question : 3

Consider the following statements

1. The battle of Buxar provided the key to the English to establish their rule in India.
2. The Treaty of Allahabad concluded in 1765, enabled the British to establish their rule in Bengal.

a) Only 1

b) Only 2

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Question : 4

Statement I:
The annexation of Awadh by Lord Dalhousie in 1856 adversely affected the financial conditions of the sepoys.
Statement II:
The sepoys had to pay higher taxes on the land where their family members stayed in Awadh.

a) Both the statements are true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

b) Both the statements are true, but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I

c) Statement I is true, but Statement II is false

d) Statement I is false, but Statement II is true

Question : 5

During whose Peshwaship was the second and third Anglo-Maratha fought resulting in the abolition of the Peshawaship by the English?

a) Narayan Rao

b) Raghunath Rao

c) Madhav Rao I

d) Baji Rao II

Question : 6

Bring out the correct statement about British expansion in Madras

1. In 1658, all the English settlement on the Coromandal and in Eastern India were placed under the control of Fort St. George.
2. In 1801, Lord Wellesley created the Madras presidency as it existed till Indian Independence.
3. In 1640, the British obtained the site of Madras from the Raja of Valikondapuram.
4. The British built a fortified factory, viz. Fort St George, at Madras.

a) 1, 2, 3

b) 1 & 3

c) 1, 2, 4

d) 2, 3, 4