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    1. The document is a practice test for grade 8 social science students containing questions about the establishment and expansion of British rule in India. 2. There were multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about key events like the founding of trading settlements in India by the English East India Company and the introduction of subsidiary alliances under Lord Wellesley. 3. Essay questions required students to explain reasons for rivalry among European trading companies in India, define the system of dual government, and describe different methods used by the British to establish and expand their empire in India.

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    1. The document is a practice test for grade 8 social science students containing questions about the establishment and expansion of British rule in India. 2. There were multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about key events like the founding of trading settlements in India by the English East India Company and the introduction of subsidiary alliances under Lord Wellesley. 3. Essay questions required students to explain reasons for rivalry among European trading companies in India, define the system of dual government, and describe different methods used by the British to establish and expand their empire in India.

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    Progression Test 1: Social Science

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    1. The document is a practice test for grade 8 social science students containing questions about the establishment and expansion of British rule in India. 2. There were multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about key events like the founding of trading settlements in India by the English East India Company and the introduction of subsidiary alliances under Lord Wellesley. 3. Essay questions required students to explain reasons for rivalry among European trading companies in India, define the system of dual government, and describe different methods used by the British to establish and expand their empire in India.

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    Progression Test 1
    SOCIAL SCIENCE
    Date : 22/07/13
    Time: 30 Minutes

    Grade 8
    Name: _____________________

    READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST


    Answer all the questions in the spaces provided on the question paper.
    The number of marks is given in bracket [ ] at the end of each section.
    The total number of marks for this paper is 25.
    For Teachers Use
    Page No

    Marks

    Instruction
    s

    2
    3
    4

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    RIS/PT 1/Gr 8
    S. Science

    I
    [5]

    Choose and underline the correct answer.

    Examine

    For

    rs
    The English East India Company opened its first Indian settlement at___________.

    Calcutta

    Bombay

    Surat

    Use

    Madras

    A system called Dual government was introduced in the provience of__________


    A

    Madras

    Bengal

    B
    D

    Bombay
    Hyderabad

    First Anglo Mysore war was concluded by the treaty of


    A

    Seringapatnam

    Vellore

    B
    D

    Madras
    Mangalore

    This Governor General introduced the system of Subsidiary Alliance.


    A

    Robert Clive

    Warren Hasting

    Lord Wellesley

    Lord Dalhousie

    5 One of the four agencies that carried out the day-to-day administration of the
    company was the

    II

    police

    cavalry

    infantry

    espionage

    Answer the following.

    a
    Why was there an intensive rivalry among the trading companies of different
    European countries?

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    RIS/PT 1/Gr 8
    S. Science

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    For

    ..
    Examine
    rs
    Use

    [2]

    What is dual government?

    .
    .
    ...
    .
    .
    . [2]
    III
    [5]

    Fill in the blanks.

    1. Mysore was ruled by Hyder Ali and later by _______________________.


    2. The capital of the kingdom of Mysore was __________________________.
    3. Maharaja Ranjit Singh was the ruler of __________________________.
    4. __________________ was a puppet in the hands of the British.
    5. The English clashed with the ______________ thrice in the Carnatic wars.
    IV
    1

    Answer the following.


    What was the Treaty of Madras?

    ..
    RIS/PT 1/Gr 8
    S. Science

    4
    ...

    .
    .
    ...
    For

    ..
    . [3]
    2

    Examine
    rs
    Use

    What were the reasons that led to a war between Mir Quasim and the English?

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    .
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    .
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    . [3]

    3
    Explain the different methods by which the British established and expanded their
    empire in India?
    ...

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    ..
    .....
    .
    ...
    .

    ..
    RIS/PT 1/Gr 8
    S. Science

    5
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    .
    ..
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    ...
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    .
    ....
    .
    ..
    .. [5]

    ..
    RIS/PT 1/Gr 8
    S. Science

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