east india company MCQs set 3 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

In which Governor’s tenure, Diwani rights of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa was granted to East India Company by Emperor Shah Alam?

a) Lord Clive

b) Lord Cornwallis

c) Lord Wellesley

d) Lord William Bentinck

Question : 2

Which of the following statements regarding Permanent Settlement is/are correct?

1. The Permanent Settlement was introduced in parts of the Madras and Bombay Presidencies.
2. The Permanent Settlement created a new class of landlords with hereditary rights on land.
3. The landlords created by the Permanent Settlement could never be removed under any circumstance.

a) Only 1

b) Only 2

c) 2 and 3

d) 1, 2 and 3

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

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 : 5

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 : 6

Who was the Nawab of Bengal when the Battle of Buxar was fought?

a) Siraj-ud-Daula

b) Mir Jafar

c) Mir Qasim

d) Najmuddaula