British East India Company | MCQs

Explanation

War of Plassey was fought on 23 June 1757.

This war was fought between Lord Clive and Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula.

Explanation

Lord Canning was the last Governor-General of East India Company.

He became the first Viceroy of India under Crown rule after the Queen Victoria's proclamation (also called Magna Carta of India) in 1858, following the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

Explanation

• Jahangir was the first Mughal Emperor to allow Britishers to establish trade links with India.
• He gave permission for trade to the British East India Company, allowing them to establish a factory at Surat in 1613.
• This marked the beginning of British trade in India during the Mughal era.

Explanation

Explanation

Pitt's India Act of 1784 provided for a joint government of British India by the East India Company and the Crown, with the government holding the ultimate authority.

This act established a Board of Control, which consisted of six members, including a Secretary of State and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The act also reduced the Governor-General's council to three members and gave the Governor-General the final say.

The Presidencies of Madras and Bombay were made subordinate to the Bengal Presidency.

Calcutta became the capital of the British possessions in India.

Explanation

Behadur Shah Zafar was the last Mughal Emperor who was imprisoned by the English in Myanmar.

Bahadur Shah Zafar was the last Mughal emperor of India (reigned 1837–57).

He was a poet, musician, and calligrapher, more an aesthete than a political leader.

Bahadur Shah Zafar was born October 24, 1775, in Delhi, India

Bahadur Shah Zafar died November 7, 1862, in Rangoon [now Yangon], Myanmar.

Explanation

The British East India Company annexed Awadh in 1856, led by Governor-General Lord Dalhousie, under the Doctrine of Lapse.

Explanation

• The British East India Company annexed Bengal after the Battle of Plassey in 1757.
• The battle was a decisive victory for the British East India Company, under the leadership of Robert Clive, over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on June 23, 1757.
• The victory marked the beginning of nearly two centuries of British rule in India.

Explanation

ایسٹ انڈیا کمپنی 1600 میں انگلینڈ میں قائم کی گئی تھی تاکہ ہندوستان اور ایشیا کے دیگر حصوں میں تجارت کی جا سکے۔

یہ کمپنی بعد میں برصغیر میں برطانوی حکمرانی کی بنیاد بنی۔

Explanation

Behadur Shah Zafar was the last Mughal Emperor who was imprisoned by the English in Myanmar.

Bahadur Shah Zafar was the last Mughal emperor of India (reigned 1837–57).

He was a poet, musician, and calligrapher, more an aesthete than a political leader.

Bahadur Shah Zafar was born October 24, 1775, in Delhi, India

Bahadur Shah Zafar died November 7, 1862, in Rangoon [now Yangon], Myanmar.