east india company MCQs set 3 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Haider Ali was originally

a) a member of the royal family

b) an adventurer

c) an invader

d) a Hindu chief

Question : 2

a) 2 1 3 4

b) 2 1 4 3

c) 1 2 4 3

d) 1 2 3 4

Question : 3

Identify the name of the wife of the Mughal Emperor who is believed to have sabotaged the work of the rebels by acting as an informer to the British.

a) Zeenat Mahal

b) Fatima Begum

c) Hazrat Mahal

d) Mumtaz Mahal

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

Identify the name of the wife of the Mughal Emperor who is believed to have sabotaged the work of the rebels by acting as an informer to the British.

a) Zeenat Mahal

b) Fatima Begum

c) Hazrat Mahal

d) Mumtaz Mahal

Question : 6

Lord Cornwallis has been criticized for not destroying Tipu Sultan when he had the chance to do so after the third Anglo-Mysore war.
Which one of the following considerations was not a factor taken into account by Cornwallis in taking his decision?

a) Sickness spread among the English troops

b) War with France, and the consequent alliance between Tipu and the French, were apprehended

c) The territory was too large to be administered with any

d) Cornwallis was ill-disposed towards the court of Directors who were advising full annexation