Consider the following statements regarding the 18th Century Bengal: 1. In the Battle of Plassey in 1757, the Bengal nawab was captured and put to death by Mir Jafar. 2. After Mir Qasim, Nizam-ud-Daulah was made the Nawab of Bengal 3. The same person acte

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Q: 15 (IES/2004)
Consider the following statements regarding the 18th Century Bengal:
1. In the Battle of Plassey in 1757, the Bengal nawab was captured and put to death by Mir Jafar.
2. After Mir Qasim, Nizam-ud-Daulah was made the Nawab of Bengal
3. The same person acted as the Deputy Diwan on behalf of the East India Company and as Deputy Subahdar on behalf of the Bengal Nawab
4. In 1767, British Government ordered the East India Company to pay it $ 4,00,000per year
Which of the following statements given above are correct ?

question_subject: 

History

question_exam: 

IES

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0,20,73,29,26,18,20

keywords: 

{'18th century bengal': [0, 0, 1, 1], 'bengal nawab': [0, 0, 2, 0], 'nawab': [3, 0, 0, 1], 'bengal': [2, 0, 1, 2], 'east india company': [4, 0, 2, 1], 'british government': [6, 4, 8, 8], 'deputy subahdar': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'deputy diwan': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'plassey': [2, 0, 1, 1]}

The correct answer is option 4 - 3 and 4.

Let`s dissect each option to understand why the correct answer is option 4:

Option 1: 1 and 2 - This option states that statement 1 and 2 are correct. Statement 1 says that in the Battle of Plassey in 1757, the Bengal nawab was captured and put to death by Mir Jafar. Statement 2 says that after Mir Qasim, Nizam-ud-Daulah was made the Nawab of Bengal. However, the correct answer is not option 1 because statement 2 is incorrect. Mir Qasim was not succeeded by Nizam-ud-Daulah as the Nawab of Bengal.

Option 2: 1 and 3 - This option states that statement 1 and 3 are correct. Statement 1 remains the same as in option 1. Statement 3 says that the same person acted as the Deputy Diwan on behalf of the East India Company and as Deputy Subahdar on behalf of the Bengal Nawab. However, the correct answer is not option 2 because statement 3 is incorrect. There were different individuals who held the positions of Deputy Diwan and Deputy Sub