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Consider the following statements about the conflict between Sirajuddaulah and the East India Company:
1. Sirajuddaulah became the nawab of Bengal after the death of Alivardi Khan in 1756.
2. Sirajuddaulah first took the Company's fort at Calcutta and then seized the English factory at Kassimbazar.
3. Company forces under Robert Clive were sent from Madras along with naval fleets.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Consider the following statements about the Battle of Plassey and its aftermath:
1. Clive won Mir Jafar's support by promising to make him nawab.
2. The battle was the Company's first major victory in India.
3. Soon after the battle, the Company eagerly took over the direct administration of Bengal.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Match List-I with List-II:
| List-I (Person) | List-II (Description) |
|---|---|
| A. Alivardi Khan | 1. Led the Company's army at Plassey |
| B. Mir Jafar | 2. Defeated at Buxar and driven out of Bengal |
| C. Mir Qasim | 3. Commander whose forces never fought at Plassey |
| D. Robert Clive | 4. Died in 1756 |
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
Consider the following events in Bengal:
1. Mir Jafar is reinstalled as nawab
2. The nawab's forces seize the English factory at Kassimbazar
3. Sirajuddaulah is assassinated
4. Mir Qasim is installed as nawab
Select the correct chronological order.
Consider the following statements about the Diwani of Bengal:
1. The outflow of gold from Britain stopped completely immediately after the Battle of Plassey.
2. The Company was appointed Diwan of Bengal by the Mughal emperor.
3. Bengal's revenue was used to maintain Company troops and to build the fort and offices at Calcutta.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Consider the following statements about Bengal in the years after Buxar and the Diwani:
1. Within five years of the Diwani, the value of goods the Company bought in Bengal doubled.
2. The famine of 1770 killed ten million people, about one-third of the population.
3. After Buxar, the nawab had to pay the Company Rs 5 lakh every year.
Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correct?
Consider the following events in the career of Robert Clive:
1. Cross-examined by the British Parliament over his wealth
2. Arrives in Madras from England at the age of 18
3. Appointed Governor of Bengal
4. Leads the Company's army at Plassey
Select the correct chronological order.
Robert Clive remarked, 'We must indeed become nawabs ourselves'. This remark came soon after which development?
Consider the following statements about the events of 1756 in Bengal:
1. The East India Company successfully made a rival of Sirajuddaulah the nawab of Bengal.
2. Sirajuddaulah asked the Company to stop interfering in politics, stop fortification and pay revenue.
3. The Company forces sent to recover Calcutta came from Bombay under Robert Clive.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Consider the following statements about Bengal after the Company became Diwan:
1. Within ten years of the Diwani, the value of goods bought by the Company in Bengal tripled.
2. Artisans were forced to sell their goods cheaply to the Company, so they began leaving their villages.
3. The famine of 1770 killed ten million people, about one-third of the population.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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