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THE EXPANSION OF BRITISH POWER IN INDIA ( REVISION )

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Hyder Ali was Tipu Sultan's _____

a)

General

b)

Father

c)

Brother

2.

How many Anglo-Mysore wars were fought?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

3

3.

Who formulated Doctrine of Lapse?

a)

Lord Dalhousie

b)

Robert Clive

c)

Lord cornwallis

4.

Who was the Ruler of the Sikh kingdom?

a)

Hyder Ali

b)

Ranjit Singh

c)

Raghunath Rao

d)

None of the above

5.

_____ granted a Charter to East India Company in early 1600s in order to trade with India.

a)

Queen Elizabeth I

b)

Queen Victoria

c)

King George V

d)

Queen Elizabeth II

6.

In ____________ Queen Elizabeth gave a charter to the English East India Company

a)

1600

b)

1500

c)

1700

d)

1599

7.

This nawab of Bengal asked the English East India Company to remove all its fortifications in Calcutta

a)

Murshid Quli Khan

b)

Siraj-ud-Daulah

c)

Alivardi Khan

d)

Shuja-ud-Din

8.

This governor-General introduced the system of Subsidiary Alliance

a)

Robert Clive

b)

Warren Hastings

c)

Lord Wellesley

d)

Lord Dalhousie

9.

One of the four agencies that carried out the day-to-day administration of the Company was the

a)

police

b)

cavalry

c)

infantry

d)

espionage

10.

The capital of the kingdom of Mysore was

a)

Plassey

b)

Seringapatam

c)

Nagpur

d)

Awadh

11.

Maharaja Ranjit Singh was the ruler of

a)

Buxar

b)

Awadh

c)

Calcutta

d)

Punjab

12.

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

13.

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

14.

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

15.

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