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From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power Test - 11

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  • Question 1
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    Lord Cornwallis improved trade and commerce by _____.
    Solution

    • Cornwallis took some steps for the improvement of trade and commerce. Since the establishment of Board of Trade at Calcutta, the company had procured goods through European and Indian contractors. These contractors often supplied goods at high prices and of low quality. Cornwallis stopped the practice of procuring supplies through contracts and started the practice of procuring supplies through Commercial Residents and agents.
    • These Commercial Residents fixed the prices of goods with the manufacturers and also made advances to them. Cornwallis reduced the members of the Board of Trade from eleven to five and placed it under the control of the Calcutta Council. He also issued instructions that the merchants would not be oppressed.
  • Question 2
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    When did Lord Cornwallis become the Governor General of India?
    Solution

    Lord Cornwallis was appointed as the Governor-General of India in the year 1786 and he also became commander in chief for Bengal under the Pitt's India Act. An aristocrat by birth, Lord Cornwallis was delegated with the work of reorganizing the administrative system of India.

  • Question 3
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    The 'Hero of Plassey' was ________.
    Solution
    Battle of Plassey in Bengal, on 23 June, 1757, was a crucial event in the history of India. It was the start of nearly two centuries of British rule in India. The British East India Company led by Robert Clive defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa and a small French force. Hence Clive is called the Hero of Plassey.
  • Question 4
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    The privileges of free trade granted to the English East India Company were confirmed in $$1717$$ by Emperor _________.
    Solution
    Farrukh-Siyar was the Mughal emperor of India between 1713 and 1719. In 1717, the British East India Company purchased duty-free trading rights in all of Bengal from him. He issued a farman giving the British East India Company the right to reside and trade in the Mughal kingdom. 
  • Question 5
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    As a result of the Battle of Buxar, the British obtained Diwani rights from _________ in the Bengal Province.
    Solution
    The following things happened after the Battle of Buxar;
    1) Mir Jaffer again became the Nawaba of Bengal.
    2) Battle of Buxar stabilised the British East India Company.
    3) This war led to the expansion of British influence from Bengal to Allahabad.
    4) They obtained Diwani right (collection of taxes) from Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, in Bengal province. 
    5) In 1765 CE after the death of Mir Jaffer, Nizam-ud Daula became the Nawab of Bengal.
  • Question 6
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    The Battle of Buxar was fought between the combined armies (of the Nawab of Awadh, the Mughal Emperor and Mir Kasim II) and the _______________.
    Solution
    The battle of Buxar was a conflict at Buxar in northeastern India between the forces of the British East India Company and the combined army of an alliance of Indian states including Bengal, Awadh, and the Mughal Empire. It was a decisive battle confirmed British power over Bengal and Bihar and marked the end of the attempt to rule Bengal through a puppet nawab. 
  • Question 7
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    As a result of the Battle of Buxar, _______became the Nawab of Bengal.
    Solution
    The following things happened after the Battle of Buxar;
    1) Mir Jafar again became the Nawab of Bengal.
    2) Battle of Buxar stabilised the British East India Company.
    3) This war led to the expansion of British influence from Bengal to Allahabad.
    4) They obtained Diwani right (collection of taxes) from Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, in Bengal province. 
    5) In 1765 CE after the death of Mir Jafar, Nizam-ud Daula became the Nawab of Bengal.
  • Question 8
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    As a result of the __________, the British East India Company was able to consolidate its power in the region from Bengal to Allahabad.
  • Question 9
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    Battle of Buxar __________ the British East India Company.
  • Question 10
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    Lord Lytton had lowered the age limit for Indiana for the ICS from $$21$$ year to _____.
    Solution
    Lord Lytton was the viceroy of India between 1876 and 1880. The British bureaucracy in India was opposed to the entry of Indians into the civil services.Therefore, in order  to discourage Indians from competing for the said examination, Lord Lytton lowered the maximum age of eligibility from 21 to 19 years.
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