WBBSE Class 8 History Chapter 2 Rise Of Regional Powers Multiple Choice Questions

Chapter 2 Rise Of Regional Powers Topic A Rise Of Regional Powers Hyderbad Ayodhya And Bengal And The Battle Of Plassey Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1. When did the Persians under the leadership of Nadir Shah attack Delhi?

1. 1707-08
2. 1738-39
3. 1765-66
4. 1757-58

Answer: 3. 1738-39

Question 2. Under whose leadership the Afghans attacked and destroyed the city of Delhi?

1. Ahmed Shah Abdali
2. Nadir Shah
3. Mir Qasim
4. Alauddin Khilji
5. Sadat Khan

Answer: 1. Nadir Shah

Question 3. Who took the title of Asaf Jah?

1. Alivardi Khan
2. Sadat Khan
3. Mir Qamar ud din Khan Siddiqi
4. Mir Jafar

Answer: 3. Mir Qamar ud din Khan Siddiqi

Question 4. After capturing Kolkata, Siraj renamed it

1. Sirajnagar
2. Alipore
3. Alinagar
4. Sirajabad

Answer: 3. Alinagar

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Question 5. Aurangzeb appointed Murshid Quli Khan as Bengal’s

1. Nazim
2. Faujdar
3. Diwan
4. Ulema

Answer: 1. Nazim

Question 6. Who led the British army to reoccupy

1. Lord Wellesley
2. Lord Cornwallis
3. Lord Clive
4. Lord Dalhousie

Answer: 3. Lord Clive

Question 7. Who propagated the story of the ‘Black Hole tragedy’?

1. Roger Drake
2. Akshay Kumar Maitra
3. Holwell
4. Robert Clive

Answer: 3. Holwell

Question 8. Mir Qasim was the son-in-law of

1. Alivardi Khan
2. Mir Jafar
3. Mir Qamar ud-din Khan Siddiqi
4. Miran

Answer: 2. Mir Jafar

Question 9. Who was the Nawab when the Maratha Cavalry attacked Bengal?

1. Murshid Quli Khan
2. Alivardi Khan
3. Siraj ud Abdallah
4. Shuja ud din

Answer: 2. Alivardi Khan

Question 10. The last independent Nawab of Bengal was

1. Siraj ud-Abdallah
2. Mir Jafar
3. Mir Qasim
4. Alivardi Khan

Answer: 1. Siraj ud-Abdallah

Chapter 2 Rise Of Regional Powers Topic A Rise Of Regional Powers Hyderbad Ayodhya And Bengal And The Battle Of Plassey Select The Most Appropriate Expla Nation For The Following Statement

Question 1. The Mughal rulers who succeeded Aurangzeb could not retain the empire.

1. The economic basis of the empire collapsed.
2. The strength of the empire rapidly declined after the death of Aurangzeb.
3.  The administrative crisis could be noticed in the empire.

Answer:  2. The strength of the empire rapidly declined after the death of Aurangzeb.

Question 2. Internal revolts and external aggressions created a rift in the empire towards the end.

1. The military power of the Mughals weakened.
2. The aristocrats were involved in mutual rivalries.
3.  The war for succession had reached its climax.

Answer: 1 The military power of the Mughals weakened.

Question 3. The administrative structure of the Mughals collapsed after the reign of emperor Aurangzeb.

1. The rate of revenue was considerably reduced.
2.  There were conflicts over the capturing of high administrative posts.
3. There was much crisis in the Jaigirdari and Mansabdari systems.

Answer: 3. There was much crisis in the Jaigirdari and Mansabdari systems.

Question 4. Many regional powers arose by the middle of the 18th century. Explanation

1.  The authority and administrative structure of the vast Mughal empire weakened.
2.  Efficient provincial leaders emerged in different regions.
3.  The residents of different regions tried their best to have their demands fulfilled.
4. Answer: 1. The authority and administrative structure of the vast Mughal empire weakened.

Question 5. The British East India Company involved the Jagat Seths in the conspiracy against Siraj.

1. The Jagat Seths had great financial capacity.
2. The Jagat Seths had much influence over the court of the Nawab of Bengal in Murshidabad.
3. The Jagat Seths were all experienced and judicious.

Answer: 2. The Jagat Seths had much influence over the court of the Nawab of Bengal in Murshidabad.

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Question 6. The Mughals lost their control over the subah of Bengal during the regime of Alivardi Khan.

1. The Mughal emperor granted independence to the subah of Bengal.
2.  Alivardi Khan won the strife against the Mughals.
3.  The Mughal ruler was not provided with any administrative information.
   Answer: 3. The Mughal ruler was not provided with any administrative information.

Question 7. Faruksiyar’s Firman created a conflict between the British and the Nawab of Bengal.

1. Faruksiyar’s Firman declared that a specific financial grant was to be given to the British Company.
2. The Company began to carry on unlimited trade in Bengal taking advantage of the exemption of taxes as granted by Faruksiyar’s firman.
3. Faruksiyar’s firman had inhibited the trading rights of European countries other than the British.

Answer: 2. The Company began to carry on unlimited trade in Bengal taking advantage of the exemption of taxes as granted by Faruksiyar’s firman.

Question 8. The relationship between the English company and Murshid Quli Khan the Nawab of Bengal had deteriorated.

1. The English traders misused the data for personal trade and evaded the taxes which were due to the Nawab. Explanation
2.  The English traders built forts disobeying the instructions of the Nawab. Explanation
3.  The English traders got involved in a conflict with the officials of the Nawab.

Answer: 1. The English traders misused the data for personal trade and evaded the taxes which were due to the Nawab. Explanation

Question 9. Statement The relationship between the British company and Alivardi Khan, the Nawab Bengal, deteriorated.

1. Alivardi Khan killed some clerks of the British company.
2. Alivardi Khan ordered the British traders to leave Bengal.
3.  Alivardi Khan demanded rupees thirty lacks from the British company which refused to pay it.

Answer: 3. Alivardi Khan demanded rupees thirty lacks from the British company which refused to pay it.

Question 10. Statement The relationship between the British East India Company and Siraj ud- Abdallah, the Nawab of Bengal, deteriorated. Explanation

1. Siraj demanded a lot of money from the British trading company for the development of trade.
   Explanation
2.  The British company fortified Calcutta defying Siraj’s orders. Explanation
3. There was a conflict between Nawab’s officials and British officials.

Answer: 2. The British company fortified Calcutta defying Siraj’s orders. Explanation

Question 11. Statement The political powers in the Indian subcontinent were in continuous conflict during the 18th century.

1.  They were all war-mongers. Explanation
2. They wanted to display their military powers before each other. Explanation
3. Each of them endeavored to increase their jurisdiction and resources.

Answer: 3. Each of them endeavored to increase their jurisdiction and resources.

Chapter 2 Rise Of Regional Power Topic B Battle Of Buxar And British Resident System Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1. The Company abolished the dual system of administration in

1. 1757
2. 1772
3. 1780
4. 1792

Answer: 2.1772

Question 2. The policy of Subsidiary Alliance was introduced by

1. Lord Wellesley
2. Lord Dalhousie
3. Lord Clive
4. Lord Verelst

Answer: 1. Lord Wellesley

Question 3. The Treaty of Salbai was signed in

1. 1770
2. 1782
3. 1792
4. 1799

Answer: 2. 1782

Question 4. The French governor of Pondicherry was

1. Robert Clive
2. Dupleix
3. Vasco da Gama
4. Magallen

Answer: 2. Dupleix

Question 5. To become Nawab with British support, MirQasim had to pay almost

1. 25 lakhs
2. 27 lakhs
3. 29 lakhs
4. 31 lakhs

Answer: 3. 1.29 lakhs

Question 6. The Governor of Kolkata at the time of the grant of Diwani was

1. Robert Clive
2. Henry Drek
3. Cartier
4. Verelst

Answer: 1. Robert Clive

Question 7. The year 1770 is famous in history for

1. famine
2. Diwani
3. dual government
4. war

Answer: 1. famine

Question 8. Who became the Nawab of Bengal after Mir Jafar?

1. Najm ud-Abdallah
2. Mir Qasim
3. Alivardi Khan
4. Siraj ud-Abdallah

Answer: 2. Mir Qasim