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Rise of the British in Bengal

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This nawab of Bengal asked the English East India Company to remove all its fortifications in Calcutta

a)

Murshid Quli Khan

b)

Siraj-ud-Daulah

c)

Alivardi Khan

d)

Shuja-ud-Din

2.

The British victory at _______________ led Shah Alam II to grant the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Odisha to the English East India Company

a)

Buxar

b)

Plassey

c)

Seringapatam

d)

Panipat

3.

_______________ was the Governor-General of India from 1772 to 1785

a)

Lord Dalhousie

b)

Warren Hastings

c)

Lord Wellesley

d)

Lord Mountbatten

4.

The Battle of Plassey took place in

a)

1756

b)

1757

c)

1755

5.

Who was the Commander-in -Chief of Siraj-ud Daulah?

a)

Mir Jafar

b)

Mir Qasim

c)

Mir Hussain Khan

6.

Who led the British forces in the Battle of Plassey?

a)

Robert Clive

b)

Lord Wellesley

c)

Lord Curzon

7.

Who was defeated in the Battle of Plassey?

a)

British

b)

French

c)

Siraj-ud Daulah

8.

Mir Qasim was deposed by

a)

Shuja ud din

b)

Mir Jafar

c)

Shah Alam

9.

Who was the nawab of Awadh?

a)

Shah Alam II

b)

Mir Jafar

c)

Shuja-ud-Daulah

10.

Who was Siraj - Ud- Daulah?

a)

A Soldier

b)

A Nawab of Bengal

c)

An Army Commander

d)

A Governor General

11.

Who was the Army commander of British East India Company in 1757?

a)

Warren Hastings

b)

William Banting

c)

Cornwallis

d)

Robert Clive

12.

1.Taking the advantage of weak later Mughals, the English began to increase their power in (a)   , the richest of the Indian provinces.

13.

Mir Qasim fled to (a)   .

14.

'Diwani' of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa was granted to the British by

a)

Mir Qasim

b)

Shah Alam II

c)

Shuja-ud- Daulah

15.

Who was the nawab of Awadh?

a)

Shah Alam II

b)

Mir Jafar

c)

Shuja-ud-Daulah