1. Out of the following, the most decisive battle fought by the English East India Company was
Question Asked : UPPCS (Mains) 2016
(A) Battle of Buxar
(B) Battle of Plassey
(C) First Anglo-Sikh War
(D) First Anglo-Mysore War
2. Who was the Nawab of Bengal when the Battle of Buxar was fought?
Question Asked : UPPCS (Mains) 2016
(A) Sirajuddaula
(B) Mir Jafar
(C) Mir Qasim
(D) Najmuddaula
3. Who was the ruler of Delhi at the time of the battle or Buxar?
Question Asked : MPPCS (Pre) 2005
(A) Aurangzeb
(B) Shah Alam I
(C) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(D) Shah Alam II
4. The most decisive battle that led to the establishment of supremacy of the British in India was
Question Asked : UPPCS(Pre) 2003, UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2002, UPPCS(Pre) 1990
(A) The battle of Buxar
(B) The battle of Plassey
(C) The battle of Wandiwash
(D) The third battle of Panipat
5. Which of the following shifted his capital from Murshidabad to Munger?
Question Asked : IAS (Pre) 2005, UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2003
(A) Alivardi Khan
(B) Siraj-ud-Daula
(C) Meer Jafer
(D) Mir Qasim
6. The Battle of Plassey was fought in the year
Question Asked : Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007, MPPCS (Pre) 2006
(A) 1761
(B) 1757
(C) 1760
(D) 1764
7. The battlefield of Plassey is situated in
Question Asked : Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2010
(A) Bihar
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Orissa
(D) West Bengal
8. Who among the following has been called as a “Heaven Born General”?
Question Asked : UPPCS (Mains) 2009
(A) Albuquerque
(B) Robert Clive
(C) Francois Dupleix
(D) Lord Cornwallis
9. Who was the founder of British Empire in India?
Question Asked : Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007
(A) Warren Hastings
(B) Lord Amherst
(C) Lord Robert Clive
(D) Lord William Bentinck
10. Sirajuddaula was defeated by Lord Clive in the battle of
Question Asked : UPPCS (Mains) 2005
(A) Plassey
(B) Buxer
(C) Munger
(D) Bandiwash
