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HISTORY--CLASS VIII

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

__________ continued to fight a guerrilla war against British.

a)

Rani Lakshmi Bai

b)

Tantia Tope

c)

Nana Saheb

d)

Peshwa Baji Rao II

2.

The Mutiny started from

a)

Bareilly

b)

Delhi

c)

Agra

d)

Meerut

3.

Who was given the title of viceroy?

a)

Chief Commissioner

b)

Governor general

c)

Forest Manager

d)

Non of these

4.

Subsidiary Alliance was imposed on Awadh in

a)

1800

b)

1801

c)

1810

d)

1815

5.

Permanent Settlement was introduced by whom?

a)

Lord Cornwallis

b)

Holt Mackenzie

c)

Thomas Munroe

d)

Robert Clive

6.

In which year the Mughal emperor appointed the East India Company as the Diwan of Bengal?

a)

1807

b)

1803

c)

1789

d)

1765

7.

In the Mahalwari system the revenue was collected by______

a)

Zamindars

b)

Village headman

8.

Who introduced the Mahalwari settlement?

a)

Holt Mackenzie

b)

Robert Clive

c)

Morris

d)

Warren Hastings

9.

Mir Qasim was defeated in

a)

Battle of Plassey

b)

Battle of Buxar

c)

Both a and b

d)

none

10.

What was farman?

a)

It was a royal dress.

b)

It was a royal procession.

c)

It was a royal food.

d)

It was a royal order.

11.

_______________allowed the company to use the revenue resources of Bengal

a)

Subsidiary Alliance

b)

Diwani

c)

Doctrine of Lapse

d)

Policy of Paramountcy

12.

Criminal court was called a _______________

a)

faujdari adalat

b)

diwani adalat

13.

Who produced the first map of India?

a)

James Mill

b)

James Rennel

c)

James William

d)

None of these

14.

What do you mean by Census?

a)

Official enumeration of the population after every 10 years.

b)

Official enumeration of the population after every 12 years.

c)

Official enumeration of the population after every 14 years.

d)

Official enumeration of the population after every 16 years.

15.

Who was James Mill?

a)

Indian economist

b)

Scottish economist

c)

British economist

d)

German economist