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111) Who among the following had during his reign introduced a new calendar, a new system or coinage, and new scales or weights and measures?

(A) Tipu Sultan
(B) Murshid Quli Khan
(C) Raghunath Rao
(D) Lord Cornwallis
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112) During the Anglo-French struggle in the Carnatic, the French were finally defeated by the English in the battle of

(A) Trichinopoly
(B) Arcot
(C) Wandiwash
(D) Pondicherry
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113) The English rounded Calcutta after obtaining the zamindari of three villages, viz Sutanuti, Kalikata and Govindpur, from the Mughal Viceroy of Bengal in 1698. The nucleus of the British settlement in Calcutta was

(A) San Thome
(B) Victoria Memeorial
(C) Fort William
(D) Howrah Port
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114) The immediate cause of the Battle of Plassey was

(A) The English attempts to strengthen their fortifications at Fort William.
(B) The English support and asylum to the political rivals of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah
(C) Misuse of Dastaks (passes for free trade) by the Company and its officials
(D) Siraj-ud-Daulah's attack on Fort William and capture of Calcutta (Alinagar)
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115) Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah or Bengal was defeated by the English in the battle of Plassey, mainly

(A) because the English forces were much stronger than those of the Nawab
(B) because of Clive's conspiracy with the Nawab's Commander- in- Chief Mir Jafar and rich bankers of Bengal
(C) because of Siraj-ud-Daulah's retirement from the battlefield
(D) because of the capture of a band of Frenchmen under the Nawab's service by the English
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116) PIassey is located near

(A) Murshidabad in West Bengal
(B) Rajashahi in Bangladesh
(C) Calcutta
(D) Monghyr in Bihar
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117) By the Act of 1858, the powers of the Board of Control and the Court of Directors were transferred to _______.

(A) The Secretary of State
(B) Parliament
(C) Viceroy
(D) Commander-in-Chief
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118) The Governor-General was given power to issue ordinances by the act of

(A) 1858
(B) 1861
(C) 1860
(D) 1871
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119) The maximum number of additional members for the council of Bengal was raised from 20 to ______.

(A) 60
(B) 50
(C) 70
(D) 25
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120) The excavation at Chanhudaro was directed by

(A) John Marshall
(B) J H Mackay
(C) M Wheeler
(D) Aural Stein
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