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

Question : 21

The following are connected with the First AngloMaratha War 1779-82:

1. Convention of Wadgaon
2. Treaty of Purandar
3. Treaty of Surat
4. Treaty of Salbai

a) 3-2-1-4

b) 2-1-3-4

c) 4-2-1-3

d) 1-4-3-2

Question : 22 [UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2004]

In which Governor’s tenure, Diwani rights of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa was granted to East India Company by Emperor Shah Alam?

a) Lord Clive

b) Lord Cornwallis

c) Lord Wellesley

d) Lord William Bentinck

Question : 23

Which of the following statements regarding Permanent Settlement is/are correct?

1. The Permanent Settlement was introduced in parts of the Madras and Bombay Presidencies.
2. The Permanent Settlement created a new class of landlords with hereditary rights on land.
3. The landlords created by the Permanent Settlement could never be removed under any circumstance.

a) Only 1

b) Only 2

c) 2 and 3

d) 1, 2 and 3

Question : 24

‘The Musalman’, the handwritten daily newspaper in circulation since 1927, is published from which one of the following places?

a) Chennai

b) Hyderabad

c) Mysore

d) Lucknow

Question : 25

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