east india company MCQs set 2 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Tipu Sultan was defeated and killed in the Fourth AngloMysore War (1799). Who of the following did not give a share in Tipu’s territories?

a) The Marathas

b) The English

c) The Nizam

d) The Hindu dynasty of Mysore

Question : 2

Emperor Shah Alam II gave the Diwani of Bengal-Bihar and Orissa to East India Company on

a) 12 August, 1765

b) 18 August, 1765

c) 29 August, 1765

d) 21 August, 1765

Question : 3

What was/were the object/objects of Queen Victoria’s Proclamation (1858)?

1. To disclaim any intention to annex Indian States
2. To place the Indian administration under the British Crown
3. To regulate East India Company’s trade with India

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 2 only

c) 1 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

Question : 4

Haider Ali was originally

a) a member of the royal family

b) an adventurer

c) an invader

d) a Hindu chief

Question : 5

Haider Ali established his authority over the Mysore state by overthrowing

a) Devraj

b) Nanjaraj

c) Kaviraja

d) Krishna Raj

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