Mir Quasim formed an alliance with the nawab of Awadh and the Mughal
Emperor to fight against the British. Who was the nawab of Awadh?
(a) Najib-ud-daula
(b) Aziz-ud-din
(c) Shuja-ud-daula
(d) Ghazi-ud-din
Who was the author of the following passage? ‘Shall I only say that such a
scene of anarchy, confusion, bribery, corruption, and extortion was never
seen or heard of in any country but Bengal; nor such and so many fortunes
acquired in so unjust and rapacious manner.’
(a) Colonel Malleson
(b) Colonel Clive
(c) Nabin Chandra Sen
(d) Admiral Watson
Who was the Maratha sardar to whom Alivardi Khan ceded the revenues of a
part of Orissa?
(a) Raghuji Bhonsle
(b) Trimbak Rao Dhabade
(c) Ranoji Sindhia
(d) Malhar Rao Holkar
Who was the first president of the council of Fort William established in
1700?
(a) Sir Charles Eyre
(b) Sir John Child
(c) Sir Job Charnock
(d) Sir William Norris
Who was the leader of the English mission sent to the Mughal court in 1715
which succeeded in getting the farm an of 1717 from the Mughal Emperor,
Farukh Siyar?
(a) Thomas Pitt
(b) William Hamilton
(c) Edward Stephenson
(d) John Surman
Which of the following statement    are true about the Mughal farman of 1717