Initial Modern India Practice Questions Answers Test With Solutions

Answer: (b)

Nazam-ud-daulah was the Nawab of Bengal when Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa was granted to East India Company. In 1765, the Company was granted the Diwani, or the right to collect revenue, in Bengal and Bihar.

Answer: (a)

Mohammad Raza Khan was appointed Deputy Diwan of Bengal by Robert Clive after the Allahabad treaty. For the exercise of Diwani functions, the Company appointed two deputy Diwans, Mohammad Raza Khan for Bengal and Raja Sitab Roy for Bihar. Mohammad Raza Khan also acted as deputy Nazim or deputy Subahdar.

Answer: (d)

Mahalwari settlement belongs to Halt Mackenzie, permanent settlement of Bengal belongs to Cornwallis, Ryotwari settlement belongs to Thomas Munro, permanent settlement of Banaras belongs to Jonathan Duncan.

Answer: (d)

Macaulay committee recommended introduction of English education. It was a systematic effort to educate the upper classes of India. In 1882, the government appointed a commission under W.W. Hunter to review the progress of the education in India since 1854.

Answer: (d)

Marathas signed the treaty of Salbai in 1782 with the English at the instance of Sindhia. The treaty established the status quo in Anglo-Maratha relations.

Though the material gains of the English from the treaty were not very impressive, it gave them peace with the Marathas for twenty years, the time which was needed by the British to concentrate on other fronts, especially Mysore.