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Class 8 The Colonial Era in India worksheet
CBSE Social Science. European traders, Plassey, the Doctrine of Lapse and subsidiary alliances, the drain of wealth, uprisings and 1857. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
Vasco da Gama reached the coast near Calicut in:
- 1600
- 1757
- 1510
- 1498
Answer
(d) 1498
- 2.
Who was Robert Clive?
- won the Battle of Plassey
- the Governor-General who used the Doctrine of Lapse
- the queen of Ullal who fought the Portuguese
- led the defence of Lucknow
Answer
(a) won the Battle of Plassey
- 3.
What does “mutiny” mean?
- one country controlling and settling another region
- taking over a territory and adding it to one’s own
- annexing a state whose ruler had no natural male heir
- a rebellion of soldiers against their officers
Answer
(d) a rebellion of soldiers against their officers
Section B · short answer
- 4.
What is colonialism?
Answer
One country taking control of another region, settling there and imposing its political, economic and cultural systems.
- 5.
Who was each? (a) Marthanda Varma (b) Sidhu and Kanhu Murmu
Answer
(a) the Travancore king who won at Colachel (b) led the Santhal Rebellion
Section C · long answer
- 6.
How did the British East India Company gain control of Bengal?
Answer
At Plassey in 1757, Robert Clive won after the Nawab’s commander Mir Jafar held back his troops; the Company then took the revenue rights of Bengal, Bihar and Odisha.
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