From Trade to Territory
1. Match the following:
Diwani - Tipu Sultan
"Tiger of Mysore" - right to collect land revenue
faujdari adalat - Sepoy
Rani Channamma - criminal court
sipahi - led an anti-British movement in Kitoor
2. Fill in the blanks:
(a) The British Conquest of Bengal began with the Battle of ________?
Ans: Plassey.
(b) Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan were the rulers of_________?
Ans: Mysore.
(c) Dalhousie implememted the Doctrine of _________?
Ans: Lapse.
(d) Maratha kingdome were located mainly in the ____________ part of India.
Ans: South-western..
3. State whether true or false:
(a) The Mughal empire became steonger in the eighteenth century.
Ans: False.
(b) The English East India Company was the only European company that traded with India.
Ans: False.
(c) Maharaja Ranjit Singh was the ruler of Punjab.
Ans: True.
(d) The British did not introduce administrative changes in the territories thy conquered.
Ans: False.
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4. What attracted European trading companies to India?
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5. What were the areas of conflict between the Bengal nawabs and the East India Company?
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6. How did the assumption of Diwani benefit the East India Company?
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7. Explain the system of "subsidiary alliance?.
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8. In what way was the Administration of the Company different from that of Indian rulers?
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9. Describe the changes that occurred in the composition of the Company's army?
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10. After the british Conquest of bengal, Calcutta grew from a small village to a big city. Find out about the culture, architecture and the life of Europeans and Indians of the city during the colonial period?
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11. Collect pictures, stories, poems and information about any of the following - the Rani of Jhansi, Mahadji Sindhia. Haider Ali, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Lord Dalhousie or any other cntamorary ruler of your region?
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