east india company MCQs set 2 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

‘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 : 2

The following are connected with the First Anglo- Maratha War 1779- 82:

1. Convention of Wadgaon
2. Treaty of Purandar
3. Treaty of Surat
4. Treaty of Salbai

a) 3-2-1-4

b) 2-1-3-4

c) 4-2-1-3

d) 1-4-3-2

Question : 3

a) A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3

b) A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2

c) A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1

d) A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4

Question : 4

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 : 5

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 : 6

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