From Trade to Territory Class 8 Case Study Social Science History Chapter 2

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Chapter	From Trade to Territory
Type of Questions	Case Study Questions
Nature of Questions	Competency Based Questions
Board	CBSE
Class	8
Subject	Social Science – History
Useful for	Class 8 Studying Students
Answers provided	Yes
Difficulty level	Mentioned
Important Link	Class 8 Social Science Chapterwise Case Study

Case Study Questions on From Trade to Territory Class 8

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Passage 1: The final wave of annexations occurred under Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor-General from 1848 to 1856. He devised a policy that came to be known as the Doctrine of Lapse. The doctrine declared that if an Indian ruler died without a male heir, his kingdom would “lapse”, that is, become part of Company territory. One kingdom after another was annexed simply by applying this doctrine: Satara (1848), Sambalpur (1850), Udaipur (1852), Nagpur (1853) and Jhansi (1854).

Based on the above passage choose the correct option:

Q. 1. Who was the Governor General during the period of 1848 to 1856?
(a) Hastings
(b) Clive
(c) Dalhousie
(d) Wellesley

Difficulty Level: Easy

Ans. Option (c) is correct.

Q. 2. What was the Doctrine of Lapse?
(a) A policy under which territory of Indian ruler will be annexed by company in the absence of male heir.
(b) Type of a tax paid to the company by Indian Ruler.
(c) It was court of law.
(d) It was a trade concession.

Ans. Option (a) is correct

Difficulty Level: Easy

Q. 3. What does Lapse mean?
(a) Freedom of the state
(b) Annexation of the state
(c) Partial annexation
(d) Only army will be under the control of company

Ans. Option (b) is correct.

Difficulty Level: Medium

Q. 4. Which Kingdoms were annexed under the policy of doctrine of lapse?
(a) Jhansi, Satara, Hydrabad.
(b) Jhansi, Satara, Awadh.
(c) Awadh, Hydrabad, Mysore.
(d) Jhansi, Satara, Nagpur.

Difficulty Level: Medium

Ans. Option (d) is correct.

Q. 5. In which year Jhansi was annexed under the policy of doctrine of lapse?
(a) 1848
(b) 1850
(c) 1853
(d) 1854

Difficulty Level: Medium

Ans. Option (d) is correct.

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Topics from which case study questions may be asked

• Understand the motives of Britishers who originally came as a small trading company and were reluctant to acquire territories.
  Learn about the process of annexation of Indian states adopted by the East India Company from 1757 to 1857 and how variety of political economic and diplomatic methods were used to extend their influence before annexing an Indian kingdom.
• Know about various policies that were adopted for the annexation of Indian territory like subsidiary alliance, paramountcy and doctrine of lapse.
• Understand the spread of British court and military after the defeat of last major Indian rulers like Tipu Sultan, the Marathas; and Bahadur Shah Zafar who was the last Mughal emperor.
• Know about the Internal rivalries among the local Indian rulers that helped them to win small battles.
• Learn about the various administrative reforms adopted by governor generals for smooth administration.

After the death of Aurangzeb in 1707, many Mughal governors (subadars) and big zamindars asserted their authority and established regional kingdoms. By the second half of the eighteenth-century East India Company started exploring the eastern market for huge profit as Indian fine cotton, silk and spices were in great demand in European Market. By the time the British East India company entered the Indian market;the French, Portuguese and Dutch had already marked their presence. The urge to secure the maximum profit led to a fierce battle among these trading companies. So, they started fortification along with the trade. The first factory was set up in Bengal. Fortification annoyed the local rulers. The weakness of the local rulers and the advanced warfare technique and cunning approach of some governor generals helped the company to enter into the political annexation of the country. East India Company came to India as a small trading company and later expanded its empire with support of the government of Britain.

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