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NDA 2023 GAT · General Knowledge · Modern India and British Rule · medium

After the Battle of Plassey in 1757, whom did the British install as Nawab of Bengal?

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After the Battle of Plassey in 1757, whom did the British install as Nawab of Bengal?
  1. A. Mir Qasim
  2. B. Mir Jafar
  3. C. Siraj-ud-Daulah
  4. D. Shuja-ud-Daulah
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Answer: (B) Mir Jafar

Robert Clive defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah at Plassey with the help of the treacherous commander Mir Jafar, who was then made Nawab. Mir Qasim replaced him in 1760, while Siraj-ud-Daulah was the defeated ruler and Shuja-ud-Daulah was the Nawab of Awadh, who fought at Buxar in 1764.
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