East India Company

East India Company

8th Grade

9 Qs

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8th Grade

Hard

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9 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which English monarch provided the charter (license) for the East India trading company

Henry VIII

Mary I

Elizabeth I

Charles I

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who was the captain of the first EIC ship that sailed to India

Sir Francis Drake

Sir Winston Churchill

Sir Walter Raleigh

Sir William Hawkins

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Rrival traders tried to murder the captain of the first ship - where were they from?

Portugal

Spain

India

France

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When the ship finally returned in 1612, the crew reported that: (choose 3)

The Mughal Emperor granted special trading rights to the EIC.

Indian officials had taken away all of Hawkins’ money.

They had collected very few valuable goods

Hawkins died on board the ship on its return to England.

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following factors made it challenging for the EIC to trade (choose 3)

The EIC trade had the protection of Aurangzeb, the Mughal Emperor.

After Aurangzeb died, his children fought each other to take his place and scrambled for land and riches.

Rival foreign traders buy all the goods from your regular contact

A local festival happening in your area means no trade can happen that week

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

After a slow start, the company set up three trading bases in India - where?

Bombay, Chennai and Madras

Bombay, Madras and Calcutta.

Bombay, Chennai and Calcutta

Chennai, Calcutta and Madras

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How old was Clive when he was sent to Madras in India to work for the East India Company.

14

16

18

21

8.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

After joining the military, Clive had many military successes.

Clive led 2400 troops against a local Prince and his 60,000 soldiers in the famous Battle of Plassey on June 23rd, 1757. Why did Clive win the Battle (choose 3)

Clive used his six-pounder guns well and destroyed the prince’s cannon

A lucky shot from a British gun killed the prince’s best general.

Clive’s troops were disorganised

During the battle a violent rainstorm soaked the prince’s ammunition supplies.

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What happened to Clive after this 'great victory ?

Clive made himself ruler of Bengal and demanded huge sums of money as compensation for his troubles.

He donated millions of dollars to local Indian charities

When he returned to England, he bought himself a seat in Parliament and built a huge country estate in Ireland, which he called ‘Plassey’ after the famous military victory.

He lived a long and happy life and died aged 80 peacefully in his sleep