east india company MCQs set 3 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

Answer: (b)

Answer: (a)

On the basis of the report submitted by Sir John Shore Cornwallis introduced land revenue settlement for ten years with Zamindars in 1789 but the same was made permanent in 1793 by the proclamation of Cornwallis and it was known as Permanent Land Revenue settlement. The basic features of the settlement were as follows:

1. The Zamindars were made hereditary owners of the land under their possession. They and their successors exercised total control over lands.
2. The Zamindars could sell and purchase lands.
3. The state had no direct contact with the peasants.
4. The company’s share in the revenue was fixed permanently with the Zamindars.

Answer: (c)

The First Anglo-Maratha War (1775-1782) was fought between the British East India Company and Maratha Empire in India. The war began with the Treaty of Surat and ended with the Treaty of Salbai. After the British defeat, Warren Hastings through Mahadji Shinde proposed a new treaty between the Peshwa and the British that would recognize the young Madhavrao as the Peshwa and grant Raghunathrao a pension.

This treaty, known as the Treaty of Salbai, was signed on 17 May 1782 and was ratified by Hastings in June 1782 and by Phadnis in February 1783. The treaty also returned to Shinde all his territories west of the Yamuna. It also guaranteed peace between the two sides for twenty years, thus ending the war.

Answer: (a)

The object/objects of Queen Victoria’s Proclamation (1858) were to disclaim any intention to annex the Indian States as the announcement reversed Lord Dalhousie’s pre-war policy of political unification through princely state annexation. It was also to place the Indian administration under the British Crown.

Therefore, statements 1 & 2 are correct. However, it was not to regulate East India Company’s trade with India so statement 3 is wrong.

Answer: (a)