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colonial rule

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the economic policy which became in Europe in the sixteenth century ?

a)

Imperialism

b)

Mercantilism

c)

land revenue policy

2.

Who among the following influence British to come to India?

a)

Portuguese

b)

English

c)

British

d)

Dutch

3.

Who among the following sent by East India Company to the court of the Mughal emperor to secure royal farman

a)

Thomas Roe

b)

Captain William Hawkings

c)

none of the above

4.

--------, ------- and -------- fought the battle of Buxar

(a)  

5.

Consequences of battle of plassey ?

a)

Mir Jafar was crowned as the Nawab of Bengal

b)

British got zamindari of 24 parganas

c)

English dominated north India

d)

EIC got free trading rights

e)

EIC got an annual amount of 26 lakhs from the emperor

6.

These wars lasted for almost 20 years and finally Britain emerged victorious in the conflict.

a)

Anglo-Maratha wars

b)

Anglo-Mysore wars

c)

Carnatic wars

d)

Anglo-Sikh wars

7.

The death of ------- led to the second and third battle battle of anglo-mysore war

(a)  

8.

The battle of buxar established the system of ------ in Bengal which gave the British the right to collect revenue.

a)

Doctrine of lapse

b)

Subsidiary alliance

c)

Dual government

d)

none of the above

9.

Subsidiary alliance started by

a)

Lord Dalhousie

b)

Lord Wellesly

c)

Captain Hawking

d)

none of the above

10.

Doctrine of lapse and Subsidiary alliance are examples of

a)

direct annexation

b)

indirect annexation

11.

British official called ------- was placed in the ally's court.(subsidiary alliance)

a)

Resident

b)

military general

c)

governor

12.

EEIC established trading centers at

a)

Surat,Pulicat and Masulipatnam

b)

Pondicherry, Madras and Chandernagore

c)

Bombay,Madras and Calcutta

13.

according to this policy if the ruler of a dependent state died without a heir, his adopted son would not be allowed to occupy the throne and that state would be annexed to the British empire in India.Name the policy

(a)  

14.

Vasco da gama was the first European trader to enter India through sea routes in 1498

a)

true

b)

false