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Q1.

Consider the following European powers and their earliest trading settlements in India: 1. Portuguese - Calicut 2. British - Masulipatnam 3. Dutch - Pulicat Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

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(A)
1 and 2 only
(B)
2 and 3 only
(C)
1 and 3 only
(D)
1, 2 and 3
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The Battle of Buxar (1764) was fought between the English East India Company and the combined forces of:

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(A)
Mir Jafar, Shuja-ud-Daula, and Shah Alam II
(B)
Mir Kasim, Shuja-ud-Daula, and Shah Alam II
(C)
Siraj-ud-Daula, Mir Jafar, and Shah Alam II
(D)
Mir Kasim, Nizam-ul-Mulk, and Haider Ali
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