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O-LevelPakistan StudiesThe history and culture of PakistanMay/June 2012Paper 1 Q125 Marks

Read the source below carefully to answer question (a). In 1756, the French encouraged the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah, to attack the East India Company's base at Calcutta. He captured the city but was unable to keep control of it. Robert Clive decided to go to the city with a force of soldiers to re-take it. This led to the battle of Plassey.

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This structured question appeared in the Cambridge O-Level Pakistan Studies (2059) May/June 2012 examination, Paper 1 Variant 0. It tests the topic of The history and culture of Pakistan and is worth 25 marks.

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