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1. 1.

   What do you see in the picture? How do you think this was important for India? What role did it play in trade?

    

2. 2.

   Do you think if Vasco da Gama had not come up on the coast of India, the history of India would be different?

3. 3.

   Why did the younger members of the Indian National Congress start the assertive nationalist phase?

4. 4.

   Choose the correct answer.

   1. When did Vasco da Gama discover a new sea route to India?
      1. 1498 CE
      2. 1489 CD
      3. 1511 CE
      4. 1429 CE
   2. Who had established their trading company in Chandernagore?
      1. The French
      2. The English
      3. The Portuguese
      4. The Dutch
   3. Who defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah?
      1. Richard Wellesley
      2. Robert Clive
      3. Lord Curson
      4. Lord Dalhousie
   4. Who believed in the British sense of justice?
      1. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
      2. Surendranath Banerjea
      3. Dadabhai Naoroji
      4. All of them
   5. When was the Muslim League formed?
      1. December 1906
      2. March 1908
      3. January 1906
      4. June 1910
5. 5.

   Fill in the blanks.

   1. In 1757, with the victory in the Battle of Plassey, the _______________ laid the foundation of its colonial rule in India.
   2. The immediate cause of the Revolt of 1857 was the introduction of the _______________.
   3. Bahadur Shah II was removed from the Red Fort, Delhi and sent to _______________.
   4. An important part of the protest against the partition of Bengal was the launching of the _______________ and Boycott movements.
   5. _______________ partitioned Bengal in 1905.
6. 6.

   State whether true or false. Rewrite the false statements correctly.

   1. The Portuguese made India their colony.
   2. Jahangir gave the British the port of Surat.
   3. The British were defeated in the Battle of Plassey.
   4. Tilak's newspaper Kesari praised the British for their work.
   5. India became independent in 1919.