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Daily GK Test 173
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  • Question 1/10
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    During the Battle of Plassey, Robert Clive bribed whom to win the war against Nawab of Bengal?
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    • Robert Clive bribed Mir Jafar, the commander in chief of the Nawab's army, and also promised him to make him Nawab of Bengal.

    • He defeated the Nawab at Plassey in 1757 and captured Calcutta.


  • Question 2/10
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    With reference to Allahabad Treaty 1765, consider the following statements.
    1) The Nawab Surrender Allahabad and Kora to Emperor Shah Alam.
    2) Nawab agrees to pay 25 lakhs to Company as war indemnity.
    3) Nawab confirms Balwant Singh, Zamindar of Benaras.
    Which of the following statements are correct?
    Solutions
    Clive’s first and foremost task was to settle and define relations with the defeated powers. He proceeded to Oudh and met Shuja-ud-Daula, the Nawab Wazir of Oudh, at Allahabad and concluded him with the Treaty of Allahabad (16 August 1765). By this treaty Shuja –ud- Daula was confirmed in his possession on the following conditions:
    • The Treaty of Allahabad was signed between Robert Clive, Shuja-ud-Daulah and Shah Alam II. Awadh was returned to Shuja-ud-Daulah and his two districts Koran and Allahabad were taken away.
    • The Nawab Surrender Allahabad and Kora to Emperor Shah Alam.
    • He had to pay a war indemnity of 50 lakh rupees to the Company.
    • Awadh was given protection by the British.
    • Nawab confirms Balwant Singh, Zamindar of Benaras.
  • Question 3/10
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    The Anglo-Napalese War ended with which of the following treaty?
    Solutions
    The Anglo-Nepalese War also known as the Gurkha War, was fought between the Kingdom of Gorkha and the East India Company as a result of border disputes and ambitious expansionism of both the belligerent parties.
    • The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Sugauli in 1816, which ceded around a third of Nepal's territory to the British.
  • Question 4/10
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    Who was the Nawab of Bengal during “Battle of Plassey”?
    Solutions
    • Mirza Muhammad Siraj ud-Daulah more commonly known as Siraj ud-Daulah was the last independent Nawab of Bengal.
    • The end of his reign marked the start of British East India Company rule over Bengal and later almost all of South Asia.
  • Question 5/10
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    Which treaty was signed after the ‘Battle of Buxar’ in 1764?
    Solutions

    • The Treaty of Allahabad was signed on 12th August 1765 between Shah Alam II and Robert Clive of the East India Company as a result of the Battle of Buxar of 22nd October 1764.

    • This treaty marked the political and constitutional involvement of British India as Alam granted the East India Company, Diwani rights i.e. the right to collect taxes.

    • This made the East India Company as the imperial tax collector.

  • Question 6/10
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    During British rule, who was instrumental for the introduction of the Ryotwari system in the then Madras Presidency?
    Solutions
    The ryotwari system is associated with the name of Sir Thomas Munro, who was appointed Governor of Madras in May 1820. Subsequently, the ryotwari system was extended to the Mumbai area. Munro gradually reduced the rate of taxation from one half to one third of the gross produce, even then an excessive tax. The levy was not based on actual revenues from the produce of the land, but instead on an estimate of the potential of the soil; in some cases more than 50% of the gross revenue was demanded.
  • Question 7/10
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    What were the causes of the Revolt of 1857?
    Solutions
    The Indian Rebellion of 1857 had diverse political, economic, military, religious and social causes. The spark that led to a mutiny in several Sepoy companies was the issue of new gunpowder cartridges for the Enfield rifle in February, 1857. A rumor was spread that the cartridges were made from cow and pig fat.
  • Question 8/10
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    Where did British introduce The Ryotwari Settlement?
    Solutions
    The Ryotwari Settlement was introduced by the British in the Madras and Bombay Presidencies.
    • The Ryotwari system was extended to the Mumbai area.
    • Munro gradually reduced the rate of taxation from one half to one third of the gross produce, even then an excessive tax.
    • The levy was not based on actual revenues from the produce of the land, but instead on an estimate of the potential of the soil; in some cases more than 50% of the gross revenue was demanded.
  • Question 9/10
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    On which of the following date, the British East India company got the victory over the Nawab of Bengal?
    Solutions
    The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757.
    The battle consolidated the Company's presence in Bengal, which later expanded to cover much of India over the next hundred years.
  • Question 10/10
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    With reference to British rule in India ,which of the following events happened earliest:
    Solutions

    The government of india had actively encouraged modern education after 1833. The university of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras were started in 1857 and higher education spread rapidly thereafter.

    • In practice the doors of the civil services remained barred to Indian for they sufferd from numerous handicaps. The competitive examnation was held in the far away in London. It was conducted through the medium of the alien English language. It was based on Classical Greek And Latin learning which could be acquired only after a prolonged and costly course of studies in England. In addition, the maximum age for entry into Civil service was gradually reduced from twenty-three, in 1859 to nineteen in 1878.

    • A systematic and modern population census, in its present from, was conducted non-synchrously between 1865 and 1872 in different parts of the country.

    • In1885, King Thibow signed purely commercial treaty with France providing for trade. The British wer intensely jealous of growing French influence in Barma. The British on 13 november 1885. King Thibow surrended on 28 november 1885 and his dominions were annexed to the Indian Empire soon after.

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