Class -8 Subject – History Chapter -2 A.Choose the correct answer and fill in the blanks :- 1. Trade 2. Lord Dalhousie . 3. Portuguese . 4. . 5.1761 . B. Match the columns 1. Tipu sultan - Mysore. 2. Sir Thomas Roe - Factory at Surat 3. Diwani of , Bihar And Odisha - 4. Annexation of Awadh - Lord Dalhousie. 5. English East company - 1600 C. State whether true or false. If False, correct the statement :- 1. False – The European trading companies were established to control the markets and etend its political influence in India. 2. False – Three Anglo – Maratha wars faught between the years 1775 – 1818. 3. False –Lord Dalhousie claimed missgovernment as region for his annexation. 4. True 5. False –The were fought between the Biritish and French D. Fill in the blanks :-

1.Nana Phadnavis 2. 3. Madras 4. 5. Bengal E. Answer the following questions in 10 to 20 words 1ans: The first traders to discover a sea route to India were Portuguese. 2ans: English settlements and factories were located in India at Masulipatnam, Patna, Dhaka, Bombay, Calcutta , and Govindpur. 3ans: One of the major causes of this defeat was the non –participation of the ’s commander – in –chief, , in the battle. The British had promised to make him the Nawab of Bengal in return for a large amount of money and trading privileges. 4ans:- The four Anglo – Mysore Wars between Mysore and the British between the years 1766 –1799. 5ans:- The Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Lord Wellesley.

F. Answer the following questions in 50-70 words :- 1ans: Haider Ali was the ruler of Mysore between the years 1761 – 1782. During his regin, he did not encourage trade with the British as he had formed an alliniance with French. His son, Tipu Sultan, also did not allow trade with the British. This enmity caused the Anglo Mysore wars . 2ans: Following were the two farmans help British fortune in India:-  Farman of 1691 granted by Aurangzeb, exempted the British Company from paying customs duties in Bengal. Farman of 1717 granted by emperor Farukhsiyar exempted the British from paying custom duties and Devan. 3ans: After the death of Nana Phadnavis, who led the first battle against the British, the Marathas started fighting amongest for power. When the British saw this, they took advantage of the situation. 5ans: Anglo – French rivalary both in India and in Europe that led to a series of war known as the Carnatic wars. These wars lasted for almost 20 years. Finally Britian emerged victorious in this conflict. G. Answer the following questions in 80 to 100 words :- 1ans:- Following were the main causes Of conflict between the Nawab of Bengal the :-  The farmans granted to the English East India Company by the Mughals led to resentment among the local Bengal as the province was losing huge amount of revenue  The British were also misusing there right by sailing dastak, a free pass which exempted the European traders  The British retaliated and captured Culcutta under the leadership of Clive 2ans: The battle of Baxuar established the system of dual government In Bengal which gave the British the right to. The right of nizamat including maintenance of law and order, dispensation of criminal justice and that of defending the frontiers remained with the Nawab, who was paid an annual amount by the British to meet the expenses. This arrangement of dual government was put to an end under Governer – general Warren Hastings in 1772. 3ans :Due to following reasons the indian rulers lose their independence by signing the Subsidiary with the British :- According to this alliance, Indian rulers were not allowed to have independent armed forces They were to be protected by the company but had to pay for the ‘subsidiary’ forces If the Indian rulers failed to make the payment, then part of their territory would be taken as penalty.