Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 8 (CBSE) · Social Science
Chapter: Chapter 2 — Chapter 2: Reshaping India's Political Map
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What was the Battle of Plassey? [1]
(A) A key British victory in 1757
(B) A Maratha victory
(C) A peace treaty
(D) A trade agreement
2. What was the Subsidiary Alliance? [1]
(A) A policy giving rulers British protection but less independence
(B) A trade agreement only
(C) A type of tax
(D) A Maratha policy
3. What did rulers lose under the Subsidiary Alliance? [1]
(A) Control of armies and foreign policy
(B) All their wealth immediately
(C) Nothing significant
(D) Only their capital city
4. What was the Doctrine of Lapse? [1]
(A) A policy allowing annexation without a natural heir
(B) A trade rule
(C) A tax policy
(D) A military alliance
5. What did the British East India Company originally come to India for? [1]
(A) Trade
(B) Political conquest only
(C) Religious conversion only
(D) Tourism
6. How did the British eventually control India? [1]
(A) Military conquest, diplomacy and administration
(B) Only through peaceful trade
(C) Only through elections
(D) Only through religion
7. By when did the British control most of India? [1]
(A) The mid-19th century
(B) The 12th century
(C) The 21st century
(D) The 1500s
8. Why study British expansion in India? [1]
(A) It explains how colonial rule was established
(B) No reason
(C) Only for tests
(D) It's not useful
9. What were British India's administrative units called? [1]
(A) Provinces
(B) Villages only
(C) Empires
(D) Kingdoms
10. Who headed each province? [1]
(A) A Governor
(B) A Peshwa
(C) A Sultan
(D) A local king only
11. Who did Governors report to? [1]
(A) The Viceroy
(B) The Prime Minister of Britain directly
(C) No one
(D) Local kings
12. What were provinces further divided into? [1]
(A) Districts
(B) Only villages
(C) Only cities
(D) Nothing further
13. Who managed each district? [1]
(A) A District Collector
(B) A Governor
(C) A Viceroy
(D) A king
14. What did District Collectors handle? [1]
(A) Revenue, law enforcement and administration
(B) Only trade
(C) Only religion
(D) Nothing important
15. What did the provincial system help achieve? [1]
(A) Efficient administration of a vast territory
(B) Nothing useful
(C) Only confusion
(D) Weaker control
16. What lasting impact did this system have? [1]
(A) It influenced independent India's administrative divisions
(B) No lasting impact
(C) Only negative impact
(D) It was completely erased