Chapter 2 From Trade to Territory - Extra Questions

Question 1.
(i) Which one was not a trading company?

• (a) The Portuguese
• (b) The Dutch
• (c) The French
• (d) The Japanese

(ii) What was farman?

• (a) It was a royal dress.
• (b) It was a royal order.
• (c) It was a royal food.
• (d) It was a royal procession.

(iii) The Nawab of Bengal after Alivardi Khan was

• (a) Murshid Quli Khan
• (b) Tipu Sultan
• (c) Sirajuddaulah
• (d) Mir Qasim

(iv) The British who did the Company’s army against Sirajuddaulah at Plassey was

• (a) Robert Clive
• (b) Lord Hastings
• (c) Edmund Burke
• (d) Lord Dalhousie

(v) This Governor-General introduced the policy of ‘paramountcy’.

• (a) Lord Hastings
• (b) Lord Dalhousie
• (c) Warren Hastings
• (d) Lord Bentinck

(vi) Which one of these was annexed on the basis of Dolhousie’s ‘Doctrine of Lapse’?

• (a) Punjab
• (b) Awadh
• (c) Satara
• (d) Hyderabad

(vii) The Governor-General who was impeached

• (a) Lord Dalhousie
• (b) Lord Mountbatten
• (c) Warren Hastings
• (d) Lord Hastings

Answer:
(i) (d), (ii) (b), (iii) (c), (iv) (a), (v) (a), (vi) (c), (vii) (c).

Question 2.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words to complete each sentence.

1. British territories were broadly divided into administrative units called …………….
2. ……….. and ………… were two famous Maratha soldiers and statesmen of the late 18th century.
3. The Royal Charter could not prevent other European powers from entering the …………… markets.
4. The Bengal Nawabs asserted their power and autonomy after the death of …………..
5. ………….. was made the Nawab of Bengal after the defeat of Sirajuddaulah at Plassey.
6. The Company took over Awadh in the year ……………..
7. The principal figure in an Indian district was the …………….
8. The first Anglo-Maratha war ended with the Treaty of …………………

Answer:

1. Presidencies
2. Mahadji Sindhia; Nana Phadnavis
3. Eastern
4. Aurangzeb
5. Mir Jafar
6. 1856
7. Collector
8. Sabai

Question 3.
State whether each of the following statements is True or False.

1. The Maratha power was crushed in the third Anglo-Maratha war.
2. Tipu Sultan disallowed local merchants from trading with the Company.
3. The Company took away parts of territories from Punjab and Satara on the basis of ‘subsidiary alliance’.
4. The Mughal emperor appointed the Company as the Diwgzt of the provinces of Bengal in the year 1700.
5. Sirajuddaulah got help from his commander Mir Jafar and finally won a victory in the Battle of Plassey.
6. Lord Dalhousie’s ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ proved to be a total failure.

Answer:

1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. False
6. False

Question 4.
Match the items given in Column A correctly with those given in Column B.

Answer:
(i) (b), (ii) (d), (iii) (f), (iv) (a), (v) (c), (vi) (e).