The Battle of Plassey was fought in the year: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

The Battle of Plassey was fought in the year:
A. 1526
B. 1857
C. 1757
D. 1764
Answer: Option C
Solution (By JKExamLibrary)
The Battle of Plassey in 1757 marked the beginning of British political control in India with the defeat of Siraj ud-Daulah.

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Who among the following translated Rabindranath Tagore's 'Gitanjali' from Bengali into English?
A. Rabindranath Tagore himself
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Correct Answer: Option A


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Rabindranath Tagore translated his own work, Gitanjali: Song Offerings, into English prose, which was published with an introduction by W. B. Yeats and won the Nobel Prize in 1913.

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