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  • Question 1
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    Arrange the following events in chronological order :
    (I) Vasco-Da-Gama arrived in India
    (II) Battle of Plassey
    (III) Establishment of East India Company
    (IV) Constantinople was won by Ottoman Turks
    Solution
    The Turks captured Constantinople in 1453.
    Vasco da Gama came to the Calicut port of India in 1498.
    The East India Company was established in the year 1600.
    The battle of Plassey took place in the year 1757. 

  • Question 2
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    The Subsidiary Alliance increased the power and the resources of the ______.
    Solution

    Merits of Subsidiary Alliance:-

    1. By this system the English became the supreme power in India,

    2. The resources and influence of the company increased greatly,

    3. The alliance helped the English to maintain control over the Indian rulers,

    4. It enabled the company to maintain a large standing army at the expense of Indian Princes and

    5. The extent of British Empire in India increased greatly as several rulers had ceded parts of their kingdoms.

     

  • Question 3
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    Who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Bengal?
  • Question 4
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    The main cause of Black hole incident was that ________________________
    Solution
    After the death of Aurangzeb, the Mughal Empire became weak. Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah challenged British activities, like non-payment of custom duties in Bengal. He was suspicious of English activities from the very beginning. Defying his orders, the English fortified their settlements in Culcatta in 1756. Siraj objected to it and ordered military action against the British. His armies held the British as prisoners in the dungeons of Fort William. Where 146 British officers were shut in a room 22 feet long and 14 feet wide, leading to death by suffocation of 123 officers.
  • Question 5
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    Which battle established British supremacy in India?
    Solution
    The Battle of Plassey (Palasi) is an important landmark in the history of India. On 23 June 1757, the armies of Siraj-ud-Daulah and the English East India Company met at Murshidabad the then capital of undivided Bengal. British forces were led by Robert Clive and Mir Zafar, commander in chief of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah's army. Mir Zafar betrayed the Nawab and remained inactive. As a consequence, Siraj-ud-Daulah lost the battle, was captured and later killed.
  • Question 6
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    The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by _________ .
    Solution

    Lord Dalhousie provided the British with the tool called Doctrine of lapse that they used to annex an Indian kingdom if its ruler died without a male heir. They annexed Satara(1848), Sambalpur(1850), Udaipur(1852), Nagpur(1853) and Jhansi(1854) using doctrine of lapse.

  • Question 7
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    Which one of the following was annexed on the basis of Dalhousie's 'Doctrine of Lapse'?
  • Question 8
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    Robert Clive defeated Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah of Bengal in ________ .
    Solution
    The battle between Siraj ud-Daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal and the East India Company happened during the year 1757 and it was known as Battle of Plassey.
  • Question 9
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    What was the main cause for the defeat of Siraj ud Daulah in the battle of Plassey?
    Solution
    The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies in 1757. Siraj-ud-daulah had asked Britishers to stop fortification which became one of the reasons for the war. Robert Clive bribed Mir Jafar, commander-in-chief of Siraj-ud-daulah of making him the next Nawab which resulted in betrayal from Mir Qasim and victory of the British.
  • Question 10
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    The Battle of Buxar took place in _______ .
    Solution
    Battle of Buxar, 1764, was a battle between the British East India Company and combined army of Mir Qasim,the Nawab of Bengal, Nawab of Awadh and  Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II.
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