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THE EXPANSION OF THE BRITISH POWER LESSON 2

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

CHINESE

b)

DUTCH

c)

BRITISH

d)

JAPANESE

2.

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

a)

ISLAND OF DAMAN

b)

ISLAND OF GOA

c)

ISLAND OF PUDICHERRY

d)

Island of Bombay

3.

Subsidiary Alliance was introduced by _____

a)

Lord Mountbatten

b)

ROBERT cLIVE

c)

William Bentick

d)

Lord Wellesley

4.

WHO WAS THE FATHER OF TIPU SULTAN ?

a)

HYDER SHAH

b)

HYDER ALI

c)

FARRUKHSYER

d)

SHAH ALAM II

5.

WHICH STATES WERE ANNEXED UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF LAPSE?

a)

JHANSI , SATARA , BELEGAU

b)

NAGPUR , SATARA , JHANSI

c)

JHANSI , SHIVNERI ,NAGPUR

d)

JHANSI , SATARA , AWADH

6.

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

a)

SHAH ALAM II

b)

SIRAJ UD DAULAH

c)

MIR QASIM

d)

MIR JAFAR

7.

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

a)

CARNATIC WARS AS THE FRENCH BECAME WEAK

b)

ANGLO MARATHA WARS AS THE PESHWA WAS REMOVED

c)

THE SEVEN WARS OF EUROPE, MADE BRITISH WEAK

d)

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

8.

WHO INTRODUCED THE DUAL POLICY OF GOVERNANCE?

a)

LORD DALHOUSIE

b)

ROBERT CLIVE

c)

LORD CORNWALLIS

d)

WARREN HASTINGS

9.

WHO INTRODUCED THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN INDIA?

a)

LORD CORNWALLIS

b)

LORD HASTINGS AND LORD CORNWALLIS

c)

LORD HASTINGS, CORNWALLIS AND THOMAS MACAULAY

d)

LORD BENTICK AND LORD HASTINGS

10.

THE 'RULE OF LAW' MEANS

a)

RULE BY THE LAW

b)

RULE IN ACCORD WITH THE LAW

c)

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

d)

KING IS THE LAW MAKER