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Expansion of British power

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

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.

During the annexation of Punjab in 1849, ____ was the Governor General of India.

a)

Warren Hastings

b)

Lord Wellesley

c)

Lord Dalhousie

d)

None of the above

5.

Which state did British annex on the grounds of maladministration?

a)

Awadh

b)

Jhansi

c)

Punjab

6.

Who was the Ruler of the Sikh kingdom?

a)

Hyder Ali

b)

Ranjit Singh

c)

Raghunath Rao

d)

None of the above

7.

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

a)

1600

b)

1500

c)

1700

d)

1599

8.

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

9.

The British victory at _______________ led Shah Alam II to grant the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Odisha to the English East India Company

a)

Buxar

b)

Plassey

c)

Seringapatam

d)

Panipat

10.

This governor-General introduced the system of Subsidiary Alliance

a)

Robert Clive

b)

Warren Hastings

c)

Lord Wellesley

d)

Lord Dalhousie

11.

_______________ was the Governor-General of India from 1772 to 1785

a)

Lord Dalhousie

b)

Warren Hastings

c)

Lord Wellesley

d)

Lord Mountbatten

12.

The capital of the kingdom of Mysore was

a)

Plassey

b)

Seringapatam

c)

Nagpur

d)

Awadh

13.

The battle of Buxar was fought in the year

a)

1785

b)

1757

c)

1857

d)

1764

14.

The Fort William College was set up at Calcutta in the year

a)

1801

b)

1857

c)

1717

d)

1764

15.

Fine quality of ________ and ___________ attracted European trading companies to India

a)

wheat and maize

b)

silk and cotton

c)

wool and spices

d)

coffee and tea

16.

Farman is a

a)

Business

b)

Puppet government

c)

Revenue

d)

royal edict or royal order

17.

An English officer called the ______________ was appointed in the territory to keep check on the ruler

a)

Puppet

b)

Resident

c)

Governor-General

d)

Sepoy

18.

The system of _______________________ made Indian rulers let go of their armed forces and come under the protection of East India Company

a)

Puppet government

b)

Diwani

c)

Subsidiary alliance

d)

Civil service

19.

The first British factory was set up in year

a)

1857

b)

1651

c)

1764

d)

1600

20.

_____ 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

21.

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

22.

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

23.

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

24.

WHICH STATES WERE ANNEXED UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF LAPSE?

a)

JHANSI , SATARA , BELEGAU

b)

NAGPUR , SATARA , JHANSI

c)

JHANSI , SHIVNERI ,NAGPUR

d)

JHANSI , SATARA , AWADH

25.

WHO INTRODUCED THE DUAL POLICY OF GOVERNANCE?

a)

LORD DALHOUSIE

b)

ROBERT CLIVE

c)

LORD CORNWALLIS

d)

WARREN HASTINGS

26.

THE 'RULE OF LAW' MEANS

a)

RULE BY THE LAW

b)

RULE IN ACCORD WITH THE LAW

c)

RULE WILL BE BASED ON THE LAW RATHER THAN THE WISHES OF THE RULERS

d)

KING IS THE LAW MAKER

27.

In 1758, the Governor of the French East India Company was

a)

Robert Clive

b)

Count De Lally

c)

Francis Dupleix

28.

The commander in Chief of Bengal's army who betrayed the Nawab.

a)

Mir Qasim

b)

Mir Jafar

c)

Mir Mardan