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SSC CHSL Colonial India — practice questions

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Place each event in its yearRead the answer and worked solution →Match each settlement to its ruleRead the answer and worked solution →Sort each name by what he didRead the answer and worked solution →True or false about Company ruleRead the answer and worked solution →Order the Company's rise in BengalRead the answer and worked solution →Fill the gaps on Company ruleRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not fitRead the answer and worked solution →Pick the right year, quicklyRead the answer and worked solution →

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Place each event in its year

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End
1870
Start
1590
Events
  1. Year
    1600
    Item
    Company charter
  2. Year
    1757
    Item
    Battle of Plassey
  3. Year
    1764
    Item
    Battle of Buxar
  4. Year
    1765
    Item
    Diwani of Bengal
  5. Year
    1793
    Item
    Permanent Settlement
  6. Year
    1856
    Item
    Awadh annexed
Instructions
Drag each event on to the year it happened.
_Source: syllabus Social Science, 'Our Pasts III'_

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Match each settlement to its rule

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Matching pairs
  1. Left
    Permanent
    Right
    Revenue fixed for ever
  2. Left
    Mahalwari
    Right
    Revised village by village
  3. Left
    Ryotwari
    Right
    Settled with the cultivators
  4. Left
    Doctrine of Lapse
    Right
    No male heir, no kingdom
  5. Left
    Subsidiary pact
    Right
    No independent army
  6. Left
    Diwani
    Right
    Right to collect the revenue
Instructions
Tap a settlement on the left, then tap its rule.
_Source: syllabus Social Science, 'Our Pasts III'_

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Sort each name by what he did

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Items
  1. Item
    Robert Clive
    Category
    Won battles
  2. Item
    Alexander Read
    Category
    Land revenue
  3. Item
    Thomas Munro
    Category
    Land revenue
  4. Item
    Lord Dalhousie
    Category
    Annexed states
  5. Item
    Richard Wellesley
    Category
    Annexed states
Categories
  1. Item
    Won battles
  2. Item
    Land revenue
  3. Item
    Annexed states
Instructions
Tap a name, then tap the box it belongs in.
_Source: syllabus Social Science, 'Our Pasts III'_

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