This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 8 > Class 8 History Chapter 2 From Trade To Territory – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 2 From Trade To Territory Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In 1756, the Mughal Emperor appointed The East India Company as the ..... of the provinces of Bengal. A) Subadar. B) Nawab. C) Diwan. D) Both Nawab and Diwan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diwan. 2. Which of the following is a presidency? A) Madras. B) Gujarat. C) Delhi. D) Nagpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Madras. 3. WHO INITIATED THE POLICIES OF PARAMOUNTACY? A) LORD HASTINGS. B) LORD DAULHOUSIE. C) LORD WELLESLEY. D) NONE OF THESE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) LORD HASTINGS. 4. When was first English factory was set up in Bengal A) 1651. B) 1751. C) 1764. D) 1757. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1651. 5. During British Afghan war, Maharaja ..... was the King of Punjab. A) Zorawar Singh. B) Ranjit Singh. C) Surendra Singh. D) Fateh Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ranjit Singh. 6. What were the reasons for East India company to trade with India? A) Spices. B) Cotton. C) Silk. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 7. ..... is referred as 'Tiger of Mysore' A) Haider Ali. B) Akbar. C) Sultan's deception. D) Akbar ll. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sultan's deception. 8. Which battle took place 1757? A) Battle of Buxar. B) Battle of Wandiwash. C) Battle of Plassey. D) Battle of Karnataka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Battle of Plassey. 9. The Mughal emperor appointed the Company as the ..... of the provinces of Benga A) Zamindar. B) Diwan. C) Pay. D) By Bob. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diwan. 10. Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India in A) 1648. B) 1707. C) 1498. D) 1589. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1498. 11. ..... was the last ruler of the Mughal empire. A) The biggest e. B) Bahadur Shah Zafar. C) Aurangzeb. D) Shah Alam II. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bahadur Shah Zafar. 12. Mir Qasim defeated, driven out of Bengal and ..... was reinstalled. A) Ali Vardi Khan. B) Mir Jafar. C) Leader of Quli Khan. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mir Jafar. 13. The first English factory was set up on the banks of the river Hugli. This was the base from which the Company's traders, known at that time as "factors" , operated. The factory had a warehouse where goods for export were stored, and it had offices for Company officials. In which year was this factory set up? A) 1652. B) 1647. C) 1658. D) 1651. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1651. 14. After the Battle of Plassey, ..... was made the Nawab A) Me qasim. B) Mir Jafar. C) Siraj ud daulah. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mir Jafar. 15. WHEN WAS SIND TAKEN OVER BY COMPANY? A) 1842. B) 1845. C) 1843. D) 1899. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1843. 16. Autographies are account of people written by A) Historians. B) Calligraphists. C) By other people. D) Themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Themselves. 17. ON WHAT GROUND AWADH WAS ANNEXED BY THE COMPANY? A) SHORTAGE OF ARMY. B) FINANCIAL ISSUES. C) MISGOVERMENT. D) NONE OF THESE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) MISGOVERMENT. 18. Lord Dalhousie introduced ..... A) Doctrine of lapse. B) Doctrine of severablility. C) Doctrine of eclipse. D) Doctrine of seperation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doctrine of lapse. 19. Which war crushed Maratha power? A) First Anglo-Maratha War. B) Second Anglo-Maratha War. C) Third Anglo-Maratha War. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third Anglo-Maratha War. 20. Pick odd one A) Madras. B) Bombay. C) Bengal. D) Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Delhi. 21. What did the Doctrine of Lapse state? A) That the company had supreme power. B) If a ruler died without a male heir his kingdom. C) They had control over military troops. D) They had paramountcy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If a ruler died without a male heir his kingdom. 22. Who introduced Subsidiary Alliance? A) Lord Clive. B) Lord Hastings. C) Lord Dalhousie. D) Lord Wellesely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord Wellesely. 23. 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. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First battle won by English in the Indian soil. 24. What attracted European trading companies to India? A) Silk and Cotton. B) Spices. C) Denim. D) Options A & B. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Options A & B. 25. In ..... -if an Indian ruler died without a male heir his kingdom would "lapse" , that is, become part of Company territory. A) Doctrine of lapse. 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