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

Question : 6

Tipu Sultan was a man of complex character. He was an innovator, which of the following was not one of his innovations?

a) A new calendar

b) A new method of survey and settlement

c) A new system of coinage

d) New scales of weights and measures

Question : 7

Which of the following statements about Permanent Settlement are correct?

1. It conferred proprietary rights to peasants.
2. The Zamindars were recognised as the proprietors of land.
3. The government permanently fixed the land revenue demand.
4. The Zamindars acted as the middlemen between the peasants and the government.

a) 2, 3 and 4

b) 3 and 4

c) 1 and 4

d) 1 and 3

Question : 8

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 : 9

Statement I:
The Permanent Zamindari Settlement of land created a new class of landlords.
Statement II:
The new class of landlords became strong political allies of the British and were interested in the continuance of British dominion.

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

Question : 10

What was/were the object/objects of Queen Victoria’s Proclamation (1858)?

1. To disclaim any intention to annex Indian States
2. To place the Indian administration under the British Crown
3. To regulate East India Company’s trade with India

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 2 only

c) 1 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3