THE EXPANSION OF THE BRITISH POWER LESSON 2

According to the historians, by the second half of the 18th century, which new power emerged as powerful in India?

• CHINESE

• DUTCH

• BRITISH

• JAPANESE

Name the place the British King Charles-II received as a dowry by marrying the Portuguese princess, which later became an important trading centre.

• ISLAND OF DAMAN

• ISLAND OF GOA

• ISLAND OF PUDICHERRY

• Island of Bombay

Subsidiary Alliance was introduced by _____

• Lord Mountbatten

• ROBERT cLIVE

• William Bentick

• Lord Wellesley

WHO WAS THE FATHER OF TIPU SULTAN ?

• HYDER SHAH

• HYDER ALI

• FARRUKHSYER

• SHAH ALAM II

WHICH STATES WERE ANNEXED UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF LAPSE?

• JHANSI , SATARA , BELEGAU

• NAGPUR , SATARA , JHANSI

• JHANSI , SHIVNERI ,NAGPUR

• JHANSI , SATARA , AWADH

WHO FLED AND SEEKED SHELTER OF SHUJA - UD DAULAH, THE NAWAB OF AWADH ?

• SHAH ALAM II

• SIRAJ UD DAULAH

• MIR QASIM

• MIR JAFAR

WHICH BATTLE IS MARKED AS THE TURNING POINT OF INDIAN HISTORY ? WHY ?

• CARNATIC WARS AS THE FRENCH BECAME WEAK

• ANGLO MARATHA WARS AS THE PESHWA WAS REMOVED

• THE SEVEN WARS OF EUROPE, MADE BRITISH WEAK

• THE BATTLE OF PLASSEY , GAVE DIWANI RIGHTS TO COLLECT TAXES FROM BENGAL, BIHAR AND ORISSA

WHO INTRODUCED THE DUAL POLICY OF GOVERNANCE?

• LORD DALHOUSIE

• ROBERT CLIVE

• LORD CORNWALLIS

• WARREN HASTINGS

WHO INTRODUCED THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN INDIA?

• LORD CORNWALLIS

• LORD HASTINGS AND LORD CORNWALLIS

• LORD HASTINGS, CORNWALLIS AND THOMAS MACAULAY

• LORD BENTICK AND LORD HASTINGS

THE 'RULE OF LAW' MEANS

• RULE BY THE LAW

• RULE IN ACCORD WITH THE LAW

• RULE WILL BE BASED ON THE LAW RATHER THAN THE WISHES OF THE RULERS

• KING IS THE LAW MAKER