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WorksheetsExpansion of British power
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
Hyder Ali was Tipu Sultan's _____
General
Father
Brother
How many Anglo-Mysore wars were fought?
4
5
3
Who formulated Doctrine of Lapse?
Lord Dalhousie
Robert Clive
Lord cornwallis
During the annexation of Punjab in 1849, ____ was the Governor General of India.
Warren Hastings
Lord Wellesley
Lord Dalhousie
None of the above
Which state did British annex on the grounds of maladministration?
Awadh
Jhansi
Punjab
Who was the Ruler of the Sikh kingdom?
Hyder Ali
Ranjit Singh
Raghunath Rao
None of the above
In ____________ Queen Elizabeth gave a charter to the English East India Company
1600
1500
1700
1599
This nawab of Bengal asked the English East India Company to remove all its fortifications in Calcutta
Murshid Quli Khan
Siraj-ud-Daulah
Alivardi Khan
Shuja-ud-Din
The British victory at _______________ led Shah Alam II to grant the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Odisha to the English East India Company
Buxar
Plassey
Seringapatam
Panipat
This governor-General introduced the system of Subsidiary Alliance
Robert Clive
Warren Hastings
Lord Wellesley
Lord Dalhousie
_______________ was the Governor-General of India from 1772 to 1785
Lord Dalhousie
Warren Hastings
Lord Wellesley
Lord Mountbatten
The capital of the kingdom of Mysore was
Plassey
Seringapatam
Nagpur
Awadh
The battle of Buxar was fought in the year
1785
1757
1857
1764
The Fort William College was set up at Calcutta in the year
1801
1857
1717
1764
Fine quality of ________ and ___________ attracted European trading companies to India
wheat and maize
silk and cotton
wool and spices
coffee and tea
Farman is a
Business
Puppet government
Revenue
royal edict or royal order
An English officer called the ______________ was appointed in the territory to keep check on the ruler
Puppet
Resident
Governor-General
Sepoy
The system of _______________________ made Indian rulers let go of their armed forces and come under the protection of East India Company
Puppet government
Diwani
Subsidiary alliance
Civil service
The first British factory was set up in year
1857
1651
1764
1600
_____ granted a Charter to East India Company in early 1600s in order to trade with India.
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Victoria
King George V
Queen Elizabeth II
According to the historians, by the second half of the 18th century, which new power emerged as powerful in India?
CHINESE
DUTCH
BRITISH
JAPANESE
WHO FLED AND SEEKED SHELTER OF SHUJA - UD DAULAH, THE NAWAB OF AWADH ?
SHAH ALAM II
SIRAJ UD DAULAH
MIR QASIM
MIR JAFAR
WHICH BATTLE IS MARKED AS THE TURNING POINT OF INDIAN HISTORY ? WHY ?
CARNATIC WARS AS THE FRENCH BECAME WEAK
ANGLO MARATHA WARS AS THE PESHWA WAS REMOVED
THE SEVEN WARS OF EUROPE, MADE BRITISH WEAK
THE BATTLE OF PLASSEY , GAVE DIWANI RIGHTS TO COLLECT TAXES FROM BENGAL, BIHAR AND ORISSA
WHICH STATES WERE ANNEXED UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF LAPSE?
JHANSI , SATARA , BELEGAU
NAGPUR , SATARA , JHANSI
JHANSI , SHIVNERI ,NAGPUR
JHANSI , SATARA , AWADH
WHO INTRODUCED THE DUAL POLICY OF GOVERNANCE?
LORD DALHOUSIE
ROBERT CLIVE
LORD CORNWALLIS
WARREN HASTINGS
THE 'RULE OF LAW' MEANS
RULE BY THE LAW
RULE IN ACCORD WITH THE LAW
RULE WILL BE BASED ON THE LAW RATHER THAN THE WISHES OF THE RULERS
KING IS THE LAW MAKER
In 1758, the Governor of the French East India Company was
Robert Clive
Count De Lally
Francis Dupleix
The commander in Chief of Bengal's army who betrayed the Nawab.
Mir Qasim
Mir Jafar
Mir Mardan
