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1857 Part1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

1789

b)

1798

2.

______________ introduced the system of Subsidiary Alliance

a)

Warren Hastings

b)

Lord Wellesley

3.

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

a)

army

b)

territory

4.

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

a)

Resident

b)

Officer

5.

English East India Company signed the first treaty of Subsidiary Alliance with the _______________ in 1798.

a)

Nizam of Hyderabad

b)

Nawab of Awadh

6.
  1. Who embarked the novel expansionist policies?
a)

French

b)

British

c)

Dutch

d)

Portuguese

7.

Which of the following statements are true as per the policy?

a)

a. disband his own army and maintain British troops

b)

b. accept all foreigners

c)

c. abide by the British in case of any disagreement

d)

d. a and b

e)

e. a and c

8.

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.

9.

On which principle or doctrine did the Company annex Awadh in 1856.

a)

Principle of maladministration

b)

Outright annexation

c)

Doctrine of lapse

d)

All of the above

10.

Who wrote the book “an essay on the cause of the Indian revolt”?

a)

Ashok Mehta

b)

Syed Ahmad Khan

c)

RC Majumdar

d)

None of the above

11.

Which of the following scholar said the episode of 1857 was neither a mutiny nor rebellion?

a)

Syed Ahmed khan

b)

R.C majumdar

c)

V.D savarkar

d)

Shashi bhushan

12.

Which territory was annexed in 1854?

a)

Nagpur

b)

Jaipur

c)

Sambalpur

d)

Jhansi

13.

When did Awadh signed The policy of Subsidiary Alliance?

a)

1798

b)

1799

c)

1801

d)

1802

14.

The section most impacted by the Inaam commission was-

a)

Rulers

b)

Bureaucrats

c)

Landlords

d)

Peasants

15.

If Henry Lawrence was appointed as the Commissioner of Awadh who was the governor general of India during this time ?

a)

Lord Wellesley

b)

Lord Amherst

c)

Lord Dalhousie

d)

Lord Auckland