Rise of British Power in Bengal

The Queen of England ____________ granted the East India Company the exclusive right to trade with the East.

• Victoria I

• Elizabeth I

• Mary I

• Elizabeth II

The English East India Company established its first factory in ____________ in ___________.

• Surat, 1612

• Madras, 1612

• Bombay, 1615

• Ahmedabad, 1623

How did the British acquire the island of Bombay?

• The island of Bombay was given to them by a local ruler.

• The island of Bombay was rented to them by Charles II at 10 pounds per year.

Where was Fort William located?

• Goa

• Pondicherry

• Calcutta

• Bombay

Which of the following reasons made Siraj-ud-Daulah angry with the British?

• The British did not pay taxes to him like other Indian merchants.

• The British refused to dismantle their fortifications at Calcutta in anticipation of war with the French.

• Both options are correct.

(a)   hatched a plot to overthrow Siraj-ud-Daulah.

How was the Battle of Plassey advantageous to the British?

• The English East India Company got undisputed right to free trade in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.

• The Company got zamindari of 24 Parganas.

• It transformed a trading company into a political power.

• All of the given options are correct.

(a)   was unable to meet the demands of the British as the Nawab of Bengal. As a result, he was deposed.

Mir Qasim formed an alliance against the British with Shah Alam II and __________.

• Mir Jafar

• Siraj-ud-Daulah

• Shuja-ud-Daulah

• Farrukhsiyar

The victory of the British in the Battle of Buxar firmly established them as masters of Bombay, Bengal, and Madras.

• True

• False