Question 1.
(i) Which one was not a trading company?
- (a) The Portuguese
- (b) The Dutch
- (c) The French
- (d) The Japanese
(ii) What was farman?
- (a) It was a royal dress.
- (b) It was a royal order.
- (c) It was a royal food.
- (d) It was a royal procession.
(iii) The Nawab of Bengal after Alivardi Khan was
- (a) Murshid Quli Khan
- (b) Tipu Sultan
- (c) Sirajuddaulah
- (d) Mir Qasim
(iv) The British who did the Company’s army against Sirajuddaulah at Plassey was
- (a) Robert Clive
- (b) Lord Hastings
- (c) Edmund Burke
- (d) Lord Dalhousie
(v) This Governor-General introduced the policy of ‘paramountcy’.
- (a) Lord Hastings
- (b) Lord Dalhousie
- (c) Warren Hastings
- (d) Lord Bentinck
(vi) Which one of these was annexed on the basis of Dolhousie’s ‘Doctrine of Lapse’?
- (a) Punjab
- (b) Awadh
- (c) Satara
- (d) Hyderabad
(vii) The Governor-General who was impeached
- (a) Lord Dalhousie
- (b) Lord Mountbatten
- (c) Warren Hastings
- (d) Lord Hastings
Answer:
(i) (d), (ii) (b), (iii) (c), (iv) (a), (v) (a), (vi) (c), (vii) (c).
Question 2.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words to complete each sentence.
- British territories were broadly divided into administrative units called …………….
- ……….. and ………… were two famous Maratha soldiers and statesmen of the late 18th century.
- The Royal Charter could not prevent other European powers from entering the …………… markets.
- The Bengal Nawabs asserted their power and autonomy after the death of …………..
- ………….. was made the Nawab of Bengal after the defeat of Sirajuddaulah at Plassey.
- The Company took over Awadh in the year ……………..
- The principal figure in an Indian district was the …………….
- The first Anglo-Maratha war ended with the Treaty of …………………
Answer:
- Presidencies
- Mahadji Sindhia; Nana Phadnavis
- Eastern
- Aurangzeb
- Mir Jafar
- 1856
- Collector
- Sabai
Question 3.
State whether each of the following statements is True or False.
- The Maratha power was crushed in the third Anglo-Maratha war.
- Tipu Sultan disallowed local merchants from trading with the Company.
- The Company took away parts of territories from Punjab and Satara on the basis of ‘subsidiary alliance’.
- The Mughal emperor appointed the Company as the Diwgzt of the provinces of Bengal in the year 1700.
- Sirajuddaulah got help from his commander Mir Jafar and finally won a victory in the Battle of Plassey.
- Lord Dalhousie’s ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ proved to be a total failure.
Answer:
- True
- True
- False
- True
- False
- False
Question 4.
Match the items given in Column A correctly with those given in Column B.
Answer:
(i) (b), (ii) (d), (iii) (f), (iv) (a), (v) (c), (vi) (e).