This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 8 > Class 8 History Chapter 2 From Trade To Territory – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 2 From Trade To Territory Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Court of Proprietors of the East India Company had their meetings in the East India House on ..... Street in London. A) Leadenhall. B) Leaden Halls. C) Leaden Halloween. D) Leadenhole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leadenhall. 2. Which European country first established their presence in India A) Portuguese. B) Dutch. C) French. D) British. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Portuguese. 3. Tipu Sultan established a close relation ship with ..... and ..... A) Russians, discussed war techniques. B) Dutch, established trading ports. C) French, modernized army. D) Portuguese, sea routes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) French, modernized army. 4. Tipu Sultan was known as the "Tiger of Mysore" A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. What did the mercantile companies in India do to establish their upper hand in trade? A) Blocked the sea routes. B) Sank the ships of other European traders. C) Prevented rival ships from moving with supplies of good. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 6. In which year Vasco de Gama discovered sea route to India? A) 1499. B) 1497. C) 1498. D) 1495. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1498. 7. The subsidiary alliance stated that rulers ..... A) Rulers had to give away their kids to the company. B) They can't have their own troops. C) They had to build churches everywhere. D) They had to let the company take over their post. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They can't have their own troops. 8. Siraj-ud-Daula was the ruler of: A) Delhi. B) Bengal. C) Carnatic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bengal. 9. After the Battle of Plassey, Robert Clive wrote to William Pitt, one of the principal secretaries of State to the English Monarch n January the 7th ..... from ..... A) 1759, from Calcutta. B) 1760, from Madras. C) 1759, from Hugli. D) 1760, from Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1759, from Calcutta. 10. When was the first English company set up? A) 1707. B) 1651. C) 1696. D) 1757. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1651. 11. Robert Clive came to ..... in India from England at the age of 18. A) Gujarat. B) Madras. C) Bengal. D) Mysore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Madras. 12. Competition among the companies resulted in A) Reduced profits of companies. B) Quality of goods increased. C) Price became low. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reduced profits of companies. 13. Pick appropriate sentence for "Presidencies" . A) British territories were broadly divided into financial units. B) British territories were broadly divided into administrative units. C) British territories were broadly divided into smaller villages. D) British territories were broadly divided into various states. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) British territories were broadly divided into administrative units. 14. In which year did Robert Clive led the Company's army against Sirajuddaulah at plassey? A) 1777. B) 1758. C) 1772. D) 1757. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1757. 15. Arrange the following states in chronological order by their order of annexation under Doctrine of Lapse:1. Nagpur2. Jhansi3. Sambalpur4. Satara5. Jaipur6. Udaipur A) 4-6-3-5-2-1. B) 4-5-3-6-2-1. C) 5-4-3-6-1-2. D) 1-6-2-5-3-4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4-5-3-6-2-1. 16. Which of the features of Subsidiary Alliance are correct?1. Native ruler should deal with foreign states only through English Company2. Towards the maintenance charges of the army, the British would make payments to the Indian ruler3. An Indian ruler had to merge his own armed forces with British Forces4. All the non-English European officials should be turned out of his state A) 1, 3 & 4 only. B) 1, 2 & 3 only. C) All of the above. D) 1 & 4 only. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1 & 4 only. 17. The Europeans were interested in some of the commodities present in India. Which were the main commodities they were after? A) Silk. B) Cotton. C) Spice. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 18. Nawab of Bengal alivardi Khan was dead in. A) 1789. B) 1756. C) 1770. D) 1769. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1756. 19. UNDER WHICH POLICY THE KINGDOM WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE COMPANY IF THE INDIAN KING DID NOT HAVE MALE HEIR? A) SUBSIDIARY ALLIANCE. B) DOCTRINE OF LAPSE. C) MISGOVERNMENT. D) PARAMOUNTCY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DOCTRINE OF LAPSE. 20. Which one of these was annexed on the basis of Dolhousie's 'Doctrine of Lapse'? A) Punjab. B) Awadh. C) Satara. D) Hyderabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Satara. 21. The Portuguese had established their presence in the Western Coast of India and had their bases in A) Mumbai. B) Delhi. C) Goa. D) Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Goa. 22. Doctrine of Lapse was devised by A) Robert Clive. B) Lord Dalhousie. C) Richard Wellesley. D) Warn hasting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lord Dalhousie. 23. How Many wars were fought at famous place panipat? A) 1. B) 6. C) 4. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 24. WHEN WAS THE KINGDOM OF PUNJAB ANNEXED? A) 1849. B) 1857. C) 1853. D) 1858. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1849. 25. The British saw Haidar and Tipu as ambitious, arrogant, and dangerous. Four battles were fought with them and only in the last battle did the Company ultimately win by killing Tipu Sultan. Identify this battle: A) Battle of Buxar. B) Battle of Plassey. C) Battle of Panipat. D) Battle of often. 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