Choose the correct answer:
Question 1.
Which of the following was NOT the Presidency ?
(a) Bengal
(b) Madras
(c) Bombay
(d) Kalikata
Answer
Answer: (d) Kalikata
Question 2.
Tipu Sultan stopped export through his kingdom in
(a) 1764
(b) 1772
(c) 1785
(d) 1790
Answer
Answer: (c) 1785
Question 3.
The first English factory was set up in the year
(a) 1600
(b) 1651
(c) 1655
(d) 1665
Answer
Answer: (b) 1651
Question 4.
Who discovered the sea route to India in 1498?
(a) Columbus
(b) Dutch
(c) East India Company
(d) Vasco-da-Gama
Answer
Answer: (d) Vasco-da-Gama
Question 5.
Robert Clive committed suicide in the year
(a) 1770
(b) 1743
(c) 1767
(d) 1774
Answer
Answer: (d) 1774
Question 6.
The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in the year
(a) 1743
(b) 1752
(c) 1761
(d) 1763
Answer
Answer: (c) 1761
Question 7.
Rani Channamma was the ruler of
(a) Bengal
(b) Kitoor
(c) Agra
(d) delhi
Answer
Answer: (b) Kitoor
Question 8.
Haidar Ali was the ruler of
(a) Bengal
(b) Delhi
(c) Bombay
(d) Mysore
Answer
Answer: (d) Mysore
Question 9.
European trading companies were attracted to India due to
(a) cheap land
(b) cheap labour
(c) raw material like cotton silk and spices
(d) none of these
Answer
Answer: (c) raw material like cotton silk and spices
Question 10.
Competition among the companies resulted in
(a) reduced profits of companies
(b) quality of goods increased
(c) price became low
(d) none of these
Answer
Answer: (a) reduced profits of companies
Match the following:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Tipu Sultan | (а) Kitoor |
| (ii) Dalhousie | (b) Punjab |
| (iii) Rani Channamma | (c) Mysore |
| (iv) Maharaja Ranjit Singh | (d) Doctrine of Lapse |
| (v) Tipu Sultan was killed in | (e) Battle of Plassey |
| (vi) Sirajuddaulah lost | (f) Battle of Seringapatam |
Answer
Answer:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Tipu Sultan | (c) Mysore |
| (ii) Dalhousie | (d) Doctrine of Lapse |
| (iii) Rani Channamma | (а) Kitoor |
| (iv) Maharaja Ranjit Singh | (b) Punjab |
| (v) Tipu Sultan was killed in | (f) Battle of Seringapatam |
| (vi) Sirajuddaulah lost | (e) Battle of Plassey |
State whether true or false:
1. The British originally came as traders
Answer
Answer: True
2. The battle of Buxar ended in 1764.
Answer
Answer: True
3. Second Anglo Maratha war was fought in 1757.
Answer
Answer: False
4. Maratha kingdoms were located mainly in the northern part of India.
Answer
Answer: False
5. The army was known as sepoy army during company’s rule.
Answer
Answer: True
Fill in the blanks:
1. Indian rulers’ administrative units were divided into District ……………… and ………………
Answer
Answer: Parganas, Tehsil
2. The new system of justice was set up in the year ………………
Answer
Answer: 1772
3. The first English factory was set up on the banks of the ………………
Answer
Answer: river Hugli
4. Queen Elizabeth granted the East India Company the sole right to trade with the ………………
Answer
Answer: East
5. After the defeat at Plassey, ……………… was made the Nawab.
Answer
Answer: Mir Jafar
6. Lord Dalhousie devised the policy of ………………
Answer
Answer: Doctrine of Lapse