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A new power emerges in south asia

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Under British Rule, Indians were:

a)

were treated fairly with respect

b)

Given all rights as a British citizen

c)

treated harshly and used for manual labor

d)

allowed to vote for it's representatives

2.

In India, farming and agriculture is the most common way to make a living.

a)

True

b)

False

3.
What European power ruled much of South Asia until the mid-1900s?
a)
Britain
b)
France
c)
Netherlands
d)
Spain
4.

Mir Qasim fled to this region.

a)

Malwa

b)

Awadh

c)

Bengal

5.

Mir Qasim was deposed by

a)

Shuja ud din

b)

Mir Jafar

c)

Shah Alam

6.

Who was the nawab of Awadh?

a)

Shah Alam II

b)

Mir Jafar

c)

Shuja-ud-Daulah

7.

Who was Siraj - Ud- Daulah?

a)

A Soldier

b)

A Nawab of Bengal

c)

An Army Commander

d)

A Governor General

8.

Who was the Army commander of British East India Company in 1757?

a)

Warren Hastings

b)

William Banting

c)

Cornwallis

d)

Robert Clive

9.

Who was the last powerful Mughal ruler?

a)

Aurangazeb

b)

Shahjahan

c)

Akbar

d)

Babar

10.

Who was called as Tiger of Mysore?

a)

Hyder Ali

b)

Shivaji

c)

Tipu Sultan

d)

Ranjit Singh

11.

Hyder Ali was the ruler of ---------------------

a)

Bombay

b)

Madras

c)

Mysore

d)

Calcutta

12.

Who introduced the policy of Doctrine of Lapse.

a)

Lard Dalhousie

b)

Robert Clive

c)

Warren Hastings

d)

None of these

13.

Siraj-ud-Daula was the ruler of:

a)

Delhi

b)

Bengal

c)

Carnatic

14.

Who conspired with British against Siraj-ud-Daula during the Battle of Plassey?

a)

Shah Alam II

b)

Shuja-ud-Daula

c)

Mir Jafar

15.

Who was the father of Tipu Sultan?

a)

Humayun

b)

Hyder Ali

c)

Bahadur Shah

d)

Ahmed Shah

16.

Shahu was the grandson of

a)

Shahaji Bhonsle

b)

Sambhaji Bhonsle

c)

Sayaji Bhonsle

d)

Shivaji Bhonsle

17.

The main centres of the revolt were

a)

Meerut

b)

Delhi

c)

Lucknow

d)

All of them

18.
who was declared as the emperor of India during the rebel of 1857
a)
Shah Alam II
b)
Bahadur Shah II
c)
Bahadur Singh
d)
Farukh Siyar
19.

Hindus and Muslims were angry with the British because ?

a)

Of their policy of divide and rule

b)

Of the cartridge episode

c)

Of their in-tolerating behavior

d)

All of these

20.

is Aurangzeb the only cause for the decline of the Mughal empire

a)

Yes

b)

No