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The story of British rule over India started in which year?
1500 AD
1600 AD
1700 AD
1400 AD
What was the name of the trading company to which the English merchants/traders belonged?
West India Company
North India Company
East India Company
South India Company
For how many years were the British traders given trading rights with India by Queen Elizabeth?
15 years
10 years
12 years
20 years
Name the ruling Mughal emperor of India in whose court Sir Thomas Roe was sent as an ambassador.
Emperor Akbar
Emperor Jahangir
Emperor Shah Alam
None of the above
Who were the first ever traders to reach India?
British
Portuguese
Dutch
French
The first ever factory set up by British in India was at _______________.
Surat
Madras
Calcutta
Goa
The Battle of Plassey was fought in the year ___________.
The Battle of Buxar was fought in the year _____________.
In some parts of the country, farmers were forced to grow ______________ plants to obtain blue powder to dye the clothes in British factories.
The first war of Independence was fought in the year ____________.
The immediate cause of the revolt of 1857 was the use of cartridges that were greased with the fat of cows and _________.
The British built forts in Bengal and started maintaining armies at their trading centres or factories.
True
False
The Battle of Plassey was fought between Mir Jafar and the British.
True
False
The Revolt of 1857 made it possible for India to gain independence from the British Rule.
True
False
The Revolt of 1857 is also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
True
False
The rule of the corrupt East India Company came to an end after the revolt of 1857.
True
False
The Revolt of 1857 was started by:
Indigo farmers
Traders
Weavers
Indian soldiers of the British Army
Which Mughal Emperor was declared the leader of the revolt of 1857?
Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar
Emperor Jahangir
Emperor Siraj-ud-Daulah
Emperor Shah Alam
After the revolt of 1857, the Governor-General of India was made the _____________.
President
Viceroy
Prime-Minister
Nawab
Name the last Governor General of British India who was made the Viceroy when the British Government took over the Indian Administration.
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Canning
Lord Thomas Roe
Queen Elizabeth
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