CBSE Questions for Class 8 History From Trade To Territory Quiz 5 - MCQExams.com

In 1600, the East India Company established in England. The East India Company was an English company formed for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India. Incorporated by royal charter on December 31, 1600, it was started as a monopolistic trading body so that England could participate in the East Indian spice trade.

Mir Qasim was the Nawab of Bengal from 1760 to 1763. Mir Jafar who had supported the British during the battle of Plassey was replaced as the Nawab of Bengal by Mir Qasim by the Britishers as he was in conflict with the East India company over too many demands. Mir Qasim died in poverty possibly at Kotwal, near Delhi on 8 May 1777.

C) Prithviraj Chauhan or Rai Pithora was defeated by Muhammad Ghori in second battle of Tarain in 1192. 
A)First Battle of Panipat was fought between Ibrahim Lodhi and Babur in 1526.
B) The battle between Siraj ud Daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal and the East India Company happened during the year 1757 and it was known as Battle of Plassey.
D) Battle of Buxar, 1764, was a battle between the British East India Company and combined army of Mir Qasim, Nawab of Bengal, Nawab of Awadh and a Mughal King.

The system of Dual Government was introduced in Bengal by Robert Clive of British East India Company. It lasted from 1765 to 1772. Under this system, the administration of Bengal was divided into Nizamat and Diwani. The Diwani was carried out by the company and the Nizamat by the Nizam. The system was abolished by Warren Hastings in 1772 and Bengal was brought under direct control of the British and the Nawabs remained as the mere pensioners of the East India Company.

The Battle of Buxar was a conflict at Buxar in northeastern India between the forces of the British East India Company led by Hector Munro and the combined army of an alliance of Indian states including Bengal, Awadh, and the Mughal Empire. It was a decisive battle confirmed British power over Bengal and Bihar and marked the end of the attempt to rule Bengal through a puppet nawab. 

Despite holding a monopoly, the East India Company had faced competition from what it had termed as the 'interlopers' represented by the British free merchants. The colonial- interloper merchants did receive a more sympathetic hearing from Parliament. And they were British free merchants, due to which East India Company faced competition from 'interloper'.

Mir Qasim was the Nawab of Bengal from the year 1760 till 1764. The British East India Company made him the Nawab of Bengal by replacing Mir Jafar, the father-in-law of Mir Qasim, who was also installed by the British in reply to his treachery in the Battle of Plassey. Since Mir Jafar engaged himself with the Dutch East India Company to assert independence, the British finally defeated Mir Jafar and the Dutch forces at Chinsura and made Mir Qasim the new Nawab of Bengal. Mir Qasim gave Burdwan, Midnapore and Chittagong districts to the company.

The system of Dual Government was introduced in Bengal by Robert Clive of British East India Company. It lasted from 1765 to 1772. Under this system, the administration of Bengal was divided into Nizamat and Diwani. The Diwani was carried out by the company and the Nizamat by the Nizam. The system was abolished by Warren Hastings in 1772 and Bengal was brought under direct control of the British and the Nawabs remained as the mere pensioners of the East India Company.