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

Question : 16

Which one among the following thinkers argued that Maratha rule in general and Shivaji in particular represented early nationalist consciousness in India?

a) Pandita Ramabai

b) MG Ranade

c) Bipin Chandra Pal

d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Question : 17

Haider Ali’s administration is remembered for its:

a) Leniency

b) Severity

c) Nobel innovations

d) Welfare measures

Question : 18 [UPPCS (Mains) 2016]

Who was the Nawab of Bengal when the Battle of Buxar was fought?

a) Siraj-ud-Daula

b) Mir Jafar

c) Mir Qasim

d) Najmuddaula

Question : 19

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 : 20

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