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8th Ln 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first governor general

a)

Lord Mountbatten

b)

Ripon

c)

Warren Hastings

2.

Who published massive 3 volume work?

a)

James Mill

b)

Curzon

c)

Canning

3.

The subjugation of one country by another

a)

Slaves

b)

Colonisation

c)

Mercantile

4.

The National Archives of India came up in

a)

1920

b)

1921

c)

1922

5.

Census operations were held every

a)

5 years

b)

10 years

c)

7 years

6.

The practice of collecting information about various aspects.

a)

Archives

b)

Archaeology

c)

Survey

7.

Experts in art of writing

a)

Calligraphist

b)

Historians

c)

Archaeologist

8.

The British conquest of Bengal began with the battle of

a)

Plassey

b)

Buxar

c)

Awadh

9.

Who was the last powerful Mughal ruler

a)

Shah Jahan

b)

Jahangir

c)

Aurangzeb

10.

Who was the last Mughal ruler

a)

Aurangzeb

b)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

c)

Jahangir

11.

A business enterprise that makes profit primarily through trade, buying goods cheap and selling them at higher prices.

a)

Colony

b)

Factory

c)

Mercantile

12.

Who discovered the sea route to India

a)

French

b)

Vasco da Gama

c)

Dutch

13.

In which year Vasco da Gama reached India?

a)

1497

b)

1498

c)

1496

14.

The first English factory was set up on the banks of the river

a)

Ganga

b)

Hugli

c)

Yamuna

15.

A royal edict or order

a)

Farman

b)

Inscriptions

c)

Manuscripts

16.

The Battle of Plassey

a)

1756

b)

1757

c)

1764

17.

The Battle of Buxar

a)

1757

b)

1756

c)

1764

18.

Who was the leader of company at the time of Battle of Plassey

a)

Robert Clive

b)

Curzon

c)

Ripon

19.

Which was the first major victory the company won in India

a)

Battle of Plassey

b)

Battle of Buxar

c)

1857 revolt

20.

The anglicised version of the Indian word Nawab.

a)

Diwan

b)

Nabobs

c)

Nawab