Bishop Moore Vidyapith Kayamkulam

Standard 8 : History and Civics

Chapter 5 :Traders to Rulers

Question bank

1. Which were the internal situations favoured for the British in India?
2. Name the external situations which were favoured for the British
3. Foreign trading centres in India called factories why?
4. What do you understand by Carnatic wars?
5. Who led the first Carnatic war?
6. What was the cause of third Carnatic war?
7. Name the strong rulers who ruled in Bengal in the first half of 18th century
8. Name the persons who were a part of the conspiracy made by Robert Clive
9. Name the parties who involved in the treaty of Allahabad
10. What was dual government?
11. Who were known nabobs?
12. Name the two steps adopted by lord Wellesley for the expansion of British territory
13. What is subsidiary alliance?
14. What was the policy of paramountcy ?who introduced it ?
15. Name the Indian ruler who did not accept the policy of paramountcy
16. What was the cause of first Anglo Afghan war?
17. Which incident led to the two Anglo Sikh wars?
18. What was doctrine of lapse? who introduced this?
19. Name the states annexed due to the policy of Doctrine of lapse
20. what was the cause of Anglo Mysore wars?

Answer key
1) The internal situations are
*Decline of Central authority
*Lack of unity and constant rivalries
*Foreign invasion
*Lack of good defence force
*Groupism and factionalism
2) The external forces favoured for the British are industrialisation and search for new
markets
3) The officials of the companies were called factors and they resided in trading centres
so these trading centres were called factories
4) Around the middle of 18th century English and French trade interest clashed.This
resulted in three Anglo French wars which are referred to as Carnatic wars
5) The French were led by Dupleix and the British led by lord Clive.
6) Third Carnatic war was a continuation of seven years war of Europe in India which was
fought between Britain and France in Europe between 1756 to 1763
 7) The rulers were Murshid Quli Khan ,Siraj-ud- Daulah and Alwardi Khan.
8) Clive conspired with the Mirjafar,Jagat Seth and Amin Chand to overthrow Siraj -ud-
Daulah.
9) Treaty of Allahabad was signed by Siraj- ud- Daulah ,Shah Alam II and Robert Clive.
10) Dual government was introduced by Robert Clive. under this system the nawab
performed all the responsibilitie but had no power or resources. The company had All
powers but no responsibilities. The British controlled the collection of revenue. The
nizamat was given to nawab. The nawab was given a small share of the revenue to run
the administration.
11) The company officials who returned with the wealth and assets from India and
exhibited their richness in Britain were known as nabobs.
12) The two steps taken by lord Wellesley for British expansion were subsidiary alliance
and outright wars.
13) Subsidiary alliance means a ruler had to disband his own army and he had to maintain
British troops permanently at his cost or cede some territory in lieu of it.In case ruler
failed to make payments a part of his territory was taken away as penalty by the
company
14) The policy of paramountcy means the British claim about the supremacy of the
company. Lord Hastings introduced the policy of paramountcy
15) Rani chennamma of kittur who took up arms when the British tried to annex her state
showed the non acceptance of the policy of paramountcy.
16) The British started interfering in Afghanistan's internal affairs as they thought Russia
might expand across Asia and attack India via Afghanistan. This insecurity resulted in
the first Anglo Afghan war between 1839 and 1842..
17) After the death of Maharajas Ranjit Singh there was a Chaos and the British began to
interfering in the affairs of Punjab. This led to two Anglo Sikh wars.
18) According to doctrine of lapse a dependent state would pass into British hands if the
ruler died without any natural male hair. It refused to recognise the right of adopted
children to inherit the throne but allowed them the right to private property. Doctrine
of lapse was introduced by lord Dalhousie
19) Satara ,Sambalpur, Udaipur ,Nagpur and Jhansi were the annexed States under the
policy of doctrine of lapse.
20) The British and the Deccan States perceived Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan as a threat
because Tipu Sultan established friendly relations with the French in India and he
modernized his army with their assistance.This led to four Anglo Mysore wars.