CLASS 8 – 30
SECTION C: (4 × 4 = 16 Marks)
SECTION A: (6 × 1 = 6 Marks)
Q11. Describe the causes and results of the Battle of
Choose the correct option: Plassey (1757).
Q1. Vasco da Gama reached India in the year:
a) 1600 (Mention the role of Siraj-ud-Daulah and Mir Jafar.)
b) 1498
c) 1701 Q12. Explain any four causes of the Anglo-Mysore
d) 1550 Wars.
Q2. The Battle of Wandiwash was fought between (Mention key leaders like Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan.)
the British and:
a) Dutch Q13. Write four key features of the Indian
b) French Constitution that make it unique.
c) Portuguese
d) Mughals 14. Why was there a need to form a Constitution for
Q3. Which city became the first Portuguese India after independence?
settlement in India?
a) Daman
b) Cochin
c) Goa
d) Surat
Q4. The Dutch East India Company established its
first major trading post at:
a) Calicut
b) Pulicat
c) Bombay
d) Chandernagore
Q5. Which European power was last to arrive in
India for trade?
a) Dutch
b) Portuguese
c) French
d) Danish
Q6. The English East India Company was granted the
royal charter by:
a) Queen Victoria
b) Queen Elizabeth I
c) King George III
d) Queen Mary
SECTION B: (4 × 2 = 8 Marks)
Q7. What do you mean by the Subsidiary Alliance?
Who introduced it?
Q8. Mention any two outcomes of the Battle of
Buxar (1764).
Q9. What is a Constitution?
Q10. Who fought the Battle of Plassey and what was
its immediate result?