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Colonial rule in India

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Henry VIII

b)

Mary I

c)

Elizabeth I

d)

Charles I

2.

Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance?

a)

Robert Clive

b)

Dupleix

c)

Lord Wellesley

d)

Lord Dalhousie

3.

Lord Wellesley was the Governor General of India from

a)

1767-1769

b)

1798 -1801

c)

1780 -1784

d)

1798-1805

4.

Evidently the policy of Subsidiary Alliance allowed the British

a)

a. to supervise a king's relations with other kingdoms

b)

b. to supervise a kings activities within the kingdom.

c)

c. to supervise a king's activities with his subjects.

5.

In _______, Lord Wellesley became the Governor-General of India.

a)

1789

b)

1798

6.

In Subsidiary Alliance, the ruler would not keep any_____ of his own.

a)

army

b)

territory

7.

In Subsidiary Alliance, the British officer called the '______' would be stationed at the rulers court.

a)

Resident

b)

Officer

8.

The British conquest of Bengal began with the

a)

Battle of Buxor

b)

Battle of Plassey

c)

Battle of Haldighati

9.

Doctrine of Lapse was the idea of

a)

Dalhousie

b)

Robert Clive

c)

Warren Hastings

10.

The first Nawab of Bengal was

a)

Alivardi Khan

b)

Siraj ud Daulah

c)

Murshid Quli Khan

11.

Who among the following led the Company forces against the nawab at Plassey?

a)

Warren Hastings

b)

Dalhousie

c)

Robert Clive