CBSE Class 8 tradetoTerritory — practice questions
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Practice CBSE Class 8 tradetoTerritory in the app →The East India Company received its royal charter granting it the sole right to trade with the East in the yeaThe Portuguese explorer who discovered the sea route to India in 1498 was:The first major military victory of the East India Company in India was the Battle of:The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was a policy devised by:The first British Governor-General of India was:The East India Company built its first English factory in India in 1651 on the banks of which river?The three Mughal-era villages that the Company obtained zamindari rights over in 1698 included Kalikata, whichThe 'farman' that gave the East India Company the right to trade duty-free in Bengal was issued by Mughal EmpeWhich 'mercantile' principle drove European trading companies of the 17th century, including the East India CoTipu Sultan, the 'Tiger of Mysore', was killed in 1799 in the:Under the Subsidiary Alliance system, what happened if an Indian ruler failed to pay for the British 'subsidiaAfter Aurangzeb's death in 1707, the most important reason that Mughal central power weakened was:Sirajuddaulah lost at Plassey (1757) primarily because:Robert Clive amassed an enormous personal fortune from his time in India. When he left in 1767, his Indian weaFour Anglo-Mysore wars were fought between the Company and Mysore. Which Mysore rulers led the resistance throThe Maratha Confederacy was held together under a Peshwa based at Pune. The Marathas were eventually broken inThe 'Doctrine of Lapse' was applied to annex several Indian states. Which of these was NOT annexed under the DThe Resident, in a princely state allied with the Company, was officially supposed to advise the ruler. James Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal emperor, was symbolically important in 1857 because:The 1772 reforms by Warren Hastings created TWO courts in every district. They were:Punjab was annexed by the British in 1849 only after the death of its powerful Sikh ruler. Who was this ruler In 1775, eleven Brahman pandits were asked by the Company to compile a digest of Hindu laws because:The principal British administrator in an Indian district was called the Collector. Why was the post called thBy 1857, British India directly or indirectly controlled most of the subcontinent. Which sequence describes th