From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power Class 8 Quiz Question with Answer. CBSE Class 8 History Lesson 2 Mock Test.
Question 1:
Who was the last powerful Mughal rulers?
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(c) Jahangir
(d) None of these
Answer:
(a) Aurangzeb.
Question 2:
When was Aurangzeb died?
(a) 1818
(b) 1770
(c) 1707
(d) 1705
Answer:
(c) 1707.
Question 3:
In 1857, who was the Mughal emperor at the that time?
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(c) Jahangir
(d) None of these
Answer:
(b) Bahadur Shah Zafar.
Question 4:
Who had discovered sea route to India in 1498?
(a) Francisco De Almeida
(b) Magellan
(c) Elcano
(d) Vasco Da Gama
Answer:
(d) Vasco Da Gama.
Question 5:
Who came first in India
(a) British
(b) Dutch
(c) Portuguese
(d) French
Answer:
(c) Portuguese.
Question 6:
Who among the following came to India first?
(a) British
(b) Dutch
(c) French
(d) Scottish
Answer:
(c) French.
Question 7:
Which of the following things had great demand in European market? (seventeenth –eighteenth centuries)
(a) Pepper
(b) Cardamom
(c) Cinnamon centuries
(d) All of these
Answer:
Question 8:
When was Vasco Da Gama arrived in India?
(a) 1490
(b) 1498
(c) 1414
(d) 1488
Answer:
(b) 1498.
Question 9:
Who became the Nawab of Bengal after Alivardi Khan?
(a) Siraj-ud-daulah
(b) Murshid Quil Khan
(c) Mir Jafar
(d) None of these
Answer:
(a) Siraj-ud-daulah.
Question 10:
In — Siraj-ud-daulah became the Nawab of Bengal
(a) 1764
(b) 1758
(c) 1756
(d) 1808
Answer:
(b) 1756.
Question 11:
When was the Battle of Plassey fought?
(a) 1764
(b) 1757
(c) 1776
(d) 1707
Answer:
(b) 1757.
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Question 12:
Who led the company’s army against Siraj-ud-dualah at Plassey?
(a) Robert Clive
(b) Thomas Munro
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) None of these
Answer:
(b) Robert Clive.
Question 13:
When was the Battle of Plassey fought?
(a) 1764
(b) 1774
(c) 1754
(d) 1761
Answer:
(a) 1764.
Question 14:
—- known as the ‘Tiger of Mysore?
(a) Maharana Pratap
(b) Tipu Sultan
(c) Prithviraj Chauhan
(d) None of these
Answer:
(b) Tipu Sultan.
Question 15:
Which of the following place was capital of Tipu Sultan?
(a) Bengal
(b) Bombay
(c) Seringapatam
(d) Mysore
Answer:
(c) Seringapatam.
Question 16:
When was Third Battle of Panipat fought?
(a) 1761
(b) 1556
(c) 1764
(d) 1757
Answer:
(a) 1761.
Question 17:
By which treaty the first Anglo-Maratha war came to an end?
(a) Treaty of Mysore
(b) Treaty of Salbai
(c) Treaty of Paris
(d) None of these
Answer:
(b) Treaty of Salbai.
Question 18:
Lord Hastings Governor General
(a) From 1813 to 1823
(b) From 1823 to 1828
(c) From 1848 – 1856
(d) From 1818 to 1823
Answer:
(a) From 1813 to 1823.
Question 19:
Who was devised policy ‘Doctrine of lapse’
(a) Lord Hastings
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) None of these
Answer:
(c) Lord Dalhousie.
Question 20:
In the company also took over Awadh.
(a) 1848
(b) 1854
(c) 1852
(d) 1856
Answer:
(d) 1856.
Question 21:
Which of the following place took over by company under the doctrine of lapse?
(a) Awadh
(b) Jhasi
(c) Nagpure
(d) Satara
Answer:
(d) Satara.
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