21). Who succeeded Siraj-ud-Daula as Nawab of Bengal after the Battle of Plassey?
| A). Aliwardi Khan |
| B). Mir Jafar |
| C). Mir Kasim |
| D). Shuja-ud-Daulah |
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22). Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
| 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 Kharda - Nizam Vs East India Company |
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23). Tranquebar on the Tamil Nadu coast was a colonial outpost of the :
| A). Portuguese |
| B). French |
| C). Dutch |
| D). Danish |
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24). The immediate successors of Shivajai's descendants, who came to power in the Maratha kingdom, were the :
| A). Bhonsles |
| B). Peshwas |
| C). Holkars |
| D). Gaekwads |
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25). Black Hole Episode' was the main cause of :
| A). Battle of Buxar |
| B). Battle of Plassey |
| C). Battle of Wandiwash |
| D). Battle of Haldighati |
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26). Black Hole episode in which 146 English prisoners were confined in a very small room and only 23 survived, occurred during the regime of :
| A). Shuja-ud-daula |
| B). Aliovardi Khan |
| C). Siraj-ud-daula |
| D). Mir Qasim |
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27). The main cause of the conflict between Nawab Sirajuddaulah and the East India Company was that :
| A). The British opposed the succession of Sirajuddaulah |
| B). The British misused the trade concessions |
| C). The British attacked the French settlement of Chandranagar in Bengal |
| D). the incident of Black hole had occurred |
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28). Consider the following statements :
1. In the Third Battle of Panipat, Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated Ibrahim Lodi
2.Tipu Sultan was killed in the Third Anglo-Mysore War
3.Mir Jafar entered in a conspiracy with the English for the defeat of Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah in the Battle of Plassey
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
| A). 1,2 and 3 |
| B). only 3 |
| C). 2 and 3 |
| D). None |
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29). Which of the following were reasons for the failure of the French in establishing political control over India?
I. The French navy was inferior to that of its rival, the English navy
II. The French Company, being a private enterprise, did not enjoy the patronage of the French government
III. The French subordinated their commercial interests to territorial ambitions, and so became shares of funds
IV. The French held only one important place - Pondichery - while their rivals, the English, had established control over Calcutta, Bombay and Madras.
| A). I and II |
| B). II and IV |
| C). I, II and IV |
| D). III and IV |
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30). Who was the founder of the French East India Company?
| A). Dumas |
| B). Colbert |
| C). Dupleix |
| D). De La Haye |
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