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CBSE Questions for Class 8 History From Trade To Territory Quiz 4 - MCQExams.com
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Class 8 History
From Trade To Territory
Quiz 4
As a result of the __________, the British East India Company was able to consolidate its power in the region from Bengal to Allahabad.
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Battle of Plassey
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Revolt of 1857
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Battle of Buxar
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None
Battle of Buxar __________ the British East India Company.
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Stabilized
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De-Stabilized
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Shocked
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None
Lord Lytton had lowered the age limit for Indiana for the ICS from $$21$$ year to _____.
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$$20$$ years
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$$19$$ years
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$$18$$ years
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$$17$$ years
Explanation
Lord Lytton was the viceroy of India between 1876 and 1880. The British bureaucracy in India was opposed to the entry of Indians into the civil services.Therefore, in order to discourage Indians from competing for the said examination, Lord Lytton lowered the maximum age of eligibility from 21 to 19 years.
Till the end of the $$17$$th Century the growth of the executive and legislative powers of the East India Company depended on.
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Governor
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Governor-General
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Parliament
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Crown
The first strategically placed factory that the Britishers had fortified was at.
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Surat
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Bombay
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Masulipatnam
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Madras
Explanation
The first strategically placed factory that the Britishers had fortified was at Madras. Englishmen's easy success in trade and in establishing independent and fortified settlements at Madras and at Bombay, and the preoccupation of Aurangzeb with the anti-Maratha campaigns led the English to abandon the role of humble petitioners.
The East India Company had taken Bombay from ________.
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Dutch
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Charles I
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Charles II
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Portuguese
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The East India Company had taken Bombay from Charles II. On 21 May 1662, the marriage treaty of Charles II of England and Catherine of Braganza, daughter of King John IV of Portugal, placed Bombay in possession of the British Empire, as part of dowry of Catherine to Charles.
When the East India Company was established India was ruled by.
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A Mughal Emperor
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A Gupta Emperor
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A Mauryan Emperor
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A Sunga Emperor
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A Mughal Emperor ruled India when the East India Company was established. Tha East India Company was established in 1600 during the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar (1556-1605). The East India Company was an English company formed on December 31, 1600, it was started as a monopolistic trading body so that England could participate in the East Indian spice trade.
The Battle of Plassey is very important event in Indian history because ________.
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The Nawab of Bengal lost in it
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It enabled the British to have power in Bengal
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It laid the foundation for British rule in India
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It enabled the British to reap higher trade profits
Explanation
Battle of Plassey in Bengal, on 23 June, 1757, was a crucial event in the history of India. It was the start of nearly two centuries of British rule in India. The British East India Company defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa and a small French force.
Who had formulated and perfected the use of the subsidiary alliance system?
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Lord Mayo
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Lord Curzon
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Lord Dalhousie
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Lord Wellesley
Explanation
The doctrine of subsidiary alliance was introduced by Lord Wellesley, British Governor-General in India from 1798 to 1805. According to this system, every ruler in India had to accept to pay a subsidy to the British for the maintenance of British army. In return, British would protect them from their enemies which gave British enormous expansion.
The immediate cause of the Battle of Plassey was __________.
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The English attempts to strengthen their fortifications at Fort William
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The English support and asylum to the political rivals of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah
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Misuse of Dastaks(passes for free trade) by the Company and its officials
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Siraj-ud-Daulah's attack on Fort William and capture of Calcutta(Alinagar)
In Bengal, the East India Company's headquarters were located at.
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Fort St George
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Fort William
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Fort St David
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Shantiniketan
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The headquarters of East India Company were located at Fort William in Bengal. Fort William is a fort built in Calcutta (presently Kolkata) on the eastern banks of the River Hooghly, the major distributary of the River Ganges, during the early years of the Bengal Presidency of British India. It was named after King William III of England. In front of the Fort is the Maidan, which used to be a part of the Fort and is the largest urban park in Calcutta.
Which Indian ruler had requested Napoleon for help in driving the British away from India?
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Shivaji
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Jai Singh
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Tipu Sultan
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Rani of Jhansi
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Tipu Sultan had requested Napoleon for help in driving the British away from India. Tipu Sultan sought an alliance with Napoleon Bonaparte, the commander-in-Chief of French army. Tipu Sultan got trained from French officers and french army and Tipu fought hand in hand against the British in India.
After the assassination of Siraj-ud-daulah, who became the Nawab of Bengal?
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Mir Jafar
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Mir Qasim
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Robert Clive
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Murshid Quli kHan
Explanation
Mir Jafar pretended loyalty to Alivardi Khan's successor Siraj Ud Daulah, but betrayed him to the British in the battle of Plassey. After Siraj Ud Daulah’s defeat and subsequent execution, Jafar achieved his long-pursued dream of gaining the throne, and was propped up by the British East India company as puppet Nawab. Hence, Option A is correct.
Among the rest of the options, Mir Qasim was the Nawab of Bengal from 1760 to 1763. He was installed as Nawab with the support of the British East India Company, replacing Mir Jafar. Robert Clive was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency, and Murshid Quli Khan, also known as Mohammad Hadi and born as Surya Narayan Mishra ( c. 1660 – 30 June 1727), was the first Nawab of Bengal, serving from 1717 to 1727. Hence, these options are incorrect.
The first English factory in India was established at ____________.
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Bombay
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Surat
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Hooghly
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Calcutta
Explanation
The first English factory in India was established at Surat. By January 1613, the first East India Company factory had come up at Surat. Four centuries later, those early footprints of the British Empire have been wiped out.
What was the "doctrine of lapse"?
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States were allowed to adopt son as an heir
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States were not allowed to adopt son as an heir
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According to this system, every ruler in India had to accept to pay a subsidy to the British for the maintenance of British army
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None of these
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"Doctrine of lapse" was States were not allowed to adopt son as an heir. It was customary for a ruler without a natural heir to ask the British government whether he could adopt a son to succeed him. Dalhousie concluded that if such permission were refused, the state would “lapse” and thereby become part of the British possessions.
Which of the following statement is not true about "Doctrine of Lapse"?
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It was started by Lord Dalhousie
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It was in operations between $$1848$$ and $$1856$$
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Nagpur was the first state annexed under this rule
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Satara, Jaipur, Jhasi and Nagpur states were annexed under this rule
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Nagpur was not the first state annexed under"Doctrine of Lapse"rule. Satara was the first state annexed under this rule. The doctrine of lapse was an annexation policy applied by the British East India Company in India until 1859. According to the doctrine, any Indian princely state under the suzerainty (relationship with or under policy with) of the British East India Company, as a vassal state under the British subsidiary system, would have its princely status abolished if the ruler was either "manifestly incompetent or died without a male heir".
Among the following,which state was not the victim of "The Subsidiary Alliance System"?
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Mysore
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Satara
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Awadh
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Hyderabad
Which one of the following statements is correct?
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The Permanent Settlement of Bengal concluded in 1793 by Cornwallis, provided proprietary rights in the soil to class of aristocratic Zamindars.
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The Zamindars emerged from the Permanent Settlement operations in a weaker position.
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Thomas Munro developed a system of settlement under which the government did not deal directly with the individual peasant cultivator.
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The land policy and settlements did not lead to structural changes in control over land aid in the relations among classes associated with land-cultivation.
The treaty of Allahabad took place between ___________.
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Shuja-ud-daulah, Robert Clive and Shah Alam II
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Shuja-ud-daulah, Mir jafar and Shah Alam II
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Shuja-ud-daulah, Wajid Ali Shah and Shah Alam II
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None of the above
Explanation
The treaty of Allahabad took place between Shuja-ud-daulah, Robert Clive and Shah Alam II. The Treaty of Allahabad was signed on 12 August 1765, between the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, son of the late Emperor Alamgir II, and Robert Clive, of the East India Company, in the aftermath of the Battle of Buxar of 22 October 1764. The treaty was handwritten by I'tisam-ud-Din, a Bengali Muslim scribe and diplomat to the Mughal Empire.
Who brought district collector under the purview of Judiciary?
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Lord Hastings
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Warren Hastings
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Lord Minto
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Lord Cornwallis
Explanation
Cornwallis was appointed as Governor General of Bengal in 1786. He introduced permanent Land Revenue System in 1793. He separated the Judicial and police powers from the collector and also brought the district collector under the purview of judiciary. He divided the Bengal province into four parts. i.e. Patna, Murshidabad, Calcutta and Dhaka and established circuit courts in each parts.
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