Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 8 (ICSE) · History and Civics
Chapter: Chapter 6 — Chapter 6: Traders to Rulers - Part II
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What was the Subsidiary Alliance? [1]
(A) A policy giving rulers protection but reducing independence
(B) A trade agreement only
(C) A type of tax
(D) A Maratha policy
2. 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
3. What was the Doctrine of Lapse? [1]
(A) A policy allowing annexation without a male heir
(B) A trade rule
(C) A tax policy
(D) A military alliance
4. Who ruled Mysore and fought the British? [1]
(A) Tipu Sultan
(B) Akbar
(C) Ashoka
(D) Shivaji
5. What Indian power did the British fight extensively? [1]
(A) The Marathas
(B) Only the Mughals
(C) Only the Portuguese
(D) Only the French
6. By when did British influence cover most of India? [1]
(A) The mid-19th century
(B) The 12th century
(C) The 21st century
(D) The 1500s
7. How did the British control extend? [1]
(A) Direct rule or allied rulers
(B) Only through direct rule, nothing else
(C) Only through allied rulers
(D) No expansion occurred
8. Why study this expansion of British control? [1]
(A) It explains how colonial rule was established across India
(B) No reason
(C) It's not important
(D) Only for tests
9. What was the Subsidiary Alliance? [1]
(A) A policy giving rulers protection but reducing independence
(B) A trade agreement only
(C) A type of tax
(D) A Maratha policy
10. 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
11. What was the Doctrine of Lapse? [1]
(A) A policy allowing annexation without a male heir
(B) A trade rule
(C) A tax policy
(D) A military alliance
12. Who ruled Mysore and fought the British? [1]
(A) Tipu Sultan
(B) Akbar
(C) Ashoka
(D) Shivaji
13. What Indian power did the British fight extensively? [1]
(A) The Marathas
(B) Only the Mughals
(C) Only the Portuguese
(D) Only the French
14. By when did British influence cover most of India? [1]
(A) The mid-19th century
(B) The 12th century
(C) The 21st century
(D) The 1500s
15. How did the British control extend? [1]
(A) Direct rule or allied rulers
(B) Only through direct rule, nothing else
(C) Only through allied rulers
(D) No expansion occurred
16. Why study this expansion of British control? [1]
(A) It explains how colonial rule was established across India
(B) No reason
(C) It's not important
(D) Only for tests