From Trade to Territory Class 8 MCQs Questions with Answers
Choose the correct answer:
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Answer: (d) Kalikata
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Answer: (c) 1785
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Answer: (b) 1651
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Answer: (d) Vasco-da-Gama
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Answer: (d) 1774
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Answer: (c) 1761
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Answer: (b) Kitoor
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Answer: (d) Mysore
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Answer: (c) raw material like cotton silk and spices
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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 |
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| 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
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Answer: True
2. The battle of Buxar ended in 1764.
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Answer: True
3. Second Anglo Maratha war was fought in 1757.
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Answer: False
4. Maratha kingdoms were located mainly in the northern part of India.
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Answer: False
5. The army was known as sepoy army during company’s rule.
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Answer: True
Fill in the blanks:
1. Indian rulers’ administrative units were divided into District ……………… and ………………
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Answer: Parganas, Tehsil
2. The new system of justice was set up in the year ………………
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Answer: 1772
3. The first English factory was set up on the banks of the ………………
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Answer: river Hugli
4. Queen Elizabeth granted the East India Company the sole right to trade with the ………………
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Answer: East
5. After the defeat at Plassey, ……………… was made the Nawab.
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Answer: Mir Jafar
6. Lord Dalhousie devised the policy of ………………
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Answer: Doctrine of Lapse
