east india company MCQs set 3 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

What was the worst part of the permanent settlement of Bengal?

a) Disintegration of the village communities

b) Creation of absentee landlords

c) Sub-infatuation of estates and holdings

d) Subjection of the cultivator to untold misery

Question : 2

The fortification of Calcutta by the British in 1756 was regarded by the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah, as

a) growth of large-scale British trade

b) an attack upon his sovereignty

c) insecurity of the British in India

d) British control over Bengal

Question : 3

The following are connected with the First AngloMaratha 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 : 4

Haider Ali’s administration is remembered for its:

a) Leniency

b) Severity

c) Nobel innovations

d) Welfare measures

Question : 5

Which one among the following thinkers argued that Maratha rule in general and Shivaji in particular represented early nationalist consciousness in India?

a) Pandita Ramabai

b) MG Ranade

c) Bipin Chandra Pal

d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Question : 6

Which was the following war consolidated British supremacy over India?

a) Battle of Buxar

b) Battle of Plassey

c) Third battle of Mysore

d) Independence struggle of 1857