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Establishment of company rule in India

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why is the Battle of Plassey famous in the history of India?

a)

First battle won by English in the Indian soil

b)

5th battle so only

c)

3rd victory

2.

WHO WAS MADE NAWAB OF BENGAL AFTER MIR JAFAR?

a)

SHAH ALAM

b)

BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR

c)

MIR QASIM

d)

AURANGZEB

3.

_________ were the second Europeans to establish trade with India.

a)

British

b)

Dutch

c)

Portuguese

d)

Italians

4.

Wodeyars ruled over the state of ___________.

a)

Rajasthan

b)

Bengal

c)

Awadh

d)

Mysore

5.

Tipu Sultan was the son of Haider-Ali.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What were the reasons for East India company to trade with India?

a)

Spices

b)

Cotton

c)

Silk

d)

All of the Above

7.

Who discovered the sea route to India in 1498

a)

Columbus

b)

Dutch

c)

East India company

d)

Vasco da Gama

8.

Who was the last powerful Mughal ruler

a)

Bahadur Shah Zafar

b)

Shahjahan

c)

Aurangzeb

d)

Wajid Ali Shah

9.

Mir Qasim was defeated in

a)

Battle of Plassey

b)

Battle of Buxar

c)

Both a and b

d)

none

10.

Which war crushed the Marathas, and what was its name?

a)

The Second Anglo-Maratha War

b)

The Third Battle of Panipat

c)

The Third Anglo-Mysore War

d)

The Third Anglo-Maratha War

11.

The Subsidiary Alliance system was a method introduced by_________.

a)

Warren Hastings

b)

Tipu Sultan

c)

Lord Wellesley

d)

King Albert

12.

Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance System in India?

a)

(a) Lord Dalhousie

b)

(b) Lord Ripan

c)

(c) Lord Wellesley

d)

(d) None of these

13.

Which of the following war decided the English as the ultimate rulers of India?

a)

(a) Revolt of 1857

b)

(b) Battle of Buxar

c)

(c) Third Battle of Panipat

d)

(d) First battle of Mysore

14.

What was the policy of “doctrine of lapse”?

a)

(a) States were allowed to adopt son as an heir.

b)

(b)  States were not allowed to adopt son as an heir.

c)

(c) According to this system, every ruler in India had to accept to pay a subsidy to the British for the maintenance of British army.

d)

(d) None of these

15.

What was the chronology of fourth Anglo-Mysore war?

a)

A. 1799 AD

b)

B. 1799 AD

c)

C. 1796 AD

d)

D. 1794 AD