East India Company and Nawab of Bengal Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 1 [UPPCS (Mains) 2009]

Who among the following has been called as a ‘Heaven Born General’?

a) Albuquerque

b) Robert Clive

c) Francois Dupleix

d) Lord Cornwallis

Question : 2

a) 4 1 2 5

b) 3 5 4 1

c) 4 5 2 1

d) 3 1 4 5

Question : 3

Which of the following statements above Ryotwari settlement is/are correct?

1. It recognised the cultivators as the owner of land.
2. It was a temporary settlement.
3. It was introduced later than the permanent settlement.

a) 1 and 2

b) 2 and 3

c) Only 1

d) All of these

Question : 4 [IAS (Pre) 1995]

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

a) Battle of Buxar - Mir Jafar vs. Clive

b) Battle of Wandiwash - French vs. East India Company

c) Battle of Chilianwala - Dalhousie vs. Marathas

d) Battle of Khurda - Nizam vs. East India Company

Question : 5

Bring out the correct statement about British expansion in Madras

1. In 1658, all the English settlement on the Coromandal and in Eastern India were placed under the control of Fort St. George.
2. In 1801, Lord Wellesley created the Madras presidency as it existed till Indian Independence.
3. In 1640, the British obtained the site of Madras from the Raja of Valikondapuram.
4. The British built a fortified factory, viz. Fort St George, at Madras.

a) 1, 2, 3

b) 1 & 3

c) 1, 2, 4

d) 2, 3, 4