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From Trade to Territory

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When Aurangzeb died?

a)

1705

b)

1707

c)

1706

d)

1708

2.

Who and when discovered the sea route to India in 1498?

(a)  

3.

Who granted the charter to English East India Company in 1600?

a)

Henry VIII

b)

Elizabeth I

c)

Elizabeth II

d)

Edward VI

4.

Who issued a farman to The EIC to trade duty free?

a)

Jahangir

b)

Shah Alam II

c)

Aurangzeb

d)

Akbar

5.

When did Alivardi Khan die?

a)

1757

b)

1755

c)

1754

d)

1756

6.

Who led the Company's army against Sirajuddaulah at Plassey in 1757?

a)

Charles Cornwallis

b)

Robert Clive

c)

Warren Hastings

d)

Francis Rawdon Hastings

7.

Who granted the right to collect land revenue in the provinces in Bengal?

a)

Shah Alam II

b)

Aurangzeb

c)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

d)

Sirajuddaulah

8.

Plassey is anglicised pronunciation of (a)   .

9.

Sepoy is an anglicised version of the word (a)   .

10.

In Burma, Afghanistan and Egypt, soldiers are armed with which weapons?(In 1820's)

a)

Sword

b)

Muskets

c)

Arrows

d)

Matchlocks

11.

What are the two famous statesman in Maratha Kingdom?

a)

Chhatrapati Shivaji

b)

Mahadji Sindhia

c)

Nana Phadni

d)

Dada Konddev

12.

Who claimed paramountcy?

a)

Warren Hastings

b)

Lord Hastings

c)

John Macpherson

d)

Charles Cornwallis

13.

When was Sind taken over?

a)

1841

b)

1842

c)

1843

d)

1844

14.

Who issued Doctrine of Lapse?

a)

Lord Hastings

b)

Lord Dalhousie

c)

Lord Canning

d)

William Bentinck

15.

In 1856, the Company also took over _____.

a)

Satara

b)

Awadh

c)

Benaras

d)

Delhi