Question:
What were the ambitious plans of the East India Company?
Answer:
The East India Company wanted to colonise the country side and organise revenue resources. Its priority was to redefine the rights of the people. The Company was also keen to produce the crops it wanted, in India.
How, When and Where
Q 1.
What are Reserved forests?
Q 2.
What could be the reasons for the confidence of the British rulers about their position in India before May 1857?
Q 3.
How and when did the British East India Company set foot in India?
Q 4.
Give a brief note on the Battle of Plassey.
Q 5.
Describe a colonial bungalow during the early 20th century.
Q 6.
Give a brief description of the ryotwari system.
Q 7.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 8.
Why did James Mill divide his book, The History of British India’ into the Hindu, Muslim and British
Q 9.
Describe the changes that occurred in the composition of the Companys army.
Q 10.
What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?
Q 11.
During the Mughal rule what was the status of the Diwan?
Q 12.
How did the status of the tribal chiefs change after the British established power in India?
Q 13.
What was the demand of Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi that was refused by the British?
Q 14.
Name the notable tribes in India.
Q 15.
What problems did shifting cultivators face under British rule?
Q 16.
What were the activities of the Tribals?
Q 17.
What were the reasons for the decline of the Mughal Empire?
Q 18.
What did British historians in India write about?
Q 19.
What were the areas of conflict between the Bengal nawabs and the East India Company?
Q 20.
Why did the British dislike shifting cultivators?
Q 21.
What did Nana Saheb want of the British?
Q 22.
Give a brief note on the Battle of Plassey.
Q 23.
Who wrote the book The History of British India?
Q 24.
How did the powers of tribal chiefs change under colonial rule?
Q 25.
What was the incidence that triggered the mutiny?
Q 26.
Who lived in the white areas in cities such as Madras?
Q 27.
Give a brief description of the Viceroys Palace.
Q 28.
Trace the eight cities that existed before New Delhi between 736 AD and the 17th Century.
Q 29.
Trace the rebellion from Meerut to Delhi.
Q 30.
What were the ambitious plans of the East India Company?
Q 31.
What was the doctrine of lapse?
Q 32.
Why is it important to have dates or time frames while writing History?
Q 33.
In what way was the administration of the Company different from that of Indian rulers?
Q 34.
How was the mahalwari system different from the Permanent Settlement?
Q 35.
Name the notable tribes in India.
Q 36.
How did the British succeed in securing the submission of the rebel landowners of Awadh?
Q 37.
Who was Nana Saheb?
Q 38.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
Q 39.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
Q 41.
What were the causes of the Sepoy Mutiny?
Q 42.
What was the out come of the Blue Rebellion?
Q 43.
What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?
Q 44.
What did Tipu Sultan do that resulted in wars against the Company?
Q 45.
What did British historians in India write about?
Q 46.
Give two problems which arose with the new Munro system of fixing revenue.
Q 47.
When was the "Diwani" of Bengal granted to the East India Company?
Q 48.
What is Land Settlement Act and why was it enforced?
Q 50.
What was the Sepoy mutiny called and when did it start?
