east india company MCQs set 2 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Consider the following statements about Shivaji’s military acumen

1. He was a master in guerrilla tactics and swift cavalry warfare.
2. He had built a series of fortified strongholds on the table mountains of the Western Deccan.

a) Only 1

b) Only 2

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Question : 2

Which Nawab of Bengal shifted his capital from Murshidabad to Monghyr?

a) Mir Qasim

b) Mir Jafar

c) Siraj-ud-daulah

d) Shuja-ud-din

Question : 3

Consider the following statements

1. 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

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 : 5

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 : 6

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