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Company officials who returned to Britain flaunting Indian wealth were mocked as:

AFactors
BSepoys
CNabobs
DResidents
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Nabobs
1. The word is an anglicised nawab. 2. They were called nabobs. 3. Clive's fortune was worth over 401,000 pounds. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 2, From Trade to Territory._
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