Class 8 Social Studies: From Trade to Territory

This worksheet will test your understanding of how the British East India Company gradually expanded its influence and established territorial control in India, transitioning from a trading corporation to a ruling power.

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Q1. Who was the last powerful Mughal ruler?
- Aurangzeb
- Akbar
- Shah Jahan
- Babur
Q2. The first English factory was set up on the banks of the river Hooghly in the year ____.
Q3. The Battle of Plassey was fought in which year?
- 1757
- 1764
- 1773
- 1784
Q4. What was a 'Diwani' and what power did it grant the East India Company?
Q5. Tipu Sultan was the ruler of which kingdom?
- Hyderabad
- Awadh
- Mysore
- Bengal

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