Modern History of India is very important part from Indian History. All competitive Exams are contained with numbers of question from Modern History of India. In this part of previous year question and answer series we will revise questions from East India Company and Nawabs of Bengal.
Before proceeding to revise previous year solved question and answer of different competitive exams we should go through the following key points:-
- Murshid Quli Khan (1717-1727 AD) was the last Governor of Bengal who was independently appointed by the Mughal King.
- Murshid Quli Khan shifted his Capital to Maksudabad from Dhaka and named it Murshidabad.
- Murshid Quli Khan started Izara system in the land settelment.
- After the death of Alivardi Khan, His Grand Son Siraj-Ud-Daula succeeded to the throne of Bengal.
- Blackhole tragedy took place during the reign of Siraj-Ud-Daula on 20th June 1756.
- Robert Clive is known as the founder of English rule in India.
- Robert Clive defeated Nawab of Bengal Siraj-Ud-Daula in the battle of Plassey on 23rd June 1757 and founded the foundation of British Rule in India.
- Battle of Plassy is situated on the Bank of river Bhagirathi in Nadia district of West Bengal.
East India Company and Nawabs of Bengal- Previous year solved question and answer (ghatna chakra)
- Which of the following was the last Governor of Bengal appointed by the Mughal Emperor?
[UPPCS Mains 2013]
(a) Sarfraj Khan
(b) Murshid Quli Khan
(c) Alivardi Khan
(d) Shujauddin Muhammad Khan
Ans:- (b) Murshid Quli Khan
- Which of the following war began the consolidation of British Supremacy over India?
[MPPCS PRE 1994]
(a) Battle of Buxar
(b) Battle of Plassey
(c) IIIrd Battle of Mysaro
(d) Independence Struggle of 1857
Ans:- (b) Battle of Plassey
- Sirajuddaula was defeated by Lord Clive in the battle of :-
[UPPCS MAINS 2005]
(a) Plassey
(b) Buxar
(c) Munger
(d) Wandiwash
Ans:- (a) Plassey
- Who was the founder of the British Empire in India?
UTTRAKHAND UDA/LDA Pre 2007
(a) Warren Hasting
(b) Lord Amherst
(c) Lord Robert Clive
(d) Lord William Bentinck
Ans:- (c) Lord Robert Clive
- Who among the following has been called as a ‘Heaven Born General’?
[UPPCS MAINS 2009]
(a) Albuquerque
(b) Robert Clive
(c) Francois Dupleix
(d) Lord Cornwallis
Ans:- (b) Robert Clive
- Who founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal in Calcutta in 1784?
[UPPCS Mains 2017]
(a) Jonathan Duncan
(b) William Jones
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) Charles Grant
Ans:- (b) William Jones
- The battlefield of Plassey is situated in –
[UTTRAKHAND PCS Pre 2010]
(a) Bihar
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Orissa
(d) West Bengal
Ans:- (d) West Bengal
- The Battle of Plassey was fought in the year.
[UTTRAKHAND UDA/LDA Pre 2007, MPPCS 2006]
(a) 1761
(b) 1757
(c) 1760
(d) 1764
Ans:- (b) 1757
- Which of the following shifted his capital from Murshidabad to Munger?
[IAS Pre 2005]
[UP Lower Sub Pre 2003]
(a) Alivadri Khan
(b) Siraj- Ud- Daula
(c) Mir Jafar
(d) Mir Qasim
Ans:- (d) Mir Qasim
- The most decisive battle that led to the establishment of supremacy of the British in India was:-
[UPPCS Pre 2003, UPPCS Pre 1990]
(a) The Battle of Buxar
(b) The Battle of Plassey
(c) The Battle of Wandiwash
(d) The Third battle of panipat
Ans:- (a) The Battle of Buxar
- Who was the ruler of Delhi at the time of battle of Buxar?
[MPPCS Pre 2005]
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Shah Alam I
(c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(d) Shah Alam II
Ans:- (d) Shah Alam II
- Who was the Nawab of Bengal when the Battle of Buxar was fought?
[UPPCS Mains 2016]
(a) Sirajuddaula
(b) Mir Jafar
(c) Mir Quasim
(d) Najmuddaula
Ans:- (b) Mir Jafar
- Out of the following, the most decisive battle fought by the English East India Company was
[UPPCS Mains 2016]
(a) Battle of Buxar
(b Battle of Plassey
(c) First Anglo Sikh war
(d) First Anglo Mysore War
Ans :- (a) Battle of Buxar
- The first decisive military success of English East India Company in India is marked by:-
[MPPCS Pre 2008]
(a) Battle of Buxar
(b) Battle of Plassey
(c) Battle of Panipat
(d) Battle of Haldighati
Ans:- (a) Battle of Buxar
- Which one of the following is considered to be most significant battle in the establishment of British supremacy in India ?
[UPPCS Mains 2012]
(a) Buxar
(b) Plassey
(c) Shrirangapattam
(d) Wandiwash
Ans:- Buxar
- Which one of the following rulers had granted Diwani to the East India Company?
[UP Lower Sub Pre 2003]
(a) Farukhsiyar
(b) Shah Alam – I
(c) Shah Alam – II
(d) Shulauddaula
Ans :- (c) Shah Alam – II
- Who granted the Diwani of Bengal to the East India Company in 1765?
[UPPCS GIC 2010]
(a) Nawab of Bengal
(b) Mughal Emperor
(c) British Monarch
(d) The Afghan King
Ans:- (b) Mughal Emperor
- In Which Governor’s tenure, Diwani rights of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa was granted to East India Company by Emperor Shah Alam?
[UPPCS Spl Mains 2004]
(a) Lord Clive
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord William Bentinck
Ans:- (a) Lord Clive
- Emperor Shah Alam – II gave the Diwani of Bengal –Bihar –Orissa to East India Company on –
[48th to 52th BPSC Pre 2008]
(a) 12 August 1765
(b) 18 August 1765
(c) 29 August 1765
(d) 21 August 1765
Ans:- 12 August 1765
- Where was the Western Presidency situated in the early period of the East India Company?
[MPPCS Pre 2018]
(a) Surat
(b) Satara
(c) Bombay
(d) Panaji
Ans:- (a) Surat
- Who was appointed Deputy Diwan of Murshidabad by Robert Clive after the Allahabad Traty?
[45th BPSC Pre 2001]
(a) Mohd. Raza Khan
(b) Shitab Rai
(c) Rai Durlabh
(d) Syed Ghulam Hussain
Ans:- (a) Mohd. Raza Khan
- With which one of the following mountain tribes did the British first come into contact with after the grant of Diwani in the year 1765?
[IAS Pre 2002]
(a) Garo
(b) Khasi
(c) Kuki
(d) Tipperah
Ans:- Khasi
- Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the battles fought in India in the 18th Century?
[IAS Pre 2005]
(a) Battle of Wandiwash- Battle of Buxar- Battle of Ambur- Battle of Plassey
(b) Battle of Ambur – Battle of Plassey – Battle of Plassey – Battle of Buxar
(c) Battle of Wandiwash- Battle of Plassey- Battle of Ambur- Battle of Buxar
(d) Battle of Ambur- Battle of Buxar- Battle of Wandiwash- Battle of Plassey
Ans:- (b) Battle of Ambur – Battle of Plassey – Battle of Plassey – Battle of Buxar
- Name the French Commander who was defeated in the Battle of Wandiwash in 1760.
[Uttrakhand PCS Pre 2016]
(a) Count Lally
(b) Francis Martin
(c) Dupleix
(d) None of the above
Ans :- a) Count Lally
- In the battle of Wandiwash (1760)-
[UPPCS Mains 2015]
(a) French defeated British
(b) British defeated British
(c) British defeated French
(d) Dutch defeated British
Ans:- (c) British defeated French
- Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?
[IAS Pre 1995]
(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 Cpmpany
Ans :- (b) Battle of Wandiwash – French Vs East India Company
- Which of the following opposed British in India vigorously?
[UPPCS Pre 1993]
(a) Maratha
(b) Mughal
(c) Rajputana
(d) Sikh
Ans:- (a) Maratha
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