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East India Company Rule MCQs with Answers

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East India Company Rule MCQs (51–60)

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  1. 51.

    The poor farmers in Bengal took up indigo cultivation because:

  2. 52.

    The British established an organization "The East India Company" for trade purposes and worked for approximately how many years for the settlement?

  3. 53.

    Which British trade company captured Hindustan?

  4. 54.

    Which war led to the annexation of Punjab by the East India Company?

  5. 55.

    In which year did the British sell Kashmir to Dogra Maharaja Gulab Singh?

  6. 56.

    Clive in one of his Gazettes made it mandatory that no Muslim shall be given an employment higher than that of chaprasy or a junior clerk. This has been recorded by?

  7. 57.

    Before the appointment as Governor-General of Bengal, Lord Cornwallis (1783 - 1793) was the _?

  8. 58.

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    Which regions were included in Bengal during the era of the East India Company?

  9. 59.

    Lord Dalhousie (1848–1856) annexed ?

  10. 60.

    Lord Dalhousie founded which department in 1854?

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