This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > History > From Trade To Territory > Class 8 History Chapter 2 From Trade To Territory – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 2 From Trade To Territory Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Alivardi Khan died in the year A) 1753. B) 1756. C) 1754. D) 1758. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1756. 2. The Second Carnatic War was a fallout of: A) Succession issues in the Nizam's territory. B) Succession issues in the Carnatic. C) Succession issues in Arcot. D) Succession issues in Karnataka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Succession issues in the Nizam's territory. 3. Which governer defeated siraj ud daulah A) Steve clive. B) Robert clive. C) Jhone Sender. D) Willam bentinick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Robert clive. 4. Statement I:Elijah Impey was 1$^{st}$ Chief Justice of Supreme Court at Fort William in BengalStatement II:Muthusamy was the 1$^{st}$ Indian Chief Justiceof Supreme Court at Fort William in Bengal A) I alone is correct. B) II alone is correct. C) Both are correct. D) Both are wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I alone is correct. 5. Who Issued a farman for the East India Company A) Robert Clive. B) Akbar. C) Babur. D) Aurangzeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aurangzeb. 6. Which governor general defeated Siraj ud daulah in the battle of Plassey A) William Bentinck. B) Lord Wellesley. C) Robert Clive. D) Warren Hastings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Robert Clive. 7. In which year did Tipu Sultan become the ruler of Mysuru? A) 1782. B) 1750. C) 1790. D) 1781. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1782. 8. The Battle of Plassey took place between Sirajuddaulah and A) Me qasim. B) Robert Clive. C) Mir Jafar. D) Ali Vardi Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Robert Clive. 9. Royal Charter issued by A) Queen Elizabeth I. B) Robert Clive. C) Aurangzeb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Queen Elizabeth I. 10. Who granted the diwani rights of Bengal to the British A) Mir Jafar. B) Me qasim. C) Murshi Quli Khan. D) Mughal emperor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mughal emperor. 11. According to Indian High Courts Act, ..... (1) ..... , 3 High Courts were set up in Calcutta, Bombay & Madras in place of old Supreme Courts in the year ..... (2) ..... A) 1862 & 1865. B) 1862 & 1863. C) 1860 & 1861. D) 1861 & 1862. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1861 & 1862. 12. Identify the wrong pair:(Governor General-War-Period) A) Wellesley-4$^{th}$ Anglo-Mysore War-(1799). B) Cornwallis-3$^{rd}$ Anglo-Mysore War-(1790-92). C) Warren Hastings-2$^{nd}$ Anglo-Mysore War-(1780-84). D) Robert Clive-1$^{st}$ Anglo-Mysore War-(1767-69). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Robert Clive-1$^{st}$ Anglo-Mysore War-(1767-69). 13. The last Peshwa of Maratha was. A) Balaji Vishwanath. B) Balaji Bajirao. C) Bajira II. D) Madavrao. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bajira II. 14. ..... Indian rulers were not allowed to have their independent armed forces A) Councilor. B) Subsidary Alliance. C) Doctrine of Lapse. D) Policy of Paramountcy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subsidary Alliance. 15. After the Battle of Buxar, the Company appointed ..... in Indian states A) Residents. B) Village headmen. C) Presidency. D) Gomasthas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Residents. 16. When did Sirajuddulah become the nawab of Bengal? A) 1721. B) 1756. C) 1757. D) 1738. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1756. 17. Criminal court in each district was called ..... Adalat. A) Councilor. B) On foot. C) Civil. D) Craftsman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Craftsman. 18. Who Was the First Governer General of British India A) Warren Hastings. B) Curzon. C) Irwin. D) Cornwallis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warren Hastings. 19. Tipu Sultan was killed defending his capital ..... A) Mysore. B) Often. C) Kitoor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Often. 20. Who was known as the tiger of Mysore? A) Mahadji Sindhia. B) Nana Phadnis. C) Haidar Ali. D) Sultan's deception. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sultan's deception. 21. Which among the following statements is wrong about the Doctrine of Lapse? A) Awadh was annexed under Doctrine of Lapse in 1853. B) Doctrine of Lapse was widely enforced during the period of Lord Dalhousie. C) Jhansi was annexed under Doctrine of Lapse in year 1854. D) Udaipur was annexed under Doctrine of Lapse in 1852, but later, in 1860, the king's rule was re-established. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Awadh was annexed under Doctrine of Lapse in 1853. 22. In 1785 Tipu sultan stopped the export of- A) Silk, salt and pulses. B) Sandalwood, pepper, cardamom. C) Cloves, pepper and sugar. D) Oil, spices, flour. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sandalwood, pepper, cardamom. 23. WHO WAS THE PRINCIPAL FIGURE IN THE DISTRICTS? A) POLICE OFFICERS. B) QAZI. C) COLLECTOR. D) LAWYERS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) COLLECTOR. 24. The first English factory was set up on the banks of river HUGLI in A) 1600. B) 1651. C) 1696. D) 1667. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1651. 25. Which Commission recommended the immediate establishment of a Public Service Commission? A) Aitchison Committee. B) Royal Commission on Public Service Chaired by Lord Islington. C) Royal Commission on Public Service Chaired by Lord Lee. D) Both (b) & (c). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Royal Commission on Public Service Chaired by Lord Lee. 26. The Subsidiary Alliance system was a method introduced by ..... A) Warren Hastings. B) King Albert. C) Lord Wellesley. D) Sultan's deception. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord Wellesley. 27. Sultan Was Killed Defending His Capital often can be A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Raw material like cotton silk and spices. 29. Dual system of Government was introduced by Robert Clive in Bengal in ..... & was later abolished by Warren Hastings in ..... A) 1764 & 1772. B) 1765 & 1772. C) 1765 & 1773. D) 1766 & 1773. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1765 & 1772. 30. Under which Governer General, the Nawab of Awadh was forced to give over half of his territory? A) Richard Wellesley. B) Robert Clive. C) Warren Hastings. D) Lord Dalhousie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Richard Wellesley. 31. Who introduced new policy of paramountcy? A) Lord Dalhousie. B) Lord Hastings. C) Robert Clive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lord Hastings. 32. Who launched the policy of Paramountcy? A) Lord Clive. B) Lord Hastings. C) Lord Cornwallis. D) Lord Dalhousie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lord Hastings. 33. The presence of Ranjit Singh encouraged the British to annex Punjab. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 34. What did the Bengal Nawabs claim? A) They would let the company off scot-free. B) They were depriving the Bengal government of huge amounts of revenue and undermining the authority of the nawab. C) The company were gods. D) Encouraged people to trade with the British. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were depriving the Bengal government of huge amounts of revenue and undermining the authority of the nawab. 35. Which of the following Kingdoms were annexed on the basis of 'Doctrine of Lapse'a) satarab) sambalpurc) udaipurd) Nagpur A) A, b & d. B) A, b & c. C) Only a and d. D) A, b, c & d. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A, b, c & d. 36. Who issued farman to british A) Aurangzeb. B) Akbar. C) Shiva. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aurangzeb. 37. The Governor of Bengal in 1764 was A) Robert Clive. B) Lord cornwallis. C) Lord Hasting. D) Lord Welleslay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robert Clive. 38. Many historians refer to British period in India as A) Economic exploitation. B) Political subjugation. C) Colonial. D) Modern. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Colonial. 39. WHO WAS MADE NAWAB OF BENGAL AFTER MIR JAFAR? A) AURANGZEB. B) Me qasim. C) Shah Alam. D) Bahadur Shah Zafar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Me qasim. 40. Battle of Plassey took place in the year A) 1755. B) 1757. C) 1760. D) 1789. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1757. 41. After the ..... company appointed residents in Indian states A) Battle of Buxar. B) Battle of plassey. C) Battle of panipat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Battle of Buxar. 42. Who conspired with British against Siraj-ud-Daula during the Battle of Plassey? A) Shah Alam II. B) Shuja-ab-daula. C) Mir Jafar. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mir Jafar. 43. Lord Dalhousie was the governor general from which year? A) 1848-1856. B) 1948-1949. C) 1848-1855. D) 1887-1898. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1848-1856. 44. What does the East India Company known as A) Mercantile. B) Profitable company. C) Company at a loss. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mercantile. 45. The English got permission to open the factory again in ..... A) Surat. B) Agra. C) Madras. D) Goa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surat. 46. Rani chennamma was the ruler of A) Kitoor. B) Agra. C) Bengal. D) Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kitoor. 47. Sipahi is also known as A) Councilor. B) Zamindar. C) Sepoy. D) Talqudar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sepoy. 48. Robert Clive was appointed- A) Resident of Bengal. B) Governor of Bengal. C) Viceroy. D) Nawab of Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Governor of Bengal. 49. What was farman? A) It was a royal order. B) It was a royal dress. C) It was a royal procession. D) It was a royal food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was a royal order. 50. ..... was assassinated and Mir Jafar made the Nawab. A) Me qasim. B) Sirajuddalah. C) Aurangzeb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sirajuddalah. 51. 1$^{st}$ Indian to pass the I.C.S (Indian Civil Service) Examination in 1863 A) Surendra Nath Banerjee. B) Rabindranath Tagore. C) Satyendranath Tagore. D) Ramesh Chandra Dutt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Satyendranath Tagore. 52. DUE TO THE FEAR OF RUSSIAN EXPANSION IN INDIA WHICH COUNTRIES WERE ANNEXED BY BRITISHERS? A) AFGHANISTAN. B) ARE. C) PUNJAB. D) ALL OF THESE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ALL OF THESE. 53. Jhansi was annexed in A) 1852. B) 1854. C) 1856. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1854. 54. East India company got Diwani in A) 1756. B) 1765. C) 1757. D) 1764. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1765. 55. When the East India company acquired a charter from Queen Elizabeth I? A) 1700. B) 1800. C) 1500. D) 1600. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1600. 56. Who asked Robert Clive to produce maps of Hindustan? A) James Rannet. B) William Durant. C) James Mill. D) Danulle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) James Rannet. 57. Mir Jafar, a powerful general did not fight in the Battle of Plassey A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 58. In which Awadh was forced to give half of his territory to the company under subsidiary alliance? A) 1801. B) 1803. C) 1798. D) 1805. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1801. 59. A business enterprise that makes profit through tarde is known as A) Trading unit. B) Imperialism. C) Mercantile. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mercantile. 60. From which queen did the company recieve the royal charter A) Elizabeth 1. B) Elizabeth 2. C) Victory. D) None of the above. 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