Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Question:

Which of the following led English company in Battle of Plassey (1757)?

Options:

Lord Dalhousie

Captain Hodson

Warren Hastings

Robert Clive

Correct Answer:

Robert Clive

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4- Robert Clive

Robert Clive led the English company in the Battle of Plassey in 1757.

The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company, under the leadership of Robert Clive, over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies. The victory helped the British East India Company take control of Bengal in 1772. Over the next hundred years, they continued to expand their control over vast territories in rest of the Indian subcontinent, including Burma.