East India Company and Nawab of Bengal Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions
East India Company and Nawab of Bengal PRACTICE TEST [3 - EXERCISES]
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Question : 7
Statement I:
The annexation of Awadh by Lord Dalhousie in 1856 adversely affected the financial conditions of the sepoys.
Statement II:
The sepoys had to pay higher taxes on the land where their family members stayed in Awadh.
a) Both the statements are true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
b) Both the statements are true, but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
c) Statement I is true, but Statement II is false
d) Statement I is false, but Statement II is true
Answer »Answer: (a)
The annexation of Awadh by Lord Dalhousie on the pretext of maladministration left thousands of nobles, officials, retainers and soldiers jobless.
Moreover, the annexation of Awadh adversely affected the sepoy’s purse.
Question : 9
Which one among the following was the immediate cause of attack by Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula on Calcutta in 1756?
a) Refusal of the English Company to pay the overdue trade tax
b) The English conspired against the Nawab with a view to depose him from the Throne
c) Siraj-ud-Daula wanted to drive out the English from Bengal
d) Refusal of the English to demolish the fortification of Calcutta
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 10
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
Answer »Answer: (d)
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