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FROM TRADERS TO RULERS ( THE BRITISH INVASION OF INDIA )

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

THE CENTURY TILL WHICH TRADE WAS DEALT AS A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE.

a)

EARLY 18 TH CENTURY

b)

EARLY 16 TH CENTURY

c)

EARLY 17 TH CENTURY

d)

EARLY 15 TH CENTURY

2.

WHY WERE THE 'FACTORIES' CALLED SO?

a)

BECAUSE GOODS WERE PRODUCED HERE

b)

BECAUSE OFFICIALS CALLED 'FACTORS' RESIDED HERE

c)

BECAUSE IT WAS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR OF TRADE

d)

DON'T KNOW 😉

3.

THE GOODS WHICH WERE IN GREAT DEMAND IN EUROPE.

a)

COTTON

b)

INDIGO

c)

SPICES

d)

SUGAR

e)

CLOTH

4.

THE QUEEN WHO GAVE THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO THE ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY TO TRADE WITH THE EAST.

a)

QUEEN ELIZABETH III

b)

QUEEN ELIZABETH IV

c)

QUEEN ELIZABETH II

d)

QUEEN ELIZABETH I

5.

THE PLACE WHERE THE FRENCH EAST INDIA COMPANY SET UP ITS FIRST BASE.

a)

SURAT

b)

PONDICHERRY

c)

CALCUTTA

d)

MYSORE

6.

THE NAWAB OF CARNATIC DURING THE FIRST CARNATIC WAR.

a)

NASIR JUNG

b)

MUZAFFAR JUNG

c)

MUHAMMAD ALI

d)

ANWAR-UD-DIN

7.

DURING WHICH CENTURY , THE ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY WAS MERELY A TRADING BODY.

a)

EARLY 15 TH CENTURY

b)

EARLY 17 TH CENTURY

c)

MIDDLE OF THE 17 TH CENTURY

d)

EARLY 18 TH CENTURY

8.

WHICH RULER ASKED THE ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY TO REMOVE ALL ITS FORTIFICATIONS IN CALCUTTA

a)

SHUJA-UD-DIN

b)

MURSHID QULI KHAN

c)

SIRAJ-UD-DAULAH

d)

SHAH ALAM

9.

WHO LED THE BRITISH FORCES DURING THE BATTLE OF PLASSEY

a)

LORD DALHOUSIE

b)

ROBERT CLIVE

c)

LORD WELLESLY

d)

LORD CORNWALLIS

10.

WHICH RULER GAVE THE DIWANI OF BENGAL , BIHAR AND ORISSA TO THE BRITISH

a)

MIR JAFAR

b)

MIR QASIM

c)

SHAH ALAM II

d)

SHUJA-UD-DAULAH

11.

THE GOVERNOR GENERAL CHOSEN BY THE BRITISH IN 1772

a)

WARREN HASTINGS

b)

ROBERT CLIVE

c)

LORD WELLESLY

d)

LORD DALHOUSIE

12.

THROUGH WHICH OF THESE METHODS , LORD WELLESLY ACQUIRED TERRITORIES

a)

DOCTRINE OF LAPSE

b)

SUBSIDIARY ALLIANCES

c)

DIVIDING AND RULING

d)

OUTRIGHT WARS

13.

IN WHICH WAR DID TIPU SULTAN GET DEFEATED

a)

SECOND ANGLO-SIKH WAR

b)

THIRD ANGLO-MYSORE WAR

c)

FOURTH ANGLO-MYSORE WAR

d)

FOURTH ANGLO-BENGAL WAR

14.

SON OF MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH

a)

HARPREET SINGH

b)

DEEP SINGH

c)

DALIP SINGH

d)

SAMEER SINGH

15.

THE NAWAB OF AWADH

a)

CHANDA SAHIB

b)

SIRAJ-UD-DAULAH

c)

SHUJA-UD-DAULAH

d)

SHAH ALAM II

16.

DO YOU LIKE HISTORY ?

a)

YES!!!!!

b)

NO!!!!!!!!

c)

MAYBE

d)

DON'T KNOW