east india company MCQs set 2 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

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 : 2

Who was the founder of British Empire in India?

a) Warren Hastings

b) Lord Amherst

c) Lord Robert Clive

d) Lord William Bentinck

Question : 3

‘The Musalman’, the handwritten daily newspaper in circulation since 1927, is published from which one of the following places?

a) Chennai

b) Hyderabad

c) Mysore

d) Lucknow

Question : 4

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 : 5

Who led the Maratha forces in the 3rd Battle of Panipat in 1761?

a) Vishwanath Rao

b) Sadashiva Rao

c) Madhava Rao

d) Dattaji Scindia

Question : 6

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