WorksheetsG8.Revision SA1B- Time, Continuity and Change
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 18mins
A business enterprise that makes profit through tarde is known as
Trading unit
imperialism
mercantile
none
The Battle of Plassey took place between Sirajuddaulah and
Alivardi Khan
Robert Clive
Mir Jafar
Mir Qasim
After defeat of Sirajuddaulah ______ became the nawab of Bengal.
Mir Qasim
Clive
Mir Jafar
None
The first English factory was set up on the banks of the river Hugli. This was the base from which the Company’s traders, known at that time as “factors”, operated. The factory had a warehouse where goods for export were stored, and it had offices for Company officials. As trade expanded, the Company persuaded merchants and traders to come and settle near the factory. In which year was this factory set up?
1652
1647
1658
1651
The British saw Haidar and Tipu as ambitious, arrogant, and dangerous. Four battles were fought with them and only in the last battle did the Company ultimately win by killing Tipu Sultan. Identify this battle:
Battle of Buxar
Battle of Plassey
Battle of Panipat
Battle of Seringapatam
(a) devised the policy of Doctrine of Lapse.
Vasco da Gama , a Portuguese explorer had discovered the seas route to India in the year (a) .
What did the mercantile companies in India do to establish their upper hand in trade ?
Blocked the sea routes
Sank the ships of other European traders
Prevented rival ships from moving with supplies of good
All of the above
Who implemented the policy of Paramountcy ?
Lord Hastings
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Lytton
Lord Rippon
In Which Year did the East India Company get the charter from Queen Elizabeth 1
1675
1654
1657
1600
Which year was Permanent Settlement introduced?
1807
1706
1803
1793
Permanent Settlement was introduced by whom?
Lord Cornwallis
Holt Mackenzie
Thomas Munroe
Robert Clive
What is Bigha?
Unit of temperature
Unit of capacity
Unit of measurement
None of the above
In which year Mahatma Gandhi visit Champaran and see the plight of the indigo cultivators?
1917
1920
1906
1915
Name the revenue collecting system introduced by Holt Mackenzie during 1822.
Ryotwari System
Mahalwari System
The Portuguese had established their presence in the Western Coast of India and had their base in (a) .
Tipu Sultan stopped the export of sandalwood, pepper and cardamom.
True
False
What were the changes brought by the British in
a. Judicial system
b. revenue collection
Why did the peasants in Bengal rebel against the British planters?
(a) was the substitute of Indigo used for dyeing in Europe?
